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[NEW VIDEO] Meet the translator behind Christopher Nolan's Odyssey
Emily Wilson has been vilified and lied about on social media for the last two months. In fact, the last 9 years
She was my former professor of ancient Greek at Penn. So, naturally, I wanted to talk with her about translating the Odyssey and being a public scholar
Our conversation covers the gods and heroes of the Odyssey, as well as topics of slavery, feminism, vegetarianism, and carnivory. We dive into various approaches to poetry and translation and the reception of Greek myth. And of course we touch on the new movie
It's a great conversation, and I hope it humanizes her and debunks many of the lies about her
Watch it now!
Link: youtu.be/9p5VeyX1PJE
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
@SenWhitehouse @AlexPadilla4CA @SenAdamSchiff - Just say no! This is a bad bill. Guts the ESA, guts Tribal consultation. Guts states' rights.
π¨ American archaeology is facing an EXISTENTIAL THREAT: #BAAJA π¨
Republicans and Democrats are pushing βpermitting reformβ that could gut Section 106, the law responsible for more than 90% of archaeological excavations in the U.S.
Weβve already seen what happens when these protections are waived: sacred Indigenous sites bulldozed for the border wall, and oil & gas permits around Chaco Canyon
In my new video I break down how BAAJA could devastate American archaeology, why archaeologists, Tribal Nations, and preservationists are united against it, and I share three Section 106 success stories:
β’ Indigenous and Colonial archaeology beneath I-95 in Philadelphia
β’ Revolutionary War cannons found underwater in Savannah GA
β’ The forgotten cemetery of enslaved African Americans at Catoctin Furnace MD
The bill hasnβt passed yet. Thereβs still time.
WATCH: youtu.be/DH5Z9FSsUXE
Because once we destroy our history, we donβt get to discover it again.
#Protect106 #106Strong #Section106
@SavingPlaces @SAAorg @archaeology_aia @NATHPO_org @NCAI1944 @DoctorVive @SenAdamSchiff
π¨ American archaeology is facing an EXISTENTIAL THREAT: #BAAJA π¨
Republicans and Democrats are pushing βpermitting reformβ that could gut Section 106, the law responsible for more than 90% of archaeological excavations in the U.S.
Weβve already seen what happens when these protections are waived: sacred Indigenous sites bulldozed for the border wall, and oil & gas permits around Chaco Canyon
In my new video I break down how BAAJA could devastate American archaeology, why archaeologists, Tribal Nations, and preservationists are united against it, and I share three Section 106 success stories:
β’ Indigenous and Colonial archaeology beneath I-95 in Philadelphia
β’ Revolutionary War cannons found underwater in Savannah GA
β’ The forgotten cemetery of enslaved African Americans at Catoctin Furnace MD
The bill hasnβt passed yet. Thereβs still time.
WATCH: youtu.be/DH5Z9FSsUXE
Because once we destroy our history, we donβt get to discover it again.
#Protect106 #106Strong #Section106
@SavingPlaces @SAAorg @archaeology_aia @NATHPO_org @NCAI1944 @DoctorVive @SenAdamSchiff
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Despite the Managerβs Amendment, #BAAJA is still a terrible bill for the climate.
If it passes it will become illegal for agencies to amend or revoke energy permits, or update their rules, to deal with #ClimateChange, even if Congress enacts future climate legislation.
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As a zooarchaeologist who studies ancient animal bones, I'm just wondering if I can keep one of the skeletons to add to our reference collection to use for identifying any archaeological lions we might find
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Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Never forgive.
Also the BAAJA bill championed by Sheldon Whitehouse and Martin Heinrich would make this very thing - the ability to bulldoze our natural lands while a case is being fought in court - permanently legal. Any Democrat that supports this bill as written is selling us out.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for bulldozers to tear back into Big Bend National Park while our lawsuit continues in federal court.
This is a devastating decision. But the fight is far from over. We still have legal avenues to stop this destruction--including the claims in our underlying lawsuit.
What DHS continues to underestimate is the unity, grit and resolve of Texans and people across the country who refuse to sit by and watch while Big Bend is permanently destroyed.
This movement is bigger than Left vs. Right. It's communities fighting back against corrupt politicians, agency bureaucrats and billionaire contractors who want to profit while destroying our homes and walling us off from a great American river.
We're not backing down. We'll never stop fighting for the wildest place in Texas.
Dont know the details yet but it looks pretty cool, and a great example of how archaeology is welcoming of non-specialists who want to contribute to knowledge production with their skills and interests
My AI agents found an unmapped Maya site in Mexico, using LiDAR data from a NASA dataset.
72 hours from a random thought on vacation to a reply from Mexico's national archaeology institute.
What a time to be aliveβ¦
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This site is not unknown or unmapped. Per Dr. Sarah Parcak, Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli of Tulane University identified, researched, and published this site years ago.
bsky.app/profile/indyfrβ¦
liberalarts.tulane.edu/anthropology/pβ¦
update from Sarah Parcak
no shade on @PietroMiotti, but he should probably add a reply to his post with the update and amend his blog post to clarify it's not actually a new site
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
The Atlantic is catching up to what archaeologists were studying more than thirty years ago. Just to show how far behind the times they are, Graham Hancock--yes, him--wrote a whole book about this and wove it into his Atlantis fantasies in 2002!
Terrific @TheAtlantic piece on archaeologists' and anthropologists' slowly dawning realization that now-submerged areas on the coastal shelf--swathes of land drowned when the glaciers melted--may be where much of our species' early history took place. (Link in reply)
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
A battle over the future of archaeology in the United States is about to enter a pivotal phase.
Next week, the Senate is expected to begin considering legislation that could substantially narrow rules that require developers to conduct archaeological reviews of projects funded or permitted by the federal government. scim.ag/4Aet0IS
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
U-M shamefully wants to build a $1.25 billion data center on Native burial groundsβbut the National Historic Preservation Act protects these lands.
The permitting reform bill advanced by the Senate last night will strip many of those protections, fast tracking approvals of data centers and fossil fuel pipelines.
freep.com/story/news/environβ¦
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Slow your roll on #BAAJA. Donβt throw 60+ years of protections down the drain for a quick fix. Once national treasures are lost, theyβre permanently gone.
since the silly Noah's Ark project is in the news again (why?), just a reminder i've got a comprehensive debunk of their claims
youtu.be/_jc8YN9IkkM
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
We can build another data center. we canβt just manufacture a 100-year-old forest. some decisions should be pretty obvious
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Researchers sue NSF science.org/content/article/β¦
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Listening to U.S. citizens with spouses with no pathway to legal status talk about the horrors that ICE has forced their families have lived through. Deported wives, husbands, and dads, some who faced medical emergencies in detention. Families now living separated. Shameful.
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
An elder of the Hia-Ced Oβodham tribe told ProPublica the remains were found by a National Park Service archeologist.
Contractors for Customs and Border Protection have been bulldozing land parallel to the international divide to build a wall.
propublica.org/article/bordeβ¦
Flint Dibble ππΊ retweeted
Just met a woman, a lawful permanent resident from Missouri, who was detained in moldy conditions inside a camp for 6 months. Her husband is a Navy veteran. Sheβs been in the country for 50 years. What are we even doing. π€¦ββοΈ
