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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Hello everyone, I thought I'd reintroduce myself! 💁♀️
I'm Dr. Robyn Lacy, & I'm a historical + mortuary archaeologist in NL, Canada. I'm an adjunct professor of archaeology, gravestone conservator, & museum educator. I study burials, protective symbols, & colonial spaces! 🏺 #archaeology #heritage
I'm Dr. Robyn Lacy, & I'm a historical + mortuary archaeologist in NL, Canada. I'm an adjunct professor of archaeology, gravestone conservator, & museum educator. I study burials, protective symbols, & colonial spaces! 🏺 #archaeology #heritage
I assisted my colleague with a Remembrance Day embroidery workshop yesterday, & made this!! I learned most of the stitches during the workshop so I could assist participants, & made this in between actually helping :) #embroidery
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I assisted my colleague with a Remembrance Day embroidery workshop yesterday, & made this!! I learned most of the stitches during the workshop so I could assist participants, & made this in between actually helping :) #embroidery
It's wild that I've paid conference registration to present virtually at a conference in the states, but there are only 5 papers I can attend virtually. That...sucks. 🏺
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's wild that I've paid conference registration to present virtually at a conference in the states, but there are only 5 papers I can attend virtually. That...sucks. 🏺
I had my first physio appointment today! We measured the baseline of my mobility, did a heat & electric pulse treatemnt for the swelling, & I have some homework. I'm looking forward to walking better soon!
Knee update: It has been 2 months since my accident! My ortho followup said I am good to start physio & not use the brqce anymore! I still can't bend it well, but I can walk around slowly or with a cane ✨️ Also my dr showed me my CT scan, & I really want a copy! Healing up, slowly!
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I had my first physio appointment today! We measured the baseline of my mobility, did a heat & electric pulse treatemnt for the swelling, & I have some homework. I'm looking forward to walking better soon!
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
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“The world’s first vaccination clinic”.
Edward Jenner's garden hut, regarded as the birthplace of immunology – revolutionising global public health & saving countless lives – has been added to England’s heritage at risk register.
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Edward Jenner's garden hut, regarded as the birthplace of immunology – revolutionising global public health & saving countless lives – has been added to England’s heritage at risk register.
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Garden shed of vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner added to heritage at risk register
Shed where father of immunology trialled first smallpox vaccine among 138 additions to Historic England list
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Irish people are embracing the language, the music, the heritage etc. from a place of deficit forced on them by colonialism. They are reclaiming what's theirs, which is healthy & shows a maturing society, distancing itself from colonial attitudes towards native culture.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Irish people are embracing the language, the music, the heritage etc. from a place of deficit forced on them by colonialism. They are reclaiming what's theirs, which is healthy & shows a maturing society, distancing itself from colonial attitudes towards native culture.
Truely feeling like Jess from New Girl today when I uttered, while rumaging in my purse, 'Where are my car keys? All I can find are lollypops!'😂
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Truely feeling like Jess from New Girl today when I uttered, while rumaging in my purse, 'Where are my car keys? All I can find are lollypops!'😂
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Knee update: It has been 2 months since my accident! My ortho followup said I am good to start physio & not use the brqce anymore! I still can't bend it well, but I can walk around slowly or with a cane ✨️ Also my dr showed me my CT scan, & I really want a copy! Healing up, slowly!
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Knee update: It has been 2 months since my accident! My ortho followup said I am good to start physio & not use the brqce anymore! I still can't bend it well, but I can walk around slowly or with a cane ✨️ Also my dr showed me my CT scan, & I really want a copy! Healing up, slowly!
What if, hear me out, we supported the researchers we already have (myself & my colleagues included) who are struggling to find finding & research positions as it is, & are frequently looking outside the continent for actual opportunities?
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What if, hear me out, we supported the researchers we already have (myself & my colleagues included) who are struggling to find finding & research positions as it is, & are frequently looking outside the continent for actual opportunities?
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This is brilliant. Please share widely.
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is brilliant. Please share widely.
What am I supposed to post about now that #31DaysofGraves is over??
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What am I supposed to post about now that #31DaysofGraves is over??
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I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
If you are attending the #CNEHA conference irl this year, my colleague Alessandra & I just recorded our virtual talk on gravestone painting & preservation issues! Do check it out in the virtual session on Sat! #archaeology #conference 🏺
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you are attending the #CNEHA conference irl this year, my colleague Alessandra & I just recorded our virtual talk on gravestone painting & preservation issues! Do check it out in the virtual session on Sat! #archaeology #conference 🏺
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LLMs are racist snd sexist because the material they’re trained on is racist snd sexist and they’re owned and operated by racist, sexist billionaires.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
LLMs are racist snd sexist because the material they’re trained on is racist snd sexist and they’re owned and operated by racist, sexist billionaires.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
Stop using this shit. It’s fucking up your brain.
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‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
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The Indigenous knowledge statement was made by Eric Kaufmann, multi-time author at Quillette and director of the "Centre for Heterodox Social Science." He teaches an online public course about "woke," featuring readings from Christopher Rufo, James Lindsay, Richard Hanania, to name just a few.
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Indigenous knowledge statement was made by Eric Kaufmann, multi-time author at Quillette and director of the "Centre for Heterodox Social Science." He teaches an online public course about "woke," featuring readings from Christopher Rufo, James Lindsay, Richard Hanania, to name just a few.
Holy guys. I've been reading more about this & it is So Scary. We need diversity in research. We need everyone's voices & ideas. #cbc #academia @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
I've been reading this meeting record on the topic & it is Chilling.
www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...
I've been reading this meeting record on the topic & it is Chilling.
www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Holy guys. I've been reading more about this & it is So Scary. We need diversity in research. We need everyone's voices & ideas. #cbc #academia @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
I've been reading this meeting record on the topic & it is Chilling.
www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...
I've been reading this meeting record on the topic & it is Chilling.
www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...
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harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…
www.thecrimson.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
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Bases My potato
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November 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Bases My potato
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I never watch baseball, but we are watching this & I Am Stressed!! 🐦
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I never watch baseball, but we are watching this & I Am Stressed!! 🐦
Oh that's going to be a Hard No on mining applicants data for weird anti-EDI stuff??? Check out the letter below if you hold/have applied to Tri-Council funding in Canada! #academia #tricouncil #sshrc
If you have or have had Tri-Council funding you, too, may be concerned about this Parliamentary Committee request for confidential data.
Also, these clowns asked for 5 years of data on applications from everyone from MA students to Canada Research Chairs in... an excel spreadsheet. 15 days notice.
Also, these clowns asked for 5 years of data on applications from everyone from MA students to Canada Research Chairs in... an excel spreadsheet. 15 days notice.
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh that's going to be a Hard No on mining applicants data for weird anti-EDI stuff??? Check out the letter below if you hold/have applied to Tri-Council funding in Canada! #academia #tricouncil #sshrc
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
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🧵 This is trending on Korean socials
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🧵 This is trending on Korean socials