Kelly Monteleone

We've Only Glimpsed 0.001% of Earth's Deep Seafloor, Study Reveals Earth's surface is mostly deep ocean, but a new study reveals just how little we have glimpsed of the floor of our planet's largest ecosystem.

www.sciencealert.com/weve-only-gl...

Thanks - every now and then, I find posts about onion pieces and people don't realize the satire (usually because they don't open the links).

ok - but the onion story... You know about the onion, right... Please go to their site, it will make more sense.

Archaeologists Uncover a 'Monumental' Hunting Kit in Texas That May Be the Oldest Found in North America Yet The artifacts discovered in a cave—which include dart tips, a boomerang and a spear-throwing tool—were dated to as far back as 7,000 years ago

Archaeologists Uncover a 'Monumental' Hunting Kit in Texas That May Be the Oldest Found in North America Yet

Source: Smithsonian Magazine
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A 19th century engraving of two explorers with torches walking through a massive underground Egyptian vault with bas reliefs carved on the walls.

If you are interested in the recent claim by Armando Mei and the Khafre Project that the Giz pyramids are 38,000 years old and built atop a prehistoric city, I've written up a discussion of its medieval origins. www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/italian...

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

Are there any grants and people left at NEH?
Employees at National Endowment for the Humanities put on leave www.npr.org/2025/04/04/n...

Grant admin is no longer with the agency. The person I spoke to didn't really know more than I have heard already. Still nothing updated in eGMS Reach. :(

Do we know if that is it... or are there more emails to go out at midnight again...

A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.

2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

URGENT: Save the NEH I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.

Please contact your member of congress to ask them to save the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT

Any updates about NEH. National Endowment for the Humanities?

After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Becoming a “Backwater Enterprise” - bioGraphic With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA.

"Scientists abroad who work with NOAA are sounding the alarm about the cuts and firings. "
www.biographic.com/after-cuts-f...

Who is also at the Alaska Anthropology Association (AkAA or aaa) meetings at UAA today? Do we use # here? This is still so new.

JOIN CANADA YouTube video by brittlestar

Join Canada youtube.com/shorts/DNKCW...

Checked out the 'bad' words in Appendix B: "Historically" is DEI? "Cultural Heritage" and "Indigenous Culture" are Social Justice? and anything about "Indigenous Culture" is Race. I kind of expected the "Climate Change" as Environmental Justice. This list is wow.

Checked out the 'bad' words in Appendix B: "Historically" is DEI? "Cultural Heritage" and "Indigenous Culture" are Social Justice? and anything about "Indigenous Culture" is Race. I kind of expected the "Climate Change" as Environmental Justice, but this list is insane.

Analysis: The potential economic effects of Trump's tariffs and trade war, in 9 charts President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.

On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico — the United States’ largest trading partners.

Here are nine graphics that show the potential economic effects of such tariffs on all four countries. (via @cfr.org)

Judge blocks Trump’s spending freeze U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the Trump administration from implementing it for now.,

Judge blocks Trump’s spending freeze ... just until Feb 5.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

SHI public lecture like on YouTube at noon Alaska time today - www.facebook.com/share/p/vvJR...