Ok. Before anything else, while I have your brief attention 😉 It is ShovelBums not “Shovel Bums”. It is a huge pet peeve of mine I have for absolutely no good reason, lol! The pattern is the CamelCase/medial capital convention adopted from computer programming. And I just like it better, it is a 90s thing … Read more
Hey folks! Now isn’t that a kick-ass presumptuous subject for an e-mail! ??? (<— Since I am quite NRHP eligible I can use whatever outdated emoji I want 😉 <– or ascii for that matter!) But like every clickbait worthy POS article online only after you are lured into opening it do you … Read more
For those of you who live within 4hrs of Albuquerque I would like to encourage you to come to the SAA’s for the Free CRM Expo being held at the convention center tomorrow on Saturday 10-4. The expo will have 50 companies represented(*), but more importantly will serve as a gathering place for … Read more
TL;DR Is at the bottom: —> MUST READ: I always wanted to find myself standing on some dramatic landscape. A vista of foreboding clouds billowing across a distant horizon as a dusky golden sunset beautifully glints off the armor of the vast army behind me waiting for my command as we face our … Read more
The greatest tragedy of the Brazil Museum fire? The fire departments are now reporting that when they arrived on scene all of the local fire hydrants were dry. While the design of the building (wood supports and floors) and the apparent failure of any existing fire suppression to contain the fire contributed to some of the … Read more
Today is #AskAnArchaeologist day! Share the hashtag and help educate your friends and family on social media about what it is archaeologists really do! http://www.shovelbums.org/gear
Good Night Koko Hanabiko “Koko” (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018)
National Melanoma Day The first Monday in May was designated as “National Melanoma Day” by the American Academy of Dermatology in 1984 to help raise awareness of skin cancer. Melanoma is one of the deadliest types of skin cancer. And skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the US. According to the … Read more
The TransCanada Keystone pipeline spill of 210,000 gallons/5,000 barrels near Amherst, SD is *NOT* the Keystone XL pipeline that has been in the news so much this last year. The Keystone Xl is not completed yet. {Hat tip to JS for the heads up} The spill reportedly occurred because of a loss of pressure around 6:00 … Read more
I have been casually following the work of French archaeologist Pierre Tallet and his work with Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, the University of Ismailia and the University of Paris-Sorbonne on the ancient harbors at Ayn Sukhna and and the even more remote Wadi el-Jarf for a few years. Channel 4 just produced a neat documentary on … Read more
Did you see this picture on the History Channel special in July 2017 “Amelia Earhart – The Lost Evidence”? It purported to show Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in Japanese custody. There is a small problem…the photograph was taken two years before they disappeared! While the History Channel has removed the episode … Read more
As a scientist one thing I genuinely appreciate is high quality visualizations of data to give lay people an idea of scale and complexity presented in a format they can understand without specialized training. I believe these wind maps from https://earth.nullschool.net/ do a great job of this type of visualization. They allow you to view … Read more
Well there you go. Ivanka Trump has given her blessing to the White House decision to roll back the Obama initiative to promote pay transparency in companies between genders. This contradict her previous statements, including her tweet on Equal Pay Day in April “Women deserve equal pay for equal work”. Trumps comment on the … Read more
The Great78 project has released 25,000+ digital copies of early 78rpm records and are continuing their work on digitizing more of estimated 3 million “sides” that play for about 3 minutes. A gateway to the history of the project and where to download from is here: http://great78.archive.org Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/internet-archive-78-records-phonograph http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/arts-culture/item/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download
Today would be the 75th birthday of Mohawk Native American activist and educator. At the age of 30 Richard Oakes was shot and killed by a YMCA camp manager named Michael Morgan. Oakes had confronted Morgan over his reputation of treating Native American children poorly. Morgan, claiming self-defense, shoot him point blank and was … Read more
Note: The Louisiana higher education system has been under assault by the state government for years and I believe it is the canary in the coal mine for a very plausible possible future we face with a defunded and under attack US education system. How long until curated cultural resources are under attack? The University of Louisiana … Read more
On Wednesday The Army Corps of Engineers gave Energy Transfer Partners formal permission to lay pipe under Lake Oahe. This was the final regulatory challenge preventing the pipeline from being completed and has been cleared the way for completion of the 1,200-mile, $3.8 billion pipeline. Work has been stopped for months due to protests by the Standing Rock Sioux … Read more
North Dakota: Acting Army Secretary directs Army Corps to grant Dakota Access Pipeline Easement.
It is important to remember that the DAPL project is for oil, not Natural Gas. As a result the project does not automatically invoke FERC. Instead, (some) cultural resources are protected because the Corps of Engineers has oversight on water crossings because of the “Waters of the U.S” laws. Today, as President Trump swore his oath … Read more
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven “I am honored to serve as the chairman [of the Committee on Indian Affairs] … and look forward to working with [newly elected] Vice Chairman [Sen. Tom] Udall [D-NM] and members of the Committee to pass legislation that helps improve the lives of people across Indian Country,” Hoeven said. Senator … Read more
From ACRA: http://www.acra-crm.org/page-18085 CRM Industry in the Age of Trump More than 3,500 people recently viewed the presentation “The CRM Industry in the Age of Trump” by ACRA’s government relations consultant, Marion Werkheiser. Many people also completed the survey that accompanied the presentation. As promised, here you’ll find our advocacy team’s responses to your most frequently asked questions and … Read more
In December 2016 photographer Ricardo Stuckert was on assignment in the Brazilian state of Acre photographing indigenous tribes across all of Brazil. While Stuckert was on a helicopter flight with José Carlos Meirelles from Brazil’s indigenous affairs agency, Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) to visit Jordão near the border of Peru the helicopter encountered thunderstorms. These thunderstorms … Read more
Happy New Year! ShovelBums sent out its 10,00th posting today, December 30th 2016 – sweet! I estimate that has covered ~40,000+ positions. I might write up something a bit more reflective this coming week, but I have to say, this is a pretty neat way to wind up 2016! Feel free to virtually buy me … Read more
Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves. Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy … Read more
{Please Share!} The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to deny the easement for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the National Congress of American Indians said in a statement Sunday. The decision would essentially halt the construction of the oil pipeline right above the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and it also comes as … Read more
Oak Brook, Ill., December 01, 2016 Ace Hardware statement on North Dakota protest and product sales Update: As of Thursday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. local time, Ace Hardware stores in Bismarck, N. D., are in-stock and selling 1 lb. propane canisters. At Ace, our local store owners take great pride in serving their neighbors and … Read more
[Please share this timely update] Methinks #ACRA does not understand momentum. Because over 2,000 people registered for the live webinar “CRM in the age of Trump” they decided to cancel it because they were worried they could not support the bandwidth (hello, anyone heard of Amazon web services?). So instead ACRA decide to pre-recorded it this … Read more
Folks, My apologies for this non-job announcement. I just feel that this is extremely important information that we will all find useful. ACRA has made an announcement you can read about and register for below. Please share this with your relevant networks. Best, R. Joe From ACRA: The outcome of the 2016 elections will likely … Read more
Will Donald Trump dispense with Section 106 and environmental laws when building his “wall”. And if not, who will we bill our hours to? Will we just send the invoices directly to Mexico?
Myron Ebell a well known climate denier who revels in making academics squirm has been picked by Trump’s to run the EPA. An agency Trump has sworn to dismantle because it is a job killer. What are your thoughts on the future of historic preservation under this administration? According to documents Trump does not have a … Read more