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Rosemary Joyce
@rajoyce.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ .. more

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Rosemary A. Joyce is an American anthropologist and social archaeologist who has specialized in research in Honduras. She was able to archeologically confirm that chocolate was a byproduct of fermenting beer. She is also an expert in evaluating the archaeological records of society and the implications that sexuality and gender play in culture. .. more

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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 29m
Take their money but don’t name the museums after them is a good compromise.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 31m
On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 1h
Thread.
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1h
This will help Democrats keep or gain seats in the House and offset the Texas gerrymandering.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 1h
California’s efforts to wean itself off fossil fuels are paying off, with solar power generation reaching record highs and battery storage coming online to back it up.
Solar is crushing gas power in California this year
The state’s combination of solar and battery plants have pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…
www.canarymedia.com
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2h
“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 2h
Brian Beutler: "...my sense is that what costs people like us sleep at night isn’t that we aren’t doing enough. It’s that we’ve lost confidence in the people who are in positions to do more"

Spot on
How To Reverse The Tide
It's the gap between what's needed and what we have that keeps us up at night.
www.offmessage.net
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 5h
People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 6h
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 7h
Researcher claims he's found the Garden of Eden after carefully analysing the Bible and Quran – it may have been situated in the highlands of Bahir Dar, a fertile region in northwestern Ethiopia.
Researcher claims he's found the Garden of Eden and reveals where the mysterious location is
An American chemical engineer has made a case for the biblical Garden of Eden being situated in a unique location.
www.unilad.com
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 11h
—Marianne Moore, “Baseball and Writing”
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 11h
Owlman watching from the press box?
To whom does it apply?
Who is excited? Might it be I?
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 11h
generating excitement—
a fever in the victim—
pitcher, catcher, fielder, batter.
Victim in what category?
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 11h
Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting
and baseball is like writing.
You can never tell with either
how it will go
or what you will do;
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 12h
As tensions mount between governors over Trump’s interstate National Guard deployments, the Republican leader of the National Governors Association said the move is a violation of states’ rights.
Newsom urged governors to speak out against interstate troop deployments. A key Republican just did
As tensions mount between governors over Trump’s interstate National Guard deployments, the Republican leader of the National Governors Association said the move is a violation of states’...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
Terrorism. There’s no other word to describe what we’re witnessing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h
Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...
Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons
Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.
www.nj.com
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 14h
I like to think the Muppets would be 100% behind the Portland protests
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16h
nobel peace prize is not awarded posthumously

just a little fun fact to file away for next year for absolutely no particular reason
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 17h
They are terrified that the next No Kings will be even bigger. Make it so.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 17h
His statements are declining too. He can barely recall what he said a few days ago. Then it was that plywood replaced the glass. Now everything is plywood.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 17h
The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17h
The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities
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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 20h
“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 17h
On the occasion
of the old punk
becoming an even older punk
I called to wish them well,
and when I asked
how they maintained
their youthful energy
(even after all these years)
the old punk replied:
anger, bitterness,
and an undying belief
that a better world
is worth fighting for.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h
likewise, it's not a coincidence that the magistrate judges in dc have been getting pissed off
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17h
The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities
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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 20h
“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”
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