Jason Herrmann

Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors - Nature Levantine Phoenicians made little genetic contribution to Punic settlements in the central and western Mediterranean between the sixth and second centuries bce; instead, the Punic people derived most ...

Turns out culture important and not everything is biology :) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

80s spies going on spy ESPN to complain about how easy this spy generation has it. Espionage Charles Oakley indignantly pointing out that all the spy scoring records you see falling today were posted by spies who knew they’d get hammered any time they went in the paint

A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

Excellent talk today by @jtherrmann.bsky.social at Duke University about his archaeological work at Motya in Sicily

Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!

I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.

Hmmm this guy is on to something

A St. Valentine's Day massacre of academic freedom (opinion) The Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter was one of the worst attacks on academic freedom by the government in American history, John K. Wilson writes.

“Colleges must refuse to obey these illicit commands; sue to protect their rights & the rights of their students faculty, & staff against an oppressive government.”

Must Read from John K. Wilson in @insidehighered.com
#Academicsky

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.

Our Medicaid Story Cuts to Medicaid will devastate poor and disabled people in America. Please call your representative THIS WEEK and tell them you oppose these cuts!

Please read, then call your legislators to demand they protect the most vulnerable in our society. Our daughter with complex medical needs (CDKL5) relies on the protections and supports provided by IDEA and Medicaid to preserve her quality of life. open.substack.com/pub/erinraff...

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

Interesting to see these big name universities absolutely crumble and cave — halting admissions, altering faculty labs’ websites, and basically being a bunch of collaborators. Almost like that’s what they were really about all along. Almost like those billions in endowments aren’t for education.

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

Not only does this reduce the relevance of a medium, but also reduces the actual dollars it brings in from advertisers and investors.

These people are empowered by money and attention so you must treat each dollar you spend and every click like a vote.

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“The 24 hour Economic Blackout as our first initial act, we turn it off. For one day we show them who really holds the power,” said the People’s Union Founder John “J” Schwarz, in a statement sent to the AFRO. “Corporations and banks only care about their bottom line.”

Hundreds in Philly braved the freezing temps to rally for our healthcare, research, and jobs! ❄️💪

Workers & students from CCP, Drexel, UPenn, Rutgers, Temple, Jefferson, Arcadia, Rowan, Moore—alongside elected leaders & union presidents—made it clear: We won’t back down. #LaborForHigherEd

I'm a scientist because 52 years ago the National Science Foundation supported me, as a high school student, to do real research at a university summer science program.
The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.

We did the same

If you want to know how NSF has supported Science in your state see tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN... (and write your congresspeople).

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺

Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

12:00 Philadelphia City Hall

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Hey, I'm a digital archaeologist and use Bluesky to share what we're up to in my lab!