Shannon Lee Dawdy
@shannonleedawdy.substack.com
Author, anthropologist, archaeologist, angry beer mom. If you've got a time machine, DM me. https://shannonleedawdy.com
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The Big Coin Job
the archaeology of peace, an occasional series: part 1
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In case a hawt dark history tour is what you need right now.
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#AcademicSky #HistSky
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#AcademicSky #HistSky
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Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
It's tax season and I'm thinking of boycotting myself. Subsidizing state terror and the dismantling of democracy is a new level of ick.
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It's tax season and I'm thinking of boycotting myself. Subsidizing state terror and the dismantling of democracy is a new level of ick.
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“Within months, more than 1.4 million Black Louisianans could lose meaningful representation in Congress and at every level of government — not because they stopped voting, but because the U.S. Supreme Court may soon make it legal to erase their power.”
The looming return of Jim Crow to America’s second Blackest state
Louisiana’s political system could soon look more like 1966, the end of the Jim Crow Era, than 2026, and it’s time to acknowledge the full extent of the greatest threat to the American Experiment in decades.
Louisiana’s political system could soon look more like 1966, the end of the Jim Crow Era, than 2026, and it’s time to acknowledge the full extent of the greatest threat to the American Experiment in decades.
The looming return of Jim Crow to America’s second Blackest state
Louisiana’s political system could soon look more like 1966, the end of the Jim Crow Era, than 2026, and it’s time to acknowledge the full extent of the greatest threat to the American Experiment in decades.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Within months, more than 1.4 million Black Louisianans could lose meaningful representation in Congress and at every level of government — not because they stopped voting, but because the U.S. Supreme Court may soon make it legal to erase their power.”
In case a hawt dark history tour is what you need right now.
open.substack.com/pub/shannonl...
#AcademicSky #HistSky
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#AcademicSky #HistSky
The Big Coin Job
the archaeology of peace, an occasional series: part 1
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February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
In case a hawt dark history tour is what you need right now.
open.substack.com/pub/shannonl...
#AcademicSky #HistSky
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#AcademicSky #HistSky
I wrote a thing (soft launch). Free! #anthropology #endtimes
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#anthropology #endtimes
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#anthropology #endtimes
The Doomsday Clock 2026
Don’t set your alarm
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February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I wrote a thing (soft launch). Free! #anthropology #endtimes
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#anthropology #endtimes
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#anthropology #endtimes
Lol, is this what they mean by dark academy? [verified] @academicblue.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Lol, is this what they mean by dark academy? [verified] @academicblue.bsky.social
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Reminder that of all the people complicit in Epstein's crimes, the only person actually held accountable and sentenced was a woman. No men involved have yet to face consequences.
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Reminder that of all the people complicit in Epstein's crimes, the only person actually held accountable and sentenced was a woman. No men involved have yet to face consequences.
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Roman archaeologist here. These arches were emperors’ propaganda in the Empire, and they’re Orange Julius Caesar’s propaganda now.
New at @washingtonpost.com:
Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary
The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial
It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big
Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary
The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial
It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big
Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial
The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Roman archaeologist here. These arches were emperors’ propaganda in the Empire, and they’re Orange Julius Caesar’s propaganda now.
ICE isn't retreating, it's just moving fronts. Keep yelling at cowards in Congress. If Schumer is true to form, he'll find a 'compromise' after the temporary block of DHS funding. There is no justifiable compromise with state terrorism.
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A pastor's search for missing congregant amid ICE activity in Maine
Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola, vanished from South Portland. He turned up in one detention center, then another.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
ICE isn't retreating, it's just moving fronts. Keep yelling at cowards in Congress. If Schumer is true to form, he'll find a 'compromise' after the temporary block of DHS funding. There is no justifiable compromise with state terrorism.
themainemonitor.org/missing-cong...
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Last night I attended the online training for potential ICE observers coordinated by the No Kings coalition and run by the ACLU. Nearly 70,000 attended. I teared up out of a weird mix of horror and hope.
Video of the session is linked below -- share widely.
www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...
Video of the session is linked below -- share widely.
www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record
YouTube video by No Kings
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January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Last night I attended the online training for potential ICE observers coordinated by the No Kings coalition and run by the ACLU. Nearly 70,000 attended. I teared up out of a weird mix of horror and hope.
Video of the session is linked below -- share widely.
www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...
Video of the session is linked below -- share widely.
www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...
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to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”
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I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
NOW is it OK to punch a Nazi? Asking for a friend.
January 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
NOW is it OK to punch a Nazi? Asking for a friend.
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
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It's not about Denmark. It's about weakening the EU, defunding aid to Ukraine, undermining NATO and doing Putin's bidding, all while stealing the state, ruining the US economy, distracting from the Epstein files, cracking down on internal dissent, & staying out of prison. Have I missed something?
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
It's not about Denmark. It's about weakening the EU, defunding aid to Ukraine, undermining NATO and doing Putin's bidding, all while stealing the state, ruining the US economy, distracting from the Epstein files, cracking down on internal dissent, & staying out of prison. Have I missed something?
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
In other news, came across this while researching an unfamiliar gravestone symbol. Strangely inspiring right now.
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
In other news, came across this while researching an unfamiliar gravestone symbol. Strangely inspiring right now.