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2,400-year-old puppets discovered atop pyramid in El Salvador

In San Isidro, El Salvador, archaeologists have unearthed a stunning set of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets atop a pyramidal structure. These findings shed new light on ancient public rituals and cultural exchanges in Central America...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/03/pup

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2,400-year-old puppets discovered atop pyramid in El Salvador In San Isidro, El Salvador, archaeologists have unearthed a stunning set of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets atop a pyramidal structure. These findings shed new light on ancient public rituals and cultural exchanges in Central America. First reported in the journal Antiquity, the findings contradict previous assumptions that the area was an isolated culture and support its integration with neighboring cultures.
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#media #IndependentMedia #CentralAmerica #Guatemala

"Although the closure of elPeriódico is final and Zamora remains under house arrest, the outlet’s contributions to history are once again accessible to anyone interested starting January 31, when the Central American Independent Media Archive, or CAIMA went live."

gijn.org/stories/digital-archi

gijn.orgA New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central AmericaThe Central American Independent Media Archive (CAIMA) seeks to preserve reporting from threatened or shuttered accountability media sites across the region.
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Raccoon🏳️‍🌈

While it probably won't be an issue for 99% of users, just wanted to post another reminder that #TechHub will be moving our server (on which this #Mastodon instance is hosted) from the #US to #Canada, in response to the hostile administration of Elon Musk and Donald Trump. This was planned back in October, contingent on the election results, and will be completed by the 20th.

We will be stationed in #Quebec, where the admin lives, so expect more options for #French speakers, which will be implemented alongside #Espanol and #Portugues as we work to cater better to #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica (including #Brasil). We will also be subject to #CanadianLaw, which should not be an issue, as the main difference would be hate speech, which we already explicitly don't allow.

Just letting the #Fediverse know what's happening here. Otherwise, expect business as usual: we will remain committed to providing an open and friendly large-server option for #Tech workers and enthusiasts in #America.

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DoomsdaysCW

#Climatechange added 41 days of #DangerousHeat around world in 2024

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
December 27, 2024

"People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.

"The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few.

"'The finding is devastating but utterly unsurprising: Climate change did play a role, and often a major role in most of the events we studied, making heat, droughts, tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall more likely and more intense across the world, destroying lives and livelihoods of millions and often uncounted numbers of people,' Friederike Otto, the lead of World Weather Attribution and an Imperial College climate scientist, said during a media briefing on the scientists’ findings. 'As long as the world keeps burning fossil fuels, this will only get worse.'

"Millions of people endured stifling heat this year. Northern #California and #DeathValley baked. Sizzling daytime temperatures scorched #Mexico and #CentralAmerica. Heat endangered already vulnerable children in #WestAfrica. Skyrocketing southern #European temperatures forced #Greece to close the #Acropolis. In #SouthAsian and #SoutheastAsian countries, heat forced school closures. Earth experienced some of the hottest days ever measured and its hottest-yet summer, with a 13-month heat streak that just barely broke."

Read more:
apnews.com/article/climate-cha

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