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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18d

An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks so much!

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · 22d

It really won't be very good, but I will totally sign it, with a bright silver pen! :) hahahaha

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · 22d

Meant to help students think through a problem using method and theory from complexity science it is a very "here is how I think" kind of book. Hopefully it's useful. It's not terribly long; if you buy it get the paperback (the hardback is so expensive!) or have your library order it! 2/2

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · 22d

It's official, my first solo-authored book (my second book altogether) is coming out the end of October! 🧪👩🏺
And the thing I'm the proudest is I painted (watercolor) the cover! 1/2
www.routledge.com/Thinking-thr...

Thinking through Archaeological Complexity

Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity explores how archaeologists can engage with complex adaptive systems, examining dynamic interactions between humans and environments across space and through...

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Sep 6

Still can't believe it! So fun writing with you. let's do it again sometime :)

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 17

No free coffee! But surprisingly we do have *good* coffee on campus, for us heathens!
But no faculty lounge. And no coffee. If we did have a faculty lounge it would be compulsory Dirty Soda Dispensers a la: www.allrecipes.com/what-is-dirt...

Meet Dirty Soda: The ‘It’ Drink of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

We did a deep-dive into dirty soda, the trending drink that is popular in Utah thanks to TikTok (MomTok) and the new "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" show everyone is talking about on Hulu.

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 17

My best friend in 1st-5th grade once said to me she wanted to make a concrete impression of her butt so she'd have the most comfortable seat.
I'm sending her this story...

Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 17

We *definitely* don't have them at Utah State.

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 16

Ha. Fair.

Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 16

Oh no! A yikes emoji?

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 16

I loved his book "Owls of the Eastern Ice" which gave me all the feels about my work doing archaeology in Mongolia. Did @jonathanslaght.com know my favorite animal is a tiger? Probably not, but I'm gonna pretend he did and he wrote this book for me. :)

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · May 16

***GIVEAWAY*** This signed/stamped Advance Readers Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, forthcoming Nov 2025 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social! Like=1 entry, Share=1 entry, Like + Share=2 entries. Will randomly select winner on Friday, May 23, 2025. US addresses only.
Preorder info: shorturl.at/OXr0Z
#booksky

the front page of the book Tigers Between Empires, with a large, blue tiger track stamped upon it

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 15

Here's the beginnings of my cover art for my new book, "Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity." Thanks to @carlbergstrom.com who, when I first started painting, told me about someone he knew who painted all her slides at talks. Gave me the courage to ask to paint my book cover!

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 14

Hey 🏺🧪! My solo-authored book has a landing page!
Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity will introduce complex adaptive systems science and archaeology to broad audiences. I'm currently PAINTING the cover (with watercolors!). Buy the paperback not hardcover!
www.routledge.com/Thinking-thr...

Thinking through Archaeological Complexity

Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity explores how archaeologists can engage with complex adaptive systems, examining dynamic interactions between humans and environments across space and through...

www.routledge.com

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Feb 10

I use this exact mosaic to talk about food webs in ancient times! Great example of tracking trophic networks in the past! www.google.com/books/editio...

The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research

Network research has recently been adopted as one of the tools of the trade in archaeology, used to study a wide range of topics: interactions between island communities, movements through urban space...

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Nov 24

All y'all who are porting your tweets from the Old Place over... I kinda love starting over. Like when I graduated from WSU and had to have my email just disappear... time for a fresh slate... who will BSKY Stefani *be*

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and says fresh start

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and says fresh start

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Nov 19

What are the coolest current methods in Social Science? I did a lecture and activity on topic modeling yesterday and my students *loved* it. Agent-based modeling and network analysis coming up, but would love to know your thoughts!
Science and Archaeology Bsky Pipe Up! 🧪 🏺!

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Nov 15

You were the best of Twitter. I miss old Twitter.
Do you take requests?
When I was a kid my dad told me Astrapia stephaniae was named after me and I believed him for a couple years. Will you do your makeup as her? :)

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Nov 13

I was an early early early person on bluesky, it just hadn't taken off... but I feel like, maybe it has critical mass now? We shall see.

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Nov 12

Welp, I finally deactivated my profile on the Other Site. Hello bluesky, you're it now. Please become a better place for interacting with my fellow scientists.

a man in a bow tie says " science rules "

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Aug 20

This. This is me.

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · May 1

Now that Bluesky has GIFs it is officially more useful than The Place Formerly Known as Twitter. I can resume my way of naturally communicating--with muppets!

Kermitthefrog Dance GIF

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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · Dec 13

Journal fees for open access are becoming obscene. But what are we, scientists, paying for? I made a simple plot with journals in my research area(s). Clearly, we are paying for prestige: a shockingly clean correlation between the impact factor and journal fees

A plot showing prestige (impact factor) on vertical axis and fees charged by journals on horizontal axis.

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Dec 12

Aquatic bison. Let's call the conspiracy theorists. :-p

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Stefani Crabtree 🦀🌲 @stefanicrabtree.bsky.social · Dec 11

My zoo arch class was a while ago, and I'm better with desert stuff than fishy/water mammal stuff. Thus the "I believe". It has a huge spinous process, but so do bison vests (but I don't think this is a bison, lol).

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