Jen Lavris Makovics
@jenlavrismakovics.bsky.social
Archaeologist/Forensic anth in 🏴🇬🇧, work in the MENA region. PhD candidate, Newcastle Uni. Former NPS archaeologist. Research: remote sensing in Egypt/Morocco/Iraq using declassified KH-9 HEXAGON satellite imagery.💀🛰️🏺 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-1338
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
The Trump Administration has repeatedly tried to sidestep federal historic preservation laws that protect sacred sites, historic neighborhoods, and irreplaceable landscapes. If we don’t push back, more of our history will be lost without proper review or public input.
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Sign the Petition
Require the Trump administration to follow preservation laws
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Trump Administration has repeatedly tried to sidestep federal historic preservation laws that protect sacred sites, historic neighborhoods, and irreplaceable landscapes. If we don’t push back, more of our history will be lost without proper review or public input.
www.change.org/p/require-th...
www.change.org/p/require-th...
So it’s perfect; frogs are already a symbol of the Resistance, now with trump’s “piggy” comment, we have the perfect pairing! I want to see pink piggy knit hats, and frog and pig blow up costumes, and Muppets gear at every protest/march! #QuietPiggy #resist
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
So it’s perfect; frogs are already a symbol of the Resistance, now with trump’s “piggy” comment, we have the perfect pairing! I want to see pink piggy knit hats, and frog and pig blow up costumes, and Muppets gear at every protest/march! #QuietPiggy #resist
I would also like to see millions of knit pink piggy hats with cute noses, ears, and curly tails at the next protest march! #quietpiggy
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I would also like to see millions of knit pink piggy hats with cute noses, ears, and curly tails at the next protest march! #quietpiggy
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Etruscan tunnels are deeply interesting (sorry) and “the first complete mapping of the tunnels of the Etruscan city of Veii, a complex underground system comprising galleries, hydraulic structures, canals, cisterns, wells, and the large sacred pool” is now complete! cultura.gov.it/comunicato/2...
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Etruscan tunnels are deeply interesting (sorry) and “the first complete mapping of the tunnels of the Etruscan city of Veii, a complex underground system comprising galleries, hydraulic structures, canals, cisterns, wells, and the large sacred pool” is now complete! cultura.gov.it/comunicato/2...
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"QUICK! Bomb something!"
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"QUICK! Bomb something!"
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JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL LECTURE: Tonight at 5 p.m. MT.
Dr. Stephen Humphreys shows how well-designed fieldwork supports veteran well-being—and what veterans bring to archaeology.
Free. Register here: buff.ly/sAyjZBX
Read the feature: buff.ly/2PywYvQ
Dr. Stephen Humphreys shows how well-designed fieldwork supports veteran well-being—and what veterans bring to archaeology.
Free. Register here: buff.ly/sAyjZBX
Read the feature: buff.ly/2PywYvQ
Nov. 13 | Digging for Recovery: AVAR’s Model for Veteran Well-Being Through Archaeology - The Archaeological Conservancy
In this presentation, Dr. Stephen Humphreys will speak about American Veterans Archaeological Recovery (AVAR) and mental well-being
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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL LECTURE: Tonight at 5 p.m. MT.
Dr. Stephen Humphreys shows how well-designed fieldwork supports veteran well-being—and what veterans bring to archaeology.
Free. Register here: buff.ly/sAyjZBX
Read the feature: buff.ly/2PywYvQ
Dr. Stephen Humphreys shows how well-designed fieldwork supports veteran well-being—and what veterans bring to archaeology.
Free. Register here: buff.ly/sAyjZBX
Read the feature: buff.ly/2PywYvQ
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
“100% trump and donor funded.” Well, that’s a bright spot in this whole East Wing demo debacle, because then there is no reason we can’t tear that gaudy shit down as soon as these Christofascists are ousted. It would make for great symbolism.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“100% trump and donor funded.” Well, that’s a bright spot in this whole East Wing demo debacle, because then there is no reason we can’t tear that gaudy shit down as soon as these Christofascists are ousted. It would make for great symbolism.
Seeing the recent posts by the new official US Department of of the Interior Bluesky account is making me sick to my stomach. Pure propagandist bullshit coming from a government agency I used to be proud to work for. How do we oust these mofos before it is too late?
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Seeing the recent posts by the new official US Department of of the Interior Bluesky account is making me sick to my stomach. Pure propagandist bullshit coming from a government agency I used to be proud to work for. How do we oust these mofos before it is too late?
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I've been thinking about amaranth again, so here's our paper about finding domesticated amaranth seeds in archaeology at Aztec Ruins National Monument. Pueblo people have a long relationship with amaranth, but this was evidence that it went back as far as the 1100s. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ancient Grains: New Evidence for Ancestral Puebloan Use of Domesticated Amaranth | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Ancient Grains: New Evidence for Ancestral Puebloan Use of Domesticated Amaranth - Volume 86 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I've been thinking about amaranth again, so here's our paper about finding domesticated amaranth seeds in archaeology at Aztec Ruins National Monument. Pueblo people have a long relationship with amaranth, but this was evidence that it went back as far as the 1100s. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—With federal staff furloughed during the government shutdown, Utah’s Cultural Site Stewards are stepping in at places like Dinosaur National Monument, Bears Ears, Parowan Gap, Nine Mile Canyon, and Buckhorn Wash to watch over archaeological sites. Read more: buff.ly/JVBmE2C
Uncharted territory: Utah's Cultural Site Stewards take action during federal government shutdown
Utah Cultural Site Stewards, a network of specifically trained volunteers tasked to monitor and protect the state's unique archaeological resources, are now stepping in to protect and elevate Utah's…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—With federal staff furloughed during the government shutdown, Utah’s Cultural Site Stewards are stepping in at places like Dinosaur National Monument, Bears Ears, Parowan Gap, Nine Mile Canyon, and Buckhorn Wash to watch over archaeological sites. Read more: buff.ly/JVBmE2C
Pete Hegseth taking a nutshot on live TV when he was trying to act like a bigshot is what I needed to see today. What a perfect metaphor for this entire regime. m.youtube.com/watch
Pete Hegseth NAILED by Skateboard
YouTube video by Pete Hegseth
m.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pete Hegseth taking a nutshot on live TV when he was trying to act like a bigshot is what I needed to see today. What a perfect metaphor for this entire regime. m.youtube.com/watch
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The faster everyone gets off fossil fuels and buries even the memory of this petro-state puppet, the better.
Trump to the UN: "The 'carbon footprint' is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they're heading down a path of total destruction."
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The faster everyone gets off fossil fuels and buries even the memory of this petro-state puppet, the better.
I JUST VOTED ON CA PROP 50 THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT. THANKS TO OUR MOST AMAZING, SOME SAY THE BEST EVER, GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM. I FEEL MIGHTY PATRIOTIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. --JLM
September 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I JUST VOTED ON CA PROP 50 THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT. THANKS TO OUR MOST AMAZING, SOME SAY THE BEST EVER, GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM. I FEEL MIGHTY PATRIOTIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. --JLM
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TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
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Megaconstellations now causing problems in optical satellites scenes.
I wonder if the same is true for some space based rader acquisitions, which have wider swaths ?
@gfun.earth @ericjfielding.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social @spacefromspace.com
I wonder if the same is true for some space based rader acquisitions, which have wider swaths ?
@gfun.earth @ericjfielding.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social @spacefromspace.com
Looks like this happened again! This time, Maxar's WorldView Legion 6 satellite spotted a Starlink satellite while imaging Dingxin Airbase in China.
www.linkedin.com/posts/susann...
www.linkedin.com/posts/susann...
September 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Megaconstellations now causing problems in optical satellites scenes.
I wonder if the same is true for some space based rader acquisitions, which have wider swaths ?
@gfun.earth @ericjfielding.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social @spacefromspace.com
I wonder if the same is true for some space based rader acquisitions, which have wider swaths ?
@gfun.earth @ericjfielding.bsky.social @geoandyhooper.bsky.social @spacefromspace.com
Great reporting by HCN.You might not see much change when you visit a park, but I can tell you that our parks were already severely understaffed/underfunded before DOGE. Now they are at a tipping point where the damage to cultural/natural resources will be irreversible. www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The national parks are not OK - High Country News
Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’
www.hcn.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Great reporting by HCN.You might not see much change when you visit a park, but I can tell you that our parks were already severely understaffed/underfunded before DOGE. Now they are at a tipping point where the damage to cultural/natural resources will be irreversible. www.hcn.org/articles/the...
Absolutely fabulous Predynastic/ED study day at @theegyptcentre.bsky.social today! Every talk was engaging and it was so nice to catch up with many friends and colleagues! Kudos to the organisers!
June 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Absolutely fabulous Predynastic/ED study day at @theegyptcentre.bsky.social today! Every talk was engaging and it was so nice to catch up with many friends and colleagues! Kudos to the organisers!
Recent paper - open access: Environmental Challenges and Vanishing Archaeological Landscapes: Remotely Sensed Insights into the Climate-Water-Agriculture-Heritage Nexus in Southern Iraq
www.mdpi.com/3301176
www.mdpi.com/3301176
May 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Recent paper - open access: Environmental Challenges and Vanishing Archaeological Landscapes: Remotely Sensed Insights into the Climate-Water-Agriculture-Heritage Nexus in Southern Iraq
www.mdpi.com/3301176
www.mdpi.com/3301176
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I can’t be the only one thinking that we need @maddow.msnbc.com for more than the first 100 days….
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I can’t be the only one thinking that we need @maddow.msnbc.com for more than the first 100 days….
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YESTERDAY:
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
March 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
YESTERDAY:
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
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"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
oldgoats.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...