Kate Sheppard
@k8shep.bsky.social
Mom. Runner. Egyptologist. Historian. Author: Women in the Valley of the Kings (St. Martin's Press)
KathleenSheppard.org
KathleenSheppard.org
Guardians of the galaxy vol 1: fun, buddy movie
Guardians vol 2 & 3: lonely men will destroy the universe instead of going to therapy.
Guardians vol 2 & 3: lonely men will destroy the universe instead of going to therapy.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Guardians of the galaxy vol 1: fun, buddy movie
Guardians vol 2 & 3: lonely men will destroy the universe instead of going to therapy.
Guardians vol 2 & 3: lonely men will destroy the universe instead of going to therapy.
I often think that people talk about AI as Boromir talked about the One Ring. “Ah, it’s a gift!”
No, it’ll take over everything if you let it and it will destroy you (and the earth).
No, it’ll take over everything if you let it and it will destroy you (and the earth).
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I often think that people talk about AI as Boromir talked about the One Ring. “Ah, it’s a gift!”
No, it’ll take over everything if you let it and it will destroy you (and the earth).
No, it’ll take over everything if you let it and it will destroy you (and the earth).
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This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
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I'm just a boy telling you that we are back with Season 3 of Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast! Join me and my two besties @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social to talk about NOTTING HILL.
October 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm just a boy telling you that we are back with Season 3 of Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast! Join me and my two besties @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social to talk about NOTTING HILL.
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Just in time for your drive home. @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social talking about one of the greatest romcoms ever made. NOTTING HILL drops right now on Reckoning with Jason Herbert. Tune and subscribe below.
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Just in time for your drive home. @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social talking about one of the greatest romcoms ever made. NOTTING HILL drops right now on Reckoning with Jason Herbert. Tune and subscribe below.
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This Thursday, online public lecture Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social Prof. of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology: ‘“How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be” in Early American Egyptology’
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This Thursday, online public lecture Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social Prof. of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology: ‘“How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be” in Early American Egyptology’
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294
Saw a guy in a shirt today that read: G*ns don’t fill the hole in your soul. You need bullets, too.
In case you’re wondering how deep red rural areas are doing and what it’s like to live in one.
In case you’re wondering how deep red rural areas are doing and what it’s like to live in one.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Saw a guy in a shirt today that read: G*ns don’t fill the hole in your soul. You need bullets, too.
In case you’re wondering how deep red rural areas are doing and what it’s like to live in one.
In case you’re wondering how deep red rural areas are doing and what it’s like to live in one.
Peacock interrupted coverage of the women’s marathon in Tokyo for a heat of the men’s 1500. Bloody typical.
September 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Peacock interrupted coverage of the women’s marathon in Tokyo for a heat of the men’s 1500. Bloody typical.
Our dean of libraries and our registrar were both fired this week with no (revealed) plan for replacing them.
Everything seems fine. It’s all okay over here.
Everything seems fine. It’s all okay over here.
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Our dean of libraries and our registrar were both fired this week with no (revealed) plan for replacing them.
Everything seems fine. It’s all okay over here.
Everything seems fine. It’s all okay over here.
Situational awareness challenge: grocery store addition.
Maybe the WHOLE FAMILY doesn’t need to stand in front of the milk cooler, chatting.
Carts go on one side or the other of the aisle. NEVER in the middle!
Hi did you know you came to a COMPLETE STOP in the entry and no one can get around you??
Maybe the WHOLE FAMILY doesn’t need to stand in front of the milk cooler, chatting.
Carts go on one side or the other of the aisle. NEVER in the middle!
Hi did you know you came to a COMPLETE STOP in the entry and no one can get around you??
August 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Situational awareness challenge: grocery store addition.
Maybe the WHOLE FAMILY doesn’t need to stand in front of the milk cooler, chatting.
Carts go on one side or the other of the aisle. NEVER in the middle!
Hi did you know you came to a COMPLETE STOP in the entry and no one can get around you??
Maybe the WHOLE FAMILY doesn’t need to stand in front of the milk cooler, chatting.
Carts go on one side or the other of the aisle. NEVER in the middle!
Hi did you know you came to a COMPLETE STOP in the entry and no one can get around you??
When I was a grad student she told me always to have library access, so I could keep working no matter what. Her impact on history of science is truly mind-boggling.
If you’re going to #HSSNOLA2025, be sure to come to our reception and panel about her legacy.
If you’re going to #HSSNOLA2025, be sure to come to our reception and panel about her legacy.
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When I was a grad student she told me always to have library access, so I could keep working no matter what. Her impact on history of science is truly mind-boggling.
If you’re going to #HSSNOLA2025, be sure to come to our reception and panel about her legacy.
If you’re going to #HSSNOLA2025, be sure to come to our reception and panel about her legacy.
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I have a short piece up @religiondispatches.org today on fascist architecture and the Trump Administration. I hate the guy running that account, but he's the (white supremacist) gift that keeps on giving.
religiondispatches.org/corrosive-co...
religiondispatches.org/corrosive-co...
Corrosive Conformity: Evil Banalities Are the Building Blocks of the Trump Administration's Fascist Architecture
DHS’s social media is at it again, and while I'm looking forward to more deep dives into DHS speechwriter Eric Lendrum’s personal life, it’s the posts themselves—on a verified government account!—that...
religiondispatches.org
August 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have a short piece up @religiondispatches.org today on fascist architecture and the Trump Administration. I hate the guy running that account, but he's the (white supremacist) gift that keeps on giving.
religiondispatches.org/corrosive-co...
religiondispatches.org/corrosive-co...
Whoopsies!!
“Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report… That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates”
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Whoopsies!!
It was difficult to explain to my 11yo the cultural hold that the Seinfeld episode that revealed Kramer’s first name held on all of us in the winter of ‘95.
a man in a suit is holding a cup of coffee and saying you 'd better believe it .
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a cup of coffee and saying you 'd better believe it .
media.tenor.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It was difficult to explain to my 11yo the cultural hold that the Seinfeld episode that revealed Kramer’s first name held on all of us in the winter of ‘95.
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Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.
I say that with all due gravity.
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.
I say that with all due gravity.
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You know it’s not the heat so much as it is the unyielding atmospheric stress and relentless legacy pressure to feel the same way you did 30 years ago when the things you were promised for a lifetime of hard work still existed
Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄
Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄
July 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You know it’s not the heat so much as it is the unyielding atmospheric stress and relentless legacy pressure to feel the same way you did 30 years ago when the things you were promised for a lifetime of hard work still existed
Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄
Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄
The Center for #STS at Missouri S&T is co-hosting a conference this fall called Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion.
Are there too many #AI themed things? YES. Will this one be different? YES. Should you check it out? Also YES. #CfP
econnection.mst.edu/2025/07/call...
Are there too many #AI themed things? YES. Will this one be different? YES. Should you check it out? Also YES. #CfP
econnection.mst.edu/2025/07/call...
Call for papers: Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion Conference
The Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion Conference, co-hosted by the Center for Science, Technology and Society, the Kummer Institute Center for AI and Autonomous Systems and M...
econnection.mst.edu
July 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Center for #STS at Missouri S&T is co-hosting a conference this fall called Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion.
Are there too many #AI themed things? YES. Will this one be different? YES. Should you check it out? Also YES. #CfP
econnection.mst.edu/2025/07/call...
Are there too many #AI themed things? YES. Will this one be different? YES. Should you check it out? Also YES. #CfP
econnection.mst.edu/2025/07/call...
You can get WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS from your library! #ILoveLibraries
Today’s plane reading! If I stay awake that is…premenopausal insomnia has been killing me all week. Maybe dry, hot air and proximity to hieroglyphics would help with that??
#hatm @k8shep.bsky.social
#hatm @k8shep.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You can get WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS from your library! #ILoveLibraries
Something tells me this guest essay author is being snubbed by their family…
July 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Something tells me this guest essay author is being snubbed by their family…
On the 4th, my kid & his cousin debated why we saw the flash before the bang in fireworks.
My kid (11 yo): Mom, will you tell her about the speed of sound and light?
Me: Sure! [explains]
My sister’s friend: …whyyyyy do you know that? …what do you do for a living?!
Me: I’m a historian of science
😎
My kid (11 yo): Mom, will you tell her about the speed of sound and light?
Me: Sure! [explains]
My sister’s friend: …whyyyyy do you know that? …what do you do for a living?!
Me: I’m a historian of science
😎
July 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On the 4th, my kid & his cousin debated why we saw the flash before the bang in fireworks.
My kid (11 yo): Mom, will you tell her about the speed of sound and light?
Me: Sure! [explains]
My sister’s friend: …whyyyyy do you know that? …what do you do for a living?!
Me: I’m a historian of science
😎
My kid (11 yo): Mom, will you tell her about the speed of sound and light?
Me: Sure! [explains]
My sister’s friend: …whyyyyy do you know that? …what do you do for a living?!
Me: I’m a historian of science
😎
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
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Dude they're fucking ME, and all the people who voted for AND against them in their districts, and also EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. I wish they weren't fucking anyone.
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dude they're fucking ME, and all the people who voted for AND against them in their districts, and also EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. I wish they weren't fucking anyone.
Dude (smith) is always thinking he’s got a point but really he’s just SO not smart.
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Dude (smith) is always thinking he’s got a point but really he’s just SO not smart.
And that writing history actually requires skills and expertise that take time and training to develop. And that maybe JUST MAYBE we don’t need another book about finding King Tut.
Part of the problem here is that ‘popular history’ hacks keep writing about the same old stuff, so of course the source-base is saturated. How about writing about something new for a change, where you have to do some serious primary research?
June 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
And that writing history actually requires skills and expertise that take time and training to develop. And that maybe JUST MAYBE we don’t need another book about finding King Tut.
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Part of the problem here is that ‘popular history’ hacks keep writing about the same old stuff, so of course the source-base is saturated. How about writing about something new for a change, where you have to do some serious primary research?
June 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Part of the problem here is that ‘popular history’ hacks keep writing about the same old stuff, so of course the source-base is saturated. How about writing about something new for a change, where you have to do some serious primary research?