Loves music that's dark, deep, progressive, left-field and everything in-between. Long suffering Newcastle fan. Enjoyer of Tolkien, Rowling and Guild Wars 2
To be honest, the attitude of Hoopes, Dibble et al who put out the SAA letter to Netflix sums up the issue with archaeology. They are continuing on with an attitude that has been endemic among archaeologists since regular people saw things differently, saw anomalies that conventional thinking wasn’t explaining.
That said, archaeologists, geologists and in fact, all the ologists have every right to challenge many of the ideas posed by those without PHDs or maybe don’t understand the expectations of scientific rigour when postulating a hypothesis. It’s how it’s done that irks the casual observer.
Hancock learned this from Fingerprints because of the way in which he was eviscerated for daring to have thoughts and ideas that didn’t fit conventional archaeology. He did not employ expected scientific rigour, as he’s not a scientist. In fact, as his work has progressed, anyone who actually reads his work can see the efforts he’s expended trying to remedy the accusations that his approach is non-scientific.
But I’m fairly sure that those most vehement detractors within your discipline know that, or have more than likely never read beyond Fingerprints because their minds are set.
So if you’re wondering why people are railing against you, it’s less to do with challenging the hypothesis and more to do with the tactics employed by those within your profession. It’s clear why many of the usual suspects continually refer to Fingerprints, because Hancock has evolved and responded to critics, yet still stands his ground on his hypothesis, which in itself has evolved and moved with the science, as he sees it.
The efforts, tenuous and dripping with
presentism as they are, to link his work to racism and white-supremacist ideology has been reprehensible. It’s a clearly defined cancel-culture tactic, employed by white, left-leaning academics and something that’s long taken hold of educational institutions.
This, the derision, the arrogant dismissal, the aloofness and egos of those leading the charge against lateral thinkers is why so many simply dislike archaeologists. You’re all the same in the eyes of many, which is a shame and untrue, but that’s down to one group among you.
Took my daughter to look around a well known University. The business lecturer has purple hair and talked about human rights and DEI. Went to Marketing, the slides looked like they'd been put together by a 4 year old girl. Conclusion save £25k a year and get a job.
Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There? (#TOTP 1991)
Seminal 90s dance anthem by the house duo Nick Murphy and Eamonn Anthony Deery. The track is famously includes a number of samples including the title-line by Pink Floyd from their 1979 song. The single was a top 5 UK hit.
🚨 COINCIDENCE? How did a photographer from Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the world’s largest news agencies, capture a gunman in the middle of a terrorist attack near Judea Junction?
According to Israeli reports, the IDF is investigating whether the photographer had advance knowledge of the attack.
Was it extraordinary timing, or did someone know what was coming?
-@ynetnews
The UK government has, since April, spent no less than £61 billion - that’s £61,000,000,000 - on debt interest payments.
That’s equivalent to our entire annual defence budget - on just half a year’s worth of debt service costs, not paying back a penny of our national debt.
For £61bn you could build 40 state-of-the-art hospitals.
Or employ 100,000 nurses for a decade
Or fund free-at-the-point-of-use social care, across the entire UK, for three years.
Watch this short “When The Facts Change” video for more on the UK’s soaring debt interest bill - the biggest national scandal our mainstream media continues to ignore.
This narrative has been building for over a year. The media, particularly papers like the Observer were using 'fearmongering' headlines about attacks on the UK and UK infrastructure, either from Putin or some other nefarious foe we have somewhere else in the world. IT's Project Fear all over again and it's deliberate. Cunts must have thought people were starting to think for themselves again.
Next in today, nearly three hours from The Baron. Stunning set. 24 years ago:
This is @DJDaveClarke @ Fuse, Brussels 10.05.02
48 tracks of top tier techno and electro. Deep selection. All round just a banger. Tracklist in comments.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
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This fear-mongering has been going on for many months now, with articles in newspapers and media outlets about the ‘threat’ against us from our ‘enemies’, to fears of blackouts and societal breakdown because of cyberattacks. While there may be a threat, the level of reporting seems hugely exaggerated in order to instil fear. Someone once coined the term ‘Project Fear’ which seems to be a tool both main political parties love to use against us…well, whoever pulls their strings.
Next in is one of the very best, 31 years ago:
This is @DJJohnDigweed - Boxed 95, Ace of Clubs Mix (aka A Live Continuous Mix of Audio Excellence)
A Boxed mixtape, aka the precursor to GU, this is just under 80 minutes of glorious mid 90's house. Tracklist in comments.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
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Fuck the Tolkien Estate for selling out their ancestor’s life’s work to milk money from retarded millenials who eat slop. They should be embarassed of themselves
Final mix for tonight, its an earlier set from another legend. 32 years ago:
This is @pauloakenfold @ Clockwork Orange, The Paddocks February 1994
Opening with Beltram, this is 90 minutes of outstanding selection. Banger of a mix. Tracklist in comments.
Mixes on Kofi shortly 👇🔥👇