Jacob
@iacobuscaesar.bsky.social
I have an MA in archaeology and run a blog called Living in the Longue Durée about ancient history and whatever else. This profile is mostly funny observations about history and science.
Blog: https://livinginthelongueduree.com
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Jacob
@iacobuscaesar.bsky.social
· Jun 16
De-Extinction: A History
John Hammond: “None of these attractions are ready yet, of course, but the park will open with the basic tour that you’re about to take, and then other rides will come online six to twe…
livinginthelongueduree.com
So I’ve completed my latest project: a run-through of the history of de-extinction, exploring the many methods that have been tried and treating it as a social phenomenon around science rather than just a snazzily marketed science topic. From Nazi cattle to modern questionable corporate claims.
Finished The White Lotus season 3. Fuck, that was stressful but the ending is so good.
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Finished The White Lotus season 3. Fuck, that was stressful but the ending is so good.
This is WILD.
More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
What the first major study of the US rabbinate reveals - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is WILD.
I love how French bureaucracy, more than a year after you give them a document showing bank information and purchase history, will ask for that document translated to French because your damn store purchases are written in English.
Imagine being that useless.
Imagine being that useless.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I love how French bureaucracy, more than a year after you give them a document showing bank information and purchase history, will ask for that document translated to French because your damn store purchases are written in English.
Imagine being that useless.
Imagine being that useless.
I would like to apologize for my inappropriate comment yesterday because I should not have referred to a sperm whale as a baleen whale. I am deeply sorry.
I’m a lean mean vaporizer of baleen. 😎
Happy exploding whale day, Oregon homies!
💥 🐋
💥 🐋
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I would like to apologize for my inappropriate comment yesterday because I should not have referred to a sperm whale as a baleen whale. I am deeply sorry.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you moderate a years-dead subreddit with a few hundred inactive members, very occasionally an extremely confused person will post a long off-topic ramble in it.
Sorry, roving Hare Krishna preacher, your post is not a meme about the Norse colonies in Vinland and will be removed.
Sorry, roving Hare Krishna preacher, your post is not a meme about the Norse colonies in Vinland and will be removed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you moderate a years-dead subreddit with a few hundred inactive members, very occasionally an extremely confused person will post a long off-topic ramble in it.
Sorry, roving Hare Krishna preacher, your post is not a meme about the Norse colonies in Vinland and will be removed.
Sorry, roving Hare Krishna preacher, your post is not a meme about the Norse colonies in Vinland and will be removed.
What if we kissed in the Challenger Deep?
😳 😳 😳
😳 😳 😳
I want to live underwater. I want to journey around under the sea and have a big aquatic habitat to live in. I want to see sharks outside and commune with them. This is my fantasy and if you catch me staring off disassociated, it might be what’s going on.
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What if we kissed in the Challenger Deep?
😳 😳 😳
😳 😳 😳
Making a cross with my fingers to exorcise my computer of the demon that is Copilot.
Actually though, another reason I love Pope Leo XIV. He’s taking the threats posed by AI to society extremely seriously.
Actually though, another reason I love Pope Leo XIV. He’s taking the threats posed by AI to society extremely seriously.
Pope Leo to Adolescents and Youth AI Conference: “Governments and international organizations have a responsibility to design and implement policies that protect the dignity of minors in this era of AI.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV: Children and adolescents are vulnerable to AI manipulation - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV warns that young people and children could easily be manipulated by artificial intelligence and insists that 'safeguarding minors' ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Making a cross with my fingers to exorcise my computer of the demon that is Copilot.
Actually though, another reason I love Pope Leo XIV. He’s taking the threats posed by AI to society extremely seriously.
Actually though, another reason I love Pope Leo XIV. He’s taking the threats posed by AI to society extremely seriously.
Damn, I’ll be 28 a month from today. That’s insane.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Damn, I’ll be 28 a month from today. That’s insane.
I know there’s a lot of excitement about the Epstein emails. They’re extremely incriminating but I also feel the need to say this:
Some people expect this to be a final issue that will bring Trump down. It won’t. The support apparatus won’t change and quite a few people won’t be convinced.
Some people expect this to be a final issue that will bring Trump down. It won’t. The support apparatus won’t change and quite a few people won’t be convinced.
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I know there’s a lot of excitement about the Epstein emails. They’re extremely incriminating but I also feel the need to say this:
Some people expect this to be a final issue that will bring Trump down. It won’t. The support apparatus won’t change and quite a few people won’t be convinced.
Some people expect this to be a final issue that will bring Trump down. It won’t. The support apparatus won’t change and quite a few people won’t be convinced.
I had a dream where I encountered François Mitterrand and Nicolas Sarkozy in a public swimming pool. I don’t remember much more than that. OK, back to bed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I had a dream where I encountered François Mitterrand and Nicolas Sarkozy in a public swimming pool. I don’t remember much more than that. OK, back to bed.
I’m a lean mean vaporizer of baleen. 😎
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m a lean mean vaporizer of baleen. 😎
Happy exploding whale day, Oregon homies!
💥 🐋
💥 🐋
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Happy exploding whale day, Oregon homies!
💥 🐋
💥 🐋
I have a friend I made in Peru many years ago and I taught her some English while she taught me some Quechua.
We ended up catching up today and I had to scramble for my phone notes because she started asking some of the Quechua questions. What a beautiful language though.
We ended up catching up today and I had to scramble for my phone notes because she started asking some of the Quechua questions. What a beautiful language though.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have a friend I made in Peru many years ago and I taught her some English while she taught me some Quechua.
We ended up catching up today and I had to scramble for my phone notes because she started asking some of the Quechua questions. What a beautiful language though.
We ended up catching up today and I had to scramble for my phone notes because she started asking some of the Quechua questions. What a beautiful language though.
Early-medieval-ass political discourse.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Early-medieval-ass political discourse.
My grandparents forwarded me their email correspondence with a guide we’re going to have in Egypt next month and in there they tell her that I can read hieroglyphs (I’ve tried to learn but fallen off) so I really gotta review that I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My grandparents forwarded me their email correspondence with a guide we’re going to have in Egypt next month and in there they tell her that I can read hieroglyphs (I’ve tried to learn but fallen off) so I really gotta review that I guess.
The cohort is all going to the Educatech expo next week and all the events feel like the same thing: some startup with an AI product that will supposedly change the way we teach.
Some panels are about the impact AI will have and none of the descriptions suggest any critical angle.
Some panels are about the impact AI will have and none of the descriptions suggest any critical angle.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The cohort is all going to the Educatech expo next week and all the events feel like the same thing: some startup with an AI product that will supposedly change the way we teach.
Some panels are about the impact AI will have and none of the descriptions suggest any critical angle.
Some panels are about the impact AI will have and none of the descriptions suggest any critical angle.
Waking up in the middle of the night thirsty and absolutely downing the cold water bottle by your bed is just so good and refreshing.
OK, back to sleep. Good night, everyone. Stay hydrated.
OK, back to sleep. Good night, everyone. Stay hydrated.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Waking up in the middle of the night thirsty and absolutely downing the cold water bottle by your bed is just so good and refreshing.
OK, back to sleep. Good night, everyone. Stay hydrated.
OK, back to sleep. Good night, everyone. Stay hydrated.
Normal Discord interaction.
![يعقوب خان (me):
Apples are good.
Robert Teaches:
What about STDS?
يعقوب خان:
Sexually transmitted diseases?
Robert Teaches:
Yeah, I got one from an Izmiri femboy.
[gif of Turkish flag]
يعقوب خان:
Rough. It would be odd to have a positive opinion of STDs or think of them in the vein of apples.
Robert Teaches:
On the bright side, it’s proof you got with an Izmiri femboy.
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm!
يعقوب خان:
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Normal Discord interaction.
I want to live underwater. I want to journey around under the sea and have a big aquatic habitat to live in. I want to see sharks outside and commune with them. This is my fantasy and if you catch me staring off disassociated, it might be what’s going on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I want to live underwater. I want to journey around under the sea and have a big aquatic habitat to live in. I want to see sharks outside and commune with them. This is my fantasy and if you catch me staring off disassociated, it might be what’s going on.
I want to be in this painting. It’s so gorgeous.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I want to be in this painting. It’s so gorgeous.
I’m glad World War I is over. Let’s not do that again.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I’m glad World War I is over. Let’s not do that again.
Me and who?
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Me and who?
Another brick on the wall for me on never wanting to buy a home in the United States.
Who could have suspected that putting a real-estate tycoon in charge of everything would enable the industry to squeeze more money out of people with hidden costs?
From the industry that brought you 2008.
Who could have suspected that putting a real-estate tycoon in charge of everything would enable the industry to squeeze more money out of people with hidden costs?
From the industry that brought you 2008.
One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀
@newsweek.com $XHB
www.newsweek.com/50-year-mort...
@newsweek.com $XHB
www.newsweek.com/50-year-mort...
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Another brick on the wall for me on never wanting to buy a home in the United States.
Who could have suspected that putting a real-estate tycoon in charge of everything would enable the industry to squeeze more money out of people with hidden costs?
From the industry that brought you 2008.
Who could have suspected that putting a real-estate tycoon in charge of everything would enable the industry to squeeze more money out of people with hidden costs?
From the industry that brought you 2008.
Babe, wake up. Cool new filter-feeding puke-preserved pterosaur dropped.
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Babe, wake up. Cool new filter-feeding puke-preserved pterosaur dropped.