#Strands this morning for anyone outside the US #nyt

THIS 👇 (I haven't yet told @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social that there's a new feature length documentary about it on C4 tomorrow night... ...he might cry!) #Archaeology #Prehistory #Stinehenge

Chicken and eggs are about to be very expensive and hard to get. DO not say I didn't warn you guys months ago to get prepared. 🦤🦠🚨

Workplaces require safety training for everything except the air we breathe. Imagine a basic COVID awareness quiz: Q1: Is COVID airborne? Q2: Do masks work? Q3: Can you get Long Covid?

Too much, or just about right? 🤷🏼‍♂️

This is the exciting paper drop. New aDNA science out of Dublin. Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset. Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When I first became aware of this through #Watchmen, I (like many people I suspect) thought it was fiction. It beggars belief that the Tulsa massacre is still not included in US history classes.

$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.

Getting increasingly irritated by publications without BlueSky as a sharing option, especially if X is there. I'm trying to promote your article on a site that actually allows people to see it. Help me help you man.

It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Many don’t want to talk about COVID and it’s understandable. We all want the Pandemic to be over, no one wants to think about the possibility of organ damage and long covid. Hardly nice conversation to talk about. If we don’t talk and act we are condemning the children to a future of poor health. 🧵

This is ridiculous. Hospitals going back on mask mandates due to backlash and leaving it to “personal choice” We know all too well what “choice” people will make. It’s a hospital. People need to ask themselves why they’re SO unwilling to wear a mask in the place the sickest people are.

I’d recommend everyone regardless of medical risk bring a mask on your airplane journey, a disinfectant wipe to clean the seat you’re in and hand sanitizer. It’s going to be on you alone to protect your health. Warning signs are everywhere.

"They showed videos of systems they built to hydrate hundreds of cattle at once. In 14-hour shifts, dairy workers pumped gallons of electrolyte-rich fluids into ailing cows through metal tubes inserted into the esophagus." If you read one article on H5N1 this week, make it this one.

Two new studies paint a comprehensive picture of current long COVID U.S. cases. Both suggest the condition limits daily activities for a significant proportion of those affected ...

“We want her to have something which is linked to the 60,000 years of history — that unbroken connection with the human spirit which we want her to feel nurtured by." Gisèle Pelicot story is amazing Amazing for her strength, courage and capacity to wrest dignity from the horror

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips theonion.com/clarence-tho...

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

Ladies and gentlemen: I present to you the embodiment of Christmas itself, Mr Jeremy Lion. @jeremylion.bsky.social youtu.be/ugv1Ug4U-zs?...

Well, this is a read.

We are still in a Pandemic It’s year five, we are still in a Pandemic because of long covid risk.

I could not love this more.

CO2 monitors to be mandatory in all Dutch classrooms. Despite thousands of the air quality-monitoring devices having already been installed in classrooms nationwide, some 40 percent of schools still don’t have them in all classrooms. airspothealth.com/a/blog/co2-m...

In 2021, 215 more school-aged children died from disease than expected In 2022, it was 489 In 2023, 500 In 2023, 333 (so far) Over the past five years, 1,487 more children 5-17yo have died from disease than expected given pre-pandemic norms

There were many tweets like this…

Here’s her tweet …

This is a terrific resource for anyone making the case for #CleanAir in the workplace, and the significant human and financial benefits that reducing constant reinfection by airborne viruses has for a business and its people. #longcovid #immunocompromised

During Covid lockdown, if you had family round on Christmas Day the police could force their way into your home and make them return to their own homes. Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?

Do you work in the cultural sector & have something to say about burnout? I’m researching burnout & what can be done to prevent it under the supervision of @benwalmsley.bsky.social Please complete this anonymous survey if you’d like to share your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/culturalse...

“Anyone? Anyone?”

When I worked at the British Museum, many assistant collection managers were entitled to in-work benefits. Many worked several jobs on top of their full time professional role at the museum. At one point, there was an unofficial food bank in Viewpoint (a staff space)

Well, this is terrifying

A glorious autumn morning walking the chalk with doggo.