Orion🌈&sm9eb
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Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic/Halaf Şanlıurfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; former guardian of Urfalı cat Commander Orion 🌈🖤; current guardian of not-a-Guest-anymore Cat Italy!
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🏺📜 Did some collections research at work today and just felt like I needed to share this great guy with everyone from the Salisbury Museum.
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🏺📜 Did some collections research at work today and just felt like I needed to share this great guy with everyone from the Salisbury Museum.
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
salisburymuseum.org.uk/collections/...
I actually do think we need to set some age limits on elected officials, after seeing this, Mitch McConnell, and Dianne Weinstein basically refuse to cede power as they became less and less capable of governing. This man *controls our nuclear weapons*!!!
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I actually do think we need to set some age limits on elected officials, after seeing this, Mitch McConnell, and Dianne Weinstein basically refuse to cede power as they became less and less capable of governing. This man *controls our nuclear weapons*!!!
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
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BREAKING: Bird Flu Wipes Out Nearly Half of South Georgia’s Elephant Seal Mothers as H5N1 Tears Through Top Predator Nurseries
More than 50,000 animals gone in a single season.
More than 50,000 animals gone in a single season.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
BREAKING: Bird Flu Wipes Out Nearly Half of South Georgia’s Elephant Seal Mothers as H5N1 Tears Through Top Predator Nurseries
More than 50,000 animals gone in a single season.
More than 50,000 animals gone in a single season.
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I have not read the full Witkoff transcript. The snippets I've seen can be interpreted 2 ways: 1) He is collaborating with Russia, and 2) He does not understand the negotiations, nor what is necessary to even start talking about ending the war and is making a ploy to show good will to the Russians.
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I have not read the full Witkoff transcript. The snippets I've seen can be interpreted 2 ways: 1) He is collaborating with Russia, and 2) He does not understand the negotiations, nor what is necessary to even start talking about ending the war and is making a ploy to show good will to the Russians.
Important
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Important
This the door of the old Ottoman building in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye where the American Excavation House used to be. Commander Orion and her siblings Kelebek and Firtna were born in a box on the second floor against that front wall, next to a cantilevered window that seems to have been removed.
There weren't a lot from that site in AK (it gets worse), but if it helps I discovered the other day that you can finally see the door of our old Urfa excavation house in GoogleMaps, so here's where Commander Orion, Kelebek & Firtina were born in Türkiye.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This the door of the old Ottoman building in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye where the American Excavation House used to be. Commander Orion and her siblings Kelebek and Firtna were born in a box on the second floor against that front wall, next to a cantilevered window that seems to have been removed.
Proud to see a version of my late 90s/early 00s LL Bean excavation coat is now couture.
Every year, I roundup the best Black Friday menswear sales. This year, I'm breaking up the list into two parts, as some stores have gotten an early jump. The list spans everything from J. Crew pieces to designer lines. Come back Friday for more deals.
dieworkwear.com/2025/11/25/s...
dieworkwear.com/2025/11/25/s...
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Proud to see a version of my late 90s/early 00s LL Bean excavation coat is now couture.
People keep asking what's wrong with young men, when what they should be asking is what's wrong with GenX men.
NEW Economist/YouGov Nov 21-24
% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 38% | 57% (-19; matches second-term low)
Last week 40% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Dem: 3% | 96%
Ind: 27% | 64%
Rep: 87% | 13%
18-29: 29% | 63%
65+: 41% | 57%
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% who approve | disapprove of Trump
U.S. adult citizens 38% | 57% (-19; matches second-term low)
Last week 40% | 56%
Start of term 49% | 43%
Dem: 3% | 96%
Ind: 27% | 64%
Rep: 87% | 13%
18-29: 29% | 63%
65+: 41% | 57%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
People keep asking what's wrong with young men, when what they should be asking is what's wrong with GenX men.
Oh also? WaPo sent around a message yesterday that it's increasing its subscription price, because apparently Bezos really does want to kill it.
Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh also? WaPo sent around a message yesterday that it's increasing its subscription price, because apparently Bezos really does want to kill it.
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Small institutions in danger. But the government does not withdraw the levy on international students.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Small institutions in danger. But the government does not withdraw the levy on international students.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Currently Assistent Prof at OU and previously Visiting at Arkansas, heading to the MESA meetings. If I were MESA, I'd encourage faculty not to fly. This is horrible.
A professor at the University of #Oklahoma, has been released from ICE custody after being detained on Saturday, posting- "It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had." okcfox.com/news/local/o...
OU professor with valid visa reportedly released from ICE custody
UPDATE:Dr. Vahid Abedini, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, has been released from ICE custody after being detained on Saturday.Dr.Abedini posted on
okcfox.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Currently Assistent Prof at OU and previously Visiting at Arkansas, heading to the MESA meetings. If I were MESA, I'd encourage faculty not to fly. This is horrible.
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A professor at the University of #Oklahoma, has been released from ICE custody after being detained on Saturday, posting- "It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had." okcfox.com/news/local/o...
OU professor with valid visa reportedly released from ICE custody
UPDATE:Dr. Vahid Abedini, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, has been released from ICE custody after being detained on Saturday.Dr.Abedini posted on
okcfox.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A professor at the University of #Oklahoma, has been released from ICE custody after being detained on Saturday, posting- "It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had." okcfox.com/news/local/o...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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FBI agent working as a Population Control Police is caught smashing a small business owner's surveillance camera. Why? Because the PCP does not want their crimes on camera.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
FBI agent working as a Population Control Police is caught smashing a small business owner's surveillance camera. Why? Because the PCP does not want their crimes on camera.
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Trumpism is the politics of ressentiment and of men literally doing anything at any cost rather than go to therapy, all the way down
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trumpism is the politics of ressentiment and of men literally doing anything at any cost rather than go to therapy, all the way down
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On Sept. 23, NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer) spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles (3,438 kilometers) of Earth. Video and details: go.nasa.gov/4ofmdIw (Let's hope they don't cancel this mission.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
On Sept. 23, NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer) spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles (3,438 kilometers) of Earth. Video and details: go.nasa.gov/4ofmdIw (Let's hope they don't cancel this mission.)
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November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs | PNAS
Dogs evolved through interactions between people and gray wolves during the Late Pleistocene
and have been ubiquitous in human societies ever since...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#DCPunk news!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
#DCPunk news!!
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THREE. At least three kids, for this godawful AI bs.
“The decision to block teens follows the deaths of at least three who killed themselves after using Character.AI’s chatbots.”
Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions
Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
THREE. At least three kids, for this godawful AI bs.