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Katie Biittner

@kbiittner.bsky.social
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Associate Professor (Anthropology) at MacEwan University. Tier 2 Chancellor's Research Chair. Archaeologist. Archaeogamer. Queer. Polyam/RA. Matriarch. She/They.

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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Abstract submitted for CAA2027! Next calendar year is going to be busy with four conferences on our radar. I'm privileged to have secured research funding (thanks SSHRC and MacEwan!) to support dissemination of our archaeogaming research.
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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We knew this was coming 😒 Canadian researchers, pay close attention to this report. "The committee says it heard 'overwhelming testimony' criticizing EDI policies. . . that EDI has been 'embraced and politicized by the far-left political agenda'."
universityaffairs.ca
Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says - University Affairs
The Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Deaths from pregnancy are up in: sepsis, miscarriage, and even homicide. Explainable by an anti-abortion legislation (yes, even homicide - see the Turnaway Study for what happens when people don't get wanted abortions). The science of all of this is in my book:
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Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End
A compassionate, evidence-based look at pregnancy loss--how and why it happens, and why the assurances of the medical industry don't reflect the reality One of the most prevalent myths about human pre...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Archaeologists Discover More Old Shit That Sucks theonion.com/archaeologists-discove…
Archaeologists Discover More Old Shit That Sucks
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SweetJimmy (he/him)🇨🇦 @sweetjimmy72.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wondering if anyone in the hobby knows of a place where I can get custom decals made for hotwheels. I had a contact but he disappeared a while ago and I have an unfinished project that needs decals. #gaslands #minis #decals
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I reaaallly don't need a game to play right now but I just saw some videos of D-Squad in Star Wars Zero Company and now I NEEEED this game 🥹
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Star Wars: R2-D2's Excited Beeps
ALT: Star Wars: R2-D2's Excited Beeps
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am not worried at all that my DM painted these. Surely they have nothing to do with our campaign and are just for funzies 😬
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Justin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There is a significant space archaeology angle to this SETI proposal, but it has nothing to do with aliens (don't tell Avi Loeb!)
To test their hypothesis, the scientists propose sending a mission to the surface of the moon to sift through about a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of soil as a starting point - a tall ask. Specialized instruments would then comb through the soil searching for artificial particles, perhaps by screening for metals and other manufactured substances.

Dr. Pinault has already developed models designed to search for larger artificial objects on the moon, such as the unlocated remains of the Soviet lander Luna 9. Similar models could also be trained to detect tiny grains that might have an artificial origin.

Even if artificial grains were identified, there would be a high chance that they were of human origin. Many spacecraft parts have crashed into the moon over the decades, so it would not be surprising to find micron-scale debris from our own defunct missions. To determine whether a particle came from Earth or from some alien world, scientists would need to analyze the chemical fingerprint of the object.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i have to be a big-time wife guy about this and brag that my wife collected these archival materials and the huge collection of artifacts related to menstruation. it has been a years-long project to get these collected, catalogued, photographed, and put online for research.
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The Menstrual History Collection: Attitudes and Advertising
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here's my Year 40 back to school pic. First day of classes is done. Many questions in #anth101 and a lot of familiar faces in #anth395, plus random office drop ins by students, made for a great day. #macewanu
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our next book chapter (with @herrprofdr.bsky.social) is done and off to the editor for peer review. I am so fortunate to work with such a productive, kind, & fun collaborator. He makes me sound smarter than I am through his critical edits #archaeogaming
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
YES to Canada 🇨🇦, reason, and compassion❗ NO to the 9❗ As the (ridiculous) Alberta referendum nears, let's keep the message simple. VOTE❗ Much of the motivation for referendum based on xenophobic and regressive BS. My take 👉 thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... cc @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
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Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The Walrus
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Why'd you pull your feet away, mum? I was having a nice chew on them" - Hero, he who does no wrong #siberiancat
A large fluffy cat with dark face, limbs, and tail with light body lies on a bed covered in a duvet with greenery and pink flowers on it. The cat has a wide eyed expression, looking directly at the camera. His tail is blurry as he's playfully thumping it.
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sleepy floof #HeroSilverwood #siberiancat
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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Exciting new Assistant Professor position for a new archaeologist in our wonderful department! Come join us and be part of something special! www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvicscholcom.bsky.social #anthropology #archaeology
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ANTH 280-210 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Brian Lynch @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Donkey Kong's arch enemy should be Monkey Kong who is a donkey
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 17/08/2026
Going fishing this #NationalFishingMonth? 🐟 At Lake Tesse, Norway, fishers harvest the brown trout that live there. New research suggests they are descended from fish first introduced to the lake by hunter-fisher-gatherers ~7000 years ago! 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
Above: map of Lake Tesse, annotated with its location in southern Norway. Below: map of the lake's south-west shore, annotated with locations of Stone Age settlement areas along the shore and locations of fish traps in the lake.
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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Day 3 (final) of #FDG26 starts with the announcement of #FDG27 in Melbourne | Naarm, Australia CfP and call for organizers is live
FDG 2027 announcement QR codes for call for papers and organizers and track chairs for FDG 2027
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tomorrow (August 13), on behalf of our team, I'll be presenting our paper "LAVA: Large-scale Archaeological Videogame Analysis" at #FDG26 in Session 13, room AUD 15, from 11:00 - 12:30. You can download the full paper ➡️ dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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LAVA: Large-scale Archaeological Videogame Analysis | Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thanks to those who stopped by to chat about our poster/paper, "No Prototypical Prototypes: Prototypes as the Stone Tools of Game Development", wherein we nuance the idea of a game prototype using the lithic reduction sequence dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #FDG26 #archaeogaming
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ok but the food available at 7-11s here (Copenhagen) is like legit good. And not just good enough for how cheap it is. I just crushed a chocolate muffin that easily is one of the best I've ever had.
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The lovely zine submissions in our GAP workshop library!
Several zines on a table
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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My sort paper on Talos Principle and Egypt for the conference is now available online from the FDG proceedings (open access): dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 10/08/2026
🏺 Should probably revisit this piece at some point, but for now you can still read my article on video games, side quests, and archaeology for free online here! epoiesen.carleton.ca/2024/05/20/s...
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Side Quest Added: Video Game Mechanics and the Potential for Pseudoarchaeology | Epoiesen: A Journal for Creative Engagement in History and Archaeology
On 'archaeology' as a sidequest mechanic in videogames.
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I am having a whale of a time at the Games and Archaeological Play workshop today at FDG - @florencesn.bsky.social gave a great intro and now @timhutchings.bsky.social is saying incredibly cool things about design. There might be recordings later!
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Registered and ready to play! First up is the Games and Archaeological Play workshop with @mtrc.bsky.social and @florencesn.bsky.social #FDG26 #archaeogaming
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy International Cat Day! #HeroSilverwood #siberiancat
Long haired cat with dark face and paws, light body fur, and blue eyes looks at the camera. Only his head and front paws are visible.
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Don’t worry, students! That extra money you pay will end up in the pockets of Ol’ Sammy Mraiche, where Don Dani of Berta Nostra has decided it belongs.
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
En route to Copenhagen #fdg26
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Animethon with mum and kid today #animethonyeg #DanDaDan
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
His foot is behind his head and his beard is caught in his mouth in two places, and he is very offended I laughed out loud and took a picture. I accept that yes, I am very much in the wrong here. #HeroSilverwood #siberiancat
A long haired cat (dark face and paws) is half sitting, half lying on a bed. One of his rear paws is up behind his head and he has two tufts of fur in his mouth.
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Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Why would anyone pay $38,000 for a Megalodon shark tooth that they could buy now for less than $1,000? I explore answer that question in my latest publication: **Illusions of Rarity and Value in Competing Megalodon Tooth Markets** Available free and open access. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
A hand next to a two black megalodon sharks teeth. The larger toot is as long as the index finger of the hand.
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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 27/07/2026
🆕 New #openaccess research in the #SAA journal @saa-aap.bsky.social highlights a growing digital curation crisis in #archaeology. Read the blog and associated article! 🔗 cup.org/4uRYbGY #digitalhumanities #datapreservation
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How the Digital Curation Crisis is endangering archaeology « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago...
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The ArchaeoGaming Collective @archaeogameco.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We are happy to announce the official return of the ArchaeoGaming Conference hosted by the ArchaeoGaming Collective. This is a 100% virtual event that is free to attend. We are currently accepting presentation submissions until August 16. For more details: archaeogameco.weebly.com/coninfo.html
Remastering Archaeology
AGCon 2026
Weekend of October 24th
Games, Archaeology, Fun
ArchaeoGaming CollectiveArchaeoGaming Collective
Call for Papers
AGCon 2026
Call for Papers until August 16
Con Weekend October 24
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
As my Tier 2 Chancellor's Research Chair officially started this month, I figured it made sense to start rebuilding my online presence. I'll be sharing about my ongoing #archaeogaming work with @herrprofdr.bsky.social, in addition to other projects (digital preservation, basket ethnography,...).
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Dr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Jeff Bezos’s wedding cost $50 million which is $20 million more than the U.S. government has spent on math research this year. We’re gutting science funding to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Announcing ArchaeOS, a speculative keepsake game made for the @archive.org DiscMaster jam by @mtrc.bsky.social and me! The game asks you to interpret digital artefacts using a deck of cards, and is made exclusively with assets from DiscMaster. 💾 🏺 illomens.itch.io/archaeos
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ArchaeOS by ill omens, Florence Smith Nicholls
Mercurius Semper Vincit
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Victoria Castillo @victoriacastle.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
What is happening? How can any of these documents/artifacts be sold at auction? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Auctioning Hudson's Bay artifacts with First Nations significance would be 'morally irresponsible': chief | CBC News
As Hudson's Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may b...
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Katie Biittner @kbiittner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
So handsome #siberianforestcat #HeroSilverwood
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Cruelty is the deliberate point of the current administration. Don’t stoop to their level.
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John Hoopes @jwhoopes2.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Please don’t let BlueSky become polluted with bullshit #pseudoarchaeology the way Twitter has. We don’t need no Ancient Aliens. We don’t need no Graham Hancock. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoa...
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Pseudoarchaeology - Wikipedia
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Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Thank you to all that joined us for our first Speaker Series of the year! On that note, our second Speaker Series event is coming March 20! Interested in Stories of the Small? Check out our great lineup of speakers, and find the online registration link below 🏺 www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
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2025 Speaker Series: Stories of the Small
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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This morning I saw a large JAQ account "JAQing" about these, so a reminder that pseudoarch ancient mummified aliens claims in Peru (which have been around for a long while but resurged recently), are fueling burial desecration to create these manufactured aliens. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
reuters.com
Alien fever dreams fuel Peruvian grave robbings
Nazca is known for salt flats that dehydrate and preserve human and animal remains, making it the site of important finds that have deepened modern understanding of ancient cultures – and attracted grave robbers.
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Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Digital/data literacy is a core need for practicing archaeologists, and something that has been the subject of many of our articles.
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