hunchback from sardinia
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i'm leading an informal course with some friends that's devoted to the entirety of human history in iberia.
here's a list of the coolest shit i've learned:
1) the "ivory lady" burial of the valencina de la concepción (outside of seville). dated to ~3,000–2,800 BCE. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
here's a list of the coolest shit i've learned:
1) the "ivory lady" burial of the valencina de la concepción (outside of seville). dated to ~3,000–2,800 BCE. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
easy response: "so, what you are saying is that you should never have been born in the US because your grandfather should not have been allowed to move to north america to pursue a phd. do i have that right?"
Nalin Haley: "It's irresponsible to have legal immigration."
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
easy response: "so, what you are saying is that you should never have been born in the US because your grandfather should not have been allowed to move to north america to pursue a phd. do i have that right?"
my very precocious, very nerdy, very politics-obsessed, very rationalist-leaning teenaged nephew has officially taken a turn towards conservatism...
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
my very precocious, very nerdy, very politics-obsessed, very rationalist-leaning teenaged nephew has officially taken a turn towards conservatism...
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I touched the poop and I won't apologize
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I touched the poop and I won't apologize
wonder if this will be any good. interesting to see how it lands in a very polarized spain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXC...
Anatomía de un instante: Tráiler | Movistar Plus+
YouTube video by Movistar Plus+
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
wonder if this will be any good. interesting to see how it lands in a very polarized spain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXC...
"the breaks of the game" by david halberstam
"behind the beautiful forevers" by katherine boo
"catch a fire: the life of bob marley" by timothy white
"anatomia de un instante" by javier cercas
"behind the beautiful forevers" by katherine boo
"catch a fire: the life of bob marley" by timothy white
"anatomia de un instante" by javier cercas
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"the breaks of the game" by david halberstam
"behind the beautiful forevers" by katherine boo
"catch a fire: the life of bob marley" by timothy white
"anatomia de un instante" by javier cercas
"behind the beautiful forevers" by katherine boo
"catch a fire: the life of bob marley" by timothy white
"anatomia de un instante" by javier cercas
you don't think he'd yada yada the fascism?
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
you don't think he'd yada yada the fascism?
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🧪🏺🦣
Hugely important new data here, I need time to digest it (🙃), but this kind of detailed contextual work is EXACTLY what we need to avoid stereotypes that #Neanderthal body processing & cannibalism were simply "brutal massacres"
Hugely important new data here, I need time to digest it (🙃), but this kind of detailed contextual work is EXACTLY what we need to avoid stereotypes that #Neanderthal body processing & cannibalism were simply "brutal massacres"
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🧪🏺🦣
Hugely important new data here, I need time to digest it (🙃), but this kind of detailed contextual work is EXACTLY what we need to avoid stereotypes that #Neanderthal body processing & cannibalism were simply "brutal massacres"
Hugely important new data here, I need time to digest it (🙃), but this kind of detailed contextual work is EXACTLY what we need to avoid stereotypes that #Neanderthal body processing & cannibalism were simply "brutal massacres"
concerning
"It’s hard to overstate how unlikely it is that a business with almost $200bn of annual revenue would grow at a rate of over 60 per cent. Yet such are the fantastical finances of Nvidia." from an excellent FT Lex note www.ft.com/content/bd6f...
Nvidia’s AI supremacy is a weapon that cuts both ways
While the chipmaker is the big winner from the booming technology, it is singularly exposed to changing expectations
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
concerning
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"All that matters now is only to resemble oneself, to find oneself everywhere, multiplied but loyal to one's personal formula; to see the same credit listings everywhere, be on all movie screens at once."
— Jean-Paul Baudrillard
— Jean-Paul Baudrillard
"President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia watch the news of his visit in the Outer Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, November 18, 2025.(Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)"
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"All that matters now is only to resemble oneself, to find oneself everywhere, multiplied but loyal to one's personal formula; to see the same credit listings everywhere, be on all movie screens at once."
— Jean-Paul Baudrillard
— Jean-Paul Baudrillard
oh hey, happy "burn in hell franco" 50th anniversary
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
oh hey, happy "burn in hell franco" 50th anniversary
it's gotten to a point where humans have so much data and information stored in different forms, that they don't know what to do with it all. so they just feed it to a giant processor that predicts what words goes next and they treat that processor as their new god
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
it's gotten to a point where humans have so much data and information stored in different forms, that they don't know what to do with it all. so they just feed it to a giant processor that predicts what words goes next and they treat that processor as their new god
my crackpot theory on the speed of history (and time) accelerating:
- more people means more interactions. more interactions means the exchange of more information. this breeds greater and greater efforts to ease the exchange of information (i.e. written language in whatever form)
- more people means more interactions. more interactions means the exchange of more information. this breeds greater and greater efforts to ease the exchange of information (i.e. written language in whatever form)
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
my crackpot theory on the speed of history (and time) accelerating:
- more people means more interactions. more interactions means the exchange of more information. this breeds greater and greater efforts to ease the exchange of information (i.e. written language in whatever form)
- more people means more interactions. more interactions means the exchange of more information. this breeds greater and greater efforts to ease the exchange of information (i.e. written language in whatever form)
it is pretty insane what a prediction model with enough data can come up with
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
it is pretty insane what a prediction model with enough data can come up with
it's a shame "orwellian" got overused into oblivian, because this right here...
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
it's a shame "orwellian" got overused into oblivian, because this right here...
recommend getting high and listening to this. great episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...
Zoroastrianism
Podcast Episode · The Ancients · 11/20/2025 · 1h
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November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
recommend getting high and listening to this. great episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...
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Trump has murdered at least 83 people with extrajudicial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Trump has murdered at least 83 people with extrajudicial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
He needs to face consequences for this.
His secretary of DHHS, RFK Jr., will kill several orders of magnitude more with this disinformation.
excited for this: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Coming Soon: Past Lives
Podcast Episode · Past Lives · S1 Trailer · 1 sec
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
excited for this: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
the dumbest insult you see on this website is when someone says, "they are posting this to get attention." and you are on a social media website posting constantly, why exactly? for your own personal edification?
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
the dumbest insult you see on this website is when someone says, "they are posting this to get attention." and you are on a social media website posting constantly, why exactly? for your own personal edification?
been studying the iron age mediterranean, and there's a trend in the literature away from seeing the spread of phoenician and greek communities as "colonization" and towards more nuanced understandings that bring to mind "globalization" & highlight differences with early modern colonial projects 1/
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
been studying the iron age mediterranean, and there's a trend in the literature away from seeing the spread of phoenician and greek communities as "colonization" and towards more nuanced understandings that bring to mind "globalization" & highlight differences with early modern colonial projects 1/
this epstein files saga is...baffling
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
this epstein files saga is...baffling
epstein after his ayahuasca retreat
epstein would've loved chatgpt so much. he wouldve gotten ai psychosis immediately and sent a million emails to sam altman. tragic he missed all this
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
epstein after his ayahuasca retreat
"whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. but he knew nothing about it. you don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. but he knew nothing about it. you don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...