Jen Lavris Makovics

The national parks are not OK - High Country News Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’

Great reporting by HCN.You might not see much change when you visit a park, but I can tell you that our parks were already severely understaffed/underfunded before DOGE. Now they are at a tipping point where the damage to cultural/natural resources will be irreversible. www.hcn.org/articles/the...

He was gifted it purely because of the Bimbo advert. 🤣Though he is a football fan (Arsenal, though).

This photo of my husband posted without further comment:

F right off back to “truth” social and X, you Christofascist, closeted couch f-er.

Update, the link is now sharing the image of the article, at least on my page, but when you click the link, the "suspicious" warning still appears.

FYI I posted it, and it has the general "this link not available" blurb instead of sharing the image with the link. The clickable link to the article is still there, though this is the notice you get when you click the link. You are deemed as "suspicious." What an absolute fascist move.

Absolutely fabulous Predynastic/ED study day at @theegyptcentre.bsky.social today! Every talk was engaging and it was so nice to catch up with many friends and colleagues! Kudos to the organisers!

Recent paper - open access: Environmental Challenges and Vanishing Archaeological Landscapes: Remotely Sensed Insights into the Climate-Water-Agriculture-Heritage Nexus in Southern Iraq
www.mdpi.com/3301176

A white bunny wearing a black and red cape sits next to a "Bunnicula" book.

I can’t be the only one thinking that we need @maddow.msnbc.com for more than the first 100 days….

YESTERDAY:

"There is no substitute for Starlink."

--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.

TODAY:

"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."

--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.

And the fascism is coming from inside the house. The White House, that is…

Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America” It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy

"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:

oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...

Decoding Cuneiform: The Birth of History in Ancient Mesopotamia with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

LIVESTREAM tomorrow at 4pm UK/11am EST with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid (@moudhy.bsky.social)

We will dig into cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia and the world's first stories about the fantastic people who lived in Ur, Babylon, and elsewhere

youtube.com/live/ox7FOvK...

A table of books with a sign that says “each one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

Inside the lobby at NSF…

And his Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/sirp...

Jim'll Paint It | Official Merchandise Clothing, prints and more from the man who brought you Ross Kemp on Toast

Jim's website - I'm hoping he'll make this into a T-shirt ASAP: jimll.co.uk

A painting of Indiana Jones punching Elon Musk while Maga idiots and Donald trump are melted by beams coming from the ark of the covenant.

From Jim’ll Paint It: #PunchNazis

The ABA supports the rule of law It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

How Trump's Federal Hiring Freeze Impacts National Parks - The Ranger Desk Trump's federal hiring freeze is another step toward privatization--selling off America's national parks to the rich. Here's how.

Let’s be clear, the WBush admin wanted to sell off & privatise everything in the parks, too. I was privy to a leaked draft of re-written NPS Mgmt Policies produced by a Bush lackey, but we pushed back. We were successful. I’m not sure the same can be done now. shorturl.at/fmBjN

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True. Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...

“The Harvard Medical School physician received a stop-work order for a program designing treatment plans for people with the most drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis.

Infectious diseases do not know borders, she pointed out. 'It’s terrifying'...”

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

Populism and Fascism Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - Populism and Fascism

FREE well-timed book: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

If we don't have room for immigrants willing to work, maybe we should make room by deporting the white supremacists unwilling to think.

Massive protests are planned for Wednesday. Here are some tips for protesting safely.

www.law.nyu.edu/centers/race...

Join us soon for this important conversation with someone who has been on the front lines for ages

YouTube video by Archaeology Tube Bright Insight Lied

If there’s one thing I’ve learned since starting to talk #RealArchaeology online it’s that conservatives often do not know what science grants are. It is not surprising to me that Trump is targeting them, they are a bogeyman in conspiracy communities. 🧪🏺

Bright Insight Lied
youtu.be/2GQ-6dg59xk