Travis Hamon
@travishamon.bsky.social
Archaeology, Family, Religion, TTRPGs, and Life
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Meridian's newest solar farm is being built on stolen Māori land www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
‘This is not restoration’: Māori leader challenges Ruakākā solar project
Dr Mere Kepa says the $227m project stands on ancestral Te Parawhau land.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Meridian's newest solar farm is being built on stolen Māori land www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
1,600 years ago in southern France, Romans buried their dead with fire, wine, and memory.
Archaeologists just uncovered 160 cremation graves—each a reminder that we have always treated death as sacred transformation 🔥💀
#Archaeology #Anthropology #FaithAndScience
archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
Archaeologists just uncovered 160 cremation graves—each a reminder that we have always treated death as sacred transformation 🔥💀
#Archaeology #Anthropology #FaithAndScience
archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
News - Roman Burials Uncovered in Southern France - Archaeology Magazine
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, researchers from the French National Institute of Preventive […]
archaeology.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
1,600 years ago in southern France, Romans buried their dead with fire, wine, and memory.
Archaeologists just uncovered 160 cremation graves—each a reminder that we have always treated death as sacred transformation 🔥💀
#Archaeology #Anthropology #FaithAndScience
archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
Archaeologists just uncovered 160 cremation graves—each a reminder that we have always treated death as sacred transformation 🔥💀
#Archaeology #Anthropology #FaithAndScience
archaeology.org/news/2025/11...
It's 50°F before sunup. Remember when you had to scrape ice off the windows in November?
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's 50°F before sunup. Remember when you had to scrape ice off the windows in November?
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One of the many (silly, nonsensical) arguments that anti-repatriation folks have is that if we return all of the stolen artefacts, our museums would be empty.
Meanwhile, artefacts dug up by metal detectors in this country are being sold off…wonder where their outrage is? 🤔
Meanwhile, artefacts dug up by metal detectors in this country are being sold off…wonder where their outrage is? 🤔
Today's news:
What happens when museums can't afford to buy coins...
'Auctioneer, David Guest said the "stunning" coins were sold to "bidders from all over the world and exceeded my expectations".'
Bidders.
From.
All.
Over.
The.
World.
😡
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What happens when museums can't afford to buy coins...
'Auctioneer, David Guest said the "stunning" coins were sold to "bidders from all over the world and exceeded my expectations".'
Bidders.
From.
All.
Over.
The.
World.
😡
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Forest hoard of 70 coins dug up in lockdown fetch over £380k
The 69 gold coins and one silver were found in a garden in Milford on Sea in April 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
One of the many (silly, nonsensical) arguments that anti-repatriation folks have is that if we return all of the stolen artefacts, our museums would be empty.
Meanwhile, artefacts dug up by metal detectors in this country are being sold off…wonder where their outrage is? 🤔
Meanwhile, artefacts dug up by metal detectors in this country are being sold off…wonder where their outrage is? 🤔
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📰 High in the Andes of northern Chile, hunters used stone wall traps to capture prey
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
High in the Andes of Northern Chile, Hunters Once Used These Stone Wall Traps to Capture Prey
Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones River Basin
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📰 High in the Andes of northern Chile, hunters used stone wall traps to capture prey
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Lithics from Middle Palaeolithic (260–45 ka cal BP) Ormagi Ekhi, Georgia #FlintFriday
The diversity in the types of tools indicates both local styles and contact with surrounding areas, showing the connectivity of the South Caucasus.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The diversity in the types of tools indicates both local styles and contact with surrounding areas, showing the connectivity of the South Caucasus.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lithics from Middle Palaeolithic (260–45 ka cal BP) Ormagi Ekhi, Georgia #FlintFriday
The diversity in the types of tools indicates both local styles and contact with surrounding areas, showing the connectivity of the South Caucasus.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The diversity in the types of tools indicates both local styles and contact with surrounding areas, showing the connectivity of the South Caucasus.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
It's not revenge procrastination. It's decelerating from a hectic day
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
It's not revenge procrastination. It's decelerating from a hectic day
Plants ( ╹▽╹ )
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Plants ( ╹▽╹ )
DMs / GMs, how do you handle the table when questions of politics or faith come up during the campaign? #ttrpg #D&D #PoweredbytheApocalypse #Pathfinder
October 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
DMs / GMs, how do you handle the table when questions of politics or faith come up during the campaign? #ttrpg #D&D #PoweredbytheApocalypse #Pathfinder
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Morning.
🖼️ Tunnicliffe
🖼️ Tunnicliffe
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Morning.
🖼️ Tunnicliffe
🖼️ Tunnicliffe
What in your life brings you healing?
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What in your life brings you healing?
What a gnarly week! I just had a family member share with me that they were at a celebration--which included very expensive fireworks, set up by amateurs--that nearly ended in catastrophe. Funny how no matter how bad things get they can always get worse with a little thoughtlessness
July 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What a gnarly week! I just had a family member share with me that they were at a celebration--which included very expensive fireworks, set up by amateurs--that nearly ended in catastrophe. Funny how no matter how bad things get they can always get worse with a little thoughtlessness
With a focus on involving indigenous voices, this project could be very healing
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring back lost spec...
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
With a focus on involving indigenous voices, this project could be very healing
apnews.com/article/pete...
apnews.com/article/pete...
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trees on pasture's edge
stand like solemn soldiers
birdssong keeps me warm
#poem #poetry
#haiku pasture trees
#dailyhaikuprompt
stand like solemn soldiers
birdssong keeps me warm
#poem #poetry
#haiku pasture trees
#dailyhaikuprompt
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
trees on pasture's edge
stand like solemn soldiers
birdssong keeps me warm
#poem #poetry
#haiku pasture trees
#dailyhaikuprompt
stand like solemn soldiers
birdssong keeps me warm
#poem #poetry
#haiku pasture trees
#dailyhaikuprompt
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Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
The first refined chronology of the complex indicates it was built over 300 years, highlighting the communal nature of megalithic societies.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
The first refined chronology of the complex indicates it was built over 300 years, highlighting the communal nature of megalithic societies.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
July 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
The first refined chronology of the complex indicates it was built over 300 years, highlighting the communal nature of megalithic societies.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
The first refined chronology of the complex indicates it was built over 300 years, highlighting the communal nature of megalithic societies.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
The sarrow means something. Hang in there
July 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The sarrow means something. Hang in there
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You made it this far, and I’m glad you’re still here. You deserve better, life doesn’t stop here.
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You made it this far, and I’m glad you’re still here. You deserve better, life doesn’t stop here.
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The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
'Federal government will be damaged': Former IRS official on plan to share immigrant data with ICE
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without l...
www.wbur.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitic content as grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, the agency announced — a move that immigration law and free-speech experts condemn as an alarming federal overstep.
U.S. will monitor immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’
Homeland Security said such activity would be grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, alarming free-speech and immigration experts.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin screening immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitic content as grounds to deny visa and green-card applications, the agency announced — a move that immigration law and free-speech experts condemn as an alarming federal overstep.
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Border encounters in Texas: Big Bend = ~165, Laredo = ~1.7K, El Paso = ~2.6K. While the White House deploys tried to Big Bend, the real action (and funding needs?) seems elsewhere. Is this strategic brilliance or unrestrained incompetence?
Donald Trump sends hundreds of troops to Texas National Park
Troops will not engage in the direct arrest of those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally but will serve in a support role.
www.newsweek.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Border encounters in Texas: Big Bend = ~165, Laredo = ~1.7K, El Paso = ~2.6K. While the White House deploys tried to Big Bend, the real action (and funding needs?) seems elsewhere. Is this strategic brilliance or unrestrained incompetence?
Researchers scrub ancient bedrock metates (stone "kitchens") with electric toothbrushes to uncover microscopic starch granules, revealing prehistoric diets. Turns out, 15,500-year-old countertops hid more than crumbs—think wild carrots and biscuit root
How ancient stone kitchens preserve food secrets
The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world. A mano is a hand-held stone too...
phys.org
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Researchers scrub ancient bedrock metates (stone "kitchens") with electric toothbrushes to uncover microscopic starch granules, revealing prehistoric diets. Turns out, 15,500-year-old countertops hid more than crumbs—think wild carrots and biscuit root
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It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
In the quiet ev'n
Wind whispers beneath the door.
America's dying
Wind whispers beneath the door.
America's dying
March 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
In the quiet ev'n
Wind whispers beneath the door.
America's dying
Wind whispers beneath the door.
America's dying