@rachetgear
@rachetgear.bsky.social
I am a science, pop culture, and tech enthusiast with a passion for liberal politics and a love for Stoicism and Saganism. Inspired by ancient philosophers and Carl Sagan, brings curiosity, reason, and compassion to every conversation.
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Delighted to meet @aoc.bsky.social (a fellow Nuyorican & Bronx native) before my recent Keynote at a bipartisan dinner — attended by 20 republicans, 30 democrats, staffers, and guests — in the Library of Congress, hosted by the Kluge Center to help bridge the divide among Members of Congress.
May 21, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Delighted to meet @aoc.bsky.social (a fellow Nuyorican & Bronx native) before my recent Keynote at a bipartisan dinner — attended by 20 republicans, 30 democrats, staffers, and guests — in the Library of Congress, hosted by the Kluge Center to help bridge the divide among Members of Congress.
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Today is a BIG DAY
In 20 minutes my chat with Steven Bonnell and Kyla Turner premieres! I'll be in the chat in between boarding my flight
It was a really fantastic conversation about archaeology, debating, and engaging with pseudoscientist
youtu.be/-KvsTAQK1g4?...
In 20 minutes my chat with Steven Bonnell and Kyla Turner premieres! I'll be in the chat in between boarding my flight
It was a really fantastic conversation about archaeology, debating, and engaging with pseudoscientist
youtu.be/-KvsTAQK1g4?...
Rogan Backlash & How To Debate As An Academic | FLINT DIBBLE | Bridges #18
YouTube video by Bridges Podcast
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September 6, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Today is a BIG DAY
In 20 minutes my chat with Steven Bonnell and Kyla Turner premieres! I'll be in the chat in between boarding my flight
It was a really fantastic conversation about archaeology, debating, and engaging with pseudoscientist
youtu.be/-KvsTAQK1g4?...
In 20 minutes my chat with Steven Bonnell and Kyla Turner premieres! I'll be in the chat in between boarding my flight
It was a really fantastic conversation about archaeology, debating, and engaging with pseudoscientist
youtu.be/-KvsTAQK1g4?...
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NEW FANTASTIC VIDEO‼️
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff
A behind-the-scenes look at the field of archaeogenetics and what it tells us about the peopling of the Americas. #archaeology
LINK: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff
A behind-the-scenes look at the field of archaeogenetics and what it tells us about the peopling of the Americas. #archaeology
LINK: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff #RealArchaeology
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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September 26, 2024 at 2:07 PM
NEW FANTASTIC VIDEO‼️
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff
A behind-the-scenes look at the field of archaeogenetics and what it tells us about the peopling of the Americas. #archaeology
LINK: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff
A behind-the-scenes look at the field of archaeogenetics and what it tells us about the peopling of the Americas. #archaeology
LINK: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
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Had a fantastic chat on the David Ian Howe Show about so much cool archaeology, dogs, and more. Check it out here for a real deep dive that included some of my favorite parts of my research
youtu.be/qYGMDeaXDrA?...
youtu.be/qYGMDeaXDrA?...
Archaeology, Animal Bones, and how Flint Dibble saved Archaeology | TDIHS #9 | Dr. Flint Dibble
YouTube video by David Ian Howe
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October 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Had a fantastic chat on the David Ian Howe Show about so much cool archaeology, dogs, and more. Check it out here for a real deep dive that included some of my favorite parts of my research
youtu.be/qYGMDeaXDrA?...
youtu.be/qYGMDeaXDrA?...
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Hey all, I'll be speaking at the QED festival of critical thinking in Manchester, October 19-20. Festival tickets, for both in-person attendance and online streaming, are available at qedcon.org
October 11, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Hey all, I'll be speaking at the QED festival of critical thinking in Manchester, October 19-20. Festival tickets, for both in-person attendance and online streaming, are available at qedcon.org
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NEW VIDEO: Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes is now live!
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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October 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
NEW VIDEO: Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes is now live!
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
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It was wonderful of Flint to ask me to discuss the archaeology of the Americas. I knew his father, archaeologist Harold Dibble, who I first met when he gave an excellent presentation at the University of Kansas on lithic toolmaking skills of Neanderthals. I know he’d be kvelling over this.
NEW VIDEO: Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes is now live!
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
Check this out for a nice overview of the Archaeology of the Americas!
youtu.be/07dcLdEnALo
Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
October 12, 2024 at 3:11 AM
It was wonderful of Flint to ask me to discuss the archaeology of the Americas. I knew his father, archaeologist Harold Dibble, who I first met when he gave an excellent presentation at the University of Kansas on lithic toolmaking skills of Neanderthals. I know he’d be kvelling over this.
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@jwhoopes2.bsky.social & Flint. Wanted to stress we've been looking for submerged landforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico that have potential for Paleo & Early Archaic sites for years. It is required for all BOEM archaeological surveys. Here are buried channels & natural levees exposed ~9 kya.
October 12, 2024 at 2:58 AM
@jwhoopes2.bsky.social & Flint. Wanted to stress we've been looking for submerged landforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico that have potential for Paleo & Early Archaic sites for years. It is required for all BOEM archaeological surveys. Here are buried channels & natural levees exposed ~9 kya.
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The predictable response from Graham Hancock's video yesterday: his fans want to get me fired from my shitty paying teaching job
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM is the actual CANCEL CULTURE
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM is the actual CANCEL CULTURE
October 12, 2024 at 7:25 AM
The predictable response from Graham Hancock's video yesterday: his fans want to get me fired from my shitty paying teaching job
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM is the actual CANCEL CULTURE
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM is the actual CANCEL CULTURE
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Misinformation research shows PREbunking is FAR more effective than DEbunking. Real info inoculates against false narratives
WATCH and SHARE this video with John Hoopes widely before we have to switch to debunking Ancient Apocalypse season 2 🏺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dc...
WATCH and SHARE this video with John Hoopes widely before we have to switch to debunking Ancient Apocalypse season 2 🏺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dc...
Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Misinformation research shows PREbunking is FAR more effective than DEbunking. Real info inoculates against false narratives
WATCH and SHARE this video with John Hoopes widely before we have to switch to debunking Ancient Apocalypse season 2 🏺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dc...
WATCH and SHARE this video with John Hoopes widely before we have to switch to debunking Ancient Apocalypse season 2 🏺
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dc...
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Trump saying “we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now”, just straight up nazi stuff
Well, Trump has finally just come out and described immigrants to the U.S. as genetically inferior. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | Trump finally just says that some immigrants are genetically inferior
With a mish-mash of false claims about crime and ridiculous race science, Trump makes explicit the racism at the heart of his politics.
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October 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Trump saying “we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now”, just straight up nazi stuff
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Posting this article about how the Sun will destroy us all reminded me that I have thematically appropriate posters/stickers/etc you can buy! Co-created with @miquai.bsky.social. Find them here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/2999...
October 3, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Posting this article about how the Sun will destroy us all reminded me that I have thematically appropriate posters/stickers/etc you can buy! Co-created with @miquai.bsky.social. Find them here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/2999...
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Here’s a list of accounts to follow if you love nature pics but don’t want to support horrible content-scraper accounts!
Ok I've made a starter pack of nature photographers who post all their own work and make it accessible with alt text. Thanks for the nudge to finally put one together.
October 1, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Here’s a list of accounts to follow if you love nature pics but don’t want to support horrible content-scraper accounts!
i dont understand 10 million if im getting nothing in views
i hope this is not another rigged system
i hope this is not another rigged system
October 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
i dont understand 10 million if im getting nothing in views
i hope this is not another rigged system
i hope this is not another rigged system
the only sister i got that i share
with the same parents
crazy how much we look alike🤣🤣
with the same parents
crazy how much we look alike🤣🤣
September 28, 2024 at 9:29 AM
the only sister i got that i share
with the same parents
crazy how much we look alike🤣🤣
with the same parents
crazy how much we look alike🤣🤣
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Regarding moderation on social media: it is my sincere belief that blocking is morally neutral! It’s not mean or abusive. It’s not an attack. It can be, at worst, mildly rude, roughly on par with hanging up on a telemarketer.
September 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Regarding moderation on social media: it is my sincere belief that blocking is morally neutral! It’s not mean or abusive. It’s not an attack. It can be, at worst, mildly rude, roughly on par with hanging up on a telemarketer.
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PROPHESY: When AI perfects deep-fakes of people, places, & things, no news will be trusted. Even those who previously believed fake news will think their fake news is faked. At that moment a tear in the spacetime continuum will open and swallow all social media from the internet.
February 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
PROPHESY: When AI perfects deep-fakes of people, places, & things, no news will be trusted. Even those who previously believed fake news will think their fake news is faked. At that moment a tear in the spacetime continuum will open and swallow all social media from the internet.
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Yeah, this is real, if slightly embarrassing, given my history with the little ice-ball.
deadline.com/2024/02/neil...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Launches StarTalk Channel On Pluto TV
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s media network, StarTalk, in partnership with Jellysmack, is launching its first-ever live linear channel on Pluto TV.
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February 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Yeah, this is real, if slightly embarrassing, given my history with the little ice-ball.
deadline.com/2024/02/neil...
deadline.com/2024/02/neil...
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Indeed a loss. I agree.
There was once a cat constellation called Felis, but it was eliminated by the IAU in 1930. There are currently three dog constellations but none representing domestic cats. BRING BACK FELIS. http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/felis.html
May 21, 2023 at 1:20 AM
Indeed a loss. I agree.
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And chapters would be called “Fractions”?
May 17, 2023 at 2:51 PM
And chapters would be called “Fractions”?
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In case you were wondering, no it’s not possible to pop an air bubble under water.
May 22, 2023 at 1:20 PM
In case you were wondering, no it’s not possible to pop an air bubble under water.
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I love the smell of the Universe in the morning.
May 23, 2023 at 12:39 PM
I love the smell of the Universe in the morning.