Dear fellow South Australians. I understand that you want to show support for the people suffering in Gaza. This is not the way. Boycotting Israel is one thing. Posting a Star of David with a 🚫 line through it in a suburb where Jewish people live is just antisemitism

The surprising origin of Stonehenge’s enigmatic centre stone has been revealed at last — it was hauled 800 kilometres from Scotland. nature.com/articles/d4158…

‘The death of campus life’: first major Australian university dumps face-to-face lectures, leaving staff ‘furious’ theguardian.com/australia-news…

One year ago, Hamas launched a horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens – including defenseless women, children, and the elderly – and kidnapping hundreds more. Today, the prospects of peace seem more distant than ever. But we continue to hope for a

University of Melbourne physics professor Steven Prawer has spoken out after the shocking attack on his office by protesters at the university earlier in the week. FULL INTERVIEW 👉 nine.social/Qee

On Wednesday, my colleague Steven Prawer’s office was occupied by protesters who intimidated and jeered at him, after weeks of stalking and harassment. I do not care what anyone’s cause is or who they are. This is unacceptable. My op ed in The Age. theage.com.au/national/victo…

Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse peddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 explains why that is wrong, and why real archaeology is more exciting. newscientist.com/article/mg2643…

Stop using ‘summer’, ‘winter’ and the rest when inviting researchers to events — it’s a small step, but it’s necessary and inclusive go.nature.com/4dUMxT0

I’m torn. On one hand, Trump’s former chief of staff says he’s a Hitler-admiring fascist who wants to rule like a dictator. But, on the other, Harris can’t locate pay stubs from a part-time job 40 years ago. What a perplexing decision.

President Joe Biden apologized to Native Americans for the U.S. government’s role in creating and operating Indian boarding schools that for 150 years aimed to assimilate Native children by taking them from their families and erasing their languages. wapo.st/48pTdaU

Really is a tough call. On one hand - every Nobel prize winning economist is adamantly stating that Harris has a significantly better economic plan But on the other hand - the dumbest people I’ve ever interacted with say Trump is a good businessman Quite the dilemma

California is ready to fight.   I just called an emergency special session to help bolster our legal resources and protect our state against any unlawful actions by the incoming Trump Administration. Whether it be our fundamental civil rights, reproductive freedom, or climate

I’ll be checking things out over at bluesky as jonbenj

Our rebuttal to the now-retracted critique of our work, originally published in the journal Geoarchaeology.