ShovelBums 17th Anniversary
...It was a dark and stormy night... No, wait. That is not right. It was a dark, but not stormy night, around 4AM April 25th 1999 when R. Joe was in his office in Ozark Hall at the University of...
View ArticleCinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. That is celebrated on...
Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. That is celebrated on September 16. The Cinco de Mayo holiday celebrates an unexpected victory: the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of...
View ArticleA new Nasca Geoglyph found by Yamagata University Institute of Nasca in Peru
Following up on the discovery by Yamagata University Institute's Prof. Masato Sakai of 24 new geoglyphs in the Nasca Region of the Peruvian South Coast in 2014 and 2015 the team has identified a new...
View ArticleGPS signal may be wonky in southern California on June 7, 9, 21,. 23, 28,...
If you are planning on using a GPS in California in this area on June 7, 9, 21,. 23, 28, 30th be advised that there will be a "GPS Disturbance Test" that on these days that could mess up your...
View ArticleHow to prevent a poison ivy rash from occurring after you have been exposed...
Have you ever been in the field and either known, or suspected, you were exposed to poison ivy or poison sumac? If you have, and act promptly, you can prevent or minimize your bodies reaction to the...
View ArticleICC begins historic trial for the destruction of Cultural Heritage
The trial of Ahmed Al Faqi al-Mahdi, known as Abu Tourab opened today August 22nd at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This trial is important because the ICC prosecutor is only charging Mahdi...
View ArticleCherokee Nation Principal Chief statement about replacing Andrew Jackson with...
A well said statement from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief regarding the U.S. Department of the Treasury's decision to remove Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill and replace him with...
View ArticleRichard Oakes (May 22, 1942 – September 20, 1972)
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...
View ArticleGreat78 project releases 25,000+ digital copies of early 78's
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...
View ArticleIvanka Trump supports rolling back the Obama initiative to have equal pay for...
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...
View ArticleBeauty in Chaos: Lesson in data visualization from the near realtime wind...
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...
View ArticleHelp Change (the) History (channel): "Amelia Earhart – The Lost Evidence": A...
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....
View ArticleSome of the oldest paper in the world are from the Diary of Merer documenting...
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...
View ArticleNote: The Nov 16, 2017 Keystone Pipeline oil spill is *not* the Keystone XL...
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...
View ArticleNational Melanoma Day (United States)
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...
View ArticleShovelBum's Presents #AskAnArchaeologist Day 2018 July 18
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
View ArticleThe greatest tragedy of the Brazil Museum Fire? The hydrants were dry: A...
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...
View ArticleMUST READ -> Major ShovelBums News: And so it begins...
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...
View ArticleShovelBums @20 & A Free CRM Expo at the SAA’s in Albuquerque Saturday 12-4...
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...
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