Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
@aroddick.bsky.social
Associate prof @ McMaster; Andean Archaeologist; Bolivia; Dad; Photographer; Cyclist, Music. roddick_a@mstdn.social Opinions mine not of my employer.
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Replying to @rafiews.com
A reminder: Lula’s politics centre the environment, which he mentioned immediately after, so I’m hopeful he’ll thread this issue carefully and with all needed consideration. His current mandate brought down deforestation levels to its lowest numbers since measurements began being taken in 1988.
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Yet another reason not to visit the US: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
REDATING THE INCA EMPIRE The traditional Inca chronology has collapsed. New radiocarbon dates show the empire lasted longer than was previously thought—and met more resistance. www.science.org/content/arti...
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It's legitimate for the EU, the UK, Canada and others to support their Ukrainian ally. If Musk is going to (in effect) assist Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies should sanction Starlink, X and Tesla. At the very least, governments (and people) should stop using his fucking site already.
Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.
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GOOD! Alberta First Nation taking Ottawa to court over move to fast-track Pacific Link pipeline: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Behind the Bastards is covering "archaeologist" Heinrich Schliemann this week and it's pretty fun. In the second episode I sort of hope he'll link it to the modern pseudoarchaeology put forth on Joe Rogan's show, but we'll see. 🏺 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
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Worlds of scholarship destroyed by hard-right-wing clowns and a psychopath leader. “An analysis by Science found more than 30 program areas—including archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, which typically make hundreds of new grants—distributed zero new awards.” www.science.org/content/arti...
Man *fuck this*.
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
The thing about elbows up….
The walk doesn't match the talk! "In its first 16 months in power, the Carney government gave an estimated $7.8 billion in federal contracts to American-controlled corporations. Contracts with Canadian companies over the same period amounted to $14.9 billion." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Parti Québécois finally finds minority it likes
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I am excited to be awarded fifth place in the Photographer of the Year category of this year’s Natural Landscape Photo Awards with this portfolio of images. It is a great honor to be recognized among such amazing and inspiring landscape photographers! @natural-landscapes.bsky.social
It's chocolate all the way down. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Really happy to see this out. Our team has a piece on collaborative archaeology and the nature of pedagogical spaces in our field. Thanks @candershamilton.bsky.social for including us!
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Replying to @joshgondelman.bsky.social
Have you seen Werner Herzog watching and discussing skate clips? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLI...
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Why, it is almost as if this is the sort of blatantly unconstitutional anti-Indigenous horseshit we'd have expected from Pierre Poilievre. Summing up much of Carney's time as PM so far.
Indigenous communities along the newly-announced West Coast Oil Pipeline route were given just two months for consultations, and that was still more than the government initially planned. https://cheknews.ca/indigenous-communities-given-just-two-months-to-consult-on-west-coast-pipeline-1350891/
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