Nice to wake up to!! ⛵️

Very sad to hear of Larry Siedentop’s death. He was a great friend at Keble in Oxford, so interested in human evolution and the latest discoveries and keen to talk about anything and everything. thecritic.co.uk/farewell-to-la…

Wow. Must watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this morning.

The very best response to last night’s MAGA Nazi rally. The best moment in a toxic presidential campaign. Sunny Hostin 👏👏👏👏👏

Wow! Jimmy Kimmel made a brilliant super cut of all the crazy things Trump has said. It’s easy to forget these, but this video is masterful:

The media is barely covering it but today in Valencia 95 human lives were snuffed out, extinguished brutally by profit-driven, planet-heating pollution and the catastrophic flooding that comes with it. Here is what we know so far. 🧵(1/8)

‘Human Peoples’ is out Penguin Books A genetic journey through how migrations, admixture (among humans and with Neanderthals and Denisovans), and adaptations to environmental pressures (climate, nutrition, pathogens) shaped our physiology and health today. amazon.co.uk/Human-Peoples-…

"I went to the hospital when I passed a dinner plate-sized clot of blood at home… the doctors are very clear this will progress to being life-threatening — But when exactly I am dying, that's not as easy a call to make, and they shouldn’t have to make it…" — Avery Davis Bell

Kamala Harris’ full appearance on Saturday Night Live was hands down the best candidate appearance SNL has ever seen. Absolutely nailed it. This is the moment—our next president. Let’s finish this strong and bring it home.

Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open. theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

We are looking forward to welcoming @cesaredefilippo to Vienna on Friday the 8th November for a #HEASTalk taking place online and in-person at 10:00 CET. Registration on our website 🔗👇 Martin Kuhlwilm heas.at/events/heas-ta…

Delighted to welcome Dr Emese Végh back to our lab to work on an FWF ESPRIT postdoc grant, developing new methods for compound specific radiocarbon dating of bone. highamlab.univie.ac.at/team/ HEAS Vienna

Great to see this review article on Denisovans out now by Linda Ongaro and Emilia Huerta!

Looking forward to our upcoming event "20 years of scanning electron microscopy lab, VIAS, University Vienna, 14.11.2024 If you are in Vienna, join us. program: shorturl.at/ixgdV Archaeometry Journal HEAS Vienna Universität Wien #archaeologicalscience Society for Archaeological Sciences FWF Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut

Winding down here as this platform becomes increasingly toxic. Ditto for HEAS Vienna Going over to bluesky it's very nice and there are lots of archaeologists, scientists and other folks. It's easy to find other people. See you there! @heasvienna.bsky.social.

Katerina Douka receives ERC Consolidator Grant. Congratulations ⁦Katerina Douka⁩! lifesciences.univie.ac.at/news-events/ne…

I'm hiring: 4 Postdoc positions (18-23 m) in Palaeoproteomics - 1: Palaeoproteomics mass spectrometrist - 2: Phylo(palaeo)proteomics specialist - 3: Palaeoproteomics-based palaeoanthropologist - 4: Palaeoproteomics-based palaeontologist Apply at: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=…

Job alert! In our department here in Vienna. Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics! Come and work in the world's most liveable city. HEAS Vienna Details below 👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

Climate scientist Peter Kalmus (Peter Kalmus) talks about leaving Los Angeles two years ago due to the risk of climate-fueled wildfires. He says the devastation unfolding in Southern California now is even worse than he feared and warns, "This is still just the beginning."

I'm deleting this account today. This was so great back in the day, but the awful new owner has made it into a big toxic shit show and I don't want to support it and him by my presence. Follow me on Tom Higham.bsky.social instead. Much nicer over there.