Tom Cuthbertson
@tcuthbertson13.bsky.social
Recovering archaeologist, hobby photographer, sometimes Sci comm
All views expressed are solely my own.
All views expressed are solely my own.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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We already see literally this *exact* same claim from adults engaged in pseudoarchaeological content - that humans could not have [done whatever they're focusing on]. I worry about how difficult education on the past will become as kids who believe this begin to take notice of adults in popular
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We already see literally this *exact* same claim from adults engaged in pseudoarchaeological content - that humans could not have [done whatever they're focusing on]. I worry about how difficult education on the past will become as kids who believe this begin to take notice of adults in popular
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Anyone else constantly vacillating between wanting to build community (or at least contribute to one) one moment and wanting to disappear into the Appalachian mountains to build a log cabin/rock shelter into the side of the mountain and become a cryptid the next?
Cool me neither.
Cool me neither.
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Anyone else constantly vacillating between wanting to build community (or at least contribute to one) one moment and wanting to disappear into the Appalachian mountains to build a log cabin/rock shelter into the side of the mountain and become a cryptid the next?
Cool me neither.
Cool me neither.
Almost like he behaves like a real estate developer...
I guess this is when we get to introduce the nation to the tale of the Bonwit Teller building: news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Almost like he behaves like a real estate developer...
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
When everything feels out of control, making, fixing, and cleaning bring me some peace. Today I made some bread and cleaned my floors.
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
When everything feels out of control, making, fixing, and cleaning bring me some peace. Today I made some bread and cleaned my floors.
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This was magnificent.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This was magnificent.
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DC is a place that’s way more than government & I lost the rest of this thought because I’m turning to dust but don’t these 3 new books about different aspects of the history of the DC punk scene sound interesting
DC Punk Explored in Three New History Books
Two are about zines and one chronicles Swiz.
www.washingtonian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
DC is a place that’s way more than government & I lost the rest of this thought because I’m turning to dust but don’t these 3 new books about different aspects of the history of the DC punk scene sound interesting
Any extra archeologists in DC this weekend for the public archaeology conference?
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Any extra archeologists in DC this weekend for the public archaeology conference?
All this nonsense is cutting into my silly goose time.
a black and white drawing of a goose with the word egoistic in the background
ALT: a black and white drawing of a goose with the word egoistic in the background
media.tenor.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
All this nonsense is cutting into my silly goose time.
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Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are not optional or negotiable.
I hope someday we can make a world where everyone can feel free to be visible and joyful.
Trans rights are not optional or negotiable.
I hope someday we can make a world where everyone can feel free to be visible and joyful.
March 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are not optional or negotiable.
I hope someday we can make a world where everyone can feel free to be visible and joyful.
Trans rights are not optional or negotiable.
I hope someday we can make a world where everyone can feel free to be visible and joyful.
As much to myself as it is to everyone else right now:
Un-clench your jaw, take a deep breath, relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders.
There's hope everyday you're still above ground.
Unless you're an archaeologist, then there's still hope when you're in a pit...well...
spite anyway.
Un-clench your jaw, take a deep breath, relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders.
There's hope everyday you're still above ground.
Unless you're an archaeologist, then there's still hope when you're in a pit...well...
spite anyway.
March 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As much to myself as it is to everyone else right now:
Un-clench your jaw, take a deep breath, relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders.
There's hope everyday you're still above ground.
Unless you're an archaeologist, then there's still hope when you're in a pit...well...
spite anyway.
Un-clench your jaw, take a deep breath, relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders.
There's hope everyday you're still above ground.
Unless you're an archaeologist, then there's still hope when you're in a pit...well...
spite anyway.
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They're coming for the Smithsonian now.
The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
They're coming for the Smithsonian now.
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Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks
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#copyediting
primary (v.) = what one does to alleged members of one's own party who vote to censure their brave and outspoken colleagues
primary (v.) = what one does to alleged members of one's own party who vote to censure their brave and outspoken colleagues
#copyediting
censor = to suppress, repress, or otherwise conceal or eliminate information
censure = to formally disapprove and condemn
censor = to suppress, repress, or otherwise conceal or eliminate information
censure = to formally disapprove and condemn
March 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#copyediting
primary (v.) = what one does to alleged members of one's own party who vote to censure their brave and outspoken colleagues
primary (v.) = what one does to alleged members of one's own party who vote to censure their brave and outspoken colleagues
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Hey. Hey.
Al Green did the thing. Instead of only being mad at the people who didn't, let's celebrate that.
Al Green did the thing. Instead of only being mad at the people who didn't, let's celebrate that.
March 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hey. Hey.
Al Green did the thing. Instead of only being mad at the people who didn't, let's celebrate that.
Al Green did the thing. Instead of only being mad at the people who didn't, let's celebrate that.
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"If you're inconvenienced by a strike, blame the boss, not the workers"
Pasteup spotted in Footscray, Victoria
Pasteup spotted in Footscray, Victoria
March 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"If you're inconvenienced by a strike, blame the boss, not the workers"
Pasteup spotted in Footscray, Victoria
Pasteup spotted in Footscray, Victoria
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Life, uh, finds a way. 😎
February 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Life, uh, finds a way. 😎
Sure is Monday.
February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sure is Monday.
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Archaeology is proudly international.
If you are an archaeologist working in the USA who has been impacted by the Trump administration's Executive Orders, or Elon Musk's DOGE, we want to tell your story.
Contact us in confidence by DM, email, or Signal, remembering not to use a work device.
If you are an archaeologist working in the USA who has been impacted by the Trump administration's Executive Orders, or Elon Musk's DOGE, we want to tell your story.
Contact us in confidence by DM, email, or Signal, remembering not to use a work device.
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Archaeology is proudly international.
If you are an archaeologist working in the USA who has been impacted by the Trump administration's Executive Orders, or Elon Musk's DOGE, we want to tell your story.
Contact us in confidence by DM, email, or Signal, remembering not to use a work device.
If you are an archaeologist working in the USA who has been impacted by the Trump administration's Executive Orders, or Elon Musk's DOGE, we want to tell your story.
Contact us in confidence by DM, email, or Signal, remembering not to use a work device.
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Good morning, please have a nice bug*.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*moth, idk who, in the pine barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*moth, idk who, in the pine barrens
February 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning, please have a nice bug*.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*moth, idk who, in the pine barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*moth, idk who, in the pine barrens
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The archaeologist for Vicksburg National Military Park was terminated. I knew him because he reached out for help when a landslide disturbed Black Civil War veterans' graves on an Indigenous burial mound. He ensured utmost respect & honor for both deceased & descendants.
Our admin didn't care.
Our admin didn't care.
February 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The archaeologist for Vicksburg National Military Park was terminated. I knew him because he reached out for help when a landslide disturbed Black Civil War veterans' graves on an Indigenous burial mound. He ensured utmost respect & honor for both deceased & descendants.
Our admin didn't care.
Our admin didn't care.
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People ask this question a LOT, so I talked to some amazing folks and wrote a short explainer.
tl;dr - Leave it, take a pic, tell the SHPO. 🏺🧪
tl;dr - Leave it, take a pic, tell the SHPO. 🏺🧪
What should I do if I find a cool artifact in the US?
Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.
www.livescience.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
People ask this question a LOT, so I talked to some amazing folks and wrote a short explainer.
tl;dr - Leave it, take a pic, tell the SHPO. 🏺🧪
tl;dr - Leave it, take a pic, tell the SHPO. 🏺🧪
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Allowing the administration to define broad swaths of history, programming and civil rights compliance as “DEI” and then regurgitating that language instead of clearly articulating what specifically is being targeted is spreading disinformation and propaganda.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Allowing the administration to define broad swaths of history, programming and civil rights compliance as “DEI” and then regurgitating that language instead of clearly articulating what specifically is being targeted is spreading disinformation and propaganda.