Michael Harris 💙 ☮️ #Dig4Arch

MA, MScR, FSA Scot. Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.

Anarcho-syndicalist @solfed_iwa

AssocEd @LithicStudies

ComMem @Field_Society

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.”

— George Carlin

[Michael Harris 💙 ☮️ #Dig4Arch @DMHarrisPPF]

An ancient obligation to protect is animating the mass protests against Jared Kushner’s destructive resort. https://t.co/3PDDqP1qKH

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 ��� @rahmstorf]

The science behind the weird Atlantic 'cold blob' explained (in under 15 minutes). It's the only part of the planet which hasn't warmed in the last hundred years, but cooled! And it's a bad sign. #AMOC
https://t.co/3MvXfXtwtI

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Leaked documents show Israeli drones made by Elbit – which has factories in the UK – took a leading a role in the mass slaughter in Gaza, with onboard AI systems selecting targets autonomously, based on algorithms. The drones are integrated into a "Server in the Sky".

Palestine Action was declared a terrorist organisation by the UK government for trying to destroy this drone production.

Israel announced last week its annual defence exports had surged by 30% on the back of showcasing what Israeli tech can do in Gaza, to $20 billion.
https://t.co/njgIZgWMLZ

[Archaeologists Against Apartheid @AAAArchaeos]

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[The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megportal]

Leith Hill Place is now open Saturdays and Sundays until the end of September, 11am-4pm. A lovely National Trust house but listed on the Portal because of Charles Darwin's 'Earthworm Stone' in the grounds. More 1/

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

We are in the Age of Humans - the Anthropocene.
Our new article (open access) shows how even with a moderate future emissions scenario, global temperature will still be elevated by 3-4°C in the year 3000!
Lifetime of our CO2 in the air is that long.
https://t.co/eI3uMOrpem

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Trump’s outrageous plan to scrap a crucial ocean system for monitoring climate change will also make weather forecasting less accurate and lessen our ability to provide warnings of dangerous storms, say scientists. Stupid, or what?

https://t.co/nlbKuRGMbv

[Jason Colavito @JasonColavito]

My new piece on the secrets of Ohio's Serpent Mound is now available in the @archaeologymag July/August issue, in print and online. I examine exciting new research into the cosmology and mythology behind North America's largest effigy mound. https://t.co/GmIswJh2nm

[Bill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire]

Marvellous piece by @medialens about media coverage of last week's record breaking heat, and the pure gibberish of the right-wing, climate denial press

https://t.co/UYfWY5X3ha

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Cultural evolution accelerated human range expansion by more than two orders of magnitude | PNAS https://t.co/JjNmT7WSad

[Nic Rawlence @nic_rawlence_nz]

This is why Indigenous communities, incl. Maori, don't support de-extinction or public release of taonga genomes (entire genetic blueprint of an indiv.) w/out proper engagement due to very valid concerns about monetising IP, biopiracy & trademarking https://t.co/91MvHAzDIC 1/3 🧵

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain. Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is https://t.co/5UcNMaglU1

[Defend Our Juries @DefendOurJuries]

Legal experts accuse Palestine Action judge of bias, lawyers demand recusal

A complaint signed by over 3,000 people accuses Justice Johnson of 'personal animosity towards the defendants and the Palestinian cause, incompatible with the role of a judge'

https://t.co/eud6IbpYZs

[Mike Pitts @pittsmike]

I've solved a mystery about holes in the backs of 2 British Museum Rapa Nui statues. BM has no record but Herbert H Thomas (yes him) cored both in 1917. Samples can now be examined at the British Geological Survey. See new British Archaeology & my blog
https://t.co/QiKgAVJM6q 1/2

[Michael Harris 💙 ☮️ #Dig4Arch @DMHarrisPPF]

@DalrympleWill @bbclaurak The British Army's 77th Brigade does similar things to, "control the narrative" https://t.co/GhAnfzMHR3

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

There were cities in the Amazon, some of them huge, 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists in Ecuador investigated two urban centers, but their lidar surveys have revealed three more similar cities and 10 smaller ones!

https://t.co/CZ5Egf8JfN

[Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey]

One of the UK’s longest standing and most successful funds for protecting nature around the world is facing drastic cuts https://t.co/2rrGvzI6jF

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

How long can humans live? We simply don’t know https://t.co/dyxSP4747u