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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 1h

Now the posters are up, it's official! It's Virginia Archaeology Month! Looking forward to all the great events 🏺🗃️

Notice board with posters showing the timeline of Virginia archaeology month and the locations of local archaeology chapters

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 1d

Agree 100% @stanfordaaup.bsky.social!

“When it inevitably comes time for Stanford to choose, we must remember that we owe our loyalty not to any executive branch official but to our own foundational principles. We must be ready, when it’s our turn, to walk away.”

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...

From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'

Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.

stanforddaily.com

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 2d

Glad we weren't put off by dire predictions for rain and still made it to the Richmond Folk Festival feat. one of America's greatest culinary traditions - funnel cake. #RVA

A huge funnel cake dusted in powdered sugar and a plate of fried Oreos on wooden table.

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globalbirder.bsky.social @globalbirder.bsky.social · 3d

I’m excited for the eBird Global Big Day on October 11, 2025. I’ll be out with @birdgirl09.bsky.social scouring the marine, forest, wetland, and agricultural lands to find as many species as we can.

Last year we got 99 species. Can we beat that this year?

#birds #birding #ebird #globalbigday

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Sign Up

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 6d

All these people talking about hot chocolate powder don't know what they're missing out on

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh now that is true innovation

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 6d

Ok but Milo straight out of the can? Or mixed with milk but not dissolved? On top of ice cream? 🇦🇺

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7d

I like eating dry hot cocoa mix out of the bag, with marshmallows, like a horribly Pixie Stick. Gives you the weirdest mouth feel afterwards. Fuck I’ve never admitted this one to anyone

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Rob Hedge @robhedge.bsky.social · 7d

Had a grand time this afternoon chatting to students in Orlando, Florida about the advantages and limitations of tech in #archaeology. Give ‘em a few years and I’m sure one of them will crack my request for a portable C14 robot…
Enthusiastic kids & doesn’t take too much of your time… get involved! 🏺

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 10d

40 down, only 296 to go 😭 #quiltsky 🧵🪡

Craft table covered in supplies with arcs of pieced red and white fabric

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 13d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 13d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 13d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!!

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Iowa Archaeology @iowaarchaeology.bsky.social · 25d

We're participating in this upcoming Robotics webinar hosted by the SAA on 10/1, 4pmCT/5pmET! Registration required t attend live, but the video will be on YouTube afterwards. tinyurl.com/2cu7nefy #FIRSTLEGOLeague #FLLUnearthed #Unearthed #LEGOrobotics #FIRSTChamp 🏺

Exploring Archaeological Challenges: A Webinar for FIRST® LEGO® League and Robotics Teams

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 15d

You make a paste with the seeds so it's mostly soft, but where they cook with the sugar on the outside it gets crunchy

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 15d

Black sesame babka!

Green plate with a slice of bread with a black sesame paste swirled through it.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 18d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 19d

PLEASE sign up for Skype a Scientist:

www.skypeascientist.com

They need more archaeologists! It's fun, answer kids questions on zoom for an hour.

SKYPE A SCIENTIST

Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!

www.skypeascientist.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 22d

Universities “risk ceasing to educate citizens and instead training crisis managers who cannot question the architecture of crisis itself.”

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Universities are at risk of becoming factories of consent

In an age of permanent crisis, the true task of the university is to teach those crises we are forbidden to see: inequality masked by AI hype; democra...

www.universityworldnews.com

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 24d

Quilting to avoid *gestures wildly at everything* 🧵🪡

Table covered in quilting mats and cutting equipment, with piles of red and white fabric

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24d

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

www.propublica.org

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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 27d

Worth it. And check out the Ohio History Center too!

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 27d

'It is so cataclysmically bad' for #ECR now. So painfully true.
It's abt historians, but has been like this in #archaeology since yrs. I'm one of the privileged ones, and has taken me 10 ys post-PhD to land a permanent position after changing countries eight times.
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/

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