Ben Carter
@archaeoscape.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Open. Community/ Public. Digital. GIS. LiDAR. Landscape. Small scale + non-hierarchical. Andes, Ecuador, Maine, Pennsylvania. Studying the construction of landscapes of resistance... Maine-iac. Views are my own (not my employers).
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Reminder too that these are the views of members who hadn’t already resigned. The European Association of Archaeologists must represent its membership. The #EAA Board must now reverse its decision, or resign.
Europe knows, we don’t platform fascism, we don’t stay quiet on genocide.
Europe knows, we don’t platform fascism, we don’t stay quiet on genocide.
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Reminder too that these are the views of members who hadn’t already resigned. The European Association of Archaeologists must represent its membership. The #EAA Board must now reverse its decision, or resign.
Europe knows, we don’t platform fascism, we don’t stay quiet on genocide.
Europe knows, we don’t platform fascism, we don’t stay quiet on genocide.
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Good morning!
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Good morning!
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
Today I'm teaching the first session of my 3rd year undergraduate "special topic" module: Digital Archaeology. It's intended as an almost postgraduate level survey of theory and practice in Digital Archaeology. Here's the structure--the titles of the sessions are slightly shortened.
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Results from the @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social special meeting per rollam voting came up, and they are crystal clear. The majority of its membership does not approve of recent actions by our president, Eszter Bánffy and her supporters at the Exec. Board. They all should immediately resign. #SaveTheEAA
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Results from the @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social special meeting per rollam voting came up, and they are crystal clear. The majority of its membership does not approve of recent actions by our president, Eszter Bánffy and her supporters at the Exec. Board. They all should immediately resign. #SaveTheEAA
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Denying Bad Bunny's Super Bowl success is a way to try to assert Trump’s cultural control.
MAGA absolutely cannot let Bad Bunny go
Denying his Super Bowl success is a way to try to assert Trump's cultural control.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Denying Bad Bunny's Super Bowl success is a way to try to assert Trump’s cultural control.
A lawyers perspective on what's happening in Minnesota and the horrors of the concentration camps...
Abolish ICE! Abolish DHS!
Abolish ICE! Abolish DHS!
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A lawyers perspective on what's happening in Minnesota and the horrors of the concentration camps...
Abolish ICE! Abolish DHS!
Abolish ICE! Abolish DHS!
99 red balloons 🎶🎶🎈🎈
uh...
CNN aviation reporter
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
99 red balloons 🎶🎶🎈🎈
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Great piece by @jamellebouie.net on the need for ICE hearings. Get it all out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Opinion | We Have to Look Right in the Face of What We Have Become
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Great piece by @jamellebouie.net on the need for ICE hearings. Get it all out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
Wow!
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Wow!
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🇨🇦Canada paid for the Gordie Howe Bridge, but doesn’t own it alone.
Under the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, Canada agreed to finance, build & operate the new Windsor-Detroit crossing, to move the long-delayed project forward.
#Cdnpoli🍁💪
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
Under the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, Canada agreed to finance, build & operate the new Windsor-Detroit crossing, to move the long-delayed project forward.
#Cdnpoli🍁💪
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
Fact check: Canada paid for Gordie Howe Bridge, but doesn’t own it alone
Canada is paying the full upfront cost of the Gordie Howe International Bridge because of a binational deal reached after years of studies, legal battles and political resistance on the U.S. side of t...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
🇨🇦Canada paid for the Gordie Howe Bridge, but doesn’t own it alone.
Under the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, Canada agreed to finance, build & operate the new Windsor-Detroit crossing, to move the long-delayed project forward.
#Cdnpoli🍁💪
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
Under the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, Canada agreed to finance, build & operate the new Windsor-Detroit crossing, to move the long-delayed project forward.
#Cdnpoli🍁💪
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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Black History honors its oral tradition. In the Green Book Project, our community map is an oral history of how Black people navigated segregation. Your contributions to the community map preserve Black history. Share: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
#CommunityMap #EconSky
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Black History honors its oral tradition. In the Green Book Project, our community map is an oral history of how Black people navigated segregation. Your contributions to the community map preserve Black history. Share: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
#CommunityMap #EconSky
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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“This service is very obviously not about finding your lost dog.”
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
“This service is very obviously not about finding your lost dog.”
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Are you an archaeologist or heritage professional concerned with the increasing use of pseudoarchaeology to erode faith in expert opinion, rewrite history, or prop up supremacist ideologies?
This Call for Papers is for you!
Join us at the @can-arch.bsky.social 2026 conference!
Link in the reply.
This Call for Papers is for you!
Join us at the @can-arch.bsky.social 2026 conference!
Link in the reply.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Are you an archaeologist or heritage professional concerned with the increasing use of pseudoarchaeology to erode faith in expert opinion, rewrite history, or prop up supremacist ideologies?
This Call for Papers is for you!
Join us at the @can-arch.bsky.social 2026 conference!
Link in the reply.
This Call for Papers is for you!
Join us at the @can-arch.bsky.social 2026 conference!
Link in the reply.
Oooo... I'm going to try this... Some day.
When I have spare time.
Sigh.
When I have spare time.
Sigh.
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Oooo... I'm going to try this... Some day.
When I have spare time.
Sigh.
When I have spare time.
Sigh.
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“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
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Afrofuturist heist game Relooted is now available!
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Afrofuturist heist game Relooted is now available!
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌