NEW: Jake Taylor from MSNOW says Jeanine Pirro just arrived at the West Wing. Uh oh! Methinks her days are numbered!
John Hoopes
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Anthropologist. Archaeologist. https://hoopes.academia.edu/ I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism charges is just the latest example of her "legal strategies" playing better in a Fox News greenroom than in a D.C. courtroom. More on Pirro’s previous failure: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fai...
Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department filing on the Reflecting Pool, two people familiar with his thinki...
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@jwhoopes2.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA
Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic legacy shows that our evolutionary past was shaped by repeated mixing amon...
sciencedaily.com
Now that we have Aquiry civilization in the Amazon, shall we start talking about Isthmo-Colombian civilization? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmo-...
Isthmo-Colombian Area - Wikipedia
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ICYMI: 'Neil the seal,' a one-ton elephant seal, is going viral for (adorably) smashing into road posts, signs, and cars in Tasmania. Biologists say some of his behavior is typical—young male elephant seals like to “spar" and "joust." But Neil has no colony, so he's turned to human infrastructure.
Why ‘Neil the seal’ is unleashing chaos in Tasmania
This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior
scientificamerican.com
Today at 10 AM EDT Sotheby's will start the live bidding on its natural history auction featuring one of the largest, most complete skeletons of T. rex ever found. It could fetch $30M+ and go to a private collector. Here's what science--and the public--stand to lose. My story for @wired.com 🧪
Sotheby’s Big T. Rex Auction Raises Concerns Hype and Wealth Are Upending Science
Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.
wired.com
Daytime highs often get the headlines, but overnight temperatures are rising twice as fast in the U.S. And that nighttime heat is losing us sleep. 🧪 By @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social. Graphics by our excellent graphics intern Sani Sharma.
3 charts show how extreme heat is costing us hours of lost sleep
The U.S. has been pummeled with heat waves this summer. Here’s how hot overnight temperatures can get in the way of a good night’s rest—in 3 charts
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My colleague @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social got some extra photos of newly discovered geoglyphs in the Amazon from the researchers. They estimate there are tens of thousands still to be found. 🧪
Hundreds of never-before-seen ancient ‘earthworks’ discovered in the Amazon
Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes
scientificamerican.com
📰Geoglifos são encontrados na Amazônia brasileira Pesquisadores acreditam que os grandes recintos geométricos com valas, deixados pela antiga civilização Aquiry, funcionavam como centros cerimoniais, políticos e de encontro público.
Geoglifos são encontrados na Amazônia brasileira
Pesquisadores acreditam que os grandes recintos geométricos com valas, deixados pela antiga civilização Aquiry, funcionavam como centros cerimoniais, políticos e de encontro público
correiobraziliense.com.br
Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger than previously thought, building tens of thousands of large geometric earthworks in what was once thought to be pristine wilderness
Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people | New Scientist
Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger than previously thought, building tens of thousands of large geometric earthworks in what was once thought to be pristine wilderness
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A paper in Nature reports that aerial imaging has detected 432 patterns called earthworks, on the ground in southwestern Amazonia. The findings were made in an area previously inhabited by the ancient Aquiry civilization of southwestern Amazonia. go.nature.com/4be3R7e 🏺🧪
Yleensä uutiset on tarjolla useammassa paikassa.
Muinaisessa Amazonissa kukoisti miljoonien ihmisten sivilisaatio | Helsingin yliopisto
Amazonin alueella lähes 1 500 vuotta vaikuttanut Aquiry-sivilisaatio oli paljon arvioitua runsasväkisempi, paljastaa uusi tutkimus. Laserkeilaamalla lentokoneesta löydettiin satoja seremoniakeskuksia ...
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If they're burning rare books then they will be even rarer, if they're buying up second hand books it makes second hand books harder to come by and more expensive. If people are buying fewer books generally then it will eventually reduce the overall numbers of physical books in existence.
Destroying the books is the point though. The goal is to be the ultimate gatekeepers to information.
The USA once again destroying culture older than the entire, festering, rot riddled nation....
US Courts… ‘The Anthropic copyright case set the precedent — the US court ruled that by making a digital copy and destroying the physical in a one-for-one transfer, the process is deemed “transformative” and therefore protected by fair use.’ Unbelievable and unconscionable
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
news.com.au
'Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.'
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
FALSE FLAG - Romantic Thriller An archaeologist risks everything to stop a pseudoarchaeology podcaster from using his influence to incite violence. Amazon geni.us/FalseFlag-amz Nook geni.us/FalseFlag-bn Apple geni.us/FalseFlag-ap... Kobo geni.us/FalseFlag-kobo #booksky #romancelandia #archaeology
"We show that this [small slice of SW Amazonia] alone contains as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia. We also propose that the total human population of the area in 100–300 AD was 1.25–3 million people. If similar results are found elsewhere in Amazonia..."
Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia - Nature
Using canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia.
nature.com
There are so many jihadist raiders on pickup trucks that towns in West Africa have begun building berms up to 3m high of sand and dirt. Burned out towns with half finished walls also litter the landscape. anl.geog.ufl.edu/fortified-la...
The resurgence of fortified landscapes in West Africa - African Networks Lab
West African states respond to insurgencies by building city walls and fortifying borders, balancing protection with rural vulnerabilities.
anl.geog.ufl.edu
There are probably tens of thousands of undiscovered ancient earthworks known as geoglyphs in the Amazon, new imaging research shows. Click through to see photos.
Hundreds of never-before-seen ancient ‘earthworks’ discovered in the Amazon
Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes
scientificamerican.com
I start my trek to the field tomorrow which was already exciting enough, but now I've also just finished going through the copyedits for a fun chapter @somag.bsky.social and I wrote up on some archaeology and horror 🤩
Girl Happy Clapping Enthusiastically
Alt: White woman with long reddish-brown hair sitting at a restaurant table and clapping enthusiastically and excitedly.
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Scientists discover 2 new 'ghost' lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Scientists discover 2 new 'ghost' lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans
A new method of analyzing modern humans' DNA is revealing secrets about our extinct ancestors.
livescience.com
Our very own Emily revealing the secrets behind the parchmarks in the lawns at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire! @nationaltrust.org.uk BBC News - Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Derbyshire's Hardwick Hall
The lawn patterns were created when the garden was remodelled in the early 1800s.
bbc.co.uk
I just got an email from someone in India who claims he can turn dead bodies into zombies like in ancient Egypt and I wish I were joking. what is wrong with men.