Eileen Shepherd
@eileenshepherd.bsky.social
Retired academic librarian, avid reader, cat lover, nature lover, vegan, interested in ancient history, archaeology and human origins. I live in Makhanda (was Grahamstown), South Africa
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And one of the best books you could possibly read is this multi-award-winning lyrical and stylistically stunning examination of the question Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
And one of the best books you could possibly read is this multi-award-winning lyrical and stylistically stunning examination of the question Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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34- There is no better chronicler of the Anthropocene, of human relationships with the natural world they seem hell-bent on destroying, and of the glimmers of hope that it doens’t have to be this way, than @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social #BookSky💙📚 #BooksOf2025
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
34- There is no better chronicler of the Anthropocene, of human relationships with the natural world they seem hell-bent on destroying, and of the glimmers of hope that it doens’t have to be this way, than @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social #BookSky💙📚 #BooksOf2025
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"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
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The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
emergencemagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
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Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in Suffolk.
It is known that humans used natural fire more than 1m years ago, but until now the earliest unambiguous example of humans lighting fires came from a site in northern France dating from 50,000 years ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
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Live now over on YouTube!
@ucl.ac.uk Lunch Hour Lecture | The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
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#LocalAndGlobal
@ucl.ac.uk Lunch Hour Lecture | The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
www.youtube.com/live/ODvAEv-...
#LocalAndGlobal
Lunch Hour Lecture | The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
About the lecture:
The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
This talk reflects on 15 years of archaeological and conservation work at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, approached through ...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Live now over on YouTube!
@ucl.ac.uk Lunch Hour Lecture | The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
www.youtube.com/live/ODvAEv-...
#LocalAndGlobal
@ucl.ac.uk Lunch Hour Lecture | The Cradle of Humanity: Protecting Tanzania's Human Artifacts
www.youtube.com/live/ODvAEv-...
#LocalAndGlobal
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself.
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself.
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
Shame on America, and shame on Europe
Sick #Hegseth posted cover of a book featuring children’s character Franklin the Turtle entitled Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists.The turtle wearing a USmilitary vest is shooting from a helicopter at boats crewed with armed men.For yr Christmas wish list he wrote www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat survivors
US president says he will look into reports US military was told to conduct follow-up attack on suspected drug vessel
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sick #Hegseth posted cover of a book featuring children’s character Franklin the Turtle entitled Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists.The turtle wearing a USmilitary vest is shooting from a helicopter at boats crewed with armed men.For yr Christmas wish list he wrote www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
⚡️ Amid chaotic Ukrainian withdrawal, Russian forces reportedly execute 5 POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
"The enemy captured the soldiers in the forest, lined them up, and shot them after interrogation," one report said.
"The enemy captured the soldiers in the forest, lined them up, and shot them after interrogation," one report said.
Amid chaotic Ukrainian withdrawal, Russian forces reportedly execute 5 POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
"The enemy captured the soldiers in the forest, lined them up, and shot them after interrogation," one report said.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A tiny but very charming #Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a squatting #monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, #Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
Photo: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Vetulonia, #Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
Photo: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
🏺 #archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A tiny but very charming #Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a squatting #monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, #Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
Photo: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Vetulonia, #Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
Photo: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
🏺 #archaeology
Instead of banning AI and ChatGPT, students in the law sector should be taught to use them responsibly.
theconversation.com/ai-in-the-co...
#ScienceandTech
theconversation.com/ai-in-the-co...
#ScienceandTech
AI in the courtroom: the dangers of using ChatGTP in legal practice in South Africa
Instead of banning AI and ChatGPT, students in the law sector should be taught to use them responsibly.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My recent article: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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JFC
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
JFC
Throughout October, Russia has been mercilessly bombing Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure.
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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⚡️Berlin airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting.
Planes from at least four different European cities were diverted to nearby airports, including Hamburg airport, amid the temporary halt.
Planes from at least four different European cities were diverted to nearby airports, including Hamburg airport, amid the temporary halt.
Berlin airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting
Planes from at least four different European cities were diverted to nearby airports, including Hamburg airport, amid the temporary halt.
kyivindependent.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
⚡️Berlin airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting.
Planes from at least four different European cities were diverted to nearby airports, including Hamburg airport, amid the temporary halt.
Planes from at least four different European cities were diverted to nearby airports, including Hamburg airport, amid the temporary halt.
New satellite imagery analysis from Yale shows detailed view of the site where footage showed RSF executing unarmed people in the berm just north of Sudan’s El Fasher.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Love these!
Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration of animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s.
Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Love these!
Two new polls out today for NYC mayor (including a Fox News poll) and both polls show Mamdani up 16 points. He is ahead on every major issue including crime. And in two way race with just Cuomo he beats him soundly. Let's do this NYC voters.
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM