Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026aje.news/w28rhjaje.newsPalestinian archaeologists race against time to save Gaza’s heritageA Palestinian team rescued Gaza's artefacts. The question now is where to store them. 065
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280928610
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Throwback to when I got so annoyed at the destruction of a shed (and of misuse of my friends) I co-authored a whole article about the contemporary archaeology of dig houses: doi.org/10.1558/jca.... 1132
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you were wondering what makes an effective memorial. It's the one you can't ignore 083
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181227537
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125855970
Livi Heebsh. @dialivia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... YOOOOOO DREXEL WANTS TO CLOSE THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE THE ACADEMY!!actionnetwork.orgPetition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the PublicThe scientific community in Philadelphia and concerned neighbors are calling on Drexel University to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’s public-facing museum open beyond their impos... 100
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Anthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wow. (Alt text: dude in a cowboy hat tells 60 Minutes, This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel is going to directly impact me." says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas). 361
Livi Heebsh. @dialivia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026c.org/Vp4Z2YWgvNc.orgSign the PetitionStop global AI age verification through ID and face recognition on Discord 013
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you want to do something to keep youth athletes safe it isn’t demonizing trans youth. It’s demonizing sexual violence and holding those who perpetrate it accountable. 14120
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Because: a) you don't know Jason Arday yet feel comfortable with your armchair diagnosis of him, b) its none of your business. c) its ghoulish and exploitative for you to be stripping his skin off his dead body to establish whether he was "autistic enough" for you to stop pestering him. 5396
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026also I know you name search, Benny, so once again let me say you're the worst excuse for a "science journalist" Ive come across. Thats just my opinion of you, of course. Long time hater! 2444
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr Sarah Irving @drtermagant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026But he's white and male so - as I have also witnessed in the UK - he gets a slap on the wrist and moved to a new job so he can be sketchy and unethical somewhere else 🧐 072
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It wasn't "gauche." It was cruel, no matter what you thought Arday did. It was also exploitative, to use his death to promote your substack. 3423
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This was exactly what I thought when I read it, and Im glad someone had the better understanding of the methods to put it down, and so clearly. Kaufmann is so consumed by his desire to make his point that woke extremism has polluted the lily white waters of Canadian academia with "those" people. 3306
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026oh incredibly gross 0285
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Micah @rincewind.run · 31/08/2026the infuriating thing about all of the crises going on right now is that they were completely predictable the second they announced they were gutting food safety monitoring, everyone knew it would lead to a bunch of contamination and recalls! we could have just not done it! it's all so stupid 513025823
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 31/08/2026The OAH has joined an open letter calling on Congress to protect and strengthen Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Learn more about Section 106, read the letter, and find resources here: ow.ly/R1yx50ZH2cc #SpeakForHistory #OAH 064
Livi Heebsh. @dialivia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Heres some unnecessary pictures of the lunar eclipse over Lansing/E Lansing. 000
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A significant amount of which is fueled by proximity to power as well as antisemitism and anti-Black racism. www.axios.com/2022/03/10/r...axios.comThe rise of white nationalist HispanicsExperts say the far-right extremism among some Latino residents stems from those identifying as white and anti-Black sentiment. 001
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Coconino from 🌶️ New Mexico @coconinoite.bsky.social · 27/08/2026🧵 Data center environmental impacts 01310
Livi Heebsh. @dialivia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Knitting Cult Lady is screaming in my ear : "the Military Cult is not going to pre-emptively resist. It's going to comply, because these ossues are not central to the cults message" 000
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Punishing Cofnas might only encourage more mentally ill people to commit suicide, hoping in the midst of their despair that their enemies would be punished if they kill themselves." Fuck you very much, John K Wilson. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...insidehighered.comIn Defense of Nathan CofnasWe must not abandon academic freedom and punish anyone for being a harsh critic, even when there are tragic results. 7054377
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Op-eds like these might be the slickest elements in the campaign to dismantle academic freedom by getting the public to associate it with arguments, persons, and ideas that are wrong AND vile AND weird. 1379
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Green_Knight @green-knight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This. So much this. She chose to love her neighbours all the way. She looked at her pile of money and saw how she could make the world better. She will be missed. 1133
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026And another thing! This is often coming from SCIENTISTS who have CONTEMPT for the humanities/social sciences. Archaeologists bridge both worlds so I know it's NOT HARD to understand how other disciplines work. 3671
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I'll add that often this is in relation to areas outside their expertise! 2552
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I've noticed a pattern with some old white men. If I say something unfamiliar to them, they assume I'm ignorant/wrong and tell me what they think is correct. They never ask a question, or wonder if there's something they don't know. They assume they own knowledge and I'm an interloper. 1522227
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I see there are many Men™️ who are not archaeologists or specialists in the ancient Near East making prognostications about ancient financial systems and how we behaved in the past and how it applies today and I need them all to STFU and read one book. 140246
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage. 7040651253
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Overwhelmingly: white, male, STEM. Dishonourable Mention: East and SouthAsian names; Hindutva-oriented ethnonationalists, also male. 44520
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you are signing a letter supporting a disgraced eugenicist famous for hounding a Black scholar to death your main concern is not academic freedom. This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia. 14651166
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This wasn’t the first protest we’ve had in response to the ICE incident at Bohrer Park and it won’t be the last. Just as ICE can’t operate on state property thanks to recently passed laws, we want the city of Gaithersburg to prohibit ICE from using their property as well. 1337
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Today, just outside of Bohrer Park, we protested ICE terrorizing our communities and the city of Gaithersburg’s inaction in the face of that terror. (Gaithersburg, MD - August 22, 2026) 1326
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"These include the Cambridge University professor's claim that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days for charity and that he played semi-professional football, which both became central talking points in recent attacks on the late academic." 47929
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It never really mattered what kind of person Arday actually was/if he did the things he said he did. To the baying mobs of journalists, Twitterati, pundits, and academics that drove and continue to drive the frenzy around him, he was not human. Just the embodiment of the sins of DEI/EDI made flesh 511131
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’ 6126811065
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Time to take out a subscription to Byline Times. They are covering stories of real public interest which involve academia right now 13920
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The university's leaders are, alas, complicit in a lot of harm and a lot of brain-rotting. Just one of the things I've written about this: bsky.app/profile/drsu... 0398
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Lori Regattieri @followlori.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"If there was a story in the public interest in this case, it was that there is a growing legitimacy given to race science and eugenics even within major universities, and that this is putting Black and antiracist scholars at enormous risk." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...aljazeera.comJason Arday’s death is institutional murderArday was subjected to a vicious campaign fuelled by anti-Black racism. 111635
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Margaret Comer @mcomer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Horrific. So many gleeful ghouls, ranging from far right to liberal, who jumped on this issue to vent their spleen over everything they think they’re entitled to if only they didn’t have to share with people they, deep down or shallowly, deem unworthy. A murder by social media witch hunt. 02911
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Our America as WE know it💔 247176433854
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 09/08/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 "Black Is Beautiful" wasn't just a slogan—it was a powerful movement. It shaped Black identity and more. Today—you will meet the movers and shakers behind this cultural revolution. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 591522540
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Stop calling it AI and refer to it as "Digital Meth". "What are you using AI for?" "Digital Meth? Nothing. It turns your brain into slop." "Are you using AI for writing?" "Digital Meth? It will guarantee you get Dementia in a decade. Why would I want dementia?" 77818
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 10/08/2026me: hey do you have this movie I want to watch? Disney: no Netflix: not anymore Apple: ew no CBC Gem: yes and it’s free Prime: maybe I do, maybe I don’t. Maybe it costs $5 for no reason, even though you already pay for this. Maybe you should fuck off into the sun. 37392791272
Reposted by Livi Heebsh.The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This part 944276897
