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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · 13d

Oh absolutely!

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 27d

Incredible that the shooter can be described as anti-fascist. He was anti THAT fascist for not being fascist enough.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · Aug 22

“without food, we would’ve gone bankrupt by now”

100% human writing, great work LLM

tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · Aug 22

my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)

a green square that says "fast food meals. new phenomenon burger taste. $19.90. order via seamless" and in the corner is a non-euclidean cluster of chicken finger.

a very normal 5-star review that says "I would be lost without restaurant. I would like to personally thank you for your outstanding product." - Nina Margaret, CEO apple.

another normal review that says "without food, we would have gone bankrupt by now. thanks food! the service was excellent." John Doe, manager.

an AI image of a pastrami sandwich. not to overuse the word non-euclidean but what else can I say to describe these layers of meat? this one also has some kind of yellow sauce leaking out of the bottom, and another yellow sauce being sensuously drizzled on top. in the lower right corner are baffling tubes that sort of look like if roasted carrots fucked a soft pretzel.

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · Aug 13

Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!

*mainly Britain.

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(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist

Salary for this Role: LRS level from £36,535 per annum plus benefits SLRS level from £45,700 per annum plus benefits Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Reports to: Po...

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · Jul 6

Another day, another article in the press on metal-detecting that makes zero mention of the PAS or the Treasure Act. Seriously, why are we bothering? #ancientbluesky

The Guardian view on metal detecting: hobbyists as well as experts can play a part in unearthing the past | Editorial

Editorial: Detectorists and archaeologists sometimes clash, but the recent find of two Roman swords was the thrilling result of collaboration

www.theguardian.com

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · Jun 23

Who called it “becoming more conservative as you age” and not alt-rightzheimers

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · Jun 20

Me and Darren watching Poison Ivy

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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · Jun 19

@noddinggoth.bsky.social joins me and Hayley Alice Roberts on the latest episode of The HD Movie Podcast! We're discussing 1992's POISON IVY and there's something traumatising Lauren and I didn't remember...

Episode 171: Seduction And Psychos #5 - Poison Ivy (Guest: Dr. Lauren McIntyre)

The HD Movie Podcast · Episode

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 6

WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE BOTH SIDES HERE

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 26

Urgh how is my 3 day weekend nearly over already?!

a cat is walking on a wooden floor with the words * dies * written in black

ALT: a cat is walking on a wooden floor with the words * dies * written in black

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Snow Queen of Hoth @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · May 26

Photoshopping John Oliver onto fossils until the Paleontological Research Institution secures their funding!

Modern specimen of the crab Calappa flammea from the Florida Keys (PRI 42120). Comedian is H. sapiens. Not to scale.

Comedian John Oliver is edited to appear as if he is hugging an enormous crab fossil

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · May 26

Who else here was privileged enough to have studied archaeology with a scholarship? 🙋🏼‍♀️ Let’s pay it forward to these 12 future archaeologists who have never more than now needed the support (financial and moral) so much? ❤️

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Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees

The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 25

Post a character who looks good wet

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 24

Well, that went badly

#FantasyFlightGames #MansionsOfMadness #boardgamegeek

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 24

Doing the #BankHoliday weekend correctly with a chargrilled nectarine, burrata, and candied walnut salad, accompanied by a new Mansions of Madness dlc scenario *chefs kiss*

Title card for the Mansions of Madness dlc game What Lies Within

A green salad bowl filled with mixed leaves, chargrilled nectarines, burrata and candied walnuts

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 23

Be still my beating heart 🐢🐀🥷

Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · May 23

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming soon (likely on #4K) in the UK from @arrowvideo.bsky.social: #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles (1990)!

Cowabunga vibes only today... 👀 Lock in for a radical #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 #ComingSoon

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 23

Important statement on recent calls to change legislation regarding human remains in #museums 👇

Also a reminder that consistent use of appropriate terminology is crucial!

#archaeology

Society For Museum Archaeology @socmusarch.bsky.social · May 22

SMA has responded to calls for changes to legislation and practice regarding human remains, by collaborating with several organisations to agree a joint statement on on the retention, display, and provision of access to human remains from British archaeological contexts. socmusarch.org.uk/news/

News | Society for Museum Archaeology

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 17

How long until they start proposing The Purge

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · May 17

The Department of Homeland Security is considering a reality TV show pitch that would put immigrants through a series of challenges to compete for U.S. citizenship.

(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...)

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · May 6

There are currently over 500 signatories to an open letter asking the heads of British archaeological bodies such as the CBA, FAME, UAUK & CIfA, to intervene with the GOVUK and EHRC over the rights of trans archaeologists & the wider trans community.

The letter remains open until tomorrow, 7 May

Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance

If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted. The for...

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · May 4

Three skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh Univ in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated.

The remains of the Ainu people - donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon Munro - were held in the univ's anatomy museum. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan

Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.

www.bbc.com

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 16

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 15

I was literally just going to post that 😂

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Snow Queen of Hoth @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · May 14

Photoshopping @lastweektonight.com’s John Oliver onto fossils until the Paleontological Research Institution secures their funding!

Fossil specimen of a stem base of the horsetail (Equisetophytes), Calamites suckowi, from the Pennsylvanian of Pennsylvania (PRI 50479). Comedian is H. Sapiens.

Photo of comedian John Oliver at a protest, angrily giving the middle finger and holding a fossil as if it's a megaphone

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · May 12

When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵

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Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️‍🌈 @noddinggoth.bsky.social · May 10

Orc

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