Damien Huffer
@damienhuffer.bsky.social
Working at the nexus of heritage and wildlife crime, w/a hefty dash of human remains trafficking research and advocacy | Res. Fellow U. Adelaide |🔎💵💀🖥️ | Taiko drummer, Home cook, Husband | Co-founder of @counteringcrime 🏳️🌈⚣ he/him
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One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
‘By his own estimate, Jonathan Tokeley-Parry smuggled three thousand antiquities out of Egypt in 65 trips over six years. His success was down to his skill as a “fabricator”.’
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, who died last month, had a business card in the early 1990s that described him as ‘Jonty “...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
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COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
Had such a great time at the conference. It's always a treat to see old colleagues after years, meet new ones, see folks in person only known virtually, and get so much food for thought amidst stimulating ideas! I think my talk was well received, too.
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Had such a great time at the conference. It's always a treat to see old colleagues after years, meet new ones, see folks in person only known virtually, and get so much food for thought amidst stimulating ideas! I think my talk was well received, too.
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NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
After 8 long years, I was finally able to return to Cabramatta (Sydney) today. Ecstatic that so little had changed, even through Covid. The closest I've found in Oz to being back in Viet Nam :)
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
After 8 long years, I was finally able to return to Cabramatta (Sydney) today. Ecstatic that so little had changed, even through Covid. The closest I've found in Oz to being back in Viet Nam :)
This is clever and amusing. theonion.com/not-sure-how...
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is clever and amusing. theonion.com/not-sure-how...
We're finally headed back - first time since 2017. Somewhat brief trip tied to my participation in an art crime/antiquities trafficking research symposium, but we can't wait to see what's changed or not!
the opera house in sydney is lit up with green lights at night
ALT: the opera house in sydney is lit up with green lights at night
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We're finally headed back - first time since 2017. Somewhat brief trip tied to my participation in an art crime/antiquities trafficking research symposium, but we can't wait to see what's changed or not!
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
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Kind of funny that basically if people just write for themselves, AI will completely fall apart
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Kind of funny that basically if people just write for themselves, AI will completely fall apart
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
Brazen nighttime robbery out of the Oakland Museum's storage facility! @museumofloot.bsky.social www.ktvu.com/news/nightti...
Oakland Museum burglary: 1,000 items stolen days before Louvre heist
More than 1,000 items, many of them indigenous historical artifacts, were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California earlier this month.
www.ktvu.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Brazen nighttime robbery out of the Oakland Museum's storage facility! @museumofloot.bsky.social www.ktvu.com/news/nightti...
🌟The Wildlife Crime Research Hub at the soon-to-be Adelaide University is hiring! 🌟
If this sounds like you or someone you know, please apply or share within your networks! Adelaide is a lovely city and you'll get to see plenty of 🦘🐨🦜!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
If this sounds like you or someone you know, please apply or share within your networks! Adelaide is a lovely city and you'll get to see plenty of 🦘🐨🦜!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.
careers.adelaide.edu.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🌟The Wildlife Crime Research Hub at the soon-to-be Adelaide University is hiring! 🌟
If this sounds like you or someone you know, please apply or share within your networks! Adelaide is a lovely city and you'll get to see plenty of 🦘🐨🦜!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
If this sounds like you or someone you know, please apply or share within your networks! Adelaide is a lovely city and you'll get to see plenty of 🦘🐨🦜!
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
