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Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.

Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.

But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

A five-time draft dodger bringing back the draft for *other* people is peak Trump shamelessness.

Frankly, if this comes as any surprise then you really need to start paying attention.

The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm

Holy shit. Crude oil futures going nuts tonight.

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

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Arabic document from 17th-century rubbish heap confirms existence of semi-legendary Nubian king A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa explores new historical evidence of one of pre-colonial Dongola's earliest rulers. Previously considered semi-legendary, the disco...

#Archaeology

Great news! Congrats to Marion, Robert and James! #irisharchaeology

The privy pirates vs. the archaeologists

As America's 250th approaches, Philly is in the national spotlight — and a center of clandestine digging.

Did the Vikings reach Maine? An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Interesting analysis of an old Roman era burial in Poland: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Babies weren't supposed to be mourned in the Roman Empire. These rare liquid-gypsum burials prove otherwise. Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from York reveals.

Even babies were buried in unique liquid-gypsum-filled coffins in Roman Britain. 🧪🏺

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

#booksky

12th century Crusader sword discovered "by chance" by student off coast of Israel, university says Student diver discovers 12th-century Crusader sword off the coast of Haifa, Israel. The rare find of...

Student diver discovers 12th-century Crusader sword off the coast of Haifa, Israel. The rare find offers insights into the lives of Crusader warriors. #Archaeology #News

It would be nice to see some wider publicity for this - are the Archaeology Schools speaking out in support ? @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @aidanosullivan.bsky.social

2,800-year-old mass grave of women and children discovered in Serbia reveals 'brutal, deliberate and efficient' violence An analysis of a mass grave found in northern Serbia is revealing new information about violence in Early Iron Age Europe.

Ironically the writer's name is Killgrove www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

At the People's SOTU, Iowan Jill Kordick shares her story of going without health care because of Trump's ACA cuts.

Across the country, people like Jill are suffering without the care they need.

All so Trump can give tax cuts to billionaires.

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

Musk at World Economic Forum

This guy's smiling photograph is appearing today, in normal news coverage of an elite gathering.

He has killed 215,000 adults and 445,000 children with USAID cuts, as of the most recent estimates. 14 million deaths are expected by 2030.

The ancient US discovery predating the pyramids A series of millennia-old canoes are being unearthed from the bottom of a lake in Wisconsin, spurring a renewed interest in Indigenous culture.

www.bbc.com/travel/artic... Wow up to 5,000 years old predating the pyramids

Always fascinated when discoveries like this continue to prove that the Americas were rich in peoples and cultures long before the Europeans showed up.
#history #archeology #nativepeoples

FUNERARY STELA OF FELICULA, C. 180-190 CE. CLOISTER OF S. PAOLO FUORI LE MURA Like most of the ancient pieces on display in the magnificent medieval cloister of the papal basilica built over the traditional burial site of St Paul, this probably came from the via Ostiensis necropolis which once occupied this area. A portrait, now almost completely effaced, shows a female face with short hair, her torso in a tunic and mantle. The inscription says "To the departed shades. To Felicula. She lived 12 years, 3 months. Her parents Cocceia Magna and Cocceius Chrestus made this for their sweetest daughter". This is a middling-level monument, not extravagant, and "dulcissima" is by far the most frequent adjective found on girls' tombs, though it most often refers to much younger girls, 2-3 years old, and may have evoked the innocence of a very little girl. But in that "dulcissima" is compressed all the sweetness of a whole lifetime unfairly stolen. This was a freedman family of the gens Cocceia, of which the emperor Nerva was a member.

For #EpigraphyTuesday we're in the #cloister of #SanPaolofuorileMura along the #ViaOstiense heading south out of #Rome. This damaged marble monument recalls a little girl, Felicula, 12 years old, daughter of Cocceia Magna and Cocceius Chrestus, from the later C2 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺

I’m still tired but #AntiquesRoadshow cured my crankiness!

“Radical Man”

#AntiquesRoadShow

😂😂😂❤️😂😂😂

a teenage mutant ninja turtle is dancing with the words woaaaah above him ALT: a teenage mutant ninja turtle is dancing with the words woaaaah above him

Right??? My nephew loved them.

I’m still in that craze lol