Jesse Wolfhagen
@uncertainarch.bsky.social
Bayesian Zooarchaeologist, studying animal domestication and philosophical questions like "how many cows were in this pit?"
GitHub: https://github.com/wolfhagenj
OSF: https://osf.io/va7ye/
GitHub: https://github.com/wolfhagenj
OSF: https://osf.io/va7ye/
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We've been collecting trophies for a long time. For a very long time apparently, as these skulls of #horned herbivores at the #DesCubiertaCave in #Spain seem to suggest, which have been accumulated by ... #Neanderthals:
🏺 www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
🏺 www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
Neanderthals accumulated the skulls of large horned herbivores for centuries in a cave in Madrid as part of an enigmatic ritual
A multidisciplinary team of Spanish scientists has unraveled the secrets of one of the most enigmatic Neanderthal sites in Europe: Des-Cubierta Cave, in Pinilla del Valle (Madrid). Their findings, pub...
www.labrujulaverde.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
We've been collecting trophies for a long time. For a very long time apparently, as these skulls of #horned herbivores at the #DesCubiertaCave in #Spain seem to suggest, which have been accumulated by ... #Neanderthals:
🏺 www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
🏺 www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
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Excellent write-up in Science by Ann Gibbons of the exciting new Ileret Homo material: ]
www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Excellent write-up in Science by Ann Gibbons of the exciting new Ileret Homo material: ]
www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out the original AR article by Frederick Grine and colleagues here:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
July 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
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KNM-ER 64061, most complete Homo habilis skeleton yet (Koobi Fora) shows primitive limb proportions: long forearms, thick cortices, small body mass & ~160 cm stature. Upper limbs like early Homo, but proportions differ from H. erectus
Grine et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Grine et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Proud to be part of this study! Excellent team work from @stonybrooku.bsky.social @mwuanatomy.bsky.social @unm.edu and other institutions.
KNM-ER 64061, most complete Homo habilis skeleton yet (Koobi Fora) shows primitive limb proportions: long forearms, thick cortices, small body mass & ~160 cm stature. Upper limbs like early Homo, but proportions differ from H. erectus
Grine et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Grine et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Proud to be part of this study! Excellent team work from @stonybrooku.bsky.social @mwuanatomy.bsky.social @unm.edu and other institutions.
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The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one
For my fellow brokies, though:
For my fellow brokies, though:
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
web.archive.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one
For my fellow brokies, though:
For my fellow brokies, though:
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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Greg Lukianoff and FIRE:
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Greg Lukianoff and FIRE:
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living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
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lots of political space to convert those “not sures” into somewhat supports and those “somewhat supports” into strongly supports on eliminating ICE. also, with a funding battle coming up, plenty of political space to say “no government funding unless we claw back last year’s new ICE funding”
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
lots of political space to convert those “not sures” into somewhat supports and those “somewhat supports” into strongly supports on eliminating ICE. also, with a funding battle coming up, plenty of political space to say “no government funding unless we claw back last year’s new ICE funding”
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The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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Monument to Charles Turner Torrey at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
A Yale graduate and abolitionist, Torrey went to Baltimore to help enslaved people escape. He was stalked by the police, captured, convicted, and died in prison in 1846.
One of the few white abolitionists John Brown respected
A Yale graduate and abolitionist, Torrey went to Baltimore to help enslaved people escape. He was stalked by the police, captured, convicted, and died in prison in 1846.
One of the few white abolitionists John Brown respected
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Monument to Charles Turner Torrey at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
A Yale graduate and abolitionist, Torrey went to Baltimore to help enslaved people escape. He was stalked by the police, captured, convicted, and died in prison in 1846.
One of the few white abolitionists John Brown respected
A Yale graduate and abolitionist, Torrey went to Baltimore to help enslaved people escape. He was stalked by the police, captured, convicted, and died in prison in 1846.
One of the few white abolitionists John Brown respected
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
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it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
!["Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!"
"I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house."
"This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed.
"I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied.
"I will arrest you!" the officer threatened.
"Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned.
"I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward."
"Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship."
"You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?"
"Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreibjwvcxk2ptdafgbwfhk4rjalweyoz3d55gl72qhwhiudhu6aywcm@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
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🐎 Excited to share a new project led by friend and colleague Maaike Groot at Freie Universität Berlin: “Management, supply and mobility of equids in the northwestern Roman Empire” (DFG-funded).
The project explores how horses and mules supported the Roman army.
Congratulations Maaike!!!
The project explores how horses and mules supported the Roman army.
Congratulations Maaike!!!
January 12, 2026 at 2:47 PM
🐎 Excited to share a new project led by friend and colleague Maaike Groot at Freie Universität Berlin: “Management, supply and mobility of equids in the northwestern Roman Empire” (DFG-funded).
The project explores how horses and mules supported the Roman army.
Congratulations Maaike!!!
The project explores how horses and mules supported the Roman army.
Congratulations Maaike!!!
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This wasn’t an easy one to record: on the murder of Renee Nicole Good, Gestapo comparisons, and the gendered dimensions of both the murder and the right’s defense of it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Episode 116 -- A Murder in Minneapolis
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 01/11/2026 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This wasn’t an easy one to record: on the murder of Renee Nicole Good, Gestapo comparisons, and the gendered dimensions of both the murder and the right’s defense of it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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There is a lot in this interview. Quoting to amplify specifically that at the end they report the ICE agents saying, “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch.”
ICE agents appear now to approve of the killing of Renee Good as an act of terrorism committed by them collectively
ICE agents appear now to approve of the killing of Renee Good as an act of terrorism committed by them collectively
In this clip from a longer interview, she says while she was in detention, agents called Renee Good a “lesbian b*tch.”
This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to.
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This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
There is a lot in this interview. Quoting to amplify specifically that at the end they report the ICE agents saying, “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch.”
ICE agents appear now to approve of the killing of Renee Good as an act of terrorism committed by them collectively
ICE agents appear now to approve of the killing of Renee Good as an act of terrorism committed by them collectively
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
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Only 7 more days to apply for an NMNH Research Undergrad internship/experience! naturalhistory.si.edu/research/nat...
Natural History Research Experiences
naturalhistory.si.edu
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Only 7 more days to apply for an NMNH Research Undergrad internship/experience! naturalhistory.si.edu/research/nat...
Some early #marchmammalmadness @mammalssuck.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Some early #marchmammalmadness @mammalssuck.bsky.social
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Newly-released footage reveals Renee Nicole Good’s last words.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Newly-released footage reveals Renee Nicole Good’s last words.