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! 🏺
Folded and booked movers to help us unload the uhaul when we get to the new apartment. I can't risk wrecking my knee with heavy stuff, friends work in th3 day, & my husband can't do it alone! 🫡
February 16, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Folded and booked movers to help us unload the uhaul when we get to the new apartment. I can't risk wrecking my knee with heavy stuff, friends work in th3 day, & my husband can't do it alone! 🫡
Reposting so I remember to hunt this book down! :0
This is a fascinating look at an often-unexplored part of church history. Thank you @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social !
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Reposting so I remember to hunt this book down! :0
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Red House, Barrie
Lawren Harris
1924
Lawren Harris
1924
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Red House, Barrie
Lawren Harris
1924
Lawren Harris
1924
This is so cool! I hope there is some recognition for our girl Jane too!
In March we're looking forward to Morris Month, a month-long celebration of William and May Morris with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social. We've got three events organised for the celebrations, check them out at williammorrissociety.org/morris-month/
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This is so cool! I hope there is some recognition for our girl Jane too!
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This might be my favorite post of all time
🥌👈
February 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This might be my favorite post of all time
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Does anyone know of any articles focussed on the issue of public access to museum collections databases and AI? I’ve got some concerns as we work towards launching a public portal. OR if you work at a museum and some of your collection is available online, what are you doing about it? #museums
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Does anyone know of any articles focussed on the issue of public access to museum collections databases and AI? I’ve got some concerns as we work towards launching a public portal. OR if you work at a museum and some of your collection is available online, what are you doing about it? #museums
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
Hello yes, I am in the 'eating Nutella out of the jar with a spoon' stage of packing stress, why do you ask?
February 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Hello yes, I am in the 'eating Nutella out of the jar with a spoon' stage of packing stress, why do you ask?
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Yet another crucial point: the vast majority of the world’s historical archives have not been digitized and are thus totally invisible to LLMs/AI.
bsky.app/profile/jcte...
bsky.app/profile/jcte...
it's literally impossible for an LLM to do a historian's job
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
February 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Yet another crucial point: the vast majority of the world’s historical archives have not been digitized and are thus totally invisible to LLMs/AI.
bsky.app/profile/jcte...
bsky.app/profile/jcte...
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They took the flag from Stonewall.
They TOOK the FLAG from STONEWALL.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
They TOOK the FLAG from STONEWALL.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Feds remove pride flag from Stonewall, iconic site in LGBTQ+ movement
The move came after a directive from the Trump administration to remove certain flags from national historic sites.
www.usatoday.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
They took the flag from Stonewall.
They TOOK the FLAG from STONEWALL.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
They TOOK the FLAG from STONEWALL.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Like most of the country, I'm struggling with the news of the shootings in Tumbler Ridge, BC. 9 people are dead. One of the victims was from NL, so the community here is reeling too, while NL's premier opts out of the gun buyback program. Get rid of them, we do not need these things in our homes.
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Like most of the country, I'm struggling with the news of the shootings in Tumbler Ridge, BC. 9 people are dead. One of the victims was from NL, so the community here is reeling too, while NL's premier opts out of the gun buyback program. Get rid of them, we do not need these things in our homes.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
I'm currently waiting for my orthopedics checkup number ?? and need to see if they can refer me to another province for the next one. That should be fun and easy??
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I'm currently waiting for my orthopedics checkup number ?? and need to see if they can refer me to another province for the next one. That should be fun and easy??
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The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”
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Wow!
‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?
‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?
Birdwatchers flock to Montréal for rare sighting of ‘vagrant’ bird that has made its home during a bitterly cold winter
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Wow!
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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All of Canada when Bad Bunny yelled CANADAAAA
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
All of Canada when Bad Bunny yelled CANADAAAA
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King George, 1782:
Sorry, I'm not watching, but I just checked the score and need to ask if all of the Patriots died
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
King George, 1782:
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Cadaver brass depicting Richard Howard (d.1499) and his wife, Cicely: Aylsham, St Michael, north Norfolk #norfolk #churches #mortality #monentomori #funeraryart #brasses #funerarybrasses #history #heritage #memory #medieval #latemedieval #tudor #death #deathshroud #materialculture
February 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Cadaver brass depicting Richard Howard (d.1499) and his wife, Cicely: Aylsham, St Michael, north Norfolk #norfolk #churches #mortality #monentomori #funeraryart #brasses #funerarybrasses #history #heritage #memory #medieval #latemedieval #tudor #death #deathshroud #materialculture
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Join us on Wednesday for Philippa Hellawell (The National Archives), 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade', at the Institute of Historical Research, London and on Zoom, 11 February, 5:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Booking link below.
The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade
www.history.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Join us on Wednesday for Philippa Hellawell (The National Archives), 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade', at the Institute of Historical Research, London and on Zoom, 11 February, 5:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Booking link below.
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The Cows are by the Windbreak
Peter Shostak
1986
Peter Shostak
1986
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Cows are by the Windbreak
Peter Shostak
1986
Peter Shostak
1986
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It's not too late to join Love Your Yew Week!
If you have an ancient or veteran yew in your burial ground - or even a younger one - visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-yew-week/ to find FAQs about removing detritus from under your yew & register before & after photos.
#CFGA #yew #ancientyew
If you have an ancient or veteran yew in your burial ground - or even a younger one - visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-yew-week/ to find FAQs about removing detritus from under your yew & register before & after photos.
#CFGA #yew #ancientyew
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
It's not too late to join Love Your Yew Week!
If you have an ancient or veteran yew in your burial ground - or even a younger one - visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-yew-week/ to find FAQs about removing detritus from under your yew & register before & after photos.
#CFGA #yew #ancientyew
If you have an ancient or veteran yew in your burial ground - or even a younger one - visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-yew-week/ to find FAQs about removing detritus from under your yew & register before & after photos.
#CFGA #yew #ancientyew
What fantastic news amongst the chaos!!
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
What fantastic news amongst the chaos!!