✨✨Seasons Greetings!✨✨ Here’s a selection of my favourite ancient Egyptian blue hippos seen on my travels. Now where’s William? 🦛❤️ 📷 by me #Archaeology

This place never fails to amaze - The Temple of Jupiter in Dougga, Tunisia, built ~166 AD! How is this still standing, after so many years!? 🙋‍♂️ Me for scale! #RomanSiteSaturday #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺

Now officially the editor of the Open Archaeology in theoretical #archaeology, see www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... 😁

Greed. The amount of money that would be collected wouldn’t even make a dent in his fortune. dnyuz.com/2025/12/27/i...

Great quote!

Fascinating article rethinking prehistoric human–wolf relationships. 🐾 scitechdaily.com/5000-year-ol...

Writing teaches patience, life teaches why you needed it. Both are relentless teachers. 😂📘

Uplifting news for Christmas. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

Merry Christmas! 🎁

Certainly hopeful news. We lost my father-in-law to dementia. It’s good to see they’re closing in on a cure. case.edu/news/new-stu...

We’re supposed to get clobbered by a storm. Rain is coming for us through Christmas, so I’m going for cozy vibes. Tonight’s dinner: The sourdough is a Sonora (white whole wheat) and dark rye blend, paired with a warm bowl of vegetable soup. 🥖🍲

Interesting development, but I’m not certain it represents anything beyond a trend in Washington. I hope I’m wrong… www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

US House passes bill to remove gray wolf from Endangered Species Act list. There’s absolutely no legitimate reason removing legal protections. It’s outrageous. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Agree!!!

A good read for certain, but the article kind of left me wanting more details. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Seeing the solstice at Stonehenge is on my bucket list. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Informative, albiet sickening article. www.latimes.com/environment/...

I’ve seen various verisions of this meme over the years, but it’s an important point!

This always makes me chuckle.

RIP. What a loss. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Interesting article with a lot of background information. Good to see some ranchers focusing on coexistence and non lethal strategies. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/choo...

Unknown Alphabet in Dead Sea Scrolls Has Been Cracked, Scholar Says - Archaeology www.haaretz.com/archaeology/...

New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

In 'Out of Plain Sight,' an environmental disaster lurks off Southern California. They disposed of thousands of barrels of DDT by dropping them in the Pacific off the California Coast. Nobody thought this might cause a problem? www.latimes.com/california/n...

This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a tongue in cheek dark comedy thriller that will keep you smiling and cringing in equal measures until it reaches its climax. Lola is a serial killer on a murder spree who takes advantage of Ernie, a hapless loser with questionable morals. amzn.eu/d/80FvkjH

”Placing work requirements on programs like Medicaid does almost nothing to increase employment or hours worked, while actively hurting people in need.” laist.com/news/donald-...

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic. Should be an interesting project for Aberystwyth uni! #Celtic

I believe it! I’ve never seen so many mushrooms on the lawns all over my neighborhood. They look completely edible, but I’m certain they’re not. I scoured my backyard, but I still worry about the dogs. It must be the "Year of the Mushroom (or Toadstool)!" apnews.com/article/pois...

Yikes! Not again! www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...

Super excited to be preparing for my Archaeology 🏺 and Disability ♿ course for winter quarter! Registration starts this week, and I hope lots of awesome @stanford.edu students sign up! I'll be posting about the class here on BlueSky too, and would love to have some good pedagogy conversations!

The Wandsworth Shield, a 2nd century BC #Celtic bronze boss found in the River Thames on display at the British Museum. #Archaeology #History #artwork #art #FindsFriday

“That the human race is improving; that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids — human beings built them, because they’re clever and they work hard. And Star Trek is about those things.” - Gene Roddenberry, September 1988

🧪Denying HIV federal funding doesn’t make HIV go away. It stops progress in its tracks. HIVMA Chair Anna K. Person, MD, FIDSA

So there you are... www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

So, MAGA is opposing Costco's lawsuit to maintain low consumer prices? thedailyadda.com/2025/12/03/b...

Cool article, but it’s a little misleading. There’s a vast difference between stone age food processing and the nightmare meals produced in an industrial setting. phys.org/news/2025-12...

Interesting article! They’ve figured out the mechanism of how a sunburn can lead to skin cancer and that points to how that might be prevented. Good read.

YES! lol

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Despite SNAP's return, indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Exactly this!