Andrew Curry
@andrewcurry.com
Journalist covering archaeology, science, culture, politics, business, and cycling. When not on my bike, I'm found most often in Science, National Geographic & Archaeology. WahlBerliner, on Signal at andrewcurry.01 More at andrewcurry.com
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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When the Nazis tried to deport the last Jews from Berlin in 1943, their wives faced down armed SS troopers to demand their release. Goebbels refused to authorize the use of force because he knew massacring unarmed women would be politically catastrophic. The men were let go & most survived the war.
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
When the Nazis tried to deport the last Jews from Berlin in 1943, their wives faced down armed SS troopers to demand their release. Goebbels refused to authorize the use of force because he knew massacring unarmed women would be politically catastrophic. The men were let go & most survived the war.
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Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
When the Nazis tried to deport the last Jews from Berlin in 1943, their wives faced down armed SS troopers to demand their release. Goebbels refused to authorize the use of force because he knew massacring unarmed women would be politically catastrophic. The men were let go & most survived the war.
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
When the Nazis tried to deport the last Jews from Berlin in 1943, their wives faced down armed SS troopers to demand their release. Goebbels refused to authorize the use of force because he knew massacring unarmed women would be politically catastrophic. The men were let go & most survived the war.
I find my passport card useful for picking up packages at the post office in Germany. Here a driver's license lets you drive but is not valid as ID, so Germans have a personal identity card, but it's not proof of citizenship–that's another document entirely that you're not expected to carry around.
January 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I find my passport card useful for picking up packages at the post office in Germany. Here a driver's license lets you drive but is not valid as ID, so Germans have a personal identity card, but it's not proof of citizenship–that's another document entirely that you're not expected to carry around.
Every once in a while I am out in the middle of the day and pass retirement-age dudes going on a very leisurely 3 or 4 person group ride and hope that's me and my old buddies some day.
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Every once in a while I am out in the middle of the day and pass retirement-age dudes going on a very leisurely 3 or 4 person group ride and hope that's me and my old buddies some day.
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This is not a sane use of US federal law enforcement resources.
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is not a sane use of US federal law enforcement resources.
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First Roman marching camps discovered in Saxony-Anhalt prove Roman advances in the 3rd century AD. #archaeology
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January 15, 2026 at 9:07 AM
First Roman marching camps discovered in Saxony-Anhalt prove Roman advances in the 3rd century AD. #archaeology
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idw-online.de/de/news864361
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🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.
It's a little weird to advertise this in English, because according to the rules you have to have published in German to be eligible. But if you're a journalist who made "scientific topics accessible to [people who can read German]" you should apply!
📝 Is making science easy to understand your strength? Then show it!
The Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism is looking for the best contributions of the year. Since 1995, the prize has honored journalists who make scientific topics accessible to everyone.
Apply: www.holtzbrinck-wisspreis.de
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The Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism is looking for the best contributions of the year. Since 1995, the prize has honored journalists who make scientific topics accessible to everyone.
Apply: www.holtzbrinck-wisspreis.de
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January 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It's a little weird to advertise this in English, because according to the rules you have to have published in German to be eligible. But if you're a journalist who made "scientific topics accessible to [people who can read German]" you should apply!
This is an awesome breakdown of the difference between a scientific paper and a news story.
I mis-remembered the year, it was 2018. And here's my 'writing styles' poster!
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is an awesome breakdown of the difference between a scientific paper and a news story.
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It’s great to see so many people getting involved in the video’s comment section @andrewcurry.com @science.org, discussing ideas & scenarios surrounding the Vráble Neolithic Bodies mystery...we'll be sharing new facts very soon 👀🔍 🦴
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@furholtmartin.bsky.social @ktfx.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de kiel.de
Last year I wrote about the sudden, sometimes violent end of Europe's first farmers and a ditch in Slovakia filled with almost 100 headless bodies. @science.org put together a cool video about @neolithicbodies.bsky.social's finds, narrated by me: www.youtube.com/shorts/3obLg... #lbk
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
My 11-y-old gets ads for protein supplemented yogurt on the damn "Story Pirates" podcast, I have to give a little speech every time about how there's plenty in a regular diet and no need to be putting extra in yogurt. There is no "war on protein."
I haven't had enough coffee yet to make a good joke but jfc what planet are these chuds on but protein is in exactly as much danger as white men.
Protein so scared rn.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
My 11-y-old gets ads for protein supplemented yogurt on the damn "Story Pirates" podcast, I have to give a little speech every time about how there's plenty in a regular diet and no need to be putting extra in yogurt. There is no "war on protein."
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Sad that @sapiens.org really closed its doors - I always enjoyed reading the fascinating features at the intersection of anthropology, philosophy, and art. They definitely leave a gap.
So, here's just a few of last year's favorite articles. But there's so much more, definitely check their archives!
So, here's just a few of last year's favorite articles. But there's so much more, definitely check their archives!
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Sad that @sapiens.org really closed its doors - I always enjoyed reading the fascinating features at the intersection of anthropology, philosophy, and art. They definitely leave a gap.
So, here's just a few of last year's favorite articles. But there's so much more, definitely check their archives!
So, here's just a few of last year's favorite articles. But there's so much more, definitely check their archives!
The new game my 11-y-old learned at a friend's house today is "Powerpoint karaoke." Kids get ChatGPT to make up a Powerpoint deck, then they have to present it as though they know what it's about. On the up side, I suppose learning to bullshit convincingly in a work setting is a skill, but ... fuck.
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The new game my 11-y-old learned at a friend's house today is "Powerpoint karaoke." Kids get ChatGPT to make up a Powerpoint deck, then they have to present it as though they know what it's about. On the up side, I suppose learning to bullshit convincingly in a work setting is a skill, but ... fuck.
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🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
Speaking as a dad, someone should update these lyrics – moms get a raw deal.
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Speaking as a dad, someone should update these lyrics – moms get a raw deal.
As someone with a mild needle phobia, I wish photo editors would come up with a way to illustrate stories about immunization without stock photos of big needles.
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
As someone with a mild needle phobia, I wish photo editors would come up with a way to illustrate stories about immunization without stock photos of big needles.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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this is good whaling content
In a new study, researchers from @uab.cat claim people have been whaling for almost 5,000 years – and that the earliest evidence comes from the warm coastal waters of Brazil, not the Arctic. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
World’s oldest whale harpoons discovered in Brazil
Far from the icy Arctic, ancient South Americans hunted whales using whalebone tools
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
this is good whaling content
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Road builders in Brazil dismantle ancient coastal middens in the 1940s-'50s. Random bones and artifacts sent to local museum, boxes stored for decades without being studied. Now, researchers finally look and discover oldest-known whale harpoons, pointing to Indigenous open-sea whaling 5000 yrs ago!
In a new study, researchers from @uab.cat claim people have been whaling for almost 5,000 years – and that the earliest evidence comes from the warm coastal waters of Brazil, not the Arctic. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
World’s oldest whale harpoons discovered in Brazil
Far from the icy Arctic, ancient South Americans hunted whales using whalebone tools
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Road builders in Brazil dismantle ancient coastal middens in the 1940s-'50s. Random bones and artifacts sent to local museum, boxes stored for decades without being studied. Now, researchers finally look and discover oldest-known whale harpoons, pointing to Indigenous open-sea whaling 5000 yrs ago!