David
@archaeomather.bsky.social
Minnesota environmental archaeologist
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Memorial for Renee Good in New York City. She was murdered by ICE in Minneapolis six days ago, on January 7, 2026.
Decades ago, archaeologist Grant Goltz made a flintknapping exhibit in 5 parts. At the start of each, he made a resin cast of the piece, and then saved all the stone flakes struck to reach the next stage. This is the last (5th) stage, with the last flakes and final replica Besant point. 5cm scale.
January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Decades ago, archaeologist Grant Goltz made a flintknapping exhibit in 5 parts. At the start of each, he made a resin cast of the piece, and then saved all the stone flakes struck to reach the next stage. This is the last (5th) stage, with the last flakes and final replica Besant point. 5cm scale.
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Statement from The Jayhawks
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Statement from The Jayhawks
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Thousands filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest federal immigration enforcement for the second Friday in a row.
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Thousands filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest federal immigration enforcement for the second Friday in a row.
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
📷️: Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Kormann
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Minnesota could use your help now. Tell your legislators and the federal government to send ICE home. #iceout And thanks to all those who showed up on lake Bde Maka Ska today to unite in solidarity and typography.
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Minnesota could use your help now. Tell your legislators and the federal government to send ICE home. #iceout And thanks to all those who showed up on lake Bde Maka Ska today to unite in solidarity and typography.
General strike dinner of popcorn and cocktails at home.
January 31, 2026 at 1:37 AM
General strike dinner of popcorn and cocktails at home.
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We are going to win, dammit.
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We are going to win, dammit.
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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ICE OUT any corporations that give money to this corrupt administration. Instead, support a small business in your community- Donate to a local nonprofit- Protest this president and his dipshit paramilitary.
Look below for a link to download all this protest art for free! Abolish ICE! #iceout
Look below for a link to download all this protest art for free! Abolish ICE! #iceout
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
ICE OUT any corporations that give money to this corrupt administration. Instead, support a small business in your community- Donate to a local nonprofit- Protest this president and his dipshit paramilitary.
Look below for a link to download all this protest art for free! Abolish ICE! #iceout
Look below for a link to download all this protest art for free! Abolish ICE! #iceout
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Life here today is instinctively saying "Hi, how are you?" when you run into a friend or coworker, and the answer being "Not great, why are we even asking that question anymore?"
We are traumatized and tired. But we are united.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
We are traumatized and tired. But we are united.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Grief, Whistles and Bad Dreams: Minnesotans Describe 2 Months in an Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Life here today is instinctively saying "Hi, how are you?" when you run into a friend or coworker, and the answer being "Not great, why are we even asking that question anymore?"
We are traumatized and tired. But we are united.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
We are traumatized and tired. But we are united.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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“As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago, and now I’m being arrested for that,” Georgia Fort said in the video. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested after covering Minnesota church protest
It was not immediately clear what charges that Minnesota independent journalist Georgia Fort and former CNN anchor Don Lemon were facing for the Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church.
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
“As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago, and now I’m being arrested for that,” Georgia Fort said in the video. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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After the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart was appointed Commissar, reassuring the Dutch people that life would return to "normal" if they cooperated. He then introduced measures to stop resistance, and after a general strike in Amsterdam, summary executions began.
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 PM
After the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart was appointed Commissar, reassuring the Dutch people that life would return to "normal" if they cooperated. He then introduced measures to stop resistance, and after a general strike in Amsterdam, summary executions began.
Copper from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ancient glaciers pulled copper out of bedrock sources, mixing it into sand, gravel & clay of the glacial drift, hence the name drift or float copper. American Indian nations used copper such as this to make tools and jewelry for millennia. Scale in cm.
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Copper from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ancient glaciers pulled copper out of bedrock sources, mixing it into sand, gravel & clay of the glacial drift, hence the name drift or float copper. American Indian nations used copper such as this to make tools and jewelry for millennia. Scale in cm.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Maggie is a classy gentleman.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Maggie is a classy gentleman.
Clay lined pit for threshing wild rice, found in a 1965 archaeological excavation in Kathio National Historic Landmark.
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Clay lined pit for threshing wild rice, found in a 1965 archaeological excavation in Kathio National Historic Landmark.
Looking out at Ogechie Lake today, in Kathio National Historic Landmark
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Looking out at Ogechie Lake today, in Kathio National Historic Landmark
Balancing the cat and my nearly full coffee cup on my legs like a
professional acrobat, I’m sure nothing could go wrong with this scenario
professional acrobat, I’m sure nothing could go wrong with this scenario
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Balancing the cat and my nearly full coffee cup on my legs like a
professional acrobat, I’m sure nothing could go wrong with this scenario
professional acrobat, I’m sure nothing could go wrong with this scenario
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On this day: January 28, 1959. Buddy Holly’s ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour made their stop at the Prom Ballroom in St. Paul.
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
On this day: January 28, 1959. Buddy Holly’s ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour made their stop at the Prom Ballroom in St. Paul.
Minnesota political pals Orville Freeman and Hubert H. Humphrey in 1954.
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Minnesota political pals Orville Freeman and Hubert H. Humphrey in 1954.
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some people like this sort of thing.
some people don't.
no idea what the surprise mouse might be..
some people don't.
no idea what the surprise mouse might be..
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
some people like this sort of thing.
some people don't.
no idea what the surprise mouse might be..
some people don't.
no idea what the surprise mouse might be..
Don’t mean to brag, but I just booped my cat’s nose.
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Don’t mean to brag, but I just booped my cat’s nose.
Sign of the times in St. Paul ⭐️
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Sign of the times in St. Paul ⭐️
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this fragile little 🦉 is about a foot tall and you can visit it for free at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (just a few blocks from Alex Pretti’s memorial)
What it took to return a 3,200-year-old bronze owl to public view at Mia
A rare, 3,200-year-old bronze owl, damaged by a visitor and painstakingly repaired overseas, returns to view at the Minneapolis Institute of Art — raising questions about risk, conservation and how mu...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
this fragile little 🦉 is about a foot tall and you can visit it for free at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (just a few blocks from Alex Pretti’s memorial)
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Having Cream of Wheat for breakfast this morning largely because of this painting
This other Cream of Wheat painting is one of my personal favorite pieces at MIA and I have a print hanging on the wall in my stairway landing:
collections.artsmia.org/art/1822/a-b...
collections.artsmia.org/art/1822/a-b...
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Having Cream of Wheat for breakfast this morning largely because of this painting