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Rebecca Dean

@rmdean.bsky.social

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Anthropologist (archaeology, biological anth, ecology). Director of Assessment for the Office of Undergraduate Education. Former Michigan diaspora now home but missing Minnesota. UMich grad working at MSU. Never speaks for MSU.

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 17d

and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 14h

Finally managed to get it done. Skeeting was clearly the dam breaker!

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 14h

I’m so sorry.

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 14h

This is impossible to do online. The links keep trying to sell you more cards. The chat and phone line gives endless runaround.

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve spent the past hour trying to cancel my dad’s Amex card. He’s been dead for over a year. The dude on the phone is still trying to convince me he gets great value from it. Have I mentioned he’s dead?!?

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 17h

I barely credit myself with a basic ability to interact with living humans, but I’m occasionally reminded that by academic standards I’m a freaking sociopolitical genius. 🙄

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I wonder why we are so freaking paranoid, I am reminded of why we are so freaking paranoid. 🤣🤣😭

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 3d

At some point in the last 50 years, the Presbyterians changed the words to the Doxology. Not sure how long it took me to notice. Years I’m sure.

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 3d

I was in my comfy bed in my comfy pjs with a book by 8:30 last night. I’d say “this is what happens when you hit 50” but I’ve always been this way.

Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 4d

Went to a party hosted by an absolute icon

A hanging banner spelling out “PLEASE LEAVE BY 8”

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 4d

Nice win

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 4d

We could really use an offense. Srsly, any offense. #GoBlue

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 5d

A painting of a bird beside the text "why the fuck am i sober right now?"

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 5d

I'm old and don't watch much that comes in video formats, so I guess it slipped past me! LOL

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 5d

I will say, my 13yo literally laughed in my face when I asked if he'd ever heard of Bad Bunny.

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll admit that in this particular instance I don’t know what I believe because I’d never heard of Mr Bunny until, well, today. I’m definitely not the one losing sleep over a Super Bowl halftime show. Honestly, nobody should unless they’re literally performing in it.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 5d

Saying "The NFL sucks.." really is a bold strategy, let's see how that goes

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 6d

Didn’t know that but definitely not surprised.

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, I kinda guffawed at the grade inflation thing. In a laugh-or-else-I’ll-cry way.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 6d

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi

I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.

wapo.st

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 6d

I think some folks don’t understand the reason for sex imbalances in higher ed and are going to be surprised by the results of not considering sex in college admissions.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 7d

Sadly, Jane Goodall has died. But her legacy - in conservation and chimp studies - will live on. 🧪

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91

Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.

www.livescience.com

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 7d

I have feelings about Microsoft. Deep, deep feelings.

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 7d

Sure, I spent the whole day getting the Power Automate to send a dozen emails. But the next time I need to send those emails, all I need to do is change this one field and...spend another day trying to get Power Automate to send a dozen emails.

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Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 7d

I should have known he had an anthropological lens on the world. Why else would I love reading about mens wear?!?

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.

Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7d

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

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