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Leslie Williams 💀 💀

@beloit-bioarch.bsky.social
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Professor and anthropologist. She/her. Furniture for a mini dachshund. Opinions and reskeets are my own. Bioarch | Data Viz | Health and Disease | Historical Arch | Teaching/Learning/Reading/Listening

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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I haven't yet read every essay in this incisive response to the Vanderbilt/WashU "Report" but wow is it invigorating to see the defense of anthropology (and the absolute mauling of the Reports fundamental flaws) www.anthropology-news.org/articles/let...
anthropology-news.org
Let Us Flourish! - Anthropology News
Dear Reader, The public release of the Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences on June 5, 2026,
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How Long 'til Black Future Month? is waiting for me at rogue books. So excited!
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That’s some impressive introspection for week 3!
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joseph p. derosier @derosierjoseph.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday a student wrote about how frustrated he was with Chrétien de Troyes's Perceval for all of his flaws and then quickly followed that up with a realization that he was frustrated because he saw himself in Perceval and it was one of those moments when it feels like literature still matters.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
She really is gorgeous!
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Space Coast Talon @brashtech.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We vaccinate not just to protect ourselves, but to protect those who cannot be vaccinated.
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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
reminder
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Excellent juxtaposition on the timeline.
Screenshot of guardian story about AI injecting bias into draft writing above an advertisement to use an AI tool by JASP Services.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reminder that there is actual scientific research debunking the claim that trans women have any advantages in sports. But it’s not like SCOTUS cares; they just want to be hateful. 🧪
livescience.com
'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports
A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
logged on just to check this!
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Space Coast Talon @brashtech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If it's just an accident, just luck of the draw, then when we are drawing from a pool that has gender parity (as the candidates for Artemis II seems to be) there should be all-women missions as often as there are all-men missions. www.space.com/space-explor...
space.com
Is this the next Artemis crew? A look at the astronauts on NASA's shortlist
It's a long list, but there are some front runners.
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Beloit College @beloitcollege.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Most schools hand you a list of majors and say "pick one." At Beloit, if the right path doesn't exist yet, you can build it yourself. Combining the subjects, passions, and questions that actually drive you.
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Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Naw no thanks
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Sean's FAB Lab @fablabbu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Attention anthropology and anatomy colleagues! My student, Emma, and I are conducting a survey on the ethics of human skeletal remains in higher education. We would greatly appreciate your participation—thank you! #anthropology #anatomy #ethics bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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Beloit College @beloitcollege.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
With finals approaching, consider this your official reminder to touch grass between study sessions. 🌿📚
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Dad got to watch them splashdown after all!
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 11/04/2026
There are the parachutes! Incredible. Science is incredible. People are incredible. "This is a perfect descent," the NASA person just said.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 11/04/2026
Now that's a beautiful sight
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Not gonna lie, watching the drogues detach was terrifying for a second
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🪂🪂🪂
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🥂🥂🚀🚀🚀
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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Six minutes of four brave people in the peak heating of velocity meets atmosphere. This is the heart in mouth time
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Of course, dachshunds should be the preferred distance standard.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thank you for finding this - I told my mom I had seen it somewhere but couldn't remember where!
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Literally twiddling their thumbs
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I didn't know anything about the Artemis II astronauts a week ago and now I would fight my way into Hell for any of them.
nytimes.com
Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander
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Mykael Wyvern — 🔮🧙🏻‍♂️🐉 @wyvern.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
That's us. All of us. Every single one. Except for those four, every person dead or alive on a vibrant blue marble that we're slowly killing while we rapidly kill each other. What the fuck are we doing?
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Took me a second
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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It is NEVER too late to make a data dictionary. Sometimes it’s the only way to start working with an existing data set.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@brashtech.bsky.social !!!!
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Yes! I signed up for the last one but couldn't get my shit together in time to join. I am planning to work on my Shaded Stitchery DuBois Data Portraits stitch a thon! shadedstitchery.gumroad.com/l/DataPortra...
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Data Portraits in Paris Deux - 2026 Stitchalong
Before completing your purchase, please triple check that you are entering your email address correctly.Data Portraits in Paris Deux (DPIP2) is the sequel/companion/continuation of my 2022 release, Da...
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
OMG you can make them JUMP!
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@anthrofuentes.bsky.social could steer you the right way, I am sure.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I could make a REALLY big necklace outta those
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
They are the glitter of physics labs, after all.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Open the box. What's the worst that could happen? Giant radioactive bead monsters attacking the science center?
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Congratulations! I am excited to use these resources in my courses teaching undergraduates about data viz!
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/01/2026
Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)
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S3AT
STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES

IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING
PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY

WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET, MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR
WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING.
DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS.
DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING."
DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP.
TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR,
LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME,
"WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON."
NOT METAPHOR.
NOT HYPERBOLE.
A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK.
PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED.
UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL.
UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS.
STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM.
STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM."
STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE
LIKE A LULLABY,
WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE.
YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO
"HEAL THE LAND"
IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND.
THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS
BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH.
THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING.
THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM.
THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT.
AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT.
IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD.
GROWTH ALWAYS IS.
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Same here!
Just the nose, ear, and paw of a miniature dachshund peak out from under a Denver Broncos blanket.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
and by the way, i’m not just saying this as rhetoric. that is actually what the numbers are, and i’m qualified to say that, as someone in the field
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
OOooh thanks :-)
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Leslie Williams 💀 💀 @beloit-bioarch.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I'm teaching in the SC this semester -- when should I make sure the window blinds are open to see the most bald eagles?
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Revolutions Day. We did not die!
A four panel cartoon by Nathan Pyle. First, an adult putting up decorations tells a young one “We celebrate because we completed a revolution around the star.” Second, the young one comments “So it is identical to emergence day?” And the adult replies “Emergence day is for one individual’s survival”. In panel three, the adult continues  “New Revolution’s Day celebrates collective survival.” “Oh” says the young one. The final panel shows the adult and young one, both wearing comical hats striped in spirals, with their arms high. The young one says “We did not die!”. The adult replies “Exactly”.
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