Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social
Anthropologist 👣 • Ethnographer of Shaligrams 🐚 and Robot Religion 🤖 • Novelist of "The Way By" 🦄 • TTRPG Storyteller ✨ • (Genderqueer 🤷♀️ She/They)
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Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Well hello everyone! Welcome to Bluesky!
I'm an anthropologist (PhD).
My ethnographic research is on Hindu/Buddhist pilgrimage and sacred fossils (called Shaligrams) in the Himalayas of Nepal.
My new project focuses on robot religion in South Asia.
I also wrote "The Way By."
I'm an anthropologist (PhD).
My ethnographic research is on Hindu/Buddhist pilgrimage and sacred fossils (called Shaligrams) in the Himalayas of Nepal.
My new project focuses on robot religion in South Asia.
I also wrote "The Way By."
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January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
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This camera phone footage is an intimidation/recruitment video
The video's circulation is intended 1) to signal that "women who don't know their place" can be murdered at will with no concern for consequences.
2) to recruit others who want to be able to commit violence to uphold white patriarchy.
The video's circulation is intended 1) to signal that "women who don't know their place" can be murdered at will with no concern for consequences.
2) to recruit others who want to be able to commit violence to uphold white patriarchy.
I was puzzled for a moment about why DHS would release the phone footage from the murderer's point of view, since it clearly shows that the murderer was in no danger from the victim.
January 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This camera phone footage is an intimidation/recruitment video
The video's circulation is intended 1) to signal that "women who don't know their place" can be murdered at will with no concern for consequences.
2) to recruit others who want to be able to commit violence to uphold white patriarchy.
The video's circulation is intended 1) to signal that "women who don't know their place" can be murdered at will with no concern for consequences.
2) to recruit others who want to be able to commit violence to uphold white patriarchy.
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Please encourage the people with weapons, body armor, chemical weapons, and shields to be peaceful. Protest is not a tea party. It doesn’t need to be peaceful. It’s infuriating to constantly urge peace when protestors are not out here choking men for 9 minutes or shooting women in the face.
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Please encourage the people with weapons, body armor, chemical weapons, and shields to be peaceful. Protest is not a tea party. It doesn’t need to be peaceful. It’s infuriating to constantly urge peace when protestors are not out here choking men for 9 minutes or shooting women in the face.
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
"Eh, ok. Just be home by dinner."
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"Eh, ok. Just be home by dinner."
Oh, and because I made the mistake of reading too many comments sections, I would like to remind the citizens of this odd country that ICE are not cops.
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Oh, and because I made the mistake of reading too many comments sections, I would like to remind the citizens of this odd country that ICE are not cops.
I'm convinced that, thousands of years from now, archaeologists will be able to piece together a fascinating profile of our societal downfall through the millions of bags of hermetically sealed dog poop dotting the countryside.
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I'm convinced that, thousands of years from now, archaeologists will be able to piece together a fascinating profile of our societal downfall through the millions of bags of hermetically sealed dog poop dotting the countryside.
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Exactly.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Exactly.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
Such a good Conservative Christian.
January 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Such a good Conservative Christian.
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idk how to explain this but the fact that this is Minnesota and the neighbours are standing right there heckling instead of helping is an act of war
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
idk how to explain this but the fact that this is Minnesota and the neighbours are standing right there heckling instead of helping is an act of war
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
This doesn't end until there are real, physical, consequences. For every link on this chain. That's the only, ONLY, way it stops.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This doesn't end until there are real, physical, consequences. For every link on this chain. That's the only, ONLY, way it stops.
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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
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January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Imagine what’s happening in ICE’s private detention facilities.
January 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Imagine what’s happening in ICE’s private detention facilities.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
DHS and ICE are lying to your face about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The 'fact' is that they want the power of unfettered execution. They may not be able to outlaw protest and dissent on the books, but they sure as hell will kill you for it.
Seriously, read this:
"'Waiting for the facts' means waiting to develop a cover story. It means waiting for story to blow over. It means waiting until 'But that was seven months ago! Get over it!' becomes a legitimate excuse."
web.archive.org/web/20140901...
"'Waiting for the facts' means waiting to develop a cover story. It means waiting for story to blow over. It means waiting until 'But that was seven months ago! Get over it!' becomes a legitimate excuse."
web.archive.org/web/20140901...
If You Are 'Waiting for the Facts' from the Police, You Will Be Waiting for the Rest of Your Life
It means waiting until
web.archive.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
DHS and ICE are lying to your face about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The 'fact' is that they want the power of unfettered execution. They may not be able to outlaw protest and dissent on the books, but they sure as hell will kill you for it.
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Whew, ok. Well, it's January 2026 and I have two weeks to get all my course prep done. Along with everything else I said 'yes' to last year. But today?
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Whew, ok. Well, it's January 2026 and I have two weeks to get all my course prep done. Along with everything else I said 'yes' to last year. But today?
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They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
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It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Darren Michael has reportedly been reinstated and given $50,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The post Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
Whew, ok. Well, it's January 2026 and I have two weeks to get all my course prep done. Along with everything else I said 'yes' to last year. But today?
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Whew, ok. Well, it's January 2026 and I have two weeks to get all my course prep done. Along with everything else I said 'yes' to last year. But today?
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Tyranny endures, it calmly waits.
In veiled rhetoric and seething states.
It will come again, it's all arranged.
That's how it goes, when nothing's changed.
In veiled rhetoric and seething states.
It will come again, it's all arranged.
That's how it goes, when nothing's changed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Tyranny endures, it calmly waits.
In veiled rhetoric and seething states.
It will come again, it's all arranged.
That's how it goes, when nothing's changed.
In veiled rhetoric and seething states.
It will come again, it's all arranged.
That's how it goes, when nothing's changed.
There are an awful lot of Catholics lately who are finding out that Martin Luther sounds more their speed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
There are an awful lot of Catholics lately who are finding out that Martin Luther sounds more their speed.