Chelsea M. Cohen
@chelmcohenarch.bsky.social
Archaeologist of ports, seas, and the ships that plied between them. Occasional archaeobotanist. Museum educator. Penn PhD candidate. Queer bog monster. Big damn nerd.
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No one I know IRL knows I'm on here so I'm starting completely from scratch. If you happen to come across my account, though, I'm a maritime archaeologist and archaeobotanist working on the intersection of port city development and landscape change under British colonialism.
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The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
Today's echologia, sponsored by weeks of studying C&O Canal watercraft:
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
Oh if the wind can't blow it
Then you probably have to tow it
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
Oh if the wind can't blow it
Then you probably have to tow it
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
February 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today's echologia, sponsored by weeks of studying C&O Canal watercraft:
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
Oh if the wind can't blow it
Then you probably have to tow it
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
Oh if the wind can't blow it
Then you probably have to tow it
If it doesn't have a mast step, it's a barge
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There is a lot of talk about blue states resisting, etc. and this educator would humbly suggest that this is not the way forward.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
February 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There is a lot of talk about blue states resisting, etc. and this educator would humbly suggest that this is not the way forward.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
I refuse to leave our people in red states behind. The Civil Rights Movement came from the Deep South. Red state progressives are some of the hardest working activists.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
1/2 🧵 Once upon a time I was a BBB investigator. I worked with many state AG offices through standardized channels for pretty basic information. Pam Bondi was the only AG to communicate with me personally. She did so with no apparent reason other than to be trifling.
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
1/2 🧵 Once upon a time I was a BBB investigator. I worked with many state AG offices through standardized channels for pretty basic information. Pam Bondi was the only AG to communicate with me personally. She did so with no apparent reason other than to be trifling.
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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American #archaeology friends and colleagues: I suggest you start data scraping NOW from ANY Federal repository you might use for GIS data, etc., I'm working on the NOAA coastal LiDAR here. Message me to collab.
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
American #archaeology friends and colleagues: I suggest you start data scraping NOW from ANY Federal repository you might use for GIS data, etc., I'm working on the NOAA coastal LiDAR here. Message me to collab.
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Yo some dude brought a grill on the SEPTA BUS in Philly 😭😭😭
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yo some dude brought a grill on the SEPTA BUS in Philly 😭😭😭
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Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
Anyone else feel unsuccessful when you're not socializing at an academic conference but also overwhelmed by catching up with so many people in your field? I'm not built for conference life.
January 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Anyone else feel unsuccessful when you're not socializing at an academic conference but also overwhelmed by catching up with so many people in your field? I'm not built for conference life.
Made a trip down to South Philly to see her one more time. Not all ships need to be materially preserved for their legacy to endure.
www.npr.org/2024/11/20/g...
www.npr.org/2024/11/20/g...
November 25, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Made a trip down to South Philly to see her one more time. Not all ships need to be materially preserved for their legacy to endure.
www.npr.org/2024/11/20/g...
www.npr.org/2024/11/20/g...
I forgot that I renamed all of the Word heading options on my office computer to lyrics from the Isley Brothers' "Shout" and now I'm struggling to differentiate between 3 "a little bit softer now" subheadings
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I forgot that I renamed all of the Word heading options on my office computer to lyrics from the Isley Brothers' "Shout" and now I'm struggling to differentiate between 3 "a little bit softer now" subheadings
This is what they look like when they're long done floating
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
This is what they look like when they're long done floating
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I made a Historical Archaeology (and adjacent historians in some cases) starter pack! This is a trickier niche group, because that term means different things in different places. This one has lots of room, so let me know if you'd like to be added! 🧪🏺
go.bsky.app/AWGszDA
go.bsky.app/AWGszDA
November 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I made a Historical Archaeology (and adjacent historians in some cases) starter pack! This is a trickier niche group, because that term means different things in different places. This one has lots of room, so let me know if you'd like to be added! 🧪🏺
go.bsky.app/AWGszDA
go.bsky.app/AWGszDA
Today, little tubes of mud. Next week, slides of fossil pollen that will help me reconstruct the impact of maritime construction on colonial landscapes and start collaborating on solutions to address centuries of environmental change in the time of climate crisis. 1/
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Today, little tubes of mud. Next week, slides of fossil pollen that will help me reconstruct the impact of maritime construction on colonial landscapes and start collaborating on solutions to address centuries of environmental change in the time of climate crisis. 1/
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This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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We're approaching 100 historians/organisations in the maritime historians starter park 🥳 It's wonderful to see maritime history being so well represented here!
If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇
#MaritimeHistory
go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw
If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇
#MaritimeHistory
go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw
November 12, 2024 at 6:48 PM
We're approaching 100 historians/organisations in the maritime historians starter park 🥳 It's wonderful to see maritime history being so well represented here!
If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇
#MaritimeHistory
go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw
If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇
#MaritimeHistory
go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw
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Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
November 7, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
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Kamala+ Tim ran a heroic campaign. She and their team gave it their all. There was truly nothing more that could be done. The blame is not with them. It is with 400 years of rot- of slavery, genocide, the long tail of a bitter Civil War that never really ended, and a deep hatred of women.
November 6, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Kamala+ Tim ran a heroic campaign. She and their team gave it their all. There was truly nothing more that could be done. The blame is not with them. It is with 400 years of rot- of slavery, genocide, the long tail of a bitter Civil War that never really ended, and a deep hatred of women.