Jesse Wolfhagen
@uncertainarch.bsky.social
Bayesian Zooarchaeologist, studying animal domestication and philosophical questions like "how many cows were in this pit?"
GitHub: https://github.com/wolfhagenj
OSF: https://osf.io/va7ye/
GitHub: https://github.com/wolfhagenj
OSF: https://osf.io/va7ye/
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Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
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Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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If we, here in 2025, don’t expect women in the 1930s to have been physical, to be undertaking manual excavation tasks, it probably says more about later 20th century stereotypes of womanhood than it does about women in e. 20th century archaeology.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If we, here in 2025, don’t expect women in the 1930s to have been physical, to be undertaking manual excavation tasks, it probably says more about later 20th century stereotypes of womanhood than it does about women in e. 20th century archaeology.
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If we, here in 2025, don’t expect women in the 1930s to have been physical, to be undertaking manual excavation tasks, it probably says more about later 20th century stereotypes of womanhood than it does about women in e. 20th century archaeology.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#Teotihuacan, Mexico was once the largest city in the Americas.
It exerted influence on the distant #Maya and the presence of a Teotihuacan-style altar at Tikal, Guatemala indicates there may have even been a Teotihuacan enclave in the Maya capital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
It exerted influence on the distant #Maya and the presence of a Teotihuacan-style altar at Tikal, Guatemala indicates there may have even been a Teotihuacan enclave in the Maya capital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#Teotihuacan, Mexico was once the largest city in the Americas.
It exerted influence on the distant #Maya and the presence of a Teotihuacan-style altar at Tikal, Guatemala indicates there may have even been a Teotihuacan enclave in the Maya capital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
It exerted influence on the distant #Maya and the presence of a Teotihuacan-style altar at Tikal, Guatemala indicates there may have even been a Teotihuacan enclave in the Maya capital.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
Stravinsky Conducts The Firebird Suite, Japan 1959
YouTube video by John Randolph
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
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Reposted by Jesse Wolfhagen
Reposted by Jesse Wolfhagen
[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger.
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger.
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
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A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
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Call for Applications | American Journal of Archaeology
ajaonline.org/job/?utm_sou...
ajaonline.org/job/?utm_sou...
Call for Applications | American Journal of Archaeology
Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology Title: Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of ArchaeologyReports to: Executive DirectorTerm: Three-year term beginning spring 2026, with optional t...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Call for Applications | American Journal of Archaeology
ajaonline.org/job/?utm_sou...
ajaonline.org/job/?utm_sou...
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A heating oil delivery truck that went to the wrong address pumped nearly 400 gallons of heating oil into a Medford home, flooding its basement, a city official said. trib.al/xgoW561
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A heating oil delivery truck that went to the wrong address pumped nearly 400 gallons of heating oil into a Medford home, flooding its basement, a city official said. trib.al/xgoW561
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You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
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The American badger (Taxidea taxus, R) resembles the European badger (Meles meles, L), which is why European colonists gave it that name, but while they're both 'mustelids', they're distantly related, sharing a common ancestor about 15-20 MYA.
May 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The American badger (Taxidea taxus, R) resembles the European badger (Meles meles, L), which is why European colonists gave it that name, but while they're both 'mustelids', they're distantly related, sharing a common ancestor about 15-20 MYA.
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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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This is a remarkable open access resource for genomic work on living great apes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is a remarkable open access resource for genomic work on living great apes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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Another new Hamoukar publication! This time, on my excavation of Early Bronze levels at the site.
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT HAMOUKAR DURING THE EARLY BRONZE AGE: RESULTS FROM THE 2008–2010 SEASONS | IRAQ | Cambridge Core
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT HAMOUKAR DURING THE EARLY BRONZE AGE: RESULTS FROM THE 2008–2010 SEASONS
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Another new Hamoukar publication! This time, on my excavation of Early Bronze levels at the site.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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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 2:42 AM
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
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Birds have arrector and depressor muscles that let them control the angle/pitch of almost all their feathers, which makes it possible for them change shape.
This has specific advantages in flight control, predator defense, and temperature regulation.
The same muscles give you goosebumps.
This has specific advantages in flight control, predator defense, and temperature regulation.
The same muscles give you goosebumps.
a small owl is sitting on top of a striped towel .
Alt: a small owl is sitting on top of a striped towel next to a bathtub with slightly off-colored water. It fluffs itself up, shaking slowly from bottom to top, and then looks to one side.
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Birds have arrector and depressor muscles that let them control the angle/pitch of almost all their feathers, which makes it possible for them change shape.
This has specific advantages in flight control, predator defense, and temperature regulation.
The same muscles give you goosebumps.
This has specific advantages in flight control, predator defense, and temperature regulation.
The same muscles give you goosebumps.
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With the goal of reaching new ppl w/biodiversity action, we're expanding the Native Plant Project to bars. We're calling it Biodiversity Beers.
In collab w/artists Marian Bailey, @hanfranstudio.bsky.social, & @the666cat.bsky.social, we're making pint glasses that encourage planting of native 🌱
In collab w/artists Marian Bailey, @hanfranstudio.bsky.social, & @the666cat.bsky.social, we're making pint glasses that encourage planting of native 🌱
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
With the goal of reaching new ppl w/biodiversity action, we're expanding the Native Plant Project to bars. We're calling it Biodiversity Beers.
In collab w/artists Marian Bailey, @hanfranstudio.bsky.social, & @the666cat.bsky.social, we're making pint glasses that encourage planting of native 🌱
In collab w/artists Marian Bailey, @hanfranstudio.bsky.social, & @the666cat.bsky.social, we're making pint glasses that encourage planting of native 🌱
Reposted by Jesse Wolfhagen
The Central Mediterranean Penal Heritage Project (CMPHP) is an important project using remote-sensing methods to scan premodern prisons. They have now found medieval graffiti on Sicily & game boards etched by prisoners archaeologymag.com/2025/11/anci... Publication: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ancient prison graffiti in Sicily reveals games and fears of Early Modern inmates
Graffiti from a Sicilian castle prison reveals gameboards and ship carvings that shed light on Early Modern inmates’ daily lives.
archaeologymag.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Central Mediterranean Penal Heritage Project (CMPHP) is an important project using remote-sensing methods to scan premodern prisons. They have now found medieval graffiti on Sicily & game boards etched by prisoners archaeologymag.com/2025/11/anci... Publication: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“The state and the different settler factions may quarrel over timing, optics, and methodology, but they agree on the destination.”
Good Settler, Bad Settler | Defector
This article has been adapted from a piece published Nov. 16 on the author’s Substack page. Last week, after masked settlers torched a mosque in Salfit, set fire to Palestinian trucks in Huwara, and b...
defector.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“The state and the different settler factions may quarrel over timing, optics, and methodology, but they agree on the destination.”
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This Thanksgiving, shoutout to Jennifer Coolfridge, Brookline’s community fridge providing free, 24/7 access to nourishing food.
It’s been essential for families affected by the SNAP freeze.
🦃📦
It’s been essential for families affected by the SNAP freeze.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This Thanksgiving, shoutout to Jennifer Coolfridge, Brookline’s community fridge providing free, 24/7 access to nourishing food.
It’s been essential for families affected by the SNAP freeze.
🦃📦
It’s been essential for families affected by the SNAP freeze.
🦃📦