Jen Lavris Makovics

Uncharted territory: Utah's Cultural Site Stewards take action during federal government shutdown Utah Cultural Site Stewards, a network of specifically trained volunteers tasked to monitor and protect the state's unique archaeological resources, are now stepping in to protect and elevate Utah's…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—With federal staff furloughed during the government shutdown, Utah’s Cultural Site Stewards are stepping in at places like Dinosaur National Monument, Bears Ears, Parowan Gap, Nine Mile Canyon, and Buckhorn Wash to watch over archaeological sites. Read more: buff.ly/JVBmE2C

Yes, please.
#shutdown

Full disclosure: this is an old news segment that has recently returned with a vengeance.

I present to you the screenshot of the exact moment:

YouTube video by Pete Hegseth Pete Hegseth NAILED by Skateboard

Pete Hegseth taking a nutshot on live TV when he was trying to act like a bigshot is what I needed to see today. What a perfect metaphor for this entire regime. m.youtube.com/watch

The faster everyone gets off fossil fuels and buries even the memory of this petro-state puppet, the better.

A photograph of the cover sheet for voting in California's Prop 50 Election.

I JUST VOTED ON CA PROP 50 THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT. THANKS TO OUR MOST AMAZING, SOME SAY THE BEST EVER, GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM. I FEEL MIGHTY PATRIOTIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. --JLM

TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:

If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.

Megaconstellations now causing problems in optical satellites scenes.

I wonder if the same is true for some space based rader acquisitions, which have wider swaths ?

@gfun.earth @ericjfielding.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social @spacefromspace.com

Too much Woo Blacksheep rugby! I think that’s part of the start of my back issues as well! Also try some Biofreeze roll-on (but not at the same time as the blanket)- it works wonders!

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...