Ellen Chapman
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Ellen Chapman
@diggingellen.bsky.social
Archaeologist who works in cultural heritage law! Interested in policy and politics of same. Richmonder, has a funny accent. Views and swears my own.
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Here’s CNN talking about ***masked secret police disappearing innocent people off the street*** in the same way they report on plastic bag bans.
July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and NY Governor Kathy Hochul all congratulate NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on his primary victory.

None actually endorse him.
June 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Been quiet lately for a good reason (vacation), but hopping onto to say:

🚨 NEW NSF LAWSUIT TODAY!!!

🥳🥳🥳

Targets grant terminations & freezes in spending congressionally appropriated funds.

Press release: democracyforward.org/updates/coal...

Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
two little girls are dancing on a stage .
Alt: two little girls are dancing on a stage, one snaps her fingers
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good.

#NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage

New at @science.org 🏺🧪
Funding cuts to U.S. archaeology could imperil field’s future
A Science analysis of canceled and curtailed federal grants reveals hits to research, collections, and training
www.science.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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NEW: The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld federal funding for libraries under an executive order signed by the president to reduce regulatory overreach, a federal watchdog found www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Last February, I led a proposal submission that encompassed six months, hundreds of hours, four institutions, a massive team, and and 256 pages. NSF just informed us that the entire Biology Integration Institute program was archived and our proposal would not even be reviewed.

With a form email.
June 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The Trump administration’s order to dismantle key federal agencies threatens funding for libraries, museums, and small businesses. Today I joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to sue and stop this unlawful attack on resources that Marylanders and communities nationwide rely on.
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company

IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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NBC News: 13-year-old boy ‘won’t rule out the possibility’ of seeking a romantic relationship with Jennifer Lawrence, saying in an exclusive interview that ‘there were methods for doing so’ and clarifying that he was ‘not joking’
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
nbcnews.to
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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It's ironic that today's US right--a movement that grew out of the white hot rage that an array of reactionary Americans felt toward FDR's progressivism--will soon be arguing, as good originalists, that Trump doesn't have to abide by the amendment added to the Constitution to prevent another FDR.
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
nbcnews.to
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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If the constitution is still in operation, Trump's executive order abolishing the Department of Education is just a suggestion.

If Trump can abolish the Department of Education with an executive order, then the constitution is just a suggestion.
March 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Musk's minions are *firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops*

abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency
abcnews.go.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Cheaper To Delete Diseases Than Cure Them, Says New CDC Director
February 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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BREAKING: Heavy Israeli bombardment in Gaza after the announcement of a ceasefire deal has killed at least 32 people, medics reported.

Yesterday world leaders were doing victory laps, as if they somehow managed to stop Netanyahu murdering more innocents. They’ll say nothing about this.
January 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Read the lawsuit and fascinated at how many times Baldoni expresses fear of Lively "weaponizing feminism"
Misogyny is at the core of these types of smear campaigns targeting women, yet media coverage consistently and intentionally avoids naming it. www.usermag.co/p/blake-live...
Why won't the media say this one word?
+ BBL Grinch, Gen-Z indie perfumers, the MrBeast of EU Parliament, and an iconic Love Actually takedown
www.usermag.co
December 23, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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This was UHC btw
A 3-min ambulance ride from the hospital's infusion center to the same hospital's emergency department following my allergic reaction to the insurance-approved alternate to the drug my doctor requested, and I owe $1,046. Clown shit.
December 5, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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About Intellectual Property Rights.
August 3, 2023 at 9:54 AM
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I heard someone say something beautiful today. He was talking about trying to stop using tools that no longer serve him, and he realized the biggest one was cynicism. He used it to avoid looking foolish or being disappointed, but realized it cuts him off from taking action and feeling joy.
July 29, 2023 at 11:44 PM
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No AI could report anything this savage
July 8, 2023 at 2:29 PM