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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 · 20/08/2026

I remember you said you’d do this one. ANYTHING with Steve Zahn is a solid watch for me. Can’t wait for the episode!

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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 · 08/08/2026

But RFK did it why can’t they

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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

Hey wait do you think @iamseanastin.bsky.social would follow me again? On here???

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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 · 23/07/2026

Who….?? Who is DIS?? I know no one who doesn’t have to cut AT LEAST 30%. And you stick your cuts in a new doc, mark it “good ideas” and there’s either another chapter in the book OR an article!

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

I had a copy editor ask how someone in the book could have done a thing in 1874, when he died in 1874. I had to respond that a year has 12 months. He died in November. The thing he did was in February.

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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

Just write “welp! *slaps legs*”

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

Scream 7: a bit more violent than previous. Clearly setting up a new young franchise. Seriously if ANYONE actually acted like something was wrong most of the people wouldn’t die. Clueless: Paul Rudd never ages. One of the better Jane Austen adaptations. Christian shines.

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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 · 07/07/2026

A good dissertation is a DONE dissertation. Save all the fiddling for the book!!

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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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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Once my husband coughed in his sleep and immediately shushed himself. I woke him up because I was laughing so hard.

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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

They push hard too. It’s wild

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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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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ah!! That makes a difference!

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

As a podcast listener and WhatsApp user, if I got an unsolicited message from a podcast on WhatsApp I would never listen to that podcast. But I’m not an expert! Just a consumer

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Worked at the Royals in the 90s when he came to every game. Got to chat several times. Buck did have the best stories. Absolute legend.

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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 · 14/05/2026

Hahahaha now they’re pushing “why retire that’s stupid” instead of paying a living wage or giving us affordable healthcare

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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 · 08/05/2026

Wrong Danny’s yelling at Bailey right now and has been for far too long

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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

God I want to go to a baseball game for Pete’s sake

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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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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

In this year makes a lot of sense. That’s the closest I could come to, too.

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Kate Sheppard @k8shep.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Today a student told me they felt stupid for using AI. I responded: “Well, good. You should.” I jus couldn’t help myself

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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 · 05/04/2026

I completely believe you. Would love to see it.

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

Not as easy to march to, but I’ll practice! 😆

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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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