Katherine Piper
@katherinepiper.bsky.social
Retired Egyptologist/archaeologist now heckling. Volunteer assistant logboat conservator at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Currently @theees.bsky.social bake sale, formerly archives and events volunteer. Dog servant. Spooky. AuDHD.
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First run through at an #Egyptology Starter Pack. Let me know who I need to add!! #Archaeology #AncientMediterranean
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I don’t really do much Egyptology stuff these days, but it’s good to see more people (and institutions!) making their way over here. It would be nice if more of Egyptology Tw*tter made the great migration …
A well-meaning 25-year-old tried to explain the cultural impact of Green Day’s American Idiot album to me today, and I just don’t think I’m old enough to feel like this.
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
A well-meaning 25-year-old tried to explain the cultural impact of Green Day’s American Idiot album to me today, and I just don’t think I’m old enough to feel like this.
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I screamed at this for so many different reasons...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I screamed at this for so many different reasons...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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I've seen fossils in some remarkable places, but this takes the prize: the benthic foram Nummulites in the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza. These massive blocks were quarried from the Eocene Mokkatam Formation when a relictual population of woolly mammoths still lived on Wrangel Island.
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I've seen fossils in some remarkable places, but this takes the prize: the benthic foram Nummulites in the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza. These massive blocks were quarried from the Eocene Mokkatam Formation when a relictual population of woolly mammoths still lived on Wrangel Island.
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The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
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AI companies are accused of mass theft
Unrelated
British Museum uses AI slop in recent social media post
The British Museum would never use anything stolen for self-promotion, would it? 🙃
Unrelated
British Museum uses AI slop in recent social media post
The British Museum would never use anything stolen for self-promotion, would it? 🙃
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
AI companies are accused of mass theft
Unrelated
British Museum uses AI slop in recent social media post
The British Museum would never use anything stolen for self-promotion, would it? 🙃
Unrelated
British Museum uses AI slop in recent social media post
The British Museum would never use anything stolen for self-promotion, would it? 🙃
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in *2018*
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
in *2018*
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With much love RIP Catherine O'Hara.
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
With much love RIP Catherine O'Hara.
No, I’m sorry, not allowed. Unacceptable. What a legend, and what a legacy to leave behind.
Catherine O’Hara, award-winning actor of big and small screen, dies aged 71
Catherine O’Hara, award-winning actor of big and small screen, dies aged 71
Actor, known for roles in Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone and Best in Show, has died with cause of death unknown
Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone and Best in Show, has died at the age of 71.
Her manager confirmed the news to Variety and the cause of death is yet unknown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
No, I’m sorry, not allowed. Unacceptable. What a legend, and what a legacy to leave behind.
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Camps, where detainees can be concentrated.
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Camps, where detainees can be concentrated.
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Beth Hapworth, 32, expressed relief at having her suspicions confirmed that everyone else was in possession of clandestine instructions on how to live their lives.
Autistic woman conquers world after discovering allistics’ secret life handbook
An autistic woman has finally been given the keys to the kingdom after unearthing the elusive How to Person handbook the neurotypicals have been hiding from us, it has been announced. Beth Hapworth,…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Beth Hapworth, 32, expressed relief at having her suspicions confirmed that everyone else was in possession of clandestine instructions on how to live their lives.
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They stole his Spidey backpack.
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:27 AM
They stole his Spidey backpack.
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Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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Braverman and Farage would have this on the streets of Britain.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Braverman and Farage would have this on the streets of Britain.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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The author rightly draws parallels between what’s happening in Minneapolis and the Jan25th Egyptian revolution in terms of the organic nature of leaderless movements.
I curated Twitter content during the Arab Spring and was close with many participants. Tahrir Square has come to mind often lately.
I curated Twitter content during the Arab Spring and was close with many participants. Tahrir Square has come to mind often lately.
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The author rightly draws parallels between what’s happening in Minneapolis and the Jan25th Egyptian revolution in terms of the organic nature of leaderless movements.
I curated Twitter content during the Arab Spring and was close with many participants. Tahrir Square has come to mind often lately.
I curated Twitter content during the Arab Spring and was close with many participants. Tahrir Square has come to mind often lately.
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The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
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Vaccines, clean water, formula, and maternity care have flipped our society around in ways we can barely comprehend.
Fuck this entire administration trying to undo that precious, life saving work.
Fuck this entire administration trying to undo that precious, life saving work.
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Vaccines, clean water, formula, and maternity care have flipped our society around in ways we can barely comprehend.
Fuck this entire administration trying to undo that precious, life saving work.
Fuck this entire administration trying to undo that precious, life saving work.
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Right wing nut jobs: Mamdani is going to impose Sharia law on NYC.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
I’m crying from laughing so much at this. Same as the guy with the yellow folder who is clearly trying to not crack up.
(I love our Mayor)
(I love our Mayor)
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Right wing nut jobs: Mamdani is going to impose Sharia law on NYC.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
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I've been surprised to discover a few people planning US visits for either work or pleasure who are definitely aware of what's going on, but have adopted the 'it'll be fine' attitude
Which translates to 'I don't think it will affect me' 🤨
Which translates to 'I don't think it will affect me' 🤨
As an independent practitioner/someone without institutional affiliation, I've decided this isn't a good time for me to visit the US for work. I shared this with others attending a tech-adjacent conference/event and am surprised to have 2 ppl privately contact me to ask what I think the risks are
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I've been surprised to discover a few people planning US visits for either work or pleasure who are definitely aware of what's going on, but have adopted the 'it'll be fine' attitude
Which translates to 'I don't think it will affect me' 🤨
Which translates to 'I don't think it will affect me' 🤨