Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️
@graveyardarch.bsky.social
Adjunct prof, PhD in Historical Archaeology ✨️
Mortuary Archaeologist & Museum Educator. I like graves, the C17th, landscapes, & protective magic. I preserve gravestones, write books, & paint pictures (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/RLacy
Mortuary Archaeologist & Museum Educator. I like graves, the C17th, landscapes, & protective magic. I preserve gravestones, write books, & paint pictures (she/her)
https://linktr.ee/RLacy
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Friends, the book is out!! If you are interesed in #deathstudies from an interdisciplinary perspective, please consider checking it out:
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
ALSO we have a 50% off discount code! Use SPIN2909 for 50% off the print version of the book, til Jan 31st! Yay! 🏺
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
ALSO we have a 50% off discount code! Use SPIN2909 for 50% off the print version of the book, til Jan 31st! Yay! 🏺
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The graves outside Farfield Quaker Meeting House in West Yorkshire at first seem rather confusing: one grave calls January the eleventh month and another calls June the fourth month. However, this wasn’t an error or a simple mistake.
📷 The graves in the burial ground of Farfield Meeting House
📷 The graves in the burial ground of Farfield Meeting House
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The graves outside Farfield Quaker Meeting House in West Yorkshire at first seem rather confusing: one grave calls January the eleventh month and another calls June the fourth month. However, this wasn’t an error or a simple mistake.
📷 The graves in the burial ground of Farfield Meeting House
📷 The graves in the burial ground of Farfield Meeting House
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Power outage in San Francisco has taken archive.org offline. Back online as soon as possible.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Power outage in San Francisco has taken archive.org offline. Back online as soon as possible.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
I've had an airmiles card since like 2010 & still only have 3k miles, not enough for a flight to the next province, so we just spent them on some kitchen items & I feel like its an extra Christmas present!
a person is opening a red pot on a stove top
Alt: a person is opening a red le creuset pot on a stove top, revealing what looks like dumplings!
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I've had an airmiles card since like 2010 & still only have 3k miles, not enough for a flight to the next province, so we just spent them on some kitchen items & I feel like its an extra Christmas present!
In the vein of using fancy things while you have them & not saving them for a mystery occasion, today I'm wearing a lucite bracelet my husband bought me a few years ago, but Ontario artist Corey Moranis. I never wear it because it's 'fancy' but fancy can be for now!
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the vein of using fancy things while you have them & not saving them for a mystery occasion, today I'm wearing a lucite bracelet my husband bought me a few years ago, but Ontario artist Corey Moranis. I never wear it because it's 'fancy' but fancy can be for now!
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Sam is absolutely right: if you have the chance to enjoy a small pleasure, don’t deny yourself
Did you get something really *nice* for Christmas? Are you saving it?
STOP
Eat it. Slather yourself in it. Spray it on a random wfh Tuesday. Use it next time you have a meal. Make up an occasion and use it.
Whatever it is don't hoard it until it's near its use by date or too precious.
STOP
Eat it. Slather yourself in it. Spray it on a random wfh Tuesday. Use it next time you have a meal. Make up an occasion and use it.
Whatever it is don't hoard it until it's near its use by date or too precious.
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sam is absolutely right: if you have the chance to enjoy a small pleasure, don’t deny yourself
The liminal space between Christmas & New Years where I am 50% chocolate, 50% cheese & crackers, & 100% ignoring all my writing projects til January ✨️ #academia
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The liminal space between Christmas & New Years where I am 50% chocolate, 50% cheese & crackers, & 100% ignoring all my writing projects til January ✨️ #academia
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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Thanks so much to the 5 of you that booked places over the holiday season for the Christmas Lecture... See you on Tuesday!
If anyone else wants to join us, you can sign up here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
If anyone else wants to join us, you can sign up here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
December 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks so much to the 5 of you that booked places over the holiday season for the Christmas Lecture... See you on Tuesday!
If anyone else wants to join us, you can sign up here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
If anyone else wants to join us, you can sign up here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
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My goal for today's boxing day is 7 orders! I'm currently sitting at 3 so far today so just 4 orders to go! Everything on my Etsy and my website is 60% OFF today only until midnight EST 🥳 don't miss out!!!!!
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December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My goal for today's boxing day is 7 orders! I'm currently sitting at 3 so far today so just 4 orders to go! Everything on my Etsy and my website is 60% OFF today only until midnight EST 🥳 don't miss out!!!!!
linktr.ee/Beadworkbykay
linktr.ee/Beadworkbykay
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I also love books and often buy books that I don’t read right away. I always end up feeling a bit guilty.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I also love books and often buy books that I don’t read right away. I always end up feeling a bit guilty.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
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We’re building PastForwardHub, a new global platform designed to help archaeologists connect, find opportunities, and build sustainable careers. Together.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
@jonaschlegel.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
@jonaschlegel.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We’re building PastForwardHub, a new global platform designed to help archaeologists connect, find opportunities, and build sustainable careers. Together.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
@jonaschlegel.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pas...
@jonaschlegel.com
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Military history is more important than social history, art history, or anything else because it's FOR BOYS and I'm 12.
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Military history is more important than social history, art history, or anything else because it's FOR BOYS and I'm 12.
This Tibbs it snowed a few cms! I didn't do any baking, but I've done a lot of eating, & made the marinade for our christmas pork!
Finally doing some Christmas baking on Tibbs Eve! Mint chocolate chips cookie bars are in the oven & its even snowing a little outside 🎄❤️
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This Tibbs it snowed a few cms! I didn't do any baking, but I've done a lot of eating, & made the marinade for our christmas pork!
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Here’s the thing: we don’t have to use AI. And every day we don’t, you preserve skills that other ppl are progressively losing.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Here’s the thing: we don’t have to use AI. And every day we don’t, you preserve skills that other ppl are progressively losing.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
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Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
I live in the heart of California gold country. One of the richest mines ever in CA is nearby. Opened circa 1860 closed 1942. A local foundation has preserved the records on site. I know not a stitch has been digitized and am confident no more than 2 pro historians have ever been in there.
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
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This is an important conversation to start here in Canadian archaeology 🇨🇦🏺
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
Maybe this is a time to have a roundtable or panel discussion about threats to archaeology/gists in Canada, drawing folks accross Canada from Parks, CRM, academia, etc. to talk about identifying different types of threats and suggestions on how best to document and address them 🤔
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It's TIME! Our call for session proposals is open!
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us!
We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is an important conversation to start here in Canadian archaeology 🇨🇦🏺
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
The discussion has started down south with @flintdibble.bsky.social, @miniminuteman.bsky.social, and others.
But Canada has its own challenges to address, its own history of archaeology being abused, erasure, and denialism.
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Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
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When I was studying historical linguistics, one of the most mind-blowing things was just how often we had primary texts to research an extinct language because someone found a book at a library that nobody knew was there. Many libraries are so old and so big that we don't know what's in them.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When I was studying historical linguistics, one of the most mind-blowing things was just how often we had primary texts to research an extinct language because someone found a book at a library that nobody knew was there. Many libraries are so old and so big that we don't know what's in them.
Looking for work on community #archaeology?? A new volume edited by @drmaryclary.bsky.social, @carolyndillian.bsky.social, & Charles Bello is available now! My chapter is the first work from my PhD to see publication! 🎄🏺
floridapress.org/978081307946...
floridapress.org/978081307946...
Collaborative and Community-Engaged Archaeology
A collection of detailed case studies that emphasize partnerships with local and descendant communities to foster ethical, inclusive research practicesThis b...
floridapress.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Looking for work on community #archaeology?? A new volume edited by @drmaryclary.bsky.social, @carolyndillian.bsky.social, & Charles Bello is available now! My chapter is the first work from my PhD to see publication! 🎄🏺
floridapress.org/978081307946...
floridapress.org/978081307946...
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It's #PublicationDay for a chapter by Assistant Director, Emerita, Christine Thompson and the whole St. Clair's Defeat Revisited team! As part of the Collaborative and Community Engaged #Archaeology volume, Thompson et al. contributed "Engaging Communities Through Conflict" 1/6
Collaborative and Community-Engaged Archaeology
A collection of detailed case studies that emphasize partnerships with local and descendant communities to foster ethical, inclusive research practicesThis b...
floridapress.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's #PublicationDay for a chapter by Assistant Director, Emerita, Christine Thompson and the whole St. Clair's Defeat Revisited team! As part of the Collaborative and Community Engaged #Archaeology volume, Thompson et al. contributed "Engaging Communities Through Conflict" 1/6
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Did you know that the Internet Archive offers free public tours every Friday at 1pm? Check out what happened when The Fogline stopped by on a recent Friday ⬇️
www.foglinesf.com/p/the-richmo...
www.foglinesf.com/p/the-richmo...
🌁 The Richmond District is Home to 1 Trillion Web Pages
A Friday afternoon tour of the Internet Archive
www.foglinesf.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Did you know that the Internet Archive offers free public tours every Friday at 1pm? Check out what happened when The Fogline stopped by on a recent Friday ⬇️
www.foglinesf.com/p/the-richmo...
www.foglinesf.com/p/the-richmo...
@librarianchef.bsky.social just informed me that my 2nd book, 'Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette', is in 169 libraries around the world! And our edited volume is already in 53 libraries, and it only came out 18 days ago! Amazing! 😍🏺
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@librarianchef.bsky.social just informed me that my 2nd book, 'Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette', is in 169 libraries around the world! And our edited volume is already in 53 libraries, and it only came out 18 days ago! Amazing! 😍🏺
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Rob Reiner was an unwavering LGBTQ+ ally – here's everything he did for the queer community
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-lgbtq-marriage-equality/?utm_content=1765956000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-lgbtq-marriage-equality/?utm_content=1765956000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Rob Reiner was a staunch LGBTQ+ ally– here's everything he did for the community
Alongside his work in the entertainment industry, Rob Reiner was also celebrated marriage equality and human rights activist
www.thepinknews.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Rob Reiner was an unwavering LGBTQ+ ally – here's everything he did for the queer community
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-lgbtq-marriage-equality/?utm_content=1765956000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-lgbtq-marriage-equality/?utm_content=1765956000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky