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Chris Stantis

@chrisstantis.bsky.social
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Bioarchaeologist, chemist | Nerd, coffee snob, loves fresh air and equality | She/her | Museum lover, but not museum apologist

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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Someone likes me airing out the house
Photo of open French doors to a porch. A dog's nose can just be seen, as he lies on the threshold
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
one cool thing about reading old records is when you glimpse a very human moment across centuries. these three sisters all got married within weeks of each other in 1818- not super weird, but unusual enough it caught my attention. i wondered if there was a reason.
three records of the brides of a series of marriages. They are Barbara, Theresia, and Anna Maria, the daughters of Georg Weninger and Elisabeth, neé Robl (or Roblin, with the customary feminine marker used in the area on the surname)
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your emails this Friday afternoon can't hurt me. I've gone into the woods to pick berries
Photo of spice berry bush with red berries
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After 167 years, this Salish woolly dog pelt has returned to B.C. thenarwhal.ca/salish-wooll... If you haven't heard of it, this dog pelt, and Salish wooly dogs in general, are fascinating. See: hakaimagazine.com/features/the... hakaimagazine.com/news/the-sto...
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The Story of the Indigenous Wool Dog Told Through Oral Histories and DNA | Hakai Magazine
A biologist, an anthropologist, Indigenous weavers, and an epic collaboration to unveil the life of an ancient dog breed found only in the Pacific Northwest.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congratulations!
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Emily K.D. Smith @ekds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was holding off on announcing this until things were formalized, but my PhD dissertation has formally been accepted following a successful review by my committee. After a lot of blood, sweat, and tears - it's PhDone. 🔥
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Kristina M. Gill @kmgill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💯 coffee is key!
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Emily K.D. Smith @ekds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coffee and tea are big ones. Chocolate, even though it tends to melt a bit. Also I've learned to bring UCB rechargeable fans with me for hot fieldwork days.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
oooh, usb rechargeable fans, that's a nice little comfort away from home!
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
oh just curious what people like to pack for their field research! Because I just can't stand Nescafe at this point, I bring my lil coffeemaker and a bag if I think I'll have a hard time sourcing beans.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People who travel far for field research (archaeologists, biologists, any of y'all): what do you make sure you bring with you from home? For me, medication, obvs, but I bring my Aeropress so I can have coffee how I like it
Photo of laptop and small cup of coffee on top of handwritten notes on balcony
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's likely not the dinosaur's; living out West for a time I know they're aluminum.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'd have marked off a few points on this essay, for sure
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026
Apropos to discussions today, a piece I wrote in 2017 -- the "before times" here on Bluesky -- about how the Brain Eater comes for (some, not all) writers and other creatives, and what happens then. whatever.scalzi.com/2017/05/03/t...
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The Brain Eater
So, let’s say, there’s this writer. (It doesn’t have to be a writer. It could be a musician, or painter, or actor, any aspirant in any creative or indeed competitive field, in whi…
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
WHOSE ARM DAD
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My parents are on some sort of group tour, and I got a classic my-dad terse text: "First injury on the trip. Your mom taking a photo of a fellow travellor on a Sinclar dinosaur, and an arm was broken"
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"...the concept of “African literature” is fluid in nature, continually in motion and never reducible to stable or enclosed boundaries." Read more at: www.theelephant.info/analysis/202... The Elephant - African analysis, opinion and investigation
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KATE QIYU CHEN - Teaching African Literature in a Small American Town - The Elephant
I dedicate this essay to all sincere and generous young scholars working across China and Africa.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
IsoEcol, it's a good one but obviously not a ton of people in our field
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Love this for him 😍
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I tell people I'm his emotional support human, when I have to bring him to the office
Photo of brown, grey, and black dog resting against a human on the couch. The dog looks at the camera, seemingly with trepidation.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm a month out from the conference, so I'm sending furtive lil notes to people I like- "will you be there?" so I know there's people I don't need to be nervous with.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Guess you have to change your profile now, nice job!
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm so tired with this evening class, but my students are so good. It's a stacked class of undergraduates and graduates, and the discussions are great 😊
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Americans are an amazingly brave people, who have accomplished so much,” Bunch said. “They’ve got to be brave enough to face their own history.” 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Is Resigning
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Joyce's rhyming with...that makes sense, actually.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Students who nod and smile during lecture when we try to make a point? Heroes
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How's this semester going, you ask?
J.B. Pritzker (a white guy with brown hair) wearing a checkered shirt and drinking alcohol straight from the bottle. The alcohol is Malort, infamous for it's terrible taste.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
oh thanks, I pulled the wrong number! Still honestly suprised there weren't more votes thanks to the convenience of this year's judges packet.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I hope the Hugo Awards continues to have a 'judge's packet' of review materis like they did this year- most of the novels, novelletes, novellas, short stories, etc, all in one place upon registration. I can see 2,492 ballots cast this year with this system, compared to 1,338 from last year.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The art is so so gorgeous
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of my students took her CV to the university career center. No one read her content, they just gave her an AI prompt for formatting.
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Man with beard says Huh?
Alt: Man with beard says Huh?
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I've decided. In honor of Dolly, I'm going to let Jolene take him. Just once. As a treat.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I didn't pack mascara for campus today I'm unprepared for this news
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Dolly Parton Sing
ALT: Dolly Parton Sing
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Not what *any* of us sing. Ba-ya-ya, baybe:
Lyrics of Seal's "Kiss from a Rose", with the lines 'Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey" and "A light hits the gloom on the grey"
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What would it take to convince Seal to change the lyrics to 'kiss from a rose on the grave' in a re-master
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oblivion.txt @oblivion-txt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I shall do my best.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hardest to-do at the end of the list
Handwritten to-do list, with the last entry reading "clean up your code, you goblin"
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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I was lowkey obsessed with this transformation as a concept, but in college I was dressed slovenly for classes so it had to be a whole change, and by the time I was employed I had no endurance/urge to Going Out™️. I remain in awe of the power of 1 Nice Top
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh, so you're the one all those 'Transform your look from day to night!' articles were for. Now I know.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
all I've ever been able to figure out is your not-so-thinly veiled love of birds. At some point in a Kingfisher novel, there will be a bird infodump. And I'm here for it.
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skrunkly
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Am I hallucinating that the Rolex awards for oceanic sustainability research and philanthropy also involve being given a watch?
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Close-Up Rolex Watch Display
ALT: Close-Up Rolex Watch Display
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One more week until the votes for the Hugos need to be in! There's so many good nominations this year, across the board.
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I admittedly point a lot of people to this paper kieranhealy.org/files/papers...
kieranhealy.org
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
horse girls, historical reenactors, train guys, trauma nurses...i'm NOT saying you should collect neurodivergent friends on purpose btw. i'm saying you're a writer so your friends are already neurodivergent
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This paper from 2023 has some great graphs showing adoption of words like 'transformative', 'impactful', and my old friend 'nuanced' jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Hype in Abstracts of Publications of NIH-Funded Research, 1985-2020
This cross-sectional study of medical journal article abstracts from studies funded by the National Institutes of Health examines trends in the use of hype adjectives to promote the importance of stud...
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The push for sexy results seems to lead to more hype words in science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“When results become striking”: Promotional adjectives in STEM research articles (1995–2025)
Promotional language has become increasingly prominent in academic discourse, yet diachronic evidence from STEM research writing remains limited, part…
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
We've been visiting family the last week and boy howdy this is also me
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Chris Stantis @chrisstantis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Someone is sleeping that deep sleep of finally being back in their own house, and alone
Grey, brown, and black dog deeply asleep on his grey couch
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