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Andy Olds
@andytvc.bsky.social
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Geologist -> Network Engineer-> Marketing Director.

Small “A” anti fascist, post post-keynesian, neo-Lamarckian, ex-teenage Objectivist, Bohmian mechanic, meta-modern curious.

Walk, bike, paddle, ski.
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Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic
Tool similarities link Late Pleistocene American and Northeast Asian lithic traditions.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Age and origin of a Cahokian wooden monument at the Mitchell site, Illinois, USA
Cahokia was the first and largest precolonial city outside of Mesoamerica in what is now the United States. Monuments and exotic goods were central to public life at Cahokia, but no high-resolution ti...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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www.cloudflarestatus.com
Cloudflare Status
Welcome to Cloudflare's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” lyric of “Folsom Prison B...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Interesting spoke design tested by a citizen scientist
www.cyclingabout.com/berd-spokes-...
Do Berd Spokes Really Improve Comfort? A Scientific Look at Steel vs String Spokes - CYCLINGABOUT.com
Many riders describe wheels built with Berd spokes as feeling smoother and more forgiving than those with steel spokes. But are they really?
www.cyclingabout.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Note from Sarah Kendzior
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Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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“The legend lives on…”

#NovemberWitch
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November 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Waxahatchee - Right Back to It | Live From Austin City Limits TV
YouTube video by AustinCityLimitsTV
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October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2025/10/trac...
TRACK OF THE WEEK: "Wand'rin'" By Detective Larsson
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October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Turns out MMT is not just Modern.

“Tally sticks remind us that money is not a scarce commodity but an accounting system rooted in political authority."

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Ancient tally sticks across three civilizations challenge myths about money
When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and digital balances. But new research led by University at Albany Anthropology Profe...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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What the Huge AWS Outage Reveals About the Internet
Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday morning, taking down wide swaths of the web—and highlighting a long-standing weakness in the internet's infrastructure.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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www.openculture.com/2025/09/4000...
40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language
We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that th...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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The latest episode from @rushkoff.com on Intentional Collapse in a concise format helped solidify how I’ve been thinking of the people who are Enemies of the Future; which is a rift on KSR’s Ministry For the Future.
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The Intentional Collapse | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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www.amusingplanet.com/2025/09/the-...
The Great Tea Race of 1866
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October 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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To quote myself: “it’s not a Club Josh; it’s a Society”

via USGS:
www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
USGS Unveils New National Geologic Map
In a significant advancement for geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country to date, offering a unique regional view of geology at...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
bbc.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Maebe looking for a gold chain with a T on it
October 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/blue...
Blue-green algae is making a home in the warming waters of Lake Superior’s watershed | Great Lakes Now
Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria — or blue-green algae — to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes.
www.greatlakesnow.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Via kottke
networkoftime.com
Network Of Time
Connecting and sharing the appearances that tell the stories of encounters between notable people and historical figures.
networkoftime.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Aligns with my Dark Social thesis

www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
www.noemamag.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wolf hunting in western US does little to prevent livestock losses, study finds
Analysis of legal hunting in Montana and Idaho shows that eliminating one wolf protected just 7% of a single cow
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September 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Transnados.
Watch for an executive order banning them next….
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM