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Here at Bluesky we have a few simple rules:

1. Younger layers of rock sit atop older layers.
2. Layers of sedimentary rock are originally deposited horizontally.
3. Rock layers must be older than the intrusion that disturbs them.
4. Layers of rock are continuous until disrupted

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I’m sure others have written about this, but I’m hardly on social media.

Removal of federal student loan eligibility for nursing programs is terrible and it won’t end there. It signals a clear attack on professions dominated by people the administration sees as useless.

Arts & Sciences are next.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My chaotic top 5 side 1, track 1s

Pelican - "Nightendday"
Red Fang - "Prehistoric Dog"
High on Fire - "Devilution"
Tom Petty - "Wildflowers"
Sade - "No Ordinary Love"
Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As the holidays approach, a friendly reminder that drunk driving is some real loser shit.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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i can smell a brick of chat gpt text from a mile off. my geiger counter starts clicking the second a screenshot enters my bubble. i am not going to read a thing that some loser did not even bother to write
i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Terminator: Dark Fate” answers the question, “what if a movie in the Terminator saga could pass The Bechdel Test?”
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Fun fact: archaeologists often think of time vertically, as in the past is ‘down’ and the future is ‘up’. 🤣🤣🤣
💫 Fun fact: Mandarin speakers often think of time vertically, as in the past is ‘up’ and the future is ‘down’, while English speakers think of it horizontally (the past is ‘behind’, and the future ‘ahead’).

#linguistics #funfact #language #mandarin
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The entire country right now:
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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We already see literally this *exact* same claim from adults engaged in pseudoarchaeological content - that humans could not have [done whatever they're focusing on]. I worry about how difficult education on the past will become as kids who believe this begin to take notice of adults in popular
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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No one is better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory than Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another gorgeous fall day in Portland
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Every year when the PNW begins The Long Dark, I think, how much daylight are they actually saving?
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.

His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today was an absolute stunner in Portland
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Archaeologists speak up against the Vice President's blatantly disinformative use of archaeology for spreading these harmful Christian nationalist narratives
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October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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"By mid-October, a few dozen salmon had swum roughly 30 miles through Upper Klamath Lake and reached tributaries of the Klamath ... One year after the last of the dams came down, salmon are spreading throughout the uppermost reaches of the river."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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yup, that's me. i bet you're wondering how i got myself into this situation
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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If you are an SAA member who may be unable to attend the Annual Meeting due to transportation, lodging, and/or other expenses, consider applying for the Deborah L. Nichols Meeting Access Grant.

The application will close on November 15th at 3pm.

Information here: saa.org/career-pract...
The Deborah L. Nichols Meeting Access Grant supports current SAA members who might not otherwise be able to attend the Annual Meeting. The committee will award up to $500 to support access across multiple categories.

Eligibility and application information here:
Deborah L. Nichols Meeting Access Grants
saa.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Official anthropology ruling: you can use kinship terms in extended ways including for people who have no ties of marriage or ancestry. Real humans know this and do it. Some humans do it a lot more than others.
imagine telling on yourself that you refer to adult relatives of your parents' age as something other than "aunt" or "uncle". the expression "am I your mate?" exists for a reason
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Think actions like the destruction of the East Wing shouldn't happen? We have ONE cultural resource law to keep fed gov in check, & there's a hearing in the senate Wednesday. Call members on the natural resources committee & voice your support for Section 106! preservationaction.org/106-hearing-...
preservationaction.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Worth noting that the White House, the Supreme Court, the Capitol, & related grounds are all exempt from the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. So there is no formal review process for this kind of thing.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM