With today's theft of Vix torc, here's what has been taken... The torc was found as part of a burial & placed around neck of the interred. Despite its size, it weighs only 480g (less that half the weight of the Snettisham Great torc). It is STUNNING. #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs 🏺 1/2

This is such a horrible precedent. My prediction is that cities will quickly find it is much more expensive to jail the homeless than it is to shelter them. #homelessness #housing

David Menestres@abstracttruth.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The maximum penalty for felony camping in Tennessee is six years in prison. Williams pled to a lesser charge and was released from jail after nine days."

Introducing Newsrooms v1 in @mu.social. Launching with 15 publications to choose from. Try it out from the News icon in the left menu.

Bluesky isn’t just one app. It’s part of a much larger ecosystem, and your account is the key. Here are 7 useful apps you can log into with your @bsky.app account that you should know about.

7 Apps You Can Unlock With Your Bluesky Account

There’s a whole world of apps growing on top of Bluesky. It’s called the Atmosphere, and you already have the key to all of them.

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For all the AC talk on here people forget it is prohibitively expensive for some people in the US. My compressor died yesterday and it is $20k for a new unit. Of course I can finance and pay off for the next 20 years when the lifespan in FL for a unit is about 12.

I shan’t add anything new today but just iterate that I have nice birds in my birds shop and these ones are still available. www.chloecumming.com/birds

The World Cup has brought out the worst takes on all sides. Wish I had something funny to say about it but…. I just have come to conclusion that most posters are idiots.

#OnThisDay in 1769, while on Tahiti as part of Captain Cook’s first great voyage to the South Pacific, Joseph Banks gives us the first known written description of #surfing... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/extracts-from-the-endeavour-journal-of-joseph-banks-1769 #OTD

📰 Did the major Indus city of Mohenjo-Daro "defy the rules of history" by becoming more egalitarian as it developed? 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @york.ac.uk www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Study reveals one of world’s first cities prospered as wealth-gap shrank

New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the ‘rules’ of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.

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Happy birthday to Grace Jones, seen here in an ad from 1987 for Olympus cameras 📷

Scathing letters about a study claiming 14,500-year-old Monte Verde site is much younger than shown. 'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile🏺🧪 www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

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Physician Matilda Evans was born 160 years ago today. Receiving her MD in 1897, she moved to North Carolina, where she became the first Black woman to establish a practice in the state, using the income from treating wealthy patients to treat the poor Black population for free. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky

If you want a quicker explainer on the current and future homelessness crisis this is great. It is also amazing to watch incompetence meet intellect.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

"It's your job to know that" -- Rep. DeLauro seems to understand that HUD Secretary Scott Turner (who reads from notecards when doing TV hits) is in *way* over his head and asks him a series of factual questions about HUD programs, which of course he can't answer

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The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 3mo ago

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Just want to re-up this fantastic post by @cultarchaeo.bsky.social on best practices for addressing pseudoarchaeological discourse and other misuses of the past, including by the right-wing. bonesstonesandbooks.com/2024/02/02/a...

A [Semi-]Solicited Guide to Pre-bunking and Debunking

Looking for information on effective pre-bunking and debunking strategies? Here are a few resources I find especially useful!

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"We work to pay for gas, to get to work, and then we don't actually have that much amount of money to spend so much money on gas because it's pretty ridiculous". If only we pitched public transit as a way to save money. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/s...

South Florida gas stations report shortages as prices hit highest point in 4 years, AAA says

On Wednesday, the national average was $4.22, while the average price in Florida reached $4.15 per gallon.

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Not enough people are talking about this.     The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.

A #RomanGlass cup made with coloured glass rods known as ‘millefiori’ from #Pompeii. It was preserved in the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption material. Glass objects like this are luxurious things and would have been expensive. 📷 my own, Naples Archaeological Museum. #FindsFriday

Spent the weekend learning #atproto I really hope the atmosphere stays around for awhile I can imagine all kinds of cool things to create.

My boss today “Do you use any social media?” Me: Just Bluesky Boss: Never heard of it so it’s not real social media

The amount of people complaining about a free website is kind of crazy. Sorry that some of you relay on it for income but not a great business plan if it’s based around something you cannot control.

A recent statement from a group of archaeologists highlights concerns regarding damage to Iran’s cultural heritage. Full report and list of signatories here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Statement Against Damage to Iran's Cultural Heritage

To add your name to this statement, fill this form Statement Against Damage to Iran’s Cultural Heritage We, the undersigned scholars, faculty, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of archaeo...

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Trying to not be personally offended by inaccurate joke post about a 4th century Roman Emperor. It’s harder than you think.

If you want to know more about torcs, you can find all sorts on my (free to access!) website at www.bigbookoftorcs.com #Archaeology 🏺

The Big Book of Torcs

by Tess Machling

bigbookoftorcs.com

Trimontium Trust & Museum@trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For today’s #IronAgeWednesday — the #IronAge torc, a striking neck ring of Celtic-style craftsmanship that symbolised status and identity in communities across Britain, Ireland, & Gaul. Try it on at Trimontium during the VR Experience or a Hands on History workshop! 🏛️

This is secondary to all the harm that might come to the people of Iran tonight but I really worry that some of the world’s most important cultural heritage will be lost in the bombs. I have always wanted to visit Persepolis I still hope there is one day a chance.

One of the most important and beautiful archaeological sites in the US.

Dr. Michelle I. Turner@chaco-arch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ACTION ALERT⚠️ Dept. of Interior is trying to rush through a revocation of Biden’s public law protecting lands around Chaco Canyon from new oil/gas leases. They’ve given only 7 day for public comment, during Easter/Passover. Thread 🧵 below on why you should care, but here’s a link to comment! 🏺

I think I might become a poster

New on the blog. What Barcelona's superblocks could look like if they were in Chicago. open.substack.com/pub/nikhunde...

Barcelona Superblocks for Chicago

Redefining roads to encourage alternative modes of travel.

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