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librarianchef.bsky.social
Rspinelli
@librarianchef.bsky.social
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Independent researcher, archivist and librarian researching in the fields of conspiracy theories and death studies. Always open to discussing new projects and collaborations.

https://www.robert-spinelli.com
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librarianchef.bsky.social
Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief (2026) will be released with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates collections, objects and stories within library settings.

@kpalex91.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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graveyardarch.bsky.social
The volume that @librarianchef.bsky.social and I have been working on since like 2022, 'Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present', is being published on Dec 1st, 2025! Just in time for Christmas! Thank you to all the wonderful authors!!
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
The stars in the sky don't know we exist and I think that's nice for them
October 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Today is the official release day!
horrorlex.bsky.social Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · Oct 3
You're not paranoid if they really ARE out to get you. @librarianchef.bsky.social & friends peek at cultural phenoms, TV like THE X-FILES and films like SOFT & QUIET in their new book of essays on pop conspiracies. @mcfarland.bsky.social @memorieschild.bsky.social
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-...
The cover of the book "The Lizard People Don't Want You to Read This: Essays on Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture" featuring an illustration of a close-up eye of a green-skinned humanoid. The iris of the eye has circuitry within it.
October 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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drlaurahaynes.bsky.social
I applaud Dr. Morgan Goheen for her willingness to engage infectious disease skeptics...especially when they are sitting next to you on a flight & you can't get up and leave!!!

#MedSky

www.huffpost.com/entry/infect...
I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living.
"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations."
www.huffpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
This is what I came home to after work today. A bit creepy to see those eyes staring, but exciting nonetheless!
Open box displaying author copies of a book.
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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berghahnbooks.bsky.social
For #EAA2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social, browse our #Archaeology titles: bit.ly/4nawpls

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@cbwolff.bsky.social
@graveyardarch.bsky.social
@librarianchef.bsky.social
@creightonavery.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Anyone local should come say hello if you are able to attend.
August 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
nice
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Aug 14
Jones has lost control of his media empire to a newly-appointed receiver who will sell it off to pay the Sandy Hook Elementary School families who sued Jones for defamation after the 2012 shootings.
Infowars conspiracist Alex Jones is a big step closer to losing his studio and brand
Jones has lost control of his media empire to a newly-appointed receiver who will sell it off to pay the Sandy Hook Elementary School families who sued Jones for defamation after the 2012 shootings.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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wihorne.bsky.social
The white nationalist ambitions of this regime are just plain as day. Anyone from that world would recognize these images or the Manifest Destiny references employed by DHS as a call to genocide in service of a white nation.
hannahgais.bsky.social hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · Aug 12
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Homeland Security @DHSgov Which way, American man? http://JOIN.ICE.GOV photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"
August 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who has helped work on and encouraged the creation of this book!
August 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
We have been working hard on this volume for the past few years. It has been a great collaboration and it's incredibly rewarding to see a final product emerging!
graveyardarch.bsky.social Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · Jun 13
Myself & @librarianchef.bsky.social are so excited to share the final cover design for our edited volume! Hopefully preorder will be live soon, so keep your eyes peeled! & hurray to all the authors!! 🪦🏺 #heritage #deathstudies
@berghahnbooks.bsky.social
A screenshot of a book cover, titled 'Death, Communication, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present, edited by Robert Spinelli and Robyn S. Lacy'. The text is a cream and white, over a teal bar of colour. The background are jars of dirt with names of people on them, lining wooden shelves.
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Please consider submitting a paper to this panel that I will be chairing at the SAMLA conference in November.

samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19363
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June 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
librarianchef.bsky.social
The volume I am putting together with @cultarchaeo.bsky.social has a few more weeks left accepting submissions. If you've been considering sending along an abstract, there's still time!

www.robert-spinelli.com/call-for-pap...
General 1 — Robert Spinelli, MLS/MA
www.robert-spinelli.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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cultarchaeo.bsky.social
"'It will present evidence that suggests ancient serpent or lizard-like aliens came to earth thousands of years ago,' the narrator says." 😐 It won't because there is no evidence for this. Unsurprising, but still disappointing, to see pseudoarchaeology themes taking top spots on this media platform:
May 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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chendirl.bsky.social
#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s 👇 Conf site QR Code 👇 Brilliant program made possible by our brilliant ⭐ #skystorians @whaireland.bsky.social #WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Great to meet @mcfarland.bsky.social at PCA this last week in New Orleans.
Promo poster for upcoming books.
April 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Only a few weeks left to submit a proposal for what promises to be a fascinating collection in collaboration with @cultarchaeo.bsky.social!

Follow the link for more info: www.robert-spinelli.com/call-for-pap...
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
This is going to be a great conference!
kpalex91.bsky.social Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Apr 14
Heading off to New Orleans tomorrow for the @pcaaca.bsky.social conference! If you’re going, make sure you catch me and @librarianchef.bsky.social on Friday evening as we share a sneak peek into our forthcoming volume, “Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief” 📚💀

#pcaaca25
April 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
I grew up on a diet of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark... I swear these vines covering a lamppost in Wroclaw, Poland are straight out of my childhood nightmares.
A lamppost covered in dark vines that resemble a creature with long hair bent over. When the light is on, it looks like the head/skull is glowing.
April 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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cultarchaeo.bsky.social
Begging for the return of the humanities and social sciences to remind the tech bros that "spitballing a few bullet points" into AI does not mean an author will write 1000 books, it means that *AI* will write 1000 books.
vauhinivara.bsky.social Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · Apr 7
Meet the startup, backed by big Silicon Valley investors, Macmillan's owner, and former HarperCollins and Penguin execs, that wants authors to "just spitball a few bullet points" to get AI to write books — "and then suddenly each author is writing 1,000 books." 👀 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Romance Publisher Dreaming of an AI-Driven Dynasty
Inkitt has influential backers and a vision for infinitely customizable on-demand content. What would be left for the human creators?
www.bloomberg.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
This volume is a labor of love that has been long coming. @graveyardarch.bsky.social has been a most astute and incredible individual to help nurture this project to completion.
graveyardarch.bsky.social Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · Apr 3
Pleased to announce that the edited volume that @librarianchef.bsky.social & I have been working in for the last 2ish years is finally in production! It is called 'Death, Commemoration & Cultural Meaning - Past & Present'. Thank you to all our amazing contributors & @berghahnbooks.bsky.social !!
April 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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asheeshksi.bsky.social
"Which brings us to the problem obscured by the perpetual denunciations of academic writing:what has been lost is the material support for this kind of work,this kind of reading.We need not romanticize the golden age of the university...to say that things are materially worse now." shorturl.at/B5F6Q
Everyone Hates Academic Writing. They’re Wrong.
In praise of scholarly prose.
www.chronicle.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
librarianchef.bsky.social
Time for a new project!

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please check out the more detailed information below.
cultarchaeo.bsky.social Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · Mar 26
New CfP: @librarianchef.bsky.social and I are looking to draw together a variety of folks (not limited to just archaeologists) who are interested in writing about pseudoarchaeology & the ways pseudoarch is used/appears in the world! See our call below, dm or email me or Robert with any questions! 🏺
A lenghtly call for papers for an edited book drawn together by myself and Robert Spinelli. We're looking for discussions on all the different ways pseudoarchaeology can be used, or how it appears, for example its appearance on social media or in pop culture, how it is used towards far-right extremism, pseudoarchaeological explanations of human origins, etc. We are not looking for strictly debunking chapters, we are more interested in looking beyond debunking. Email myself at halmhofe@ualberta.ca or Robert at rspinelli@ncis.org for more questions or submissions. 250 word Proposals and short author bios due by May 5, with selected authors contacted by June 5. Chapters of 5000-7000 words due Dec 31st.
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM