Andrew Curry
@andrewcurry.com
Journalist covering archaeology, science, culture, politics, business, and cycling. When not on my bike, I'm found most often in Science, National Geographic & Archaeology. WahlBerliner, on Signal at andrewcurry.01 More at andrewcurry.com
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Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
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Just some Assyrian criminal masterminds, smuggling tin in their underwear
Smuggling goods through Syrian/Iraqi border is still the way of making a living for many families in SE Anatolia.🙃
In "Between Two Rivers" by
@moudhy.bsky.social
In "Between Two Rivers" by
@moudhy.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just some Assyrian criminal masterminds, smuggling tin in their underwear
I verified myself! I feel so tech savvy.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I verified myself! I feel so tech savvy.
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This is a "reindeer cyclone", a defensive behavior that has been observed in herds of reindeer, even in captivity.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is a "reindeer cyclone", a defensive behavior that has been observed in herds of reindeer, even in captivity.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes.
The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.
Just some Assyrian criminal masterminds, smuggling tin in their underwear
Smuggling goods through Syrian/Iraqi border is still the way of making a living for many families in SE Anatolia.🙃
In "Between Two Rivers" by
@moudhy.bsky.social
In "Between Two Rivers" by
@moudhy.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just some Assyrian criminal masterminds, smuggling tin in their underwear
Wait, what?
"As valuations rise, some analysts have expressed scepticism about a complicated web of $1.4tn of deals being done around OpenAI, which is expected to have revenues this year of less than one thousandth of the planned investment."
"As valuations rise, some analysts have expressed scepticism about a complicated web of $1.4tn of deals being done around OpenAI, which is expected to have revenues this year of less than one thousandth of the planned investment."
This is like knowing COVID was here and waiting for the stock market to convince everyone that it could kill us all.
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an "extraordinary moment", but there was some "irrationality" in it.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Wait, what?
"As valuations rise, some analysts have expressed scepticism about a complicated web of $1.4tn of deals being done around OpenAI, which is expected to have revenues this year of less than one thousandth of the planned investment."
"As valuations rise, some analysts have expressed scepticism about a complicated web of $1.4tn of deals being done around OpenAI, which is expected to have revenues this year of less than one thousandth of the planned investment."
Interesting wrinkle on the repatriation debate. A Sikh holy book was taken by British colonizers in the 1800s; there's a huge and devout Sikh community in Scotland today. "People are here because of that colonial past and have lived their whole lives here ... it should be here for our communities."
A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Interesting wrinkle on the repatriation debate. A Sikh holy book was taken by British colonizers in the 1800s; there's a huge and devout Sikh community in Scotland today. "People are here because of that colonial past and have lived their whole lives here ... it should be here for our communities."
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Just had to dip into this @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social joint from 2015 for some last-minute fact-checking – some exciting stuff coming later this week.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Just had to dip into this @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social joint from 2015 for some last-minute fact-checking – some exciting stuff coming later this week.
Weird not to see Kathleen Coleman's "Missio at Halicarnassus" mentioned here: www.jstor.org/stable/3185234
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird not to see Kathleen Coleman's "Missio at Halicarnassus" mentioned here: www.jstor.org/stable/3185234
Skeumorphism!
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Skeumorphism!
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![Advertising poster promoting cycling for transport featuring four people in a row on bikes. At the top the text says, "You'd be better on a bicycle", and then in a bubble it says "Still [emphasized with big, red, italicized letters] the cheapest, handiest, healthiest way of getting about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreihcp247ahol26isqxpjmh54kczqp6ieyycvhakzjug6ysgeqndpb4@jpeg)
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what a fun project!
some of these are quite good. some are comically terrible! like this one (boo for no preview): www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anth...
page doesn't fully load for me, but you can still click on where the image would be. be sure to check out the spotted leopard one at the bottom
some of these are quite good. some are comically terrible! like this one (boo for no preview): www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anth...
page doesn't fully load for me, but you can still click on where the image would be. be sure to check out the spotted leopard one at the bottom
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
what a fun project!
some of these are quite good. some are comically terrible! like this one (boo for no preview): www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anth...
page doesn't fully load for me, but you can still click on where the image would be. be sure to check out the spotted leopard one at the bottom
some of these are quite good. some are comically terrible! like this one (boo for no preview): www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anth...
page doesn't fully load for me, but you can still click on where the image would be. be sure to check out the spotted leopard one at the bottom
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Great post which probably will not be liked or reposted as much as it deserves for it features no visual. DO click the link!😍🐘🤣
This @uliwestphal.bsky.social illustration of earnest efforts to draw elephants by medieval artists who clearly had never seen an elephant is great. ""So, it has two horns coming out of the face, and big ears, and also a tail... I know, I know, but my cousin said he knows a guy who saw one once..."
Uli Westphal
Visual Arts
www.uliwestphal.de
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great post which probably will not be liked or reposted as much as it deserves for it features no visual. DO click the link!😍🐘🤣
This @uliwestphal.bsky.social illustration of earnest efforts to draw elephants by medieval artists who clearly had never seen an elephant is great. ""So, it has two horns coming out of the face, and big ears, and also a tail... I know, I know, but my cousin said he knows a guy who saw one once..."
Uli Westphal
Visual Arts
www.uliwestphal.de
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This @uliwestphal.bsky.social illustration of earnest efforts to draw elephants by medieval artists who clearly had never seen an elephant is great. ""So, it has two horns coming out of the face, and big ears, and also a tail... I know, I know, but my cousin said he knows a guy who saw one once..."
I ride by these tiny little ponies out near Potsdam every few months and they are ALWAYS eating, no matter what time of day or year I happen to pass by. No wonder they are almost as wide as they are tall.
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I ride by these tiny little ponies out near Potsdam every few months and they are ALWAYS eating, no matter what time of day or year I happen to pass by. No wonder they are almost as wide as they are tall.
Konstanz, Túbingen and Heidelberg are all lovely places to live.
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Konstanz, Túbingen and Heidelberg are all lovely places to live.
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Memories of plunging my hand deep into the very cold peat to uncover Iron Age wooden planks last seen over 2,000 years ago.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Memories of plunging my hand deep into the very cold peat to uncover Iron Age wooden planks last seen over 2,000 years ago.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 2019, I worked with @robertclarkphoto.bsky.social to interview survivors of WWII for National Geographic. I met a man who flew in the invasion of Poland, one of the few German survivors of Stalingrad, & a woman who survived the war as a child. Some of the most memorable interviews I've ever done.
Nearly 80 years after World War II, their voices recall the struggle
Some were heroes. Some were victims. Others fought for the fascists who sought to dominate the planet. Today their stories are as poignant as ever.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In 2019, I worked with @robertclarkphoto.bsky.social to interview survivors of WWII for National Geographic. I met a man who flew in the invasion of Poland, one of the few German survivors of Stalingrad, & a woman who survived the war as a child. Some of the most memorable interviews I've ever done.
Black Friday, coming soon.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Black Friday, coming soon.
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That’s a lot.
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
That’s a lot.
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
67% of Germans say that “When in doubt, we can and should no longer rely on military assistance from the US.”
Study: www.moreincommon.de/wp-content/u...
I found a French guy's credit card (French name, French online bank) on the sidewalk and picked it up to keep it out of trouble. No one around, businesses nearby were closed. I should just destroy it and assume he cancels it, right?
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I found a French guy's credit card (French name, French online bank) on the sidewalk and picked it up to keep it out of trouble. No one around, businesses nearby were closed. I should just destroy it and assume he cancels it, right?
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Ancient DNA studies usually link changes in lifestyle and language in the past to population movements. But not always! A new study in @nature.com reveals a South American ancestry that stayed steady for 8,500 years, despite major cultural and linguistic shifts. @science.org 🏺 🧬
Mystery group lived in central Argentina for millennia, ancient DNA reveals
New study fills major gap in genetic map of ancient human migrations
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ancient DNA studies usually link changes in lifestyle and language in the past to population movements. But not always! A new study in @nature.com reveals a South American ancestry that stayed steady for 8,500 years, despite major cultural and linguistic shifts. @science.org 🏺 🧬
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
I had this experience when I wrote about the US Civil War. No one I knew growing up in New York or California gave it a second thought, so I was surprised how many people see criticism of the South & its struggle to preserve slavery as a personal indictment, as if 15 years had passed, not 150+.
This debate always makes me worry there’s something a bit wrong with me in that I don’t think the past is something you should draw pride or shame from. I have benefited from the British empire more than most Brits, but ultimately I am *not* my maternal great-great-great-grandfather!
On binary questions about Britain's colonial past, the median is Neither/Don't Know. (There are more constructive conversations than this which can unlock 75% common ground: teach it all, including the complexity and controversy)
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I had this experience when I wrote about the US Civil War. No one I knew growing up in New York or California gave it a second thought, so I was surprised how many people see criticism of the South & its struggle to preserve slavery as a personal indictment, as if 15 years had passed, not 150+.