Kieks
@diet-of-wyrms.bsky.social
historical archaeology - material culture - archives - old books - library preservation - noodle horse + old man dog enthusiast
I’ve never related more to a podcast guest than April Richardson on @thedollop
“Space is none of our business” and “When you’re swimming in the ocean and you’re kicking your feet, who fucking knows what you’re going to make contact with. I hate it” are sentiments straight from my brain.
“Space is none of our business” and “When you’re swimming in the ocean and you’re kicking your feet, who fucking knows what you’re going to make contact with. I hate it” are sentiments straight from my brain.
April 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’ve never related more to a podcast guest than April Richardson on @thedollop
“Space is none of our business” and “When you’re swimming in the ocean and you’re kicking your feet, who fucking knows what you’re going to make contact with. I hate it” are sentiments straight from my brain.
“Space is none of our business” and “When you’re swimming in the ocean and you’re kicking your feet, who fucking knows what you’re going to make contact with. I hate it” are sentiments straight from my brain.
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literally what I said as soon as I heard. “Omg he pulled a Liz Truss?!?”
April 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
literally what I said as soon as I heard. “Omg he pulled a Liz Truss?!?”
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"Archaeology is not political so keep out of politics."
Bitch, they just cut the NEH by 85% and the NSF and the NEA and National Parks and got rid of the National Historic Preservation Act and interlibrary loans and want to take a football field sized sharpie to the Smithsonian to delete history
Bitch, they just cut the NEH by 85% and the NSF and the NEA and National Parks and got rid of the National Historic Preservation Act and interlibrary loans and want to take a football field sized sharpie to the Smithsonian to delete history
April 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Archaeology is not political so keep out of politics."
Bitch, they just cut the NEH by 85% and the NSF and the NEA and National Parks and got rid of the National Historic Preservation Act and interlibrary loans and want to take a football field sized sharpie to the Smithsonian to delete history
Bitch, they just cut the NEH by 85% and the NSF and the NEA and National Parks and got rid of the National Historic Preservation Act and interlibrary loans and want to take a football field sized sharpie to the Smithsonian to delete history
“Of all things”
As if the US Republican Party hasn’t been shoving down all our throats this made up problem of “protect women/girls from men in sports” for years at this point.
As if the US Republican Party hasn’t been shoving down all our throats this made up problem of “protect women/girls from men in sports” for years at this point.
Jesse Singal, a transphobic bigot who has dedicated a large portion of his career to spreading misinformation about LGBTQ+ people, is baffled that John Oliver would do a single episode debunking his life's work
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Of all things”
As if the US Republican Party hasn’t been shoving down all our throats this made up problem of “protect women/girls from men in sports” for years at this point.
As if the US Republican Party hasn’t been shoving down all our throats this made up problem of “protect women/girls from men in sports” for years at this point.
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Pride and Prejudice except every single character is played by Olivia Coleman including Mr Collins
Young Olivia Coleman would have also made a great Caroline Lucas.
Older Olivia Coleman will make a great Lady Catherine de Burgh.
Older Olivia Coleman will make a great Lady Catherine de Burgh.
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Pride and Prejudice except every single character is played by Olivia Coleman including Mr Collins
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Speaking of textiles and the long intertwined history of textile crafts and activism/political commentary…
This embroidery in Evanston, IL, isn’t the quickest-reading sign of the #HandsOff protests, but it sure does capture the public mood.
April 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Speaking of textiles and the long intertwined history of textile crafts and activism/political commentary…
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It's always a good day to remember that literally every Confederate general was literally a traitor.
March 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's always a good day to remember that literally every Confederate general was literally a traitor.
Literally nobody knew or cared about this portrait until he brought it up.
🙂
🙂
March 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Literally nobody knew or cared about this portrait until he brought it up.
🙂
🙂
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
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One of the cutest engraved vignettes I’ve happened upon in a while - Italian priest and mycologist Giovanni Antonio Battarra’s first edition of his book Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia (1755). 248 species of #fungi described accompanied by 40 copper plates which he engraved by himself #rarebooks
March 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One of the cutest engraved vignettes I’ve happened upon in a while - Italian priest and mycologist Giovanni Antonio Battarra’s first edition of his book Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia (1755). 248 species of #fungi described accompanied by 40 copper plates which he engraved by himself #rarebooks
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Looks like @npr.org has caught up to the federal purge of marginalized Americans. As we've been saying, it's not just the Ts and Qs being targeted!
@wendylrouse.bsky.social is quoted, saying her article was axed when she (rightfully) asked that it be restored. Shameful!
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
@wendylrouse.bsky.social is quoted, saying her article was axed when she (rightfully) asked that it be restored. Shameful!
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites
Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looks like @npr.org has caught up to the federal purge of marginalized Americans. As we've been saying, it's not just the Ts and Qs being targeted!
@wendylrouse.bsky.social is quoted, saying her article was axed when she (rightfully) asked that it be restored. Shameful!
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
@wendylrouse.bsky.social is quoted, saying her article was axed when she (rightfully) asked that it be restored. Shameful!
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
To the lady who decided to say “nah” to the protected free-flowing turn lane and instead come to a stop, look at the oncoming traffic (I saw your ENTIRE face), and then make the mind-boggling choice to pull out in my lane as I’m going 50 mph…why???
At least I now know my EBS still works.
At least I now know my EBS still works.
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
To the lady who decided to say “nah” to the protected free-flowing turn lane and instead come to a stop, look at the oncoming traffic (I saw your ENTIRE face), and then make the mind-boggling choice to pull out in my lane as I’m going 50 mph…why???
At least I now know my EBS still works.
At least I now know my EBS still works.
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Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
Got the news yesterday that our uni library is no longer allowed to purchase materials or content subscriptions from Cuba, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia.
This is a direct attack on academic freedom and access to knowledge.
Not to mention just down right depressing.
This is a direct attack on academic freedom and access to knowledge.
Not to mention just down right depressing.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Got the news yesterday that our uni library is no longer allowed to purchase materials or content subscriptions from Cuba, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia.
This is a direct attack on academic freedom and access to knowledge.
Not to mention just down right depressing.
This is a direct attack on academic freedom and access to knowledge.
Not to mention just down right depressing.
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I am trying to shut up about my husband's work so as not to cause him problems, but his public health research in West Africa would lead to new jobs in rural American places that desperately need them — PLUS better treatment for hypertension. It's literally a win-win for everyone involved.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I am trying to shut up about my husband's work so as not to cause him problems, but his public health research in West Africa would lead to new jobs in rural American places that desperately need them — PLUS better treatment for hypertension. It's literally a win-win for everyone involved.
Genuine question for my fellow radical lib commies: where are we signing up to be a paid protestor/town hall constituent? If I’m already angry, might as well get paid for it. 💁🏻♀️
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Genuine question for my fellow radical lib commies: where are we signing up to be a paid protestor/town hall constituent? If I’m already angry, might as well get paid for it. 💁🏻♀️
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1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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This will directly cause hundreds of thousands of new and needless deaths from tuberculosis every year, and reverse decades of progress in fighting our deadliest infection. I'm just devastated.
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This will directly cause hundreds of thousands of new and needless deaths from tuberculosis every year, and reverse decades of progress in fighting our deadliest infection. I'm just devastated.
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Supporting bathroom, sports and healthcare bans for trans people means signing on to a moral panic about problems that DON'T EXIST.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
March 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Supporting bathroom, sports and healthcare bans for trans people means signing on to a moral panic about problems that DON'T EXIST.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
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We simply do not have to sacrifice the rights of trans people to save rights elsewhere and anybody that tells you otherwise is a fascist
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We simply do not have to sacrifice the rights of trans people to save rights elsewhere and anybody that tells you otherwise is a fascist
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Universities trying to figure out how to comply with anti-DEI orders right now.
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Universities trying to figure out how to comply with anti-DEI orders right now.
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Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙😍
Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the island of Crete.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the island of Crete.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
March 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙😍
Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the island of Crete.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the island of Crete.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
My favorite slow-fashion clothing brand is closing after 23 years.
They say it’s temporary but don’t have a goal date in mind, and nothing is being restocked on their site.
Emily and Fin, I love you 😭
They say it’s temporary but don’t have a goal date in mind, and nothing is being restocked on their site.
Emily and Fin, I love you 😭
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My favorite slow-fashion clothing brand is closing after 23 years.
They say it’s temporary but don’t have a goal date in mind, and nothing is being restocked on their site.
Emily and Fin, I love you 😭
They say it’s temporary but don’t have a goal date in mind, and nothing is being restocked on their site.
Emily and Fin, I love you 😭
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Vanishing Culture: No Film Left Unscanned
"To think about film preservation is to think about much more than what we call movies."
By Rick Prelinger via @archive.org
blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
#movie_archive #preservation #vanishingculture
"To think about film preservation is to think about much more than what we call movies."
By Rick Prelinger via @archive.org
blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
#movie_archive #preservation #vanishingculture
Vanishing Culture: No Film Left Unscanned | Internet Archive Blogs
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March 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Vanishing Culture: No Film Left Unscanned
"To think about film preservation is to think about much more than what we call movies."
By Rick Prelinger via @archive.org
blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
#movie_archive #preservation #vanishingculture
"To think about film preservation is to think about much more than what we call movies."
By Rick Prelinger via @archive.org
blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
#movie_archive #preservation #vanishingculture