Kat 🍉
@archaeobes.bsky.social
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Kat 🍉
@archaeobes.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Please help my friend, Asma. Any amount you can give is so appreciated and can make a huge difference. Let's keep those little girls smiling!!
Link in bio to my linktree, which has her GFM. If you feel helpless watching what is going on in Gaza, this is a great place to start making a difference.
Link in bio to my linktree, which has her GFM. If you feel helpless watching what is going on in Gaza, this is a great place to start making a difference.
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It's only now, nearly a year later, that I want to think about how close the Palisades Fire got to the Getty Villa. Close enough to fill the reflecting pool in the courtyard with black ash...
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's only now, nearly a year later, that I want to think about how close the Palisades Fire got to the Getty Villa. Close enough to fill the reflecting pool in the courtyard with black ash...
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Since the declaration of the supposed ceasefire, the Israeli military has violated it an average of ten or more times a day, murdering hundreds of Palestinians, including scores of small children.
There is no peace in Gaza, nor in the West Bank. As the genocide continues, so must our resistance.
There is no peace in Gaza, nor in the West Bank. As the genocide continues, so must our resistance.
Ya Ghazze Habibti—Gaza, My Love
An anarchist from occupied Palestine makes the case for an anti-colonial understanding of the situation and explores what it means to act in solidarity with Palestinians.
crimethinc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Since the declaration of the supposed ceasefire, the Israeli military has violated it an average of ten or more times a day, murdering hundreds of Palestinians, including scores of small children.
There is no peace in Gaza, nor in the West Bank. As the genocide continues, so must our resistance.
There is no peace in Gaza, nor in the West Bank. As the genocide continues, so must our resistance.
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Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
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🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
I can tell you anecdotally this is true - I'm in my late 20s and Instagram has gotten way more addicting since I got my account in 2014. I have enough self control to kinda rein it in, but I still struggle with deleting it (due to social connections I don't have elsewhere). It's a fuckin problem.
Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "We’re basically pushers."
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I can tell you anecdotally this is true - I'm in my late 20s and Instagram has gotten way more addicting since I got my account in 2014. I have enough self control to kinda rein it in, but I still struggle with deleting it (due to social connections I don't have elsewhere). It's a fuckin problem.
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On the Zionist State's theft, and historically bankrupt weaponization of, Sebastia'a land and histories, see this piece by @infinitejaz.bsky.social www.thedriftmag.com/in-ruins/
In Ruins
Archaeological Warfare in the West Bank
www.thedriftmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On the Zionist State's theft, and historically bankrupt weaponization of, Sebastia'a land and histories, see this piece by @infinitejaz.bsky.social www.thedriftmag.com/in-ruins/
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Speaking fo Sebastia: Here is a graduate from ArielU - a university located in an illegal settlement which was represented at ASOR last weekend - posing in front of remains from the site. Note the modern graffito. Talk about professionalism 🤡 2/
bsky.app/profile/isis...
bsky.app/profile/isis...
Look: Ariel U archaeology grad Yair Almakyes and 3 more Zionists celebrate the illegal takeover of the archaeological site of Sebastia near Nablus, in the occupied west bank. Note the gun, vodka and stars of David on ruins Caption of his public fb post 👇 1/ www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Speaking fo Sebastia: Here is a graduate from ArielU - a university located in an illegal settlement which was represented at ASOR last weekend - posing in front of remains from the site. Note the modern graffito. Talk about professionalism 🤡 2/
bsky.app/profile/isis...
bsky.app/profile/isis...
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Just as ASOR's conference ends, Israel goes ahead with its plan to steal yet more Palestinian heritage: The site of Sebastia 1/
KONSYSE: Israeli authorities have advanced a plan to seize about 1800 dunams of land around the Sebastia archaeological zone. Thousands of olive trees and land privately owned by Palestinians may be affected.
Israel Moves to Seize Major Archaeological Site in the West Bank — Konsyse
Sebastia, a site of biblical and Roman significance, is set for partial expropriation under Israeli plans.
www.konsyse.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just as ASOR's conference ends, Israel goes ahead with its plan to steal yet more Palestinian heritage: The site of Sebastia 1/
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See our full statement on how @asor-research.bsky.social continues to flout international law, platforming and legitimizing Israeli archaeologists knowingly participating in war crimes.
drive.google.com/file/d/1id36... #asor2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1id36... #asor2025
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
See our full statement on how @asor-research.bsky.social continues to flout international law, platforming and legitimizing Israeli archaeologists knowingly participating in war crimes.
drive.google.com/file/d/1id36... #asor2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1id36... #asor2025
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This thorough discussion of the way that these archaeologists use concepts such as carcerality as career boosters to make the Roman past seem 'relevant' while contributing to the erasure of Israeli state violence against Palestinians, shows that heritage is powerful, in service of power
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This thorough discussion of the way that these archaeologists use concepts such as carcerality as career boosters to make the Roman past seem 'relevant' while contributing to the erasure of Israeli state violence against Palestinians, shows that heritage is powerful, in service of power
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Welcome new bluesky users. An eldritch forest being will be by shortly to imbue you with your new and horrifying powers. You are a now a creature of moss and ferns.
July 3, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Welcome new bluesky users. An eldritch forest being will be by shortly to imbue you with your new and horrifying powers. You are a now a creature of moss and ferns.
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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Not the first time a tyrant has been plagued by frogs.
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Not the first time a tyrant has been plagued by frogs.
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greta ily what an outfit
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
greta ily what an outfit
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So far, about 4,000 antiquities have been counted missing in Sudan. 700 pieces disappeared from museums in the cities of Nyala and El GeneinaI, where the museum’s curator was killed when the building was shelled
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Sudan preservationists struggle to restore country's shattered cultural treasures
The shattered remains of antique pottery and shards of ancient statues lie among broken glass and bullet casings at Sudan’s National Museum, not far from where the Blue and White Nile meet in the capital Khartoum.
www.reuters.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So far, about 4,000 antiquities have been counted missing in Sudan. 700 pieces disappeared from museums in the cities of Nyala and El GeneinaI, where the museum’s curator was killed when the building was shelled
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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“The fact that the settlers and the evangelists and other rightwing Americans found each other a perfect match is not news. But this ceremony is just bad archaeology and another proof that the whole City of David archaeological park project has nothing to do with either archaeology or heritage.” 🏺
‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“The fact that the settlers and the evangelists and other rightwing Americans found each other a perfect match is not news. But this ceremony is just bad archaeology and another proof that the whole City of David archaeological park project has nothing to do with either archaeology or heritage.” 🏺
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I rarely defend Americans, but we shouldn't forget that American GenZ started the student protests in 2023, were beaten to a pulp by police, got thrown out of school, lost scholarships, had their degrees revoked, etc. An Egyptian friend of mine joked "those kids were Arab Springed" Funny but true.
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I rarely defend Americans, but we shouldn't forget that American GenZ started the student protests in 2023, were beaten to a pulp by police, got thrown out of school, lost scholarships, had their degrees revoked, etc. An Egyptian friend of mine joked "those kids were Arab Springed" Funny but true.
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Honestly, a really good article.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
Wrote for @thenation.com about the complicity of some liberal politicians and pundits in the conservative campaign to exterminate trans people www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.
www.thenation.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Honestly, a really good article.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
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Seeing America rally around Jimmy Kimmel gives me a sour taste in my mouth. Can’t help but recall Mahmoud Khalil who was detained for 3 months and has been ordered to be deported to Syria or Algeria.
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Seeing America rally around Jimmy Kimmel gives me a sour taste in my mouth. Can’t help but recall Mahmoud Khalil who was detained for 3 months and has been ordered to be deported to Syria or Algeria.
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I'm here *trying* to enjoy autumn, the best season, but the rampant fascism is really FUCKING UP THE VIBE
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I'm here *trying* to enjoy autumn, the best season, but the rampant fascism is really FUCKING UP THE VIBE
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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Antifa Professor, member of a Major Terrorist Organization
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Antifa Professor, member of a Major Terrorist Organization
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Also worth remembering, as we talk about Free Speech, that the first speakers the current administration targeted were those demanding the freedom and safety of the Palestinian people.
A judge orders Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation to Syria or Algeria, @premthakker.bsky.social reports. For now, the activist is protected by an earlier order preventing his deportation while his case proceeds, lawyers say.
Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/immigratio...
Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/immigratio...
September 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Also worth remembering, as we talk about Free Speech, that the first speakers the current administration targeted were those demanding the freedom and safety of the Palestinian people.