Matthew T. Boulanger
@mtbarchaeology.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Scientist, Teacher at Some Major University. I study material culture & its evolution, break rocks, irradiate stuff, write code, ride motorcycles. I like hot coffee, cold beer, and bad puns.
http://people.smu.edu/mboulanger/
http://people.smu.edu/mboulanger/
October 1974…guessing he was wrong?
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
October 1974…guessing he was wrong?
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September 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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It's easy to use social media to spout off about archaeology.
It's harder to spend 12 mos. digging in archives to find documentary films made about actual archaeology, get them digitized, cut together, and shared on the Internet to show folks what real archaeology looks like
It's harder to spend 12 mos. digging in archives to find documentary films made about actual archaeology, get them digitized, cut together, and shared on the Internet to show folks what real archaeology looks like
September 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It's easy to use social media to spout off about archaeology.
It's harder to spend 12 mos. digging in archives to find documentary films made about actual archaeology, get them digitized, cut together, and shared on the Internet to show folks what real archaeology looks like
It's harder to spend 12 mos. digging in archives to find documentary films made about actual archaeology, get them digitized, cut together, and shared on the Internet to show folks what real archaeology looks like
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people"
August 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people"
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It never ceases to amaze me how select cases of full professors deciding to leave the U.S. for a university abroad merit more attention than the adjunctification of higher education and the complete erosion of tenure-track openings.
July 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how select cases of full professors deciding to leave the U.S. for a university abroad merit more attention than the adjunctification of higher education and the complete erosion of tenure-track openings.
We're using the latest technologies to teach students about archaeology!
May 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We're using the latest technologies to teach students about archaeology!
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May 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Whelp….I survived the pandemic, Delta variant, and all the waves.
But today, finally, I was diagnosed with Covid (after 4 days of the absolute worst flu and strep symptoms I’ve ever experienced)
Started showing symptoms shortly after returning from #saa2025.
But today, finally, I was diagnosed with Covid (after 4 days of the absolute worst flu and strep symptoms I’ve ever experienced)
Started showing symptoms shortly after returning from #saa2025.
May 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Whelp….I survived the pandemic, Delta variant, and all the waves.
But today, finally, I was diagnosed with Covid (after 4 days of the absolute worst flu and strep symptoms I’ve ever experienced)
Started showing symptoms shortly after returning from #saa2025.
But today, finally, I was diagnosed with Covid (after 4 days of the absolute worst flu and strep symptoms I’ve ever experienced)
Started showing symptoms shortly after returning from #saa2025.
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Picuris tribal leadership reached out to SMU researchers Michael Adler and David Meltzer to initiate conversations with geneticist Eske Willerslev at Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen and Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge. 🧪
DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site reut.rs/3Gwr7ke
DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site
DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon a millennium ago is helping to link present-day members of a Pueblo tribe to this historic site known for its distinctive architecture and sacred meaning to Indigenous peoples.
reut.rs
April 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Picuris tribal leadership reached out to SMU researchers Michael Adler and David Meltzer to initiate conversations with geneticist Eske Willerslev at Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen and Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge. 🧪
Reposted by Matthew T. Boulanger
A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their population history and ancestry, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3YLNzfF 🏺 🧬 🧪
April 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their population history and ancestry, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3YLNzfF 🏺 🧬 🧪
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DNA from ancient and present-day members of Picuris Pueblo confirm oral histories linking the tribe to the famed Chaco Canyon centre.
https://go.nature.com/42ZHm0P
https://go.nature.com/42ZHm0P
Native American tribe teams up with genomicists to confirm link to iconic ancient site
DNA from ancient and present-day members of Picuris Pueblo confirm oral histories linking the tribe to the famed Chaco Canyon centre.
go.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
DNA from ancient and present-day members of Picuris Pueblo confirm oral histories linking the tribe to the famed Chaco Canyon centre.
https://go.nature.com/42ZHm0P
https://go.nature.com/42ZHm0P
Happy to have been a small part of this much larger collaborative project
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest - Nature
A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their po...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Happy to have been a small part of this much larger collaborative project
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Making friends, and working to recruit the next generation of archaeologists at #saa2025denver
April 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Making friends, and working to recruit the next generation of archaeologists at #saa2025denver
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Retraction Watch just announced the pending retraction of the Comet Research Group's Sodom & Gomorrah pseudoarchaeology paper. The authors are not taking it well. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/23/s...
Sodom comet paper to be retracted two years after editor’s note acknowledging concerns
The authors’ reconstruction of what the blast’s impact area may have been. Source Scientific Reports will retract a controversial paper claiming to present evidence an ancient city in t…
retractionwatch.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Retraction Watch just announced the pending retraction of the Comet Research Group's Sodom & Gomorrah pseudoarchaeology paper. The authors are not taking it well. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/23/s...
This is why he hired a ghostwriter for his books about making deals.
April 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is why he hired a ghostwriter for his books about making deals.
Easter: Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event
Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
www.npr.org
April 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Easter: Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
Score one for peer review & scientific integrity: It looks like the biblical Sodom paper is going to be retracted:
cosmictusk.com/nature-scien...
Happy to have played a small part in exposing flaws in this paper its lack of data transparency.
h/t to @boslough.bsky.social
#NotScience.
cosmictusk.com/nature-scien...
Happy to have played a small part in exposing flaws in this paper its lack of data transparency.
h/t to @boslough.bsky.social
#NotScience.
Nature: Scientific Retractions - The Cosmic Tusk
One of the most important and widely-read scientific papers of all time has been retracted, following complaints that are immaterial to it's conclusions.
cosmictusk.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Score one for peer review & scientific integrity: It looks like the biblical Sodom paper is going to be retracted:
cosmictusk.com/nature-scien...
Happy to have played a small part in exposing flaws in this paper its lack of data transparency.
h/t to @boslough.bsky.social
#NotScience.
cosmictusk.com/nature-scien...
Happy to have played a small part in exposing flaws in this paper its lack of data transparency.
h/t to @boslough.bsky.social
#NotScience.
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Exciting news! pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea (2021)
pubpeer.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Exciting news! pubpeer.com/publications...
Holy shit…I…I….i actually agree with something Elno Musk said.
April 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Holy shit…I…I….i actually agree with something Elno Musk said.
I did another meme.
April 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I did another meme.
J.D. Vance and Howard Lutnick tell me to trust in the president...but you know what doesn't pay my bills?
Trust in a guy that bankrupted multiple casinos, and who just lost me more money in a single day than I'll earn in two months.
Trust in a guy that bankrupted multiple casinos, and who just lost me more money in a single day than I'll earn in two months.
April 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
J.D. Vance and Howard Lutnick tell me to trust in the president...but you know what doesn't pay my bills?
Trust in a guy that bankrupted multiple casinos, and who just lost me more money in a single day than I'll earn in two months.
Trust in a guy that bankrupted multiple casinos, and who just lost me more money in a single day than I'll earn in two months.