Lindsay Bloch
@lindsaybloch.bsky.social
Archaeologist, v. old pottery, v. good dogs, ceramic-themed nail art, historic buttons. ig:maniarchaeology. She/her 🇵🇸
https://temperedarchaeology.com/
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Lindsay Bloch
@lindsaybloch.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Treat yourself or your favorite lab, classroom, or museum to the brand new Historic Button Type Collection!
Learn to identify old and/or archaeological buttons using real antique examples. High resolution photos, dating info, and key diagnostics all in one place!
temperedarchaeology.com/buttons
Learn to identify old and/or archaeological buttons using real antique examples. High resolution photos, dating info, and key diagnostics all in one place!
temperedarchaeology.com/buttons
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ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases.
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases.
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From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
Back to basics #maniarchaeology today. Maybe the most common ironstone pattern, this simple sprig motif in copper luster is called Tea Leaf, produced throughout 2nd half of the 19th century by many different makers.
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Back to basics #maniarchaeology today. Maybe the most common ironstone pattern, this simple sprig motif in copper luster is called Tea Leaf, produced throughout 2nd half of the 19th century by many different makers.
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
Sherd image courtesy Jefferson Patterson Park
🏺 Great writeup of our collaborative project with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to understand and revitalize potting traditions!
Archaeologists partnered with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to better understand why Pensacola potters, who lived in Mobile Bay and adjacent coastal regions to the east and west around A.D. 1150-1700, used marine shell temper in their pottery.
Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/temp...
Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/temp...
October 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🏺 Great writeup of our collaborative project with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to understand and revitalize potting traditions!
🏺 The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) is hiring an archaeological analyst, based in Charlottesville, VA. bit.ly/DAACSanalyst
Paycor Job Openings
at Monticello
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October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🏺 The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) is hiring an archaeological analyst, based in Charlottesville, VA. bit.ly/DAACSanalyst
🏺DYK that the first people in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos made pottery with dust that originated in the Sahara?!
Our new article confirms this, and a whole lot more about how the Lucayans engineered pottery in this challenging environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1556...
@emikracht.bsky.social
Our new article confirms this, and a whole lot more about how the Lucayans engineered pottery in this challenging environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1556...
@emikracht.bsky.social
Palmetto Ware Pottery of the Lucayan Islands: Reverse Engineering a Novel Pottery Type
Palmetto Ware is a low-fired earthenware that was developed in the Lucayan Islands (The Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands) ca. AD 700–800. Its production and use by the Lucayan...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🏺DYK that the first people in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos made pottery with dust that originated in the Sahara?!
Our new article confirms this, and a whole lot more about how the Lucayans engineered pottery in this challenging environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1556...
@emikracht.bsky.social
Our new article confirms this, and a whole lot more about how the Lucayans engineered pottery in this challenging environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1556...
@emikracht.bsky.social
New 💅 based on this awesome early 18th c. English Delft (tin-enamel). The distinctive color palette of blue, red and green is called Bristol, though it was also made in London.
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
September 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
New 💅 based on this awesome early 18th c. English Delft (tin-enamel). The distinctive color palette of blue, red and green is called Bristol, though it was also made in London.
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
This vessel was found at George Washington Birthplace, and was likely used by the Washington family.
#maniarchaeology
🏺Nice work, @archfieldnotes.bsky.social!
Archaeologists are using advanced mapping technology to search for Maronberg, a hidden settlement of escaped slaves on St. Croix that has eluded discovery for centuries.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🏺Nice work, @archfieldnotes.bsky.social!
🏺 Great writeup of our recent work!
Archaeologists used X-rays to distinguish iron from different periods of America’s colonial past. Their results show that the purity of iron and its trace elements can be reliably used as a diagnostic feature. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/arch...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🏺 Great writeup of our recent work!
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Fox kit introducing themself!
August 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Fox kit introducing themself!
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my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.
you are SUPPOSED to signal virtue. The actual argument, such as it exists, is that people are signaling virtue while not actually being virtuous. But you are supposed to signal virtue and BE VIRTUOUS.
Really was one of the dumbest and most harmful things possible for “virtue signaling” to become some kind of epithet. Sending externally visible signals that you are engaging in pro-social behavior is normal, natural, and good, it’s how society works. Other people can’t read your fucking mind.
July 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.
🏺New article! "Spanish Signatures? XRF Analysis of Iron Artifacts in the American Southeast"
We found XRF of iron artifacts can distinguish 16th c. assemblages from later materials based on the iron purity.
What assemblages should we zap next?
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/euzoz
#archaeology
We found XRF of iron artifacts can distinguish 16th c. assemblages from later materials based on the iron purity.
What assemblages should we zap next?
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/euzoz
#archaeology
July 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🏺New article! "Spanish Signatures? XRF Analysis of Iron Artifacts in the American Southeast"
We found XRF of iron artifacts can distinguish 16th c. assemblages from later materials based on the iron purity.
What assemblages should we zap next?
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/euzoz
#archaeology
We found XRF of iron artifacts can distinguish 16th c. assemblages from later materials based on the iron purity.
What assemblages should we zap next?
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/euzoz
#archaeology
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YouGov poll, just out: "Should ICE agents be required to wear uniforms while making arrests?"
Yes: 68%
No: 18
Yes: 68%
No: 18
June 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
YouGov poll, just out: "Should ICE agents be required to wear uniforms while making arrests?"
Yes: 68%
No: 18
Yes: 68%
No: 18
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A rule of thumb that will rarely lead you astray in this country is to assume that a riot was started by the people who showed up armed and dressed for a riot.
June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A rule of thumb that will rarely lead you astray in this country is to assume that a riot was started by the people who showed up armed and dressed for a riot.
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You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”
May 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”
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🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🧪 National Science Foundation update alert ⚠️⚠️
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
NSF just made a **lot** of updates to its "priorities" page.
It's mixed news. Some good. Some bad.
❌ Not welcome: NSF is now also terminating "environmental justice" awards.
The highlighted text here is new: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
1/8... 🧵
Reposted by Lindsay Bloch
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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🧪 Another round of NSF grant terminations is expected today.
But here’s a silver lining: there’s already a webinar for you today at 2 pm ET if you’re in that boat!
(Tries to find the dark humor in moments like these…)
But here’s a silver lining: there’s already a webinar for you today at 2 pm ET if you’re in that boat!
(Tries to find the dark humor in moments like these…)
🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET
Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🧪 Another round of NSF grant terminations is expected today.
But here’s a silver lining: there’s already a webinar for you today at 2 pm ET if you’re in that boat!
(Tries to find the dark humor in moments like these…)
But here’s a silver lining: there’s already a webinar for you today at 2 pm ET if you’re in that boat!
(Tries to find the dark humor in moments like these…)
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
🏺 New #maniarchaeology inspired by 2 of my favorite things: porcelain and buttons! Prosser-molded porcelain buttons were made post-1840 and are very common archaeologically. However, the original transfer-printed designs on some of them, known as "calicos" are often worn away.
April 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🏺 New #maniarchaeology inspired by 2 of my favorite things: porcelain and buttons! Prosser-molded porcelain buttons were made post-1840 and are very common archaeologically. However, the original transfer-printed designs on some of them, known as "calicos" are often worn away.
Reposted by Lindsay Bloch
Remember, these forms are NOT toys. They are not jokes. If these forms are to be effective, they should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES be flooded with incorrect information, which would render them useless. So definitely do not do that. Do not do it one time, or a dozen times, or even hundreds of times.
2. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), run by famed vaccine skeptic and legacy hire Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has launched an online portal for “whistleblowers” reporting medical providers if they offer gender affirming treatment to trans people.
Find it here:
Find it here:
www.hhs.gov
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Remember, these forms are NOT toys. They are not jokes. If these forms are to be effective, they should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES be flooded with incorrect information, which would render them useless. So definitely do not do that. Do not do it one time, or a dozen times, or even hundreds of times.
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NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
www.nsf.gov
April 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
Reposted by Lindsay Bloch
If you are National Guard or active duty military & you are ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of your fellow Americans, call the Gl Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you are National Guard or active duty military & you are ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of your fellow Americans, call the Gl Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.
There is support, you don't have to go through with it.