Sara K. Becker
@drsarabee.bsky.social
Bioarchaeology Prof @ UCRiverside living in Long Beach.
ASU & UNC alumna
Luxembourg-American🇱🇺
Cat walker / Cat whisperer
Motion capture do-er with Indigenous experts - I study Tiwanaku labor in Bolivia 🇧🇴 & Peru 🇵🇪 🦙🥔🍺
ASU & UNC alumna
Luxembourg-American🇱🇺
Cat walker / Cat whisperer
Motion capture do-er with Indigenous experts - I study Tiwanaku labor in Bolivia 🇧🇴 & Peru 🇵🇪 🦙🥔🍺
Pinned
My country right now to anyone who supports ICE and Border Patrol not patrolling the border.
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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"You look around and think, 'Yep, this is it. Paramilitary deportations, apocalyptic foreign policy, and private corporations looting the federal government. This has to be the Fourth Reich.' Not so fast. It’s only the Fourth Reich if it comes from the Reich region of Germany."
It’s Only the Fourth Reich If It Comes from the Reich Region of Germany, Otherwise It’s Just Sparkling Fascism
Don’t be embarrassed, it’s a common mistake. You look around and think, Yep, this is it. Paramilitary deportations, apocalyptic foreign policy, and...
buff.ly
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"You look around and think, 'Yep, this is it. Paramilitary deportations, apocalyptic foreign policy, and private corporations looting the federal government. This has to be the Fourth Reich.' Not so fast. It’s only the Fourth Reich if it comes from the Reich region of Germany."
My country right now to anyone who supports ICE and Border Patrol not patrolling the border.
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
My country right now to anyone who supports ICE and Border Patrol not patrolling the border.
This is a colleague of mine from Bolivia’s wife - it was a hit and run. Plus Bolivia does not exactly have health insurance as we know it so it’s all out of pocket for them. Please consider donating as she has a long road to recovery and a young child. gofund.me/f80418105
Donate to Support Lourdes’s Urgent Medical Care in Bolivia, organized by Jonah Augustine
Luis Callisaya is a dear friend of many of us who work in and around … Jonah Augustine needs your support for Support Lourdes’s Urgent Medical Care in Bolivia
gofund.me
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This is a colleague of mine from Bolivia’s wife - it was a hit and run. Plus Bolivia does not exactly have health insurance as we know it so it’s all out of pocket for them. Please consider donating as she has a long road to recovery and a young child. gofund.me/f80418105
Adopt the unadoptable - Oyster is the softest and sweetest.
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Adopt the unadoptable - Oyster is the softest and sweetest.
Skunk 🦨 party - bottom right.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Skunk 🦨 party - bottom right.
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
My latest article and its open access doi.org/10.1080/1944...
#mocap #weaving #pottery #ceramics #Aymara #labor #Indigenous
#mocap #weaving #pottery #ceramics #Aymara #labor #Indigenous
Expert Craftswomen: A Multidisciplinary Experimental Bioarchaeological Look at Past Tiwanaku (AD 500–1100) Labor and Present Andean Expertise
To acquire a robust picture of Andean labor, this research used the skeletal evidence of labor (i.e. osteoarthritis (OA) and entheseal changes (EC)) during Tiwanaku times, modern ethnographic inter...
doi.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My latest article and its open access doi.org/10.1080/1944...
#mocap #weaving #pottery #ceramics #Aymara #labor #Indigenous
#mocap #weaving #pottery #ceramics #Aymara #labor #Indigenous
Help a chica out!
UC Stand Up, Demand No Concessions
Yesterday, Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the federal administration’s freezing of $2.2 billion dollars at Harvard University was unconstitutional. The court decisions shows a way the UC can fight...
actionnetwork.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Help a chica out!
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Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
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Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
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Sotomayor: "By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
June 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sotomayor: "By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
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Just in case you need a sign for tomorrow! Feel free to download and print (for non-commercial use). High-res version here:
www.killackeyillustration.com/s/no_kings_p...
#NoKings
www.killackeyillustration.com/s/no_kings_p...
#NoKings
June 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just in case you need a sign for tomorrow! Feel free to download and print (for non-commercial use). High-res version here:
www.killackeyillustration.com/s/no_kings_p...
#NoKings
www.killackeyillustration.com/s/no_kings_p...
#NoKings
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FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
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June 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
FBI Warns Second California Senator Still At Large
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Fuck yeah Wonder Woman!
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
June 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Fuck yeah Wonder Woman!
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what is gavin doing x.com/gavinnewsom/...
June 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
what is gavin doing x.com/gavinnewsom/...
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ICE agents arrived at produce farms in Ventura County at 6am Tuesday and were seen chasing workers to detain them
www.reddit.com/r/thescoop/c...
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From the thescoop community on Reddit: ICE agents arrived at produce farms in Ventura County at 6am Tuesday and were seen chasing workers to detain them
Explore this post and more from the thescoop community
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June 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
ICE agents arrived at produce farms in Ventura County at 6am Tuesday and were seen chasing workers to detain them
www.reddit.com/r/thescoop/c...
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NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
I’m hearing a lot of booms and bangs outside here in Long Beach…
Is it what the news is reporting of the ICE protests? No you fools, it’s LA and it’s less than a month from July 4th. Those are fireworks. youtu.be/utx9RJQ9XT8?...
Is it what the news is reporting of the ICE protests? No you fools, it’s LA and it’s less than a month from July 4th. Those are fireworks. youtu.be/utx9RJQ9XT8?...
Independence Day 2024 Los Angeles Fireworks from Griffith Observatory!
YouTube video by AShogunNamedDavid
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June 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I’m hearing a lot of booms and bangs outside here in Long Beach…
Is it what the news is reporting of the ICE protests? No you fools, it’s LA and it’s less than a month from July 4th. Those are fireworks. youtu.be/utx9RJQ9XT8?...
Is it what the news is reporting of the ICE protests? No you fools, it’s LA and it’s less than a month from July 4th. Those are fireworks. youtu.be/utx9RJQ9XT8?...
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One in 35 Americans live in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles is America.
Los Angeles is America.
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
One in 35 Americans live in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles is America.
Los Angeles is America.
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Los Angeles is not a war zone. We are not descending into chaos and lawlessness. We’re a great city full of good people. We don’t need the National Guard.
June 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Los Angeles is not a war zone. We are not descending into chaos and lawlessness. We’re a great city full of good people. We don’t need the National Guard.