Joe Mezza
@joe-mezza.bsky.social
MSc Student in Archaeological Science at the University of Tübingen | Fulbright Grantee 2024-25 | New Jerseyan in Baden-Württemberg
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Yet is there hope. Time and tide flow wide.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Yet is there hope. Time and tide flow wide.
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Congrats to Arianna and co. for a fab paper! Posth lab animal aDNA crew going strong 😋 Some nice damage correction software for non-UDG treated samples is also presented here- which I have had the pleasure of using in my thesis 🤩🧬🐎
Mitochondrial DNA from horses at the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site of Schöningen reveals insight into the evolutionary history of horses, and advances techniques for the analysis of ancient DNA retrieved from highly degraded samples 🧪🐴 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mitochondrial genomes of Middle Pleistocene horses from the open-air site complex of Schöningen - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Mitochondrial DNA from horses at the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site of Schöningen reveals insight into the evolutionary history of horses and advances techniques for the analysis of ancient DNA retrieved from highly degraded samples.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Congrats to Arianna and co. for a fab paper! Posth lab animal aDNA crew going strong 😋 Some nice damage correction software for non-UDG treated samples is also presented here- which I have had the pleasure of using in my thesis 🤩🧬🐎
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GACT has now a "Hiwi" (research assistant). Welcome to the team @joe-mezza.bsky.social! 😀 More about Joe: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/news/this-is...
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
GACT has now a "Hiwi" (research assistant). Welcome to the team @joe-mezza.bsky.social! 😀 More about Joe: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/news/this-is...
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This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.
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We’ve really hit a low when we’re letting Google publish “smart phone use is fine” in PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We’ve really hit a low when we’re letting Google publish “smart phone use is fine” in PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
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BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Sabotage.
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sabotage.
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If the Trump administration actually cared about the people of Texas, they wouldn't be firing climate scientists and shutting down the NOAA labs that make our weather forecasts possible.
As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...
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July 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If the Trump administration actually cared about the people of Texas, they wouldn't be firing climate scientists and shutting down the NOAA labs that make our weather forecasts possible.
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Last Monday, a group of GACT members and students from the course “Archaeology and Ecology of Caves – the Swabian Jura Sites” visited Charlottenhöhle in the Lone Valley. Read more in our news.
July 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Last Monday, a group of GACT members and students from the course “Archaeology and Ecology of Caves – the Swabian Jura Sites” visited Charlottenhöhle in the Lone Valley. Read more in our news.
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“A bottleneck of writing is [writing].”
“A bottleneck of writing is sentence generation—getting ideas into sentences…That is a big task. That part is really costly in terms of cognitive load.”
How can students use AI to improve your writing?- Fast Company
The professors call their approach “restrained generative AI,” and they’ve already built a prototype software tool that is being piloted in 10 courses at the university this semester.
www.fastcompany.com
May 23, 2024 at 8:39 PM
“A bottleneck of writing is [writing].”
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this "ai overview" is, needless to say, wrong
May 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
this "ai overview" is, needless to say, wrong
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Decades from now, the polite mainstream will claim the legacy of the protester who stands bravely against the jeering white boys - just like it currently claims the legacy of protesters who stood bravely decades ago.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...
May 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Decades from now, the polite mainstream will claim the legacy of the protester who stands bravely against the jeering white boys - just like it currently claims the legacy of protesters who stood bravely decades ago.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.
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Speaking as college faculty...no.
Rather, it is precisely **because** college students are forming strong bonds of community, interaction, and care that all of this is even possible.
It's much of the rest of the US that's forgotten how to do that, and so looks on in terror.
Rather, it is precisely **because** college students are forming strong bonds of community, interaction, and care that all of this is even possible.
It's much of the rest of the US that's forgotten how to do that, and so looks on in terror.
April 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Speaking as college faculty...no.
Rather, it is precisely **because** college students are forming strong bonds of community, interaction, and care that all of this is even possible.
It's much of the rest of the US that's forgotten how to do that, and so looks on in terror.
Rather, it is precisely **because** college students are forming strong bonds of community, interaction, and care that all of this is even possible.
It's much of the rest of the US that's forgotten how to do that, and so looks on in terror.
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Should be a T-shirt to wear every April 9
April 9, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Should be a T-shirt to wear every April 9