@miscelaneapatr1 Seeing your Flannery quote, I am reminded that I was once interviewed for a job and the panel was chaired by a Sociology professor and there were only two archaeologists there. I used that quote when asked "why should people study archaeology". Of course only the archaeologists knew it, and the others were shocked. It was quoted back to me on the other side of the world as a reason why I did not get the job.
9.3.2025 22:48@miscelaneapatr1 Seeing your Flannery quote, I am reminded that I was once interviewed for a job and the panel was chaired by a Sociology...I got this from that great little book "The Sunbird". An obnoxious view by someone many people think was a good man. He wasn't.
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1448775
This is the oddest map of how people got to Australia (at any time) that I have ever seen. Abood S, Oota H (2025) Human dispersal into East Eurasia: ancient genome insights and the need for research on physiological adaptations. Journal of Physiological Anthropology 44 (1):5.
24.2.2025 21:15This is the oddest map of how people got to Australia (at any time) that I have ever seen. Abood S, Oota H (2025) Human dispersal into East...𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not your huckleberry"
@Lana
Did you ever see that crossword clue? "Finnish fruit (11 letters)"?
The Takeover of government in the US that we are observing from the outside sounds uncannily like the Idi Amin takeover of Uganda in the 1970s
2.2.2025 04:28The Takeover of government in the US that we are observing from the outside sounds uncannily like the Idi Amin takeover of Uganda in the...I sit and watch as time goes by.
30.1.2025 20:29I sit and watch as time goes by.But there was always the chance that he would be vain enough to try and then be arrested for Genocide against Palestine.
27.1.2025 21:54But there was always the chance that he would be vain enough to try and then be arrested for Genocide against Palestine.You have got to love Grace Tame
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/25/grace-tame-wears-anti-murdoch-shirt-to-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-australian-of-the-year-morning-tea-ntwnfb
There is no word for anti-Palestinism equivalent to anti-semitism, but I wonder whether that is a factor here. All such hate crimes are abhorrent.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/wild-landlord-demand-closes-beloved-cafe/ar-AA1xrscH?ocid=nl_article_link
Can anyone tell me how to get connectivity between @Mastodon and @bluesky
18.1.2025 23:51Can anyone tell me how to get connectivity between @Mastodon and @blueskyThe only question, really, would be does he want them running towards him, or, more likely, away from him.
14.1.2025 22:59The only question, really, would be does he want them running towards him, or, more likely, away from him.Who ever thought the day would come when Bannon would seem like the good guy? A little.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/steve-bannon-calls-elon-musk-racist
Several possible reactions to this.
1) These independent countries help the US when they need to so they should maintain their independence. 2) These countries act as if they were just states of the US anyway.
Simple question. Is Donald Trump MAD?
7.1.2025 20:02Simple question. Is Donald Trump MAD?I was playing with malapropisms with a friend and realised there is one outstanding due to the Hitchhiker's Galaxy. "So long and thanks for all the fascists". What could be more appropriate for current times?
7.1.2025 01:22I was playing with malapropisms with a friend and realised there is one outstanding due to the Hitchhiker's Galaxy. "So long and...The question is: why is anyone visiting Israel?
7.1.2025 01:08The question is: why is anyone visiting Israel?He did not have a mental illness when he used a Tesla as a weapon. Except "sanity". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-04/investigators-find-note-by-man-killed-in-cybertruck-explosion/104784248?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abc_newsmail_am-pm_sfmc&utm_term=&utm_id=2479232&sfmc_id=220976447
4.1.2025 06:52He did not have a mental illness when he used a Tesla as a weapon. Except "sanity"....Jimmy Carter, The best ex-President the US ever had. I happen to think he was one of the very best of the Presidents too.
30.12.2024 01:24Jimmy Carter, The best ex-President the US ever had. I happen to think he was one of the very best of the Presidents too.