Montecito mudslide, Jan 2018/ U.S. Coast Guard photo/ Wikimedia Commons Early in the morning of January 9, 2018, the wealthy suburb of Montecito, California, just east of Santa Barbara, was hit with an avalanche of mud that destroyed numerous homes and took 23 lives. After a devastating fire in the hills above the town, followed by a huge downpou…
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Montecito mudslide, Jan 2018/ U.S. Coast Guard photo/ Wikimedia Commons Early in the morning of January 9, 2018, the wealthy suburb of Montecito, Cal…
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This past July, I settled a defamation suit against me, filed by University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kurin in June 2020,…
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As readers of this blog know, I often post here on #MeToo matters. That will still be the case with most original investigations. However, I am incre…
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Enmanuel Gomez Choque As readers of this blog know, one of its primary purposes is to report on investigations of sexual harassers, abusers, and bull…
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For those who have followed the events of the past year or two concerning the Institute for Field Research and its former director, a colleague write…
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The past two weeks have seen a wide mix of topics on "Words for the Wise," which is what the newsletter is all about: Everything from sc…
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Last January, Texas A&M University fired marine archaeologist Filipe Castro , after receiving numerous complaints about his conduct. The complain…
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Aaron van der Reest This past May, a group of paleontologists in Canada, familiar with my reporting on #MeToo issues in the sciences , asked me to lo…
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