Chris Stantis
chrisstantis.bsky.social
Chris Stantis
@chrisstantis.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist, chemist | Nerd, coffee snob, loves fresh air and equality | She/her | Museum lover, but not museum apologist
Art from a Maya vase. Labeled 'Itzamná talks to a dog', nothing will convince me that's not a person dressed up as a dog. 🏺
Full photo of painting here research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_hir...
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Was just feeling bad about not getting grant applications prepared as new faculty, then remembered that one grant I was prepping was axed by the NIJ, and another that I was revising to resubmit was axed by the NSF.

Gonna be some screenshots of proposal portals in my tenure dossier...
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”

In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
My lili bro (kindly) invited me to a friends' party, the theme was 'dress fancy'. I was on the road to visit the family, with only sweaters and hiking gear packed. Well, my parents hadn't gotten rid of my wedding dress, I had *something* fancy to wear.
His reaction was priceless.
December 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I just realised that I know very little about my art peers (other than their art), so let's change that? :)

QRP with your artwork and share what other passions/jobs/hobbies you have? ✨

I'll start! I trained as an archaeologist, and love foraging 🏺🌿
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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(slipping an undergrad $20 so they can file a complaint and get me a fully paid semester’s leave)
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Perhaps students should organize and file complaints against every single faculty member along with every administrative leader. Shut it down so the absurdity is clear.
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just listened to Gorillaz' song Damascus, then listened again.
I was struck by the speculative fantasy of their island, Plastic Beach, and the joyful welcome of Syrian refugees to the lands.

Admittedly, Yasiin Bey makes pretty much any track better.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This was a LOT of work — filming, writing, editing, R coding… and a slightly unhealthy amount of coffee. Very pleased with the outcome though, time well spent!

Courses → www.atomicecology.com/courses
Online Courses | Atomic Ecology
Online training in the application of stable isotopes to ecological and environmental research
www.atomicecology.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I heard Microsoft Word is starting to use LLM for its grammar/spelling check, which means common errors are taken as correct. In my manuscript, apparently the word 'data' isn't plural anymore.
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I support faculty members of all ranks as they make expert choices about what to assign, why to assess, and how to evaluate student work.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Oh shit waddup
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'd probably want to do the same thing I do now (professor of biological anthropology), but I'd be even quicker to buy those amazing local arts I see around.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trauma napping because my partner left us to go to Sam's club
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I love that our current Star Trek captain loves horses, cooking, and haircare. Real Barbie vibes.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Yes, you CAN go back in time! This StoryMap allows readers to experience several hundred million years of Earth history in just minutes with a scroll-driven animation. Happy GIS Day too!
ow.ly/ZjFV50XsVbc

Want to know how the team did it?
ow.ly/gC3k50XsVQY

⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes

youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So delighted to have worked with Drs Christine France and Julianne Sarancha on this project. With deer samples, we created isoscapes (Sr, O, and S) for the state of Virginia.
Potentially hella useful for archaeology in the region. 🏺🧪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?

"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific

#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM