DrNiv

Bioarchaeologist & Anthropologist, Palaeopathologist, Bone Scientist. Also 🐶 mum, endurance runner, hill seeker, picture taker, coffee lover. All views my own.

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

Holger Schutkowski, so courageous with a smile & twinkle in his eyes to the end, shining light to so very many, passed away peacefully on Monday, 30/03/2020, in Christchurch Hospital, Dorset. #MND finally took his last breath away. You are so very deeply missed. #ALS #cureALS

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

Not just in the US…

[Dr. Ebeth Sawchuk @palaeobeth]

This is why we need to keep training bioarchaeologists, skeletal biologists & osteologists. Addressing Biological Anthropology’s problematic history/legacy is going to take well trained, skilled labourers for at least the next few generations. #Archaeology #BioAnth

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

This.

[Paleopathology Association @Paleopatholog10]

In honour of our dear late friend, past President and inspiration, the Board is proud to announce we have re-dedicated the Eve Cockburn Mentorship Award, which is now the Don Ortner Membership Award 🏅

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

Nice day at work today! Thank you to my lovely students at the @CranfieldForSci @CranfieldUni ! #cranfielduni #FAA #forensicanthropology #forensicarchaeology #comestudywithus #keepcurious 😊

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

@NErbSatullo Nikon and Leica all the way… 😊

[Paleopathology Association @Paleopatholog10]

Paleopathology: The next 50 years - CALL FOR PAPERS

Guest Editors, Jane Buikstra and Anne Grauer, invite scholars to contribute to the Special Issue Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the PPA!

Check the submission guidelines on our website: https://t.co/fws3FtveKU

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

Silent Witness, S27 (!!!), E5: Dear @BBCOne. T’was a really quite nice mummy. You even did the maceration alright. And then…this 🤯 Why? Is it so hard to open an anatomy book? Google a skeleton layout? Maybe pretend to call on a forensic anthropologist? 🤷‍♀️ We’re happy to help…

[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

@hubermanlab But wouldn’t you rather want to avoid the dentist treating the dentist with bad teeth?

[Paleopathology Association @Paleopatholog10]

The PPA Statement of Ethical Principles has now been added to our Bylaws and can be read on our website. Thank you to our members who helped in its creation.
It is designed to serve our global community and is a living document that will be modified through use and with time.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

One of the hardest and best skills to develop:

How to reset quickly.

When things go wrong, do you let it linger, ruminate on it, and spiral? Or are you able to move on.

Get back to a place where you can perform.

Decathletes (and field event athletes) are really good at this.

[John Barrowman MBE @JohnBarrowman]

Dear Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Lid, Aldi, Waitrose, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and all other stores that have self checkout.

You are heading towards almost exclusively self-checkout now.

The lady checking receipts at the exit was stopping
everyone.

I didn't choose to participate in that nonsense, I had already

🛒 filled my cart
🛒 emptied my cart
🛒 scanned the items
🛒refilled my cart

and so I just skipped the exit line and left.

I heard her saying "umm - Excuse me " as I kept walking and raised the receipt above my head, leaving the store.

You can either trust me to do self-checkout, or you can put your cashiers back in place like it used to be.

I'm not interested in proving that I did your job for you.

• If you want me to be a cashier with no training then that's vour problem not mine.

• Keep employing young people and give them job opportunities.

YOU DON'T PAY ME TO SCAN MY OWN SHOPPING.

YOU DON'T GIVE ME STAFF DISCOUNT FOR WORKING FOR YOU.

Signed ....All of us

These are jobs that are needed to have for young and old
………………………

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[DrNiv @Skeletoress]

After a week of yet more fatal stabbings, male teenage anger and violence does not end with attacking humans. 😔

[National Trust @nationaltrust]

We are shocked and desperately saddened to learn that the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall has been felled overnight, in what appears to be an act of vandalism.

We know just how much this iconic tree is loved locally, nationally and by everyone who has visited.

We are working with our partners to understand what has happened and what can be done.

The incident has also been reported to the police.

[BABAO @BABAO_info]

📣Please check out BABAO's statement on the sending of hominin fossils to space

👉https://t.co/rI6aV28xV6

[Chris Stantis, PhD @ChrisStantis]

Folks are working hard to right the decades of harm anthropology has wrought, and meanwhile others are just shooting ancestors into space

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

What makes endurance athletes able to handle some of the toughest challenges?

They are forced to work through difficult moments, not by grinding through, but by accepting.

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

We have just reached a political agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus.

It will allow the EU and UK to deepen their relationship in research, innovation and space, bringing together research and space communities. More ↓

[vivienne stern @viviennestern]

Huge news!!! An absolutely excellent day. UK joins Horizon Europe under a new bespoke deal https://t.co/5FXYhFiS6C

[Paleopathology Association @Paleopatholog10]

📢MEMBERS!
Submit your news and announcements, ideas, reports, curious cases, research requests and contributions on anything paleopathology-related for the September 2023 issue of the PPA Newsletter.

Deadline: August 20th, 2023!

[David Morris @wdmorrisjr]

There’s an old saying you've probably heard -

Life happens a little at a time, then all at once.

It refers to a principle known as the accumulation of marginal gains.

The people who win in life, embrace it.

The accumulation of marginal gains is the idea that there’s no such thing as an overnight success (or failure).

Little things add up over time.

You lose weight a few ounces a day. Keep at it and “all of a sudden” you’re 10 pounds lighter.

You let your attitude toward work slip a little one day, then a little more the next. “All of a sudden” you hate your job.

You don’t notice each small step, but you do notice the aggregation of your daily actions.

I’ve observed that the people who succeed - and sustain it over the long run - focus less on outcomes and more on tiny, incremental, daily actions.

My son just started his first year of college football and it’s been fascinating to see this mindset in action.

His focus is narrow. One rep. One play. One meeting.

He didn’t show up on campus expecting to be the best player on the team day 1.

Instead, he scripted the tiny steps that would get him there eventually:

- Show up for everything early
- Play to the whistle
- Learn the playbook for his position
- Say “Yes, sir!” when a coach addresses him
- Verbalize daily how “lucky” he is to be there

This mindset also filters down to his goals:

- Year one: make the travel team
- Year two: second team/backup
- Year three: compete for a starting spot

Successful athletes don’t resent this process.

They expect it.

You can whine and feel sorry for yourself because you haven’t been promoted yet. Or you can recognize that getting where you want to go is a multi-year commitment.

You can moan about the state of your marriage. Or you can start doing small things every day to make it better.

In life, diligence and patience get rewarded.

Small gains stack up.

If you’re wondering why you’re not an overnight success, ask yourself:

Was I expecting to be a starter on day one?

Show up today. Do the little things. Put in the work.

And let those marginal gains accumulate into a big breakthrough.

A little at a time, then all at once.

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