2026-04-25T00:27:15Z https://yabu.me Charlotte Aten https://yabu.me/npub126gtdmmz3nz5mdpkzuk54jhx6pnjvgxpnu8rjk3mfallmq8tghmsgg75xh https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/110/579/875/650/835/311/original/d28ba33f7f93a8cf.jpg https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/110/579/875/650/835/311/original/d28ba33f7f93a8cf.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkknald6pc002afugn5feaagrllefcg4jflzq2emhcwjnduuphzgzyptfpdh0v2xv2nd5xctj6jk2umgxwf3qcx0suw268d8hllvqadzlwyf9dtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9v4e59suku2c459qrx6affcwgvk57quktvmhm8f0kx2nr0chwgcdzgsp3'>nevent1q…gsp3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why not WhatsApp -&gt; #XMPP ? 2026-01-15T23:13:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrnuh8z34derq2yad5r8sj9vkppvsdpsvf07s5yrarep9eq7pmekszyptfpdh0v2xv2nd5xctj6jk2umgxwf3qcx0suw268d8hllvqadzlw0gmrn6 I was reading the Wikipedia page on the Clovis culture (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture</a>) of ancient North America, as one does, when I came across a mention of the subsequent Folsom tradition (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_tradition">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_tradition</a>). I&#39;m used to streets in Boulder having Native American names like Arapaho, but I didn&#39;t realize that Folsom, which has our math department at the end of it, was such a street.<br/><br/>As you can read about at <a href="https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2015/02/23/george-mcjunkin-and-the-discovery-that-changed-american-archaeology/">https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2015/02/23/george-mcjunkin-and-the-discovery-that-changed-american-archaeology/</a>, Folsom is the name of a New Mexico town where the first evidence of these people was found. The discovery was made by a George McJunkin, who was quite the Western character. In addition to a name that sounds classically Western to my ear, McJunkin was a Black cowboy who was born into slavery in Texas but went on to become a rancher, archaeologist, and historian.<br/><br/>#Wikipedia #history #Colorado #NewMexico #Texas #archeology #BlackHistory #NativeAmerican #Boulder 2025-10-16T02:08:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxpm59plv7tvaudwhz6xe8eepj4lec0pxjlx20rhw7ha3w7d9muuqzyptfpdh0v2xv2nd5xctj6jk2umgxwf3qcx0suw268d8hllvqadzlwtns7a3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfu22zje29n0traqdq50ft4atrrweskq7cf2zwhgkj8zuq54h0gfst8q47m'>nevent1q…q47m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if our neighbors over at #Palantir are turning off their computers... 2025-08-07T23:00:48Z