John Walker
@jhonhwalker.bsky.social
Bicycle commuter, Amazonian archaeologist, historical ecologist; Faculty at University of Central Florida | Illinois, Philadelphia, Florida, Orlando, Bolivia, Beni, Santa Ana del Yacuma.
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John Walker
@jhonhwalker.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Hello! I am an anthropologist studying the archaeology of landscapes, especially in the Bolivian Amazon. I am interested in agriculture, especially the possibility that archaeological evidence could be useful for farmers today.
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RED FLAG: He has an expensive haircut.
GREEN FLAG: He owns 150 snow globes.
GREEN FLAG: He owns 150 snow globes.
Red and Green Flags, According to Protagonists of Hallmark Christmas Movies
RED FLAG: He sometimes has to work late and Q4 is his busy season. GREEN FLAG: His full-time job is directing the local middle school Christmas pag...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
RED FLAG: He has an expensive haircut.
GREEN FLAG: He owns 150 snow globes.
GREEN FLAG: He owns 150 snow globes.
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“The changes permit as few as one outside review rather than the current minimum of three, end the routine use of expert panels to discuss those individual reviews, and give program managers greater authority to recommend which proposals should or should not be funded.”
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“The changes permit as few as one outside review rather than the current minimum of three, end the routine use of expert panels to discuss those individual reviews, and give program managers greater authority to recommend which proposals should or should not be funded.”
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Ancient Andean societies relied on now-extinct lineages of camelids for resources such as food and transport, according to a genetic analysis in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/48WhPbA 🏺 🧬 🧪
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ancient Andean societies relied on now-extinct lineages of camelids for resources such as food and transport, according to a genetic analysis in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/48WhPbA 🏺 🧬 🧪
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
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A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Sad story from ProPublica: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sad story from ProPublica: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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This poster showing a stunning array of crayfish species in Georgia helps deliver the message that freshwater ecosystems of the southeastern U.S are among the most diverse in the world. 🧪
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This poster showing a stunning array of crayfish species in Georgia helps deliver the message that freshwater ecosystems of the southeastern U.S are among the most diverse in the world. 🧪
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I read this classic again every time I see it.
"Fate brought them together, the way his car happened to slide into hers when he lost traction in the Schnucks parking lot." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-r...
A Romance Novelist Desperately Tries to Romanticize Midwestern Winter
Fate brought them together, the way his car happened to slide into hers when he lost traction in the Schnucks parking lot. - - -He looked at her an...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I read this classic again every time I see it.
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Incredible, mind-blowing, life-changing interview. I can't even.
exchange.prx.org/pieces/59592...
exchange.prx.org/pieces/59592...
Glenn Davis Stone, PhD, author of The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World, discusses the legend and unintended consequences of the Green Revolution.
Did you know that the “Green Revolution” is a cultural narrative that is rarely questioned? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Glenn Dav...
exchange.prx.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Incredible, mind-blowing, life-changing interview. I can't even.
exchange.prx.org/pieces/59592...
exchange.prx.org/pieces/59592...
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30 years ago, the Immokalee farmworker community, the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida’s massive agricultural industry for several decades, came together across linguistic and cultural divisions and erupted in its first-ever general strike...
30 years ago, the Immokalee farmworker community, the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida’s massive agricultural industry for several decades, came together across linguistic and cultural divisions and erupted in its first-ever general strike...
Lucas Benitez, CIW Co-Founder, Turns 50, as CIW Turns 30!
Thirty years ago this month, the Immokalee farmworker community -- the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida's massive agricultural industry for several decades -- came together across long-...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ciw-online.org/blog/2025/11...
30 years ago, the Immokalee farmworker community, the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida’s massive agricultural industry for several decades, came together across linguistic and cultural divisions and erupted in its first-ever general strike...
30 years ago, the Immokalee farmworker community, the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida’s massive agricultural industry for several decades, came together across linguistic and cultural divisions and erupted in its first-ever general strike...
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Bill Walker's Friday Jazz Happy Hour # 279 (Nov 28, 2025)
YouTube video by Bill Walker
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November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I wrote an accessible introduction to the life and work of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics - Elinor Ostrom. She showed that are not doomed to fall into the "tragedy of the commons." Collaborative governance is possible.
islandpress.org/books/uncomm...
islandpress.org/books/uncomm...
October 18, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I wrote an accessible introduction to the life and work of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics - Elinor Ostrom. She showed that are not doomed to fall into the "tragedy of the commons." Collaborative governance is possible.
islandpress.org/books/uncomm...
islandpress.org/books/uncomm...
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
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Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Big Mouth Southern Smokehouse Burger – $14.99
The charred black bones of the farmhouse coughed and hissed and exhaled into the early morning fog, ghosts of smoke swirling whitehot against the sun, contrast in defiance of God ordained.
The charred black bones of the farmhouse coughed and hissed and exhaled into the early morning fog, ghosts of smoke swirling whitehot against the sun, contrast in defiance of God ordained.
Chili’s Menu, by Cormac McCarthy
Southwestern Eggrolls – $9.95 In a tortilla made by the boy’s abuela he watched her, with her armfat and canvas apron, cast frijoles negros upon fl...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Big Mouth Southern Smokehouse Burger – $14.99
The charred black bones of the farmhouse coughed and hissed and exhaled into the early morning fog, ghosts of smoke swirling whitehot against the sun, contrast in defiance of God ordained.
The charred black bones of the farmhouse coughed and hissed and exhaled into the early morning fog, ghosts of smoke swirling whitehot against the sun, contrast in defiance of God ordained.
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The U.S. government’s grazing program was established a century ago to prevent abuse of public lands.
It’s grown into a massive subsidy program that benefits wealthy ranchers and corporations.
It’s grown into a massive subsidy program that benefits wealthy ranchers and corporations.
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The U.S. government’s grazing program was established a century ago to prevent abuse of public lands.
It’s grown into a massive subsidy program that benefits wealthy ranchers and corporations.
It’s grown into a massive subsidy program that benefits wealthy ranchers and corporations.
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Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
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Every novel is a game the reader and the writer agree to play together, but some novels require more agreement than others. INVISIBLE CITIES really asks you to buy in. How to describe it?
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Every novel is a game the reader and the writer agree to play together, but some novels require more agreement than others. INVISIBLE CITIES really asks you to buy in. How to describe it?
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
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A recently published illustration by @kjkillackey.bsky.social . screw AI, hire an artist.
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A recently published illustration by @kjkillackey.bsky.social . screw AI, hire an artist.
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🧪Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🧪Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Ok...sure. You NEED eels at your Christmas feast. But what *else* do you need?
In 1245, Henry III ordered his sheriff at Cambridge to deliver the following to him by Christmas:
2 cranes
24 swans
10 boars & their pickled heads
50 bitterns
6 peacocks
And 10,000 eels. Of course.
🗃️🧪
In 1245, Henry III ordered his sheriff at Cambridge to deliver the following to him by Christmas:
2 cranes
24 swans
10 boars & their pickled heads
50 bitterns
6 peacocks
And 10,000 eels. Of course.
🗃️🧪
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ok...sure. You NEED eels at your Christmas feast. But what *else* do you need?
In 1245, Henry III ordered his sheriff at Cambridge to deliver the following to him by Christmas:
2 cranes
24 swans
10 boars & their pickled heads
50 bitterns
6 peacocks
And 10,000 eels. Of course.
🗃️🧪
In 1245, Henry III ordered his sheriff at Cambridge to deliver the following to him by Christmas:
2 cranes
24 swans
10 boars & their pickled heads
50 bitterns
6 peacocks
And 10,000 eels. Of course.
🗃️🧪
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In ancient hilly landscapes, agricultural terraces were a necessity for farming. In #BronzeAge north-east England, their construction coincides with that of roundhouse settlements and field systems, possibly indicating a population boom.
🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In ancient hilly landscapes, agricultural terraces were a necessity for farming. In #BronzeAge north-east England, their construction coincides with that of roundhouse settlements and field systems, possibly indicating a population boom.
🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology