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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
@animalarchaeology.com
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Zooarchaeologist. 🏺
Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜
Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪
Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️‍🌈♿️
https://dralexfitzpatrick.carrd.co/
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It’s been nearly a decade since I last visited and I miss it dearly!
A photo of me in my early 20’s wearing a black leather jacket and black skinny jeans, with dyed dark blonde hair, a white beanie, and aviator glasses on. I’m posing with my hands outstretched in front of the ruins of a round stone building.
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Incredible example of the exact issue with Democrats right now: not listening to the actually people being impacted, and instead choosing to be snarky and patronising.
One post which reads, “Hey, as a known authentic Minnesotan, I just want to let you know that I see a lot of other known authentic Minnesotans (including MN63 State Senator Zaynab Mohamed) telling you that this is a tone-deaf choice.” In response, user Simon Rosenberg says, “There may be a lot of known Minnesotans telling me - shockingly - I should not be supporting the DFL, but as someone who's run countering disinfo operations there have been dozens of inauthentic accounts in our discussion and that should make all of you "authentic" Minnesotans deeply uncomfortable.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Many of the people who are most vocal in their criticism of the Democrats are those who are most betrayed by them - those of us who are from already marginalised and vulnerable communities.

When you say shit like quoted posts below, it’s just as dehumanising as any other bigoted shit we hear, tbh!
The original post from user Fred Furnari which reads, “The more I read those critics the more I think they are GOP/ Russian trolls. Who ever they are the agenda seems to dissuade us from creating any sense of unity. And to instil a sense of distrust of any dem leader. This approach worked in 2024. They're doing it again. I say ignore and block.” This is quoted by user Simon Rosenberg with a post that reads “Yes, the campaign attacking this work is clearly mostly inauthentic accounts. These kinds of swarms are common on Twitter. Never experienced it here on Bluesky before. In a time of crisis we all need to do our part. This is what I do, and am proud of our contribution…”
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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alright I can’t deal with another bout of non-violence discourse, everyone has to read these two books before they can weigh in now
The cover of “THIS NONVIOLENT STUFF'LL GET YOU KILLED: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible” by Charles E. Cobb Jr. The cover is a black and white photograph of a Black older woman in a chair with a rifle next to her. The cover of “WE WILL SHOOT BACK: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement” by Akinyele Omowale Umoja. The cover depicts a Black man laying on his stomach in a field with a rifle in his hands.
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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btw in case you’re a fellow switch user, feel free to add me and watch as I put another 100 hours into this baby game for babies (complementary, as I am a big baby)
A screenshot showing my friend code for the Nintendo Switch which reads: “SW-7490-3727-6213 0”
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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🏺 Oh hey, now that #AnimalCrossing is back and I’ve got a better means of decompressing from the Hellscape that is our current reality, I can also reshare some of my previous writing on the connections between Animal Crossing, archaeology, and museums. ⬇️
A screenshot of my Animal Crossing character, a person with brown wavy hair in a yellow cardigan and yellow beanie. She is facing away from the camera, sat on a white floral cushion on the ground on top of a purple mystical rug. Next to her is a coral coloured Nintendo switch. She is facing a low rattan coffee table which has a pink laptop on it. Open on the laptop is the opening to the game Stardew Valley.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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🏺 Back at it again with my collections survey work and I feel obligated to share this lovely little doll from Beni Hasan, currently held at Eton College.

catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-ecm-1...
A photo of a doll made of wrapped thread with “hair” made of teal coloured glass beads.
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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please enjoy this photo of the family dog as a token of my thanks for you all not unfollowing in droves while I was complaining the whole trip
A photo of a beagle sat weirdly like a human with a weird look on her face
January 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Offering a brief respite in the hellscape that is today through this photo of toddler Alex clearly terrified to be next to ET that we just found.
A photo of me as a Wasian toddler with a bob haircut and fringe looking slightly terrified while holding a white teddy bear next to a figure of ET from the film when he is dressed in a blonde wig and dress.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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📽️ Need to be better at logging my films on here - but damn, my most viewed on Letterbox for last year are incredibly on brand for me.
A screenshot showing part of my 2025 in film from Letterboxd: 137 films logged and reviewed, 234 hours watched, with Stephen Chow as my most watched actor and Joel Coen as my most watched director.
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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This is in response to me saying that marginalised people are already suffering under a Labour government, btw.

I’m blocking this deeply evil person but I want centrists to realise that this is exactly what you are fighting for - a nicer, quieter bigotry that will continue to destroy lives.
A reply from user polseoglompa which reads “To be honest, if you cannot read the opinion polls and see that this country is at risk of being controlled by the far right then you are a lost cause. You are essentially actively enabling hard right reform government by chasing liberal ideological purity! You should also feel ashamed!”
January 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Context (and follow up) in case I’m blocked.
The OP from user farwide which reads, “We discussed this exact point yesterday over dinner, and I find it puzzling too. They've been nowhere near as bad as the last 14 years, yet have attracted 5x the scorn for some reason.” In response to my quote tweet, they reply “There surely aren't sufficient marginalised groups to generate these polls though?”
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Context in case I’m blocked.
A post from John Hamer which reads “A by product of the digital age. Press button & get immediate action. Can't blame younger generations who think all of life is just the same. Patience & understanding in short supply.”
January 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Context in case I’m blocked (plus the follow up reply which is even worse lol).
A post from user polseoglompa which reads: “Except he really isn't actively making things worse. You can only come to that conclusion if you have a perception that thinks should be accelerating in a particular direction!” A post from user polseoglompa which reads: “Not even sure what point you are trying to make here! I mean l'd far rather have Starmer in charge than Farage.... who would be the person that would replace him if a general election was called tomorrow! Seems you disagree... and that makes me the bigot! But whatevers!”
January 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Context in case I’m blocked.
A post from John Reynolds which reads, “It's not just social media. All those traits are also what you'd see from frontal lobe brain damage. The cause of that is pathogenic.”
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Context in case I’m blocked.
Posts from Jim Pickard which reads: “my theory: social media has whipped up impatience, scorn, hatred, anger, polarisation and frustration with anything other than immediate results”; “the excessively irate replies to this are if anything proving my point 😜”
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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One of the “excessive irate replies” btw is mine - apparently being a racialised immigrant in the UK terrified of being ripped away from friends and family by a horrifically racist and xenophobic government is “😜”.
A reply of mine which reads “yeah why would l, an immigrant directly impacted by his anti-immigrant rhetoric, would hate Starmer. must be social media.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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by this logic, hating Starmer for his documented use of anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric (as well as the anti-immigrant and racist policies his party has championed) makes you a conspiracy theorist

so is racism and anti-immigrant sentiment not a real danger? sounds about white, eh.
A post which reads: “I also think that it makes a difference that there were plenty of things you could hate about Johnson's behaviour which were true, whereas it gets parsed differently because Starmer is boring and so many of his haters latch on to conspiracy theories, but the hatred comes first.”
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Happy New Year from this very normal dog. #dogs
A beagle with her head hanging slightly off the couch looking very silly.
December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Sadly unsure what the exact reason was but very funny that someone clearly was so mad at something I said that they put me on three different block lists.
A list of block lists I’ve been put on in the past 6 hours by one person: Friendly Fire (People who shit on fellow democrats), Clowns (Waste of time and brain cells), and Delulu Mental Patients (crazy clowns).
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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These kind of dogshit takes are included in my rejection of “return to status quo” politics.

If you refuse to recognise the interconnectivity of state-sanctioned violence regardless of what department does it, as well as the buy-in required to facilitate it, you are not on my side.
A post from user Bob Otto which reads: “I disagree with this ... good cops get a bad rap for many reasons. If it weren't for cops, drug dealers would sell poison to our kids without consequence. If it weren't for cops, pedophiles would do sick things to our children without consequence. I know plenty of cops; some bad, most not bad.” A post from user Thru a Glass Darkly: “Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT. But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence. Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...”
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ICE has always been bad and if you don’t believe so, we are not on the same team.
A post from user @thesmartpete.bsky.social which reads, “Fuck off. ICE was fine when we had a democracy and rule of law.”
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Going to an “Irish American” pub in Orlando, Florida and losing my shit because the menu names are apparently different dependent on if you open it in the US (first image) or UK (second image, via my partner still in England).

We assume the price difference is due to pound vs dollar, lol.
A menu item viewed on a phone in the US which reads: “Beer Battered Onion Rings - $12.95 thick hand cut onions dipped in house made Harp Lager beer batter and fried crispy with Guinness aioli.” A menu item read on a UK mobile device which reads: “Black and Tan O Rings - $11.95 thick hand cut onions dipped in house made Harp Lager beer batter and fried crispy with Guinness aioli”
December 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The problem with now being England-based is that I truly can never pack correctly for visiting my folks down in the US.

It’s 75 degrees out on Christmas Day and I am slowly melting.
A selfie of me, a mixed Chinese-American woman in my early 30’s with dark brown wavy hair. I’m stood in a fenced yard and am wearing a red ribbed vest and white undershirt with a red Chinese style overshirt on.
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Happy Christmas from the family dog, who found her present early and went absolutely bonkers at 6am. #dogs
A photo of a beagle in motion, running around happily with a giant bone wrapped with a little bow.
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM