Wakanda tariffs going to get doubled now

US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner

Officials say it was an error to add the fictional nation from Black Panther to the list.

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The problem with needing to go to the local art supply store while running errands is that in addition to the things I had planned to buy, I get *bright ideas* that require materials. And they have things like “mystery paint” grab bags and how could I resist?

I just have to express my gratitude for whoever put a pharmacy vending machine in the O’Hare Multi-Modal Travel Center. That bottle of DayQuill is a lifesaver. #TravelCold

Fashy Tech Bros: Back in Roman times, men were men. Just conquering the world with the boys, no time for woke feminist soi boi bullshit. Actual Roman who fought Hannibal: I'd like to share my recipe for poppyseed cheeseballs with you (Cato Agr. 79)

😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE MORNING! HOORAY ADORABLE BRÖTCHEN BABY MURDER HIPPO!😻😻😻

Knoebel@knoebel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Berlin Zoo named their baby Hippo Brötchen. :) (Bread roll 🥖)

Archaeology in the movies: Treasure! Intrigue! Punching Nazis! Archaeology in real life: … there is so much dirt in my bra that I maybe should have undressed over the sieve, just in case there were artifacts in there…

Archaeology in the movies: Treasure! Intrigue! Punching Nazis! Archaeology in real life: … there is so much dirt in my bra that I maybe should have undressed over the sieve, just in case there were artifacts in there…

The Orpheus mosaic from Villa Pesquero (near Badajoz, Spain) really should be better known. Sure, it’s huge, but it also has a derpy owl, a quilted elephant, and a sphinx with fabulous wings.

Alums of Hampshire College are doing exactly what a liberal arts education prepares its students for, questioning what they’ve been told and finding different ways forward. I just pledged to Hampshire Next — a coalition reimagining the Hampshire experiment. Join me: hampshirenext.org

Hampshire Next — Reimagining the Hampshire experiment

A coalition is raising $10M+ in pledges by May 16 — to buy time, gather the community, and reimagine what Hampshire can be next.

hampshirenext.org

The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

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I leave very soon and for my annual stint at the excavation of a Roman villa in Portugal (the Santa Susana Archaeological Project.) Watson will not be tagging along, so while I pack he is making sure that I have an adequate supply of cat hair on my stuff for the next several weeks.

"Majors in nutrition, art history and philosophy all outperformed STEM fields when it comes to employment prospects, according to a recent analysis of labor market outcomes of college graduates by major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last yr.

humanities major hiring on the rise against the hallucination plagiarism arson machine www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...

On cheating 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/dishonor-cod...

Dishonor Code

Tressie McMillan Cottom recently offered a neat little summary of how universities have responded to generative AI: "Academics initially lost our minds over the obvious threats to academic integrity. ...

2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com

The scope of issues confronting research and scholarship is 😱🤯 among them for publications the profusion of AI slop. But the direct political intervention in funding and publishing research as well as in libraries and universities shows this to be a 360 crisis.

Watson takes his TA duties seriously. 😉🐈

This is why universities are “the enemy”, why the arts need to be defunded, why humanities degrees are a “waste of time”. You cannot have authoritarianism without manipulating history first.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Joshua Clemans is a partner of New Founding—backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. “Martial” means warlike. 1/

beaver's return

Midterm season — grading is piling up, and I’m presenting a conference paper in a couple of weeks, various things I’ve promised to organize are heating up. I have downtime scheduled for 4:15 pm on the 14th and for about 20 hours on the 22nd. 🤪

Sesame Street really tells the story of America: - Created for PBS to educate young (especially Black!) children - Becomes a beloved institution cherished by the entire country - Gets privatized and kicked to premium cable due to budget cuts - Unionization leads to mass layoffs What a country!

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

slate.com/news-and-pol... “This particular faux-medieval aesthetic depicts wealth and power while criticizing a certain other—more tech-y, maybe more tacky, definitely more male—version of wealth and power.” @lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com #medievalsky

Every Era Has Its Own Way of Thinking About the Middle Ages. Here’s 2025’s.

Tapestries, stone walls, chain mail, crossbows. This era’s medieval mashup has it all.

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Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist. Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that! blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

Don’t Panic! How to Fight Fascism as an Archaeologist

Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shovelling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people. It’s time to lean into that, to …

blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com

Valentine’s Day might be a Hallmark holiday, but this love story from StoryCorps is too delightful not to share. storycorps.org/animation/wi...

Wild in Love

When Jackie and taxidermist Bud went on their first date in 1954, Jackie knew she was in for an adventure. “Wild in Love,” takes you for a ride on their 68 years of love.

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Just an adorable cat photo.

Thank you to Rafi Greenberg for his open letter to his colleagues participating in next week's grotesque occupation archaeology conference taking place in Jerusalem His letter was shared via @EmekShaveh's newsletter. It is quoted in full here (# 72): everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/c...

Classicists and archaeologists on Gaza: A (not so) silent archive

How are Antiquity scholars and organizations responding to Israel’s campaign of annihilation of Gaza’s past, present and future? What do Classicists, ancient historians and archaeologists, whose wh…

everydayorientalism.wordpress.com

Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Look: A Zionist archaeology conference that aims to normalize occupation archaeology Amidst a genocide Amidst a scholasticide Amidst the obliteration of Gaza's heritage Amidst the ruins of complicit academic fields and associations SHAME! arch-js.co.il?page_id=781&...

A young researcher who made headlines last year for using AI to decipher a Greco-Roman scroll is reportedly part of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established by President Trump.

Why Is There an Ancient Rome Researcher on Musk’s DOGE Staff?

Luke Farritor, who used AI to decode a Greco-Roman scroll from Pompeii, is reportedly part of the team leading Musk’s chaotic takeover of government systems.

hyperallergic.com

We've reached the chapter in Gibbon where the mad emperor is appointing magicians, acrobats, and paid agents of the Persians to the highest offices of state.

This whole thread is important and worth reading. The “anti-DEI” push is just racism in action.

Miriam Goldstein@miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i... Free, gentle, practical and bonding suggestions for anyone impacted by university changes, cuts, closures, threats and dangers #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDSky #gradschool #PhDChat #PhDHelp

Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times - The Research Companion

Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.

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#AcademicSky An important statement from the American Association of University Professors @aaup.bsky.social on "Against Anticipatory Obedience." Please read. www.aaup.org/report/again...