Dan Diffendale
@diffendale.bsky.social
archaeologist, at the moment studying volcanic tuff as a building material but interested in all old trash
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simultaneously more and less fun than profile suggests
ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ
he/him
Pisa
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simultaneously more and less fun than profile suggests
making fieldwork more accessible is a definite issue - thanks for adding your voice!
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
making fieldwork more accessible is a definite issue - thanks for adding your voice!
check out James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten for a lovely little introduction
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
check out James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten for a lovely little introduction
that's the bread-and-butter of historical archaeologists, though I'm not sure who's teaching and where these days
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
that's the bread-and-butter of historical archaeologists, though I'm not sure who's teaching and where these days
a type of typo of type of, for sure!
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
a type of typo of type of, for sure!
that sounds like an excellent class! Really good to remember that archaeology is, or can be, a way of looking at the world, and it doesn't have to involve deep antiquity
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
that sounds like an excellent class! Really good to remember that archaeology is, or can be, a way of looking at the world, and it doesn't have to involve deep antiquity
type as in printing?
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
type as in printing?
thanks- excavation experience is definitely one of the hardest elements to build into coursework!
(I'm sure you know, but for the wider public: not all archaeologists excavate; excavation is only one tool in the archaeological toolkit, albeit a highly visible one)
(I'm sure you know, but for the wider public: not all archaeologists excavate; excavation is only one tool in the archaeological toolkit, albeit a highly visible one)
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
thanks- excavation experience is definitely one of the hardest elements to build into coursework!
(I'm sure you know, but for the wider public: not all archaeologists excavate; excavation is only one tool in the archaeological toolkit, albeit a highly visible one)
(I'm sure you know, but for the wider public: not all archaeologists excavate; excavation is only one tool in the archaeological toolkit, albeit a highly visible one)
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Many thanks, Sue!
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Many thanks, Sue!
you're spot-on there
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
you're spot-on there