Eric Kansa
Working on opencontext.org, trying to do the right thing with #OpenScience & open #archaeology. #Resist authoritarianism @ekansa@octodon.social (he/him)
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A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking
Dear University Community,
Since we first announced our plans to reopen this fall (a far too early decision given the lack of reliable data about t...
Eric Kansa
It takes a second to recognize that this is a parody of an academic bureaucracy response to #COVID19. It's probably better considered than some actual responses
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This kind of mask can actually spread the coronavirus. Here's how to fix it
Exhalation vents in masks can reduce moisture buildup but also potentially spread infectious droplets. But the fix is easy. Grab some tape.
One graphic explains why Americans are facing an EU travel ban
US tourists will be excluded from visiting the European Union after the bloc finalized its list of 15 safe countries for travel to member states on Tuesday.
Tear gas and pepper spray: What protesters need to know
Experts discuss the use and chemistry of the riot-control agents and how to neutralize their effects
AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year...
The End of Everything
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important ideas in cosmology We know the universe had a beginning....
Indigenous Archaeology Collective Responds to the Society for American Archaeology
We, the Indigenous Archaeology Collective (IAC), are writing to protest in the strongest possible terms the Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA) harmful statement sent on June 19, 2020 to the University of California Office of the President and...
Houston hospitals hit 100% base ICU capacity. Then they stopped reporting data.
Texas Medical Center hospitals have stopped reporting key metrics showing the stress rising numbers of COVID-19 patients are placing on their facilities, undermining data that policy makers and the public have relied upon during the COVID-19...
Russia offered Taliban-linked fighters bounties to attack British troops - as senior Tory MP seeks answers
The group responsible for the payments is the same Russian intelligence outfit behind the Skripal poisonings, Sky News is told.
An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web
Although a great deal of attention has been paid to how conspiracy theories circulate on social media, and the deleterious effect that they, and their factual counterpart conspiracies, have on political institutions, there has been little...
Thread by @GeoRebekah: BREAKING: 1 OF 3: Florida announced yesterday they're not counting the icu bed availability anymore, a key element in keeping things open, s…
Thread by @GeoRebekah: BREAKING: 1 OF 3: Florida announced yesterday they're not counting the icu bed availability anymore, a key element in things open, so the state can proceed to the next phase by July 4. BREAKING 2 OF 3 I have multiple sources...
Heat and Fire Scorches Siberia
Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.
Editors’ Choice: Situated Data Analysis
My latest paper, “Situated data analysis: a new method for analysing encoded power relationships in social media“, started out as an analysis of the data visualisations in Strava, but ended up as ...
GeoPackage Viewer
Online GeoPackage viewer. This viewer is able to open GeoPackage files and convert certain types of files to GeoPackages. Powered by a JavaScript library providing GeoPackage functionality and utilities to node and web applications.
Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police
Following up on their advice on how to safely topple a statue using science, Popular Mechanics has another great new article on dealing with LRAD (long-range acoustic device) cannons. A popular cho…
Does intelligent life exist on other planets? Technosignatures may hold new clues
Astrophysicist Adam Frank is seeking "technosignatures," or the signs of advanced civilizations, among the 4,000 or so exoplanets so far discovered.
E.U. May Exclude U.S. as It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus
European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases. Americans, so far, are excluded, according to draft lists seen by The New York Times.