Carl Feagans
@cfeagans.bsky.social
Archaeoskeptic. Professional archaeologist. I write about pseudoarchaeology. I blog at https://ahotcupofjoe.net (he/him)
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9803-9000
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9803-9000
I've been looking for one for years. I see them mentioned on historic plat maps from the 1930s on farmsteads in my area, but never have found any remains.
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I've been looking for one for years. I see them mentioned on historic plat maps from the 1930s on farmsteads in my area, but never have found any remains.
Definitely a Rao's fan here.
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Definitely a Rao's fan here.
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence was painted in 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq and has been hanging in the Cabinet Room since the 1980s. It's been replaced by The Peacemakers, an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy. Undoubtedly chosen because of the frame not the content.
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence was painted in 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq and has been hanging in the Cabinet Room since the 1980s. It's been replaced by The Peacemakers, an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy. Undoubtedly chosen because of the frame not the content.
I think this is one of my favorites of your videos yet! I tried to have it on in the background while doings some house-chores, but found myself just sitting and watching! Great discussion and I think it's inspired me to do a re-visit of a blog post I did years back on the hallmarks of pseudoarch.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think this is one of my favorites of your videos yet! I tried to have it on in the background while doings some house-chores, but found myself just sitting and watching! Great discussion and I think it's inspired me to do a re-visit of a blog post I did years back on the hallmarks of pseudoarch.
I keep meaning to go through all the "I found Noah's Ark" claims and plot their frequency. I think it's like every 3 years on average that someone "finds" it. The story of one of the last guys would make a funny movie if Steve Carell could play the lead.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I keep meaning to go through all the "I found Noah's Ark" claims and plot their frequency. I think it's like every 3 years on average that someone "finds" it. The story of one of the last guys would make a funny movie if Steve Carell could play the lead.
Thankfully, the "cigar store Indian" is mostly a thing of the past, but they still exist. They promote tobacco use contrary to the way Native Americans generally used it, which was ceremonial. And the wooden figures themselves are often stereotypical and offensive caricatures of Native Peoples.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Thankfully, the "cigar store Indian" is mostly a thing of the past, but they still exist. They promote tobacco use contrary to the way Native Americans generally used it, which was ceremonial. And the wooden figures themselves are often stereotypical and offensive caricatures of Native Peoples.
The caption reads, "Dedicated to the gent who smokes 'em with the belts on." And the illustration was created by Samuel D. Ehrhart (1862-1937) in 1907 and was published as the centerfold for v. 61, no. 1566 of Puck magazine.
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The caption reads, "Dedicated to the gent who smokes 'em with the belts on." And the illustration was created by Samuel D. Ehrhart (1862-1937) in 1907 and was published as the centerfold for v. 61, no. 1566 of Puck magazine.
Well shit. I do now.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Well shit. I do now.
Even a bad fisherman can see when the tide changes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Even a bad fisherman can see when the tide changes.
Yeah. I agree. I think it's a wasted opportunity though. In that hearing, a Dem member asked the room if anyone wanted to abolish 106 completely. No one spoke up. The idea, I think, was to point out that they all agreed cultural resources are important and I think they honestly do.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Yeah. I agree. I think it's a wasted opportunity though. In that hearing, a Dem member asked the room if anyone wanted to abolish 106 completely. No one spoke up. The idea, I think, was to point out that they all agreed cultural resources are important and I think they honestly do.
People say I'm lazy for not taking my cat to the vet for a rabies shot, but she's an indoor cat that self-identifies as a Christian scientist. Who am I to judge?
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
People say I'm lazy for not taking my cat to the vet for a rabies shot, but she's an indoor cat that self-identifies as a Christian scientist. Who am I to judge?