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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One thing I love about being abroad is encountering people in hotel spaces. No one knows what language anyone speaks so everyone gestures and nods rather than try to say anything.

Sunrise photo with mountains in the background and houses in the foreground.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Same, but in Missouri. They’re always “fighting” for their constituents. Lol

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“I’m sorry about what I said to you when I was writing. But to be fair you did interrupt me.” —Me, to my family, multiple times a week in the summer, even though I close my office door

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you’ve never recalled a book from yourself, are you even an academic?

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This should be in the @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social When Sean Astin used to follow me. Sad it’s over. Happy it even happened.

Sean Astin’s Twitter account showing he followed the OP

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Oh so I should go get more Taco Bell? If I have to, I HAVE TO

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Hammond: I simply don’t understand this Luddite attitude, especially from a scientist! I mean how can we stand in the light of discovery and not act? Malcolm: what’s so great about discovery? It’s a violent penetrative act that scars what it explores… This is a post about AI

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It is no surprise to me that the man on this train who is playing videos on his phone at a loud volume with no headphones is the same man who had the wrong ticket for the journey and forced the female ticket taker into solving his problem for him and never apologized or said thank you.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

On the train to Edinburgh ready for @historyscience.bsky.social conference. See you there?

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Watched a few movies on a recent flight and here are my ratings: 10 things I hate about you: 12/10. No notes. Always hilarious. Obligatory plane watch if they have it. Hail Mary: Andy Weir film has done it again. Heartwarming and hilarious. Need to read the book now. 1/2

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS will be in paperback on November 10th!! So excited to have another format to share the stories of these women. #paperbackwriter #egyptology

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I get lots of emails a week asking for $$ to have WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS on summer book clubs, summer reading lists, in social media posts. I’ve never said yes. Remember this as you see ads for books this summer! Also, why not check out a solid non-fic?? www.amazon.com/Women-Valley...

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Amazon.com: Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age eBook : Sheppard, Kathleen: Kindle Store

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age - Kindle edition by Sheppard, Kathleen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or ta...

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

TS5 spoiler. The writers ended a debate: . . . . . . . Andy’s mom was not Jessie’s kid. But it was done in such a good way!

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I had an article out recently on the complex ways in which ‘post-colonial’ (archaeological) knowledge moved, the conditions that allowed it, and why it’s important to finally move beyond that old Bruce Trigger article characterising types of archaeological work: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Developing Indian pasts? The Archaeological Survey of India, ‘postcolonial’ archaeology, and technical assistance in Nepal - William Carruthers, 2026

This article examines archaeological assistance provided to Nepal by the Archaeological Survey of India as part of India’s aid efforts there in the 1960s. It de...

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I’m slowly building a nice little collection of plug adapters. I have several at home but did I bring one of them with me? No. I have a new one now though. To add to my collection. I think I’ll build a little display shelf in my office and each one will have a plaque with info about it.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Unironically this was perfect comms strategy.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

Sampler that reads: I’m dipping nuggets you’ve never heard of into sauces you could never understand

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My main concern about the #MetGala is: how they walkin through to the Temple of Dendur and NOT knocking into displays along the way with their costumes? Hmmm?

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Had a chance to join @k8shep.bsky.social on stage at the American Research Center in Egypt annual conference yesterday to talk about representations of Egypt in film via The Mummy Returns. We'll try to put this out as a substack only episode soon.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I said this to my son last night. STEM is focused on industry (capital). The humanities are focused on the human experience. You can have both.

Pure STEM gives us tech bros
STEM + the humanities gives us nasa.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Talking about early C20 American patriotic songs. Did I play them “Over There”? Yes. Did I a cappella SING “You’re a Grand Ole Flag?” Also yes.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We’re taking Reckoning live in Denver. On April 11, @k8shep.bsky.social and I are taping a live episode about The Mummy Returns, Egyptology in film, and everything Hollywood gets wrong about ancient Egypt. Join us. Details below. jasonherbert.substack.com/p/reckoning-...

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Reckoning LIVE EVENT April 11

Kate Sheppard returns to talk The Mummy Returns

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This is the most boring post season since 2019. The Bears are the only thing keeping my attention.

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L. Wednesday @lizzywednesday.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

TCM, for those of us whose cable packages include it, will be paying tribute to Rob Reiner on January 28th with an evening of movies that kicks off with The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally & concludes with Stand By Me and This Is Spinal Tap.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This was SO fun to record! The best romantic comedy ever, directed by the late great Rob Reiner.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Apparently my and my kid’s flu + Covid vax wouldve been fully covered at a pharmacy. Instead, we went to a Minute Clinic (inside CVS) because they were the ONLY ones in MO who would verify they had a pediatric Covid dose. Now we owe for a clinic visit + vax copay. This is so stupid.

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cuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Guardians of the galaxy vol 1: fun, buddy movie Guardians vol 2 & 3: lonely men will destroy the universe instead of going to therapy.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I often think that people talk about AI as Boromir talked about the One Ring. “Ah, it’s a gift!” No, it’ll take over everything if you let it and it will destroy you (and the earth).

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I'm just a boy telling you that we are back with Season 3 of Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast! Join me and my two besties @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social to talk about NOTTING HILL.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just in time for your drive home. @k8shep.bsky.social @colincolbourn.bsky.social talking about one of the greatest romcoms ever made. NOTTING HILL drops right now on Reckoning with Jason Herbert. Tune and subscribe below.

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Kelee Siat @keleesiat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This Thursday, online public lecture Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social Prof. of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology: ‘“How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be” in Early American Egyptology’ Oct 2nd, 5pm UK: zoom.us/j/91521871294

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Saw a guy in a shirt today that read: G*ns don’t fill the hole in your soul. You need bullets, too. In case you’re wondering how deep red rural areas are doing and what it’s like to live in one.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Peacock interrupted coverage of the women’s marathon in Tokyo for a heat of the men’s 1500. Bloody typical.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Our dean of libraries and our registrar were both fired this week with no (revealed) plan for replacing them. Everything seems fine. It’s all okay over here.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Situational awareness challenge: grocery store addition. Maybe the WHOLE FAMILY doesn’t need to stand in front of the milk cooler, chatting. Carts go on one side or the other of the aisle. NEVER in the middle! Hi did you know you came to a COMPLETE STOP in the entry and no one can get around you??

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

When I was a grad student she told me always to have library access, so I could keep working no matter what. Her impact on history of science is truly mind-boggling. If you’re going to #HSSNOLA2025, be sure to come to our reception and panel about her legacy.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

It was difficult to explain to my 11yo the cultural hold that the Seinfeld episode that revealed Kramer’s first name held on all of us in the winter of ‘95.

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a man in a suit is holding a cup of coffee and saying you 'd better believe it .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a cup of coffee and saying you 'd better believe it .

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Seriously, fuck off. I say that with all due gravity.

Task Could this be
acceptable use?
Under what conditions?
Ask generative AI to identify
or summarize key points in
an article before you read it
Yes Acceptable without explicit citation
Use an AI chatbot as a
writing partner to help
generate and develop ideas
Yes Acceptable, may require explicit citation
depending on circumstances
Ask generative AI to produce
a starter bibliography
Yes Acceptable without explicit citation only if
each reference is checked and additional
databases and sources are mined
Ask generative AI to produce
a historical image for a paper
or presentation
Yes Image should be clearly marked as AI
generated and with explicit discussion as to
how the image was created. Images should
not be shared beyond the classroom

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

You know it’s not the heat so much as it is the unyielding atmospheric stress and relentless legacy pressure to feel the same way you did 30 years ago when the things you were promised for a lifetime of hard work still existed Sorry I meant humidity” I hate autocorrect 🙄

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