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Morangles @morangles.bsky.social · 2d

@duancientaliens.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social One of the best answers given to the lost civilizationists.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d

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Cartoon titled "Earth’s first science fair" showing three cavemen presenting inventions: a “pointy stik,” “fire,” and a “weel.” A judge gives third place to the stick, second to fire, and first place to the wheel, while the cavemen stand proudly behind their creations.

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British Science Association @britsciassoc.bsky.social · 6d

In a new blog, the BSA's Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Martha Kirby, reflects on the British Science Festival #BSF25 in Liverpool, and on the importance of hands-on science education - for all ages - that engages and inspires:

www.britishscienceassociation.org/Blog/reflect...

Reflections on the British Science Festival in Liverpool

The BSA's Head of Policy and Public affairs Martha Kirby reflects on the British Science Festival 2025, and on the importance of hands-on science education - for all ages - that engages and inspires.

www.britishscienceassociation.org

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 6d

"Science is bad for tyrants"

That's why we have to speak up and shout out knowledge and expertise from the rooftops

Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 7d

Science is under siege

Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 7d

"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"

Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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Suzanne Pilaar Birch @suziebirch.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, makes total sense a rabid fan would pay random websites to publish (most likely AI-generated) smear articles instead of...posting for free on social media or abundantly free blog websites. 🙃

Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 7d

"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"

Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 7d

"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"

Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 8d

Unfortunately, there is no moral arc to history. History is collectively what we all do, whether right or wrong. The nice thing is that if there's one thing history teaches us, it's that we can all stand up and make a difference

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 8d

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 9d

I love these little snapshots into human history. An intimate glimpse of how someone lived tens of thousands of years ago

www.zmescience.com/science/arch...

Archaeologists Found A Rare 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit That Once Belonged To A Stone Age Hunter

An ancient pouch of stone tools brings us face-to-face with one Gravettian hunter.

www.zmescience.com

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James @derpjames.bsky.social · 10d

Hey @flintdibble.bsky.social, you Big Archaeologists™️ can't hide the truth forever 😉

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 10d

😂😂😂

Photo of an empty, muddy, old plastic bottle with a single handle. The bottle is lying on soil surrounded by stones of varying shapes and sizes. The side of the bottle with handle is uppermost. The mouth end of the container points towards bottom left of the picture.

There is text above the image of the plastic bottle which reads “Ancient skull found on archaeological dig is proof of our alien origins”. Having read the text, at first glance the plastic bottle looks similar to an alien skull. The body of the bottle looks like a long skull,the handle looks like a nose, and the indents with shadow either side of the handle look like eyes. An example of pareidolia!

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🕸godhatesyeeeest🕷 @godhatesyeast.bsky.social · 10d

just saw a new doc on youtube explain this checkmate poindexter

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 11d

A casual version of my British Science Festival talk, Truth in the Dirt: Combatting pseudoarchaeology, is now available on Patreon!

From Atlantis to pyramid conspiracies, I cover a range of archaeology topics and discuss what we can do about misinfo

www.patreon.com/posts/139874...

Truth in the dirt: Combatting pseudoarchaeology. British Science Festival Talk | Flint Dibble

Get more from Flint Dibble on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 14d

First the internet, now the world, has been overrun by anti-intellectual liars. How the hell do we fight back?

One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history

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Hot Vermin Summer @sciencehippies.bsky.social · 15d

I got sucked into a rabbit hole over the weekend, apparently Joe Rogan is also a total idiot when it comes to archeology, and his profound dumbness just blew my mind. I discovered @flintdibble.bsky.social Flint Dibble, tho, and he’s great!

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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks mighty @learncardiff.bsky.social, so proud of this truly co-created podcast, critically exploring 14 years of university/community partnership working. Lots more about it on my LinkedIn account - find me there!
@flintdibble.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social

Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 16d

Our friends in Caer Heritage have launched a podcast. Discover more about the Caer Heritage Project in Caerau & the importance of community engagement & lifelong learning. www.publicengagement.ac.uk/caer-heritag... @sharewyatt.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social @cujournmedcul.bsky.social

CAER Heritage Podcast | NCCPE

www.publicengagement.ac.uk

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18d

Haha Graham Hancock just dropped another video about me 😂

I swear, he's obsessed

youtu.be/Mos0FzHjw3A?...

Graham Hancock's Obsession. AI Deep Fakes, Cosplaying, and Lies

YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

youtu.be

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 21d

🏺 Pipeline from feelings of economic and social discontent through pseudoscientific archaeology and its explicit promotion of distrust in scientific expertise and individuals, to full-blown conspiracies and support of populist agendas.
cc @flintdibble.bsky.social

[HT @gabemoshenska.bsky.social]

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 21d

Right wingers getting left leaning people fired for critiquing Charlie Kirk doesn't surprise me

After I debated Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan - when Hancock admitted there was no evidence for his ideas - his fans tried to get me fired

Conspiracy culture loves to cancel opponents

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 23d

According to some on Reddit, my Joe Rogan saga where he has repeatedly and viciously slandered me without cause, has contributed to a decline in listeners to the Joe Rogan Experience

I'll keep fighting back against this slander, and keep picking off members of the cult of fake archaeology

Screenshot from Reddit: "To be fair, for anyone paying attention I think the Dibble stuff has been one of the most singular damning bits for Rogan and has likely played somewhat of a role in the decline in listenership. Joe showed himself up to be the living, breathing definition of the words *cowardly bitch* by not daring question Dibble properly to his face because he saw Dibble just beating the everloving shit out of his friend Graeme Hancock in debate and wanted none of that smoke.

As soon as Dibble was gone though, Joe couldn't stop gossiping and badmouthing him, just like the scrawny bitch kid would amongst his friends about the big bad bully that came in and humiliated poor little Graeme while Joe stood by helplessly.

It showed that Joe Rogan is anything but what he claims to be. Then his interview with Kash Patel officially confirmed it."

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 23d

Amazing lineup for #Misinformation event at @lshtm.bsky.social today!

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Missed out on a ticket for LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED?

Our event is proving so popular we’ve released EXTRA online tickets so more people can learn how to fight dangerous health #misinformation!

Get your ticket👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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CtrlAltDemocracy(Pristine Cthulhu) @ctrlaltdemocracy.bsky.social · 23d

Give @flintdibble.bsky.social a follow!!!

Joe Rogan, the meat-head loser of a moron, made fun of him with that dipshit Graham Hancock, while he had cancer, saying he looked like a weak man. Flint is anything but weak, @flintdibble.bsky.social don't be so nice to him next time.

Joe Rogan's Cult of Fake Archaeology

YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 24d

Archaeology profs are corrupting kids

We're teaching that the pyramids are tombs, the fall of Rome wasn't simple, isotopes reveal ancient diet, and the theoretical debate b/t culture history, processualism, and post-processualism

Oh, and how to make a bibliography

*evil laugh*

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 24d

some academics might also find this useful

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 25d

Gonna write some brief troll mitigation tips for you all because like any successful, happy woman on the internet, i’ve had ‘em

Tips break down into two main areas:

1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them

2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 25d

This week in the collapse of academic freedom: A&M, Texas State, and, now, UC Berkeley.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

U.C. Berkeley Gives Names of Students and Faculty to Government for Antisemitism Probe

www.nytimes.com

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 26d

British Science Festival talk went well. Clearly people like archaeology. Not an empty seat in the house!

British Science Association @britsciassoc.bsky.social · 26d

We've braved the rain to head out to Kazimier Garden this afternoon to hear Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social talk on pseudoarchaology and pseudoscience! Kicking it off with the evidence which proves that Ancient Egyptian pyramids really WERE tombs.

And, yes, that is his real name... #BSF25

Fairylight lit venue with indoor tree branches, busy audience and Flint in hat and pinkish shirt behind the mic

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 26d

"Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men
Prehistoric graves show women wielded more than early archaeologists gave them credit for."
www.popsci.com/science/ston...

Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men

Prehistoric graves show women wielded more than early archeologists gave them credit for.

www.popsci.com

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