Jeffrey A. Becker Ph.D. RPA
@serviliusahala.bsky.social
Mediterranean archaeologist | Binghamton NY U.S.A.
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The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.
University of Texas regents OK limits on controversial subjects
Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.
www.texastribune.org
February 19, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
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Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
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Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Bernini's elephant is one of the most magical objects in Rome, and this sad story of him being damaged makes this sad, gloomy world a bit yuckier today. Forza, Elefantino! un abbraccio forte.
Roma, danneggiata scultura dell'Elefantino in piazza della Minerva. Giuli: "Una barbarie" ... LEGGI TUTTO #Roma #Elefantino #PiazzaMinerva #Bernini #arte
Roma, danneggiata scultura dell'Elefantino in piazza della Minerva. Giuli: "Una barbarie"
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Danneggiata la statua dell'Elefantino con l'obelisco che sorge al centro di Piazza Minerva, a Roma. La zanna della scultura, progettata da Gian Lorenzo Bernini, è stata trovata spezzata ai piedi del monumento. L...
dlvr.it
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Bernini's elephant is one of the most magical objects in Rome, and this sad story of him being damaged makes this sad, gloomy world a bit yuckier today. Forza, Elefantino! un abbraccio forte.
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"Reform takes negotiation, and sometimes that means playing hardball. In this case, that means giving the Machine a budget greater than the GDP of Chile."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
We Can Reform the Atrocity Machine
My dear constituents, Like you, I am deeply troubled by the Atrocity Machine’s recent activity. It is a stain on our nation, and we must take actio...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
"Reform takes negotiation, and sometimes that means playing hardball. In this case, that means giving the Machine a budget greater than the GDP of Chile."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
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Oh no, not “climate stuff”.
U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: IF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INSISTS ON 'CLIMATE STUFF', WE ARE OUT
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Oh no, not “climate stuff”.
It’s a gas when an academic press sends you a flyer for an outrageously overpriced academic book and you can instantly spot numerous typographical errors in the table of contents alone. Winning.
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
It’s a gas when an academic press sends you a flyer for an outrageously overpriced academic book and you can instantly spot numerous typographical errors in the table of contents alone. Winning.
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Last week in the #pleiadesgazetteer (9-16 February 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 16 new and 393 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes […]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Last week in the #pleiadesgazetteer (9-16 February 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 16 new and 393 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes […]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
[Original post on hcommons.social]
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This is the Colbert interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico that Barri Weiss, David Ellison & Donald Trump don’t want you to see.
Twice in three months content on CBS has been censored. And this is only the beginning…
Twice in three months content on CBS has been censored. And this is only the beginning…
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This is the Colbert interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico that Barri Weiss, David Ellison & Donald Trump don’t want you to see.
Twice in three months content on CBS has been censored. And this is only the beginning…
Twice in three months content on CBS has been censored. And this is only the beginning…
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“Trump Crossing the Delaware,”
by Richard Williams,
based on Emmanuel Leutze’s
“Washington Crossing the Delaware.”
by Richard Williams,
based on Emmanuel Leutze’s
“Washington Crossing the Delaware.”
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“Trump Crossing the Delaware,”
by Richard Williams,
based on Emmanuel Leutze’s
“Washington Crossing the Delaware.”
by Richard Williams,
based on Emmanuel Leutze’s
“Washington Crossing the Delaware.”
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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NEW: The Trump administration's argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission.
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
NEW: The Trump administration's argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission.
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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Here's a QR code so you can share our petition:
February 15, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Here's a QR code so you can share our petition:
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Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
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Nixon couldn’t have dreamed of all of Trump’s abuses of power.
The list of impeachable offenses keeps growing
Nixon couldn't have dreamed of all of Trump's abuses of power.
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Nixon couldn’t have dreamed of all of Trump’s abuses of power.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Such treachery. Doesn’t our govt understand pandemic threats? Our vulnerability to zoonotic flu, next SARS-3 coronavirus; arboviruses and tick borne illness from climate change here on the Gulf Coast; bioweapons from our enemies: Russia, DPRK, Iran, what’s going on?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Such treachery. Doesn’t our govt understand pandemic threats? Our vulnerability to zoonotic flu, next SARS-3 coronavirus; arboviruses and tick borne illness from climate change here on the Gulf Coast; bioweapons from our enemies: Russia, DPRK, Iran, what’s going on?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NEW: President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an executive order attempting to impose a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting, a requirement to show proof of citizenship for registration, and a ban on mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
NEW: President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an executive order attempting to impose a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting, a requirement to show proof of citizenship for registration, and a ban on mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW: Health Secretary Kennedy's allies are pushing in states to repeal school-entry vaccine requirements.
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
NEW: Health Secretary Kennedy's allies are pushing in states to repeal school-entry vaccine requirements.
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
Vaccine proponents view the effort as an escalation in dismantling the nation's vaccine system:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes