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Father, husband, grandfather, archaeologist, Emeritus Professor, Australian, aficionado of Iberia, archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, writer "Art or Scribbles? ..." w/ Springer (now published). I take photos. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031904578 .. more

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · Oct 21

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Art or Scribbles? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Emergence of Visual Communication

This book descibes the origin and evolution of art and that art consists of relationships between people. It challenges the standard definitions of art

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 17h

Ouch

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

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ThatRoseNoir @thatrosenoir.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, remember the Epstein Files? I do.

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Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your eyes on Sulawesi, some interesting stuff happening there. 👀 www.discovermagazine.com/modern-human... 🏺🧪

Modern Humans May Have Lived Alongside an Extinct Human Species in Ancient Indonesia

Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans that replaced them.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 1d

Soon I’ll get to see my prof’s actual comments on my Jacob Cycle paper. I doubt I’ll write about the patriarchal narratives again any time soon, but it was fun doing folkloristics again! I got to use the word “mytheme,” so I’m happy.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 2d

Monumental engravings of humans, mammals, reptiles and more from the Orinoco basin.
The protection of this art is essential, and the Indigenous communities who feel a strong connection to the art are likely the best possible custodians.

🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Above: rock wall, highlighting locations of 18 engravings depicting various animals and humans. Below: sketches of some of the engravings.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

This is the view of the most immoral President of my lifetime (77 years)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’

President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority

www.theguardian.com

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

One problem with this decision is that it risks breaking the very principle for which the board say it was taken.
theconversation.com/as-authors-a...

As authors abandon Adelaide Writers’ Week after cancelling of Randa Abdel-Fattah, is free speech in tatters?

The decision to silence a Palestinian Australian author goes well beyond the standards of the Racial Discrimination Act and ordinary standards of free speech.

theconversation.com

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Dozens of writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah

Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among more than 24 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing

www.theguardian.com

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

And there is Uncle Edward. I doubt he approves of RFK's direct attack on Children

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely.

Valentenya 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 3d

I’d be ok with banning a writer for arguing for racism and violating human rights. But the opposite is happening here.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

This is good news. It is against the spirit of a Writers' Festival to boycott anyone once invited. How did Dr Abdel-Fattah contribute to the actions of the two men of Indian origin in Bondi?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Dozens of writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah

Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among more than 24 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing

www.theguardian.com

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Valentenya 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 3d

I’d be ok with banning a writer for arguing for racism and violating human rights. But the opposite is happening here.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

This is such good news. It is absolutely against the spirit of Writers' Festivals to ban anyone after they have been invited.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/j

www.theguardian.com

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 3d

On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act into law.

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EMV Alerts from Sushifeed @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org · 3d

Emergency Warning
Take Shelter Now
Creightons Creek, Dropmore, Gobur, Gooram, Kanumbra, Kelvin View, Locksley, Longwood East, Ruffy, Tarcombe, Terip Terip, Upton Hill, Caveat, Highlands, Longwood...
9 Jan 2026, 5:38 am
Full Details >
From #EMV
#EMVAlert #warning #EmergencyWarning #Fire

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Janet Stiles Tyson @stiles-tyson.bsky.social · 3d

"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall

I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch

www.theguardian.com

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

*don't do something

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

It is only unstoppable if we do something to stop the felonies. Problem is that we are constitutionally not disposed to commit felonies to stop felonies. Bullies win in the short term.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

Listen to what she says. She is one of the clearest thinkers in US politics, and should become President as soon as possible.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. I have been advocating as much. We should implement full Boycott, Divest and Sanction on US and Israel. That would include Pine Gap and include refusing to provide parts for warplanes. We should announce out intention to get out of AUKUS, however much it costs.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.

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KANSHIKETSU! @kanshiketsu.bsky.social · 4d

“If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue.” Dj $rump. Okay so who’s gonna rescue us?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

Many of your politicians do not and nor do many in the media. I just think that the US needs reminding from time to time that the actions of the US as a rogue state have consequences. Just ask the Palestinians.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

Dangerous to much more than the US population. The rest of the world really matters but we do not have any say.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

The only thing that would stop him is to impeach him and convict him and arrest him

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Anthropology.net @anthropology.net · 4d

Poisoned arrows are far older than we thought. Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone tips show early Homo sapiens mastering plant toxins, planning hunts days ahead, and thinking chemically. #Archaeology #Anthropology #HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology www.anthropology.net/p/poison-on-...

Poison on the Wind

How 60,000-year-old arrows reveal the chemical intelligence of early Homo sapiens

www.anthropology.net

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4d

I think the world should be demanding that the US release the Epstein Files and prosecute the paedophiles immediately. We cannot afford any more distractions such as the invasion of Venezuela or threats to Greenland. It is too terrifying for the rest of the world.

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Iranzy Art @iranzye.bsky.social · 4d

My painting process 2.. #art

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