John Hoopes
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Archaeologist.
https://hoopes.academia.edu/
I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
https://hoopes.academia.edu/
I’m not here to try and change your mind. I’m here to let other people who think as I do know they’re not alone. Be kind. Love one another.
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New questions, new perspectives, new answers #archaeology 🧪🏺
Technological analysis of bone tool collections in Cordoba- Argentina that successfully fills a major gap in understanding how these ancient communities organized their craft production and daily life
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Technological analysis of bone tool collections in Cordoba- Argentina that successfully fills a major gap in understanding how these ancient communities organized their craft production and daily life
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Ancient bone arrow points reveal organized craft production in prehistoric Argentina
For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 cal BP) people of the Sierras de Córdoba were scarce. However, Dr. Matías Med...
phys.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New questions, new perspectives, new answers #archaeology 🧪🏺
Technological analysis of bone tool collections in Cordoba- Argentina that successfully fills a major gap in understanding how these ancient communities organized their craft production and daily life
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Technological analysis of bone tool collections in Cordoba- Argentina that successfully fills a major gap in understanding how these ancient communities organized their craft production and daily life
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Who among us will ever forget where we were and what we were doing when we learned that undocumented migrants to the United States were taking all the atom-splitting jobs
December 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Who among us will ever forget where we were and what we were doing when we learned that undocumented migrants to the United States were taking all the atom-splitting jobs
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This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
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Latest from me at @journalspectre.bsky.social: I trace how Richard Spencer and other white nationalists have shifted their strategy to stay relevant and rebuild after years of delay forming and antifascist resistance. They are building a new cadre, and have less opposition today.
Last piece of the year y'all! This one is a must read.
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Varieties of White Nationalism – Spectre Journal
Shane Burley looks at Richard Spencer's rebranding effort to illuminate the movement dynamics and political impasses of the "dissident" right.
spectrejournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Latest from me at @journalspectre.bsky.social: I trace how Richard Spencer and other white nationalists have shifted their strategy to stay relevant and rebuild after years of delay forming and antifascist resistance. They are building a new cadre, and have less opposition today.
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Solidarity.
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Solidarity.
I would love it if you listened to some of this music!
open.spotify.com/artist/40nN0...
open.spotify.com/artist/40nN0...
The Bedroomer
open.spotify.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I would love it if you listened to some of this music!
open.spotify.com/artist/40nN0...
open.spotify.com/artist/40nN0...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla...
Uh. NO.
I've been using Firefox ever since it was Netscape, but if they move forward with this, that'll be the end for my use.
Uh. NO.
I've been using Firefox ever since it was Netscape, but if they move forward with this, that'll be the end for my use.
Mozilla's New CEO: It's Time to Evolve Firefox Into an AI Browser
Can the AI push from Anthony Enzor-DeMeo mesh with the company's goal to be the most trusted software provider?
www.pcmag.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla...
Uh. NO.
I've been using Firefox ever since it was Netscape, but if they move forward with this, that'll be the end for my use.
Uh. NO.
I've been using Firefox ever since it was Netscape, but if they move forward with this, that'll be the end for my use.
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-laughs nervously-
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
-laughs nervously-
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
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Ten free books from the digital press at the university of North Dakota. One click - ten free books!
https://thedigitalpress.org/2025/12/01/cyber-monday-one-click-download-from-the-digital-press-at-the-university-of-north-dakota/
https://thedigitalpress.org/2025/12/01/cyber-monday-one-click-download-from-the-digital-press-at-the-university-of-north-dakota/
Cyber Monday: One Click Download from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
People say to me all the time: Bill, I just can’t be bothered to click download every time a new free book comes out from your press.
This is an understandable concern. After all, clicking download five or six times a year might take as much as 20 seconds from your daily life.
I’ve listened and I’ve created a Cyber Monday (whatever that is) One Click Download Collection from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. With one click you can download TEN free books from the press. Nine of them were published recently, and one is a quiet classic that I think more people should read an enjoy.
There is no catch. You don’t have to sign up. You don’t have to give me your email. You don’t have to pay anything, subscribe, enter your zip code, area code, or credit card number.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ten free books from the digital press at the university of North Dakota. One click - ten free books!
https://thedigitalpress.org/2025/12/01/cyber-monday-one-click-download-from-the-digital-press-at-the-university-of-north-dakota/
https://thedigitalpress.org/2025/12/01/cyber-monday-one-click-download-from-the-digital-press-at-the-university-of-north-dakota/
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"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
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JESUS CHRIST, are we PAYING for this new White House SHIT?
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JESUS CHRIST, are we PAYING for this new White House SHIT?
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Kimbal Musk has publicly admitted that he and his brother Elon were in the country illegally for years before applying for citizenship—so unless they admitted this on their immigration forms, they must be deported immediately.
Every journalist should be buzzing about this.
Every journalist should be buzzing about this.
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Kimbal Musk has publicly admitted that he and his brother Elon were in the country illegally for years before applying for citizenship—so unless they admitted this on their immigration forms, they must be deported immediately.
Every journalist should be buzzing about this.
Every journalist should be buzzing about this.
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www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... Looking at @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @inrap.fr @archeonationale.bsky.social Dahud et la Cite d'Ys
When legends meet maritime archaeology. @davidpetts1.bsky.social @peterreavill.bsky.social @jasoncolavito.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social 🧵⬇️
When legends meet maritime archaeology. @davidpetts1.bsky.social @peterreavill.bsky.social @jasoncolavito.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social 🧵⬇️
Un mur géant datant d’il y a 7 000 ans découvert sous 9 mètres d’eau au large de l’île de Sein
Hérissée de 62 monolithes, la construction de 120 mètres sur 20 mètres de large découverte en Bretagne serait une digue ou un barrage datant du mésolithique.
www.lemonde.fr
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... Looking at @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @inrap.fr @archeonationale.bsky.social Dahud et la Cite d'Ys
When legends meet maritime archaeology. @davidpetts1.bsky.social @peterreavill.bsky.social @jasoncolavito.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social 🧵⬇️
When legends meet maritime archaeology. @davidpetts1.bsky.social @peterreavill.bsky.social @jasoncolavito.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social 🧵⬇️
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Ancient genomes show 100,000 years of human isolation and striking genetic differences in southern Africa
A new genetic study indicates that ancient communities in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation, developing a distinct set of genetic traits that...
archaeologymag.com/2025/12/anci...
A new genetic study indicates that ancient communities in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation, developing a distinct set of genetic traits that...
archaeologymag.com/2025/12/anci...
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ancient genomes show 100,000 years of human isolation and striking genetic differences in southern Africa
A new genetic study indicates that ancient communities in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation, developing a distinct set of genetic traits that...
archaeologymag.com/2025/12/anci...
A new genetic study indicates that ancient communities in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation, developing a distinct set of genetic traits that...
archaeologymag.com/2025/12/anci...
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BIG NEWS: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco returns to Cambodia 13 antiquities linked to the late indicted antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford by an investigation of Homeland Security Investigations and Cambodian authorities.
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about.asianart.org/press/asian-...
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BIG NEWS: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco returns to Cambodia 13 antiquities linked to the late indicted antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford by an investigation of Homeland Security Investigations and Cambodian authorities.
about.asianart.org/press/asian-...
about.asianart.org/press/asian-...
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The Prajnaparamita was part of notorious Christian Humann’s Pan-Asian Collection, passed through Robert H. Ellsworth and was sold at Sotheby’s in 1990 before being donated to the museum in 2015
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Prajnaparamita was part of notorious Christian Humann’s Pan-Asian Collection, passed through Robert H. Ellsworth and was sold at Sotheby’s in 1990 before being donated to the museum in 2015
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William Wolff connections:
The Harihara was acquired by William H. Wolff Inc. before 1968, passed to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and gifted to the museum in 1987
Uma was acquired from William H. Wolff Inc. in 1972, the sculpture entered Sackler’s collection and was donated to the museum in 1987
The Harihara was acquired by William H. Wolff Inc. before 1968, passed to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and gifted to the museum in 1987
Uma was acquired from William H. Wolff Inc. in 1972, the sculpture entered Sackler’s collection and was donated to the museum in 1987
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
William Wolff connections:
The Harihara was acquired by William H. Wolff Inc. before 1968, passed to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and gifted to the museum in 1987
Uma was acquired from William H. Wolff Inc. in 1972, the sculpture entered Sackler’s collection and was donated to the museum in 1987
The Harihara was acquired by William H. Wolff Inc. before 1968, passed to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and gifted to the museum in 1987
Uma was acquired from William H. Wolff Inc. in 1972, the sculpture entered Sackler’s collection and was donated to the museum in 1987
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NYT: Smithsonian Returns Three Khmer Artifacts Thought Looted to Cambodia
The objects were the first returned under a 2022 policy requiring the institution to weigh a wider range of factors, like plunder under colonial rule, when deciding to repatriate items.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
The objects were the first returned under a 2022 policy requiring the institution to weigh a wider range of factors, like plunder under colonial rule, when deciding to repatriate items.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
Smithsonian Returns Three Khmer Artifacts Thought Looted to Cambodia
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NYT: Smithsonian Returns Three Khmer Artifacts Thought Looted to Cambodia
The objects were the first returned under a 2022 policy requiring the institution to weigh a wider range of factors, like plunder under colonial rule, when deciding to repatriate items.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
The objects were the first returned under a 2022 policy requiring the institution to weigh a wider range of factors, like plunder under colonial rule, when deciding to repatriate items.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/a...
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Now this is cool. Or rather hot. Well, you know what I mean. 😉
With fire-cracked #flint handaxes alongside two fragments of iron #pyrite, new research at Barnham, UK, seems to suggest deliberate #fire making … 400,000 years ago!
🔥🏺 R. Davis et al. in @nature.com 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With fire-cracked #flint handaxes alongside two fragments of iron #pyrite, new research at Barnham, UK, seems to suggest deliberate #fire making … 400,000 years ago!
🔥🏺 R. Davis et al. in @nature.com 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earliest evidence of making fire - Nature
Baked sediment, heat-shattered artefacts and introduced pyrite in a 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic occupation site in Suffolk, UK provide evidence of intentional fire-making, marking a pivotal moment i...
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Now this is cool. Or rather hot. Well, you know what I mean. 😉
With fire-cracked #flint handaxes alongside two fragments of iron #pyrite, new research at Barnham, UK, seems to suggest deliberate #fire making … 400,000 years ago!
🔥🏺 R. Davis et al. in @nature.com 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With fire-cracked #flint handaxes alongside two fragments of iron #pyrite, new research at Barnham, UK, seems to suggest deliberate #fire making … 400,000 years ago!
🔥🏺 R. Davis et al. in @nature.com 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The fibers were likely dry when sewn. The wood swells when out in water which would tighten the join.
Fast forward to about 15 mins in to see modern builders from Kerala sewing a boat to see the technique in action:
youtu.be/3_HXVJpgTaY?...
Fast forward to about 15 mins in to see modern builders from Kerala sewing a boat to see the technique in action:
youtu.be/3_HXVJpgTaY?...
Traditional Sewn Boats of Kerala (India)
YouTube video by Polyhistoria
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The fibers were likely dry when sewn. The wood swells when out in water which would tighten the join.
Fast forward to about 15 mins in to see modern builders from Kerala sewing a boat to see the technique in action:
youtu.be/3_HXVJpgTaY?...
Fast forward to about 15 mins in to see modern builders from Kerala sewing a boat to see the technique in action:
youtu.be/3_HXVJpgTaY?...
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Sewing is much less time consuming than mortise and tenon joinery. So that may have been a factor. It also creates a flexible hull which can be useful when navigating shallow waterways such as all the lagoons and canals around the region. BUT sewn boats are also on the rocky eastern Adriatic coast
December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sewing is much less time consuming than mortise and tenon joinery. So that may have been a factor. It also creates a flexible hull which can be useful when navigating shallow waterways such as all the lagoons and canals around the region. BUT sewn boats are also on the rocky eastern Adriatic coast
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The Roman shipwreck at Comacchio, Italy, is over 21 m long and 5.62 m wide. It was discovered in 1980 during the maintenance of a drainage canal. The vessel was loaded with amphorae, lead ingots, and boxwood logs. It dates to the 1st c. BC.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Roman shipwreck at Comacchio, Italy, is over 21 m long and 5.62 m wide. It was discovered in 1980 during the maintenance of a drainage canal. The vessel was loaded with amphorae, lead ingots, and boxwood logs. It dates to the 1st c. BC.
📷Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici Emilia Romagna
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📷Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici Emilia Romagna
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