Damien Piro

B.C.’s work to make forests more wildfire-proof is slow, careful and years behind Hundreds of thousands of hectares need a fuel-mitigation makeover to keep future fires from burning unchecked

Asked where he sees hope amid the smoke, Mr. Gray said he looks to Indigenous communities across western North America and their efforts to bring back both prescribed and cultural fires to their landscapes. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Pay essential workers what they are worth. Nurses pay rises are way behind by the time the are implemented

Amazing

Brilliant

‘Tis the season

I presented today at #AAA2024 today in the ’when absence is presence’ session. Brilliant session with interesting papers.

Australian Archaeology Association annual conference #AAA2024

To start you off!

Happy 40th anniversary of Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) - Questions of jurisdiction and/or admissibility - to everyone who celebrates.

In anthropology, we often refer to this impetus as "the Tyranny of Taxonomy." By virtue of forcing various phenomena into categories that can be quantified, you create the illusion that such categories are "real." Rather than methods through which to think about similarities and differences.

We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan Peterson review — rambling, hectoring and mad The conservative polemicist’s new book is a bizarre study of the Bible featuring Jiminy Cricket, Harry Potter and Tinkerbell the porn fairy

A year ago, I got yelled at by someone desperately trying to convince me that Peterson was a genius. They then mocked my credentials when I pointed out that I was exactly the kind of person to understand and critique his arguments.

Anyway, this is perfect.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

ICC charges against a democratic leader set a dangerous precedent that the law applies equally to everyone

I'M ALIVE!!! Fuck you, Schrödinger!

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Move by international criminal court puts Netanyahu at risk of detention if he travels to certain other countries

And the Democrats still wonder why their scaremongering about Trump's fascism did not land considering their stance on this particular issue (but also other far right talking points)...

Lesser evilism will no longer be enough

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

perfect

I see the bots are trying to get a foothold. Block, forget and continue enjoying 😀

I see the bots are slowly trying to get a foothold. Block, forget and continue enjoying 🙂

Last week BlueSky was cock-a-hoop, because they grew a million followers in a week.
They just clocked a million followers in last 24 hours!
Now up to 17.35 M
#TwitterExodus

a man with a chain around his neck is wearing a helmet ALT: a man with a chain around his neck is wearing a helmet

Yes 👏

Go Crows 🐦‍⬛ ❤️💙💛

I think the algorithm is still working it out too. Most of my feed is US sports at the moment

Introducing my current area of study - cultural landscapes within international and domestic cultural heritage regimes. Investigating the trichotomy of tangible, intangible and natural heritage.

‘Starter packs’ are one of the convenient aspects of this platform. The hill doesn’t seem so steep not having to start from scratch

This holds some promise. Hoping I can reclaim some of the bird network here