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Jacob

@iacobuscaesar.bsky.social

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I have an MA in archaeology and run a blog called Living in the Longue Durée about ancient history and whatever else. This profile is mostly funny observations about history and science. Blog: https://livinginthelongueduree.com Ask if you want Discord.

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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · Jun 16

So I’ve completed my latest project: a run-through of the history of de-extinction, exploring the many methods that have been tried and treating it as a social phenomenon around science rather than just a snazzily marketed science topic. From Nazi cattle to modern questionable corporate claims.

De-Extinction: A History

John Hammond: “None of these attractions are ready yet, of course, but the park will open with the basic tour that you’re about to take, and then other rides will come online six to twe…

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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t care if it’s marginally less active than a week ago or whatever because I don’t actually sit online all day consuming content at a rate where that would matter to my experience. I feel like there’s some social-media over-reliance showing when people post things like that.

Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 12h

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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 12h

Cow tools.

cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 13h

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 13h

Solipsism moment.

Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 16h

It really is and I think it’s having a major effect of having a global epistemological breakdown.

Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 17h

This is the shit I hate. It would be so easy to use a real image of a fossil excavation with a dinosaur that isn’t anatomically absurd for your ostensibly “educational” article. They’re out there in the public domain. But no, AI images are journalistically acceptable for some fucking reason.

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Os fósseis que desafiam tudo o que se sabia sobre o fim de dinossauros

[AI-generated thumbnail image of a bunch of paleontologists in a pit around a fully exposed and fully articulated “dinosaur” skeleton which seems to be vaguely going for T. rex but has short quadruped limbs and not even any knees]

Os fósseis que desafiam tudo o que se sabia sobre o fim de dinossauros

Análises magnéticas de rochas no Novo México indicam que as espécies continuavam se multipli…

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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 18h

All the baseball posts are making me think of years ago in Oregon when a UK friend was visiting. My sister worked at a stadium so we went to see a game for free and I realized that I don’t know how baseball works and couldn’t explain it to my friend at all. Shoutout to the lady next to us.

Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, I hope things get easier for you soon.

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