Orion🌈&sm9eb

Orion🌈&sm9eb

@sm9eb.bsky.social

Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic/Halaf Şanlıurfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; former guardian of Urfalı cat Commander Orion 🌈🖤; current guardian of not-a-Guest-anymore Cat Italy!

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James Bullock
@jmbecologist.bsky.social

Science isn’t about new tech Science is about innovative thinking & robust investigative approaches New tech might help, but so might traditional methods - depending on the question

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

I want to know more about the de-funding of the NSF social science directorate.

J. Nathan Matias@natematias.bsky.social

This release of Meta documents is a deeply shocking look at how tech tries to steer & control science. It's normal for crisis comms teams to ask how to counter scientists who criticize their employers. But here's what's especially shocking in these docs: cailinoconnor.substack.com/p/its-now-of...

cailinoconnor.substack.comIt’s now official, tech is the new tobaccoNew court documents make clearer than ever that Meta has been working hard to control the scientific narrative on their products

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Katie Drummond
@katie-drummond.bsky.social

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

wired.comA 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working ThereDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

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CAK
@handle.invalid

It has been AWFUL for many of my clients. This is an impossible task to therapy your way out of.

The 51st@51st.news

NEW: "It’s been hell." "I’m dead inside." "I honestly don’t know if I will ever find work in the U.S. again, let alone D.C." "It’s akin to screaming into a void." What is going on with D.C.'s job market? Contributor Abi Newhouse investigated:

51st.newsWhy job-hunting in DC is uniquely soul-crushing right nowDOGE cuts, hiring managers who ghost, and the "screening questionnaire" that takes a full day to complete.
Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

Like Talarico, I would, through my late dad, be an 8th generation Texan if I had been born there instead of DC. I was talking with my mom last night about how my ancestors produced a state that has done so much harm to so many.

The Christian Science Monitor@csmonitor.bsky.social

Texas Democrats have long dreamed of flipping Texas, only to come up short in major races. This year’s Senate race tests how deep the pull toward conservatism runs in a state that’s often been a model for national Republican priorities. #texas #senate #talarico www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

csmonitor.comWhy is Texas so important? It’s about Senate control – and symbolism.The close Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton in Texas has unsettled conservatives used to three decades of statewide po…
Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

I think Talarico has the TX secret sauce with his professed religious allegiance at the same time that I loathe the underlying lack of separation of religion and state, but I can't put my finger on what about him reads as so authentic.

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

My gosh, look at that star field.

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory@rubinobservatory.org

Meet our Solar System's newest dwarf planet candidate: 2026 ED138! Orbiting past Pluto, scientists found it in NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory data from earlier this year. Early analysis suggests it's ~600–1500 km across, one of the largest found past Neptune!🔭🧪 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

Shout out to my recently-adopted CASPCA buddy, grouchypants Bill Nye, wherever you are. I wish Italy and I could have shared our home with you.

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social

Today is National Black Cat Day 🐈‍⬛ , which raises awareness about how hard it is for black cats to get adopted from shelters & dispels the superstitions that still surround them. 🐈‍⬛ In their honor, I give you some black cats in ancient art & archaeological sites. www.americanhumane.org/public-educa...

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dispatchtimes.bsky.social
@dispatchtimes.bsky.social

Unusually high tides put Florida turtle nests at risk A king tide is raising concern for sea turtle nests along Florida’s coastline, with conservationists monitoring beach erosion and the risk of seawater reaching eggs still buried in the sand. The current period of unusually high tides is…

dispatchtimes.comUnusually high tides put Florida turtle nests at riskA king tide is raising concern for sea turtle nests along Florida’s coastline, with conservationists monitoring beach erosion and the risk of seawater reaching eggs still buried in the sand. The current period of unusually high tides is expected to continue through October 31, with the annual peak forecast for October 27 on Florida’s east coast, according to the South Florida Water Management District.

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Katie Hinde
@mammalssuck.bsky.social

I can totally see Ms Thayer making such a sign if any of us did her teaching dirty. THANK YOU FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES & A People's History of the U.S. MS. THAYER!!

Heidi Li Feldman@heidilifeldman.bsky.social

Non-paywalled link. www.centredaily.com/news/nation-...

centredaily.comVivek Ramaswamy's 'disappointed' ex-teacher protests at campaign eventMONROE, OH – Outside a Vivek Ramaswamy campaign appearance in suburban Cincinnati, an unusual protester showed up: a former teacher of Ramaswamy who said he was "disappointed" in his one-time star pup...
Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

These cats will break into any closed compartment, including your freezer, and also defend you against intruders; don't be fooled by their innocent demeanor.

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

Imagine having the mandibular bite strength to carry a pumpkin that size in your jaws. Anyway, go big kitties!

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

It's that special time of year when they give the danger-kitties pumpkins to play with at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota. A much-needed timeline cleanse. 🐯🎃 (📷: wildcatsanctuary.org)

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Elizabeth Warren
@warren.senate.gov

Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Kroger ALREADY owns all these grocery stores. Now, Kroger wants to buy Giant Eagle too. Less competition could mean higher grocery costs for YOU. Donald Trump shouldn't just rubber-stamp this merger.

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

THIS!!! It's as if their memories of two years ago have just evaporated. Americans on the whole have astonishingly shallow memories.

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social

Thinking about the argument from convenience for LLMs & related technologies in the context of a paper I'm working on. And how people might say, "Without [software], it would take to long to ___" My usual reaction to this has been: What did you do four years ago? >>

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ASOR
@asor-research.bsky.social

📚 Bring Archaeology to Your Classroom! Teachers, join ASOR and ISAC @isac_uchicago for a workshop on Saturday, Nov. 21 and earn professional development credit. 🎟️ Register on Eventbrite by Nov. 2: buff.ly/s1eVdaL #Archaeology #TeacherWorkshop #ProfessionalDevelopment #Chicago

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛
@astropotamus.com

The very first episode ever of The Star River Podcast! Join my inaugural guest, @eggstronomer.bsky.social and find out what all we talked about that came true! 🥚🎙️🔭🦛

The Star River Podcast@thestarriver.com

From the archives: The Egg Hunter: Artemis Missions & Fighting Science Misinformation with Katja Lindblom - From Angry Astronomers to Cosmic Ponies: Finding Our Place in the Current 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

astropotamus.comThe Egg Hunter: Artemis Missions & Fighting Science Misinformation with Katja LindblomListen to The Star River podcast.

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Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social

I have students who will now immediately and openly drop a class if the professor uses or encourages AI. They do not want it. They know it lies. Colleagues, please. Stop this. You fail us all by brain rotting on this slop.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

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Andrew Lawler
@andrewlawlerauthor.bsky.social

A bone in Chile dated to pre-Columbian times would prove Polynesians reached the Americas before Europeans. There is controversy over the radiocarbon dating: if the chicken ate fish, it might appear to have lived earlier than it actually did (the "marine effect"). 🐓📚

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Livable Cville
@livablecville.bsky.social

Come out this evening!

Terri Miyamoto@terrimiyamoto.bsky.social

I'll be at the meeting re: Three Notched Trail Monday evening. Stop by Friends of Three Notched Trail table to say hi #cville. engage.albemarle.org/three-notche...

engage.albemarle.orgCommunity Meeting on October 26thJoin Us for the 3NT Community Open House on October 26th! Albemarle County invites residents and community members to attend a Community Open House for the Three Notched Trail (3NT) Shared Use Path Ma...
Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

All Hittite news is good news. Augury!!!

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social

My latest for National Geographic looks at the 131 new Hittite cuneiform tablets unearthed at Šamuḫa (c. 1400 BCE) & what they tell us about everything from augury to an epidemic that killed Hittite children. Thx to @digkabri.bsky.social, Theo van den Hout, @knpazuzu.bsky.social & ISAC for aid. 🪏

nationalgeographic.comA New Discovery Offers a Glimpse into the World of the Hittites—in Their Own WordsA new cache of cuneiform tablets reveals the everyday lives of people in the Hittite Empire—from religious rituals to a princess who died in a plague.

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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺
@pierocastellano.com

THREAD

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

Locals, should you like to know more... ❤️

CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Oct 25th 1960 - A check was made to Paul Varjak for $50, for his short story. The day he received it, Rusty Trawler, whom Holly Golightly was planning to Marry, was in the newspaper for marrying someone else, so Paul spent the day with Holly. 📽️📅 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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archaeosw.bsky.social
@archaeosw.bsky.social

@heinrich.senate.gov please change your position and support and protect Section 106. Respect Tribal sovereignty and the input of local communities. As a NM Democrat, I am so disappointed in you. Section 106 is so important to protecting the Cultural Heritage of our state.

Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social

Saw her husband's press conference and this is horrifying.

Graham Jones@oldmanrambling.bsky.social

After my friend Audrey @audjde.bsky.social told me Australians had been asked to light a candle for independent Politician Helen Haines, who lost both legs after being deliberately hit a number of times by a car this week, I decided to join them. Helen is in a serious but stable condition.