archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I wrote a thing. open.substack.com/pub/levimymk...open.substack.comOn "Our Ancestors Built This Town"History and Power in Small-Town British Columbia 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I would love to hear the freedom/academic freedom banshees holler about how the Trump administration is crushing Harvard right now. Doesn’t sound very free to me. 040
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 07/04/2025www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...cbc.caPierre Poilievre's record on Indigenous rights concerns advocates | CBC NewsPierre Poilievre's pitch to Indigenous voters has focused on resource development and economic reconciliation but some Indigenous advocates say they are concerned about his record on issues like resid... 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 02/04/2025www.prpeak.com/local-news/a...prpeak.comAuthor explores rich culture of food harvesting in Tla'aminBilingual picture book revisits sights, sounds and cherished memories living on the southwest coast 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 02/04/2025pressprogress.ca/possible-lea...pressprogress.caPossible Leadership Run By Right-Wing Social Media Personality Sounds Alarm Bells Inside BC Liberal PartyFormer BC Proud spokesperson Aaron Gunn has vowed a ‘total overhaul’ and a ‘new name’ for the BC Liberals if he runs for leader 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Not a good look for someone running in an area that has been all but fished out entirely. When I hear people talk about their "marine assets", it's rich people's docks. Our real marine asset is a healthy and functioning marine ecosystem. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...thetyee.caBC Conservative Candidate Targets Great Bear Marine Protection Plan | The TyeeAdvocates say Indigenous protected areas will increase economic opportunities. 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 28/03/2025More pure, unadulterated fascism from Trump and Vance, including the pre-1940s assertion that race is biological: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govRestoring Truth and Sanity to American HistoryBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 23/03/2025More support to make residential school denialism recognized as hate speech. www.bcafn.ca/news/fnlc-ca....bcafn.caFNLC Calls on Canada to Prioritize Legislation to Create Legal Protections against Residential School Denialism | British Columbia Assembly of First NationsImage (xʷməθ 110
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 22/03/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 07/03/2025In case anybody is wondering how the closing of PEPFAR will affect people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: (spoiler: remember the early 90s?) 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This is not good at all. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...nytimes.comTrump and Vance Rebuke Zelensky During White House Meeting: Live Updates 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Friendly reminder! There is a statement you can sign that condemns residential school denialism, put out by the qathet Museum. New: you can now see the organizations and individuals who have already signed it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comqathet Museum and Archives Statement on Residential School DenialismPlease add your name, title, and affiliation below. Titles are optional, and affiliation can be your work, organization, Indigenous nation or community, university, etc. and more than one may be added... 011
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 23/02/2025I was working in Gibsons during the quake and we were hearing them all morning! We got to site at 8 and heard 3-4 deep, extended rumbles (kinda like a fighter jet) until finally the rumble was accompanied by a shake. Pretty surreal when you are kneeling on the forest floor and it starts to move. 130
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 23/02/2025@charlieangus104.bsky.social made a petition to revoke Musk’s Canadian passport. It has over 90k signatures! Sign it here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-5353 - Petitions 010
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogybe with good company @bewithgoodcompany.bsky.social · 16/02/2025February Action #7: Canada must update travel guidance and welcome trans refugees - organized by Queer Momentum <3. Petition to sign: www.momentumcanada.net/pathwaysmomentumcanada.netSign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugeesSign the petition: Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees 021
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Great (and short!) article on the repatriation of Indigenous ancestral remains in America. @cpqathet.bsky.social will be collaborating with the qathet Museum in April to screen a film on this issue. Stay tuned! 010
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/02/2025A new law signed by Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah prohibits unions from negotiating wages and other terms for teachers, firefighters, police officers and all other public employees, joining just two other states that have banned collective bargaining in the public sector.nytimes.comUtah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public WorkersUtah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country’s labor movement. 3641331705
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Definitely not scary www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...nytimes.comPutin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow. 100
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I made a substack! Do I hate self promotion? Yes I do, but I enjoy writing more 🌟 My Notion blog still exists (I adore Notion!) but it’s not the best platform (it’s not searchable) so I’m slowly moving everything over. open.substack.com/pub/levimymkoopen.substack.comarchaeodabble | Levi Mymko | SubstackArchaeologist located on coastal British Columbia. I work as a professional archaeologist here on the coast and write about archaeology, culture, racism, and Indigenous heritage issues and from a Marx... 120
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Working on a computer all day after spending most of your life engaged in manual labour is a different kind of suffering at work. I miss being a builder a lot these days. 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I’m so glad a local finally wrote about this struggle from a different perspective than the WRS. I am tired of the lies and misinformation about this issue. Nobody is coming to take your land and the only people at risk of losing a fraction of their luxury are the ultra wealthy- and their realtors. 040
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyIt's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Police tried to protect a small group of armed neo-Nazis from angry community members today on a freeway overpass in #Ohio, people managed to push through police as the Nazis escaped in a box truck. Young people then set fire to a stolen Nazi flag. 802816826
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I wrote a critical review of one denialist’s shitty, racist work. Her writing has been upending some great collaborative work on Lasqueti Island and fomenting anti-Indigenous racism and hate in our communities. archaeodabble.notion.site/Recognizing-...archaeodabble.notion.siteRecognizing Gaps in ‘Independent Research’: Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Michelle Stirling (or any other residential school denialists). | NotionRecognizing Gaps in ‘Independent Research’: Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Michelle Stirling (or any other denialists). 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Truth www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...aljazeera.comWhy archaeologists must speak up for GazaArchaeology is often a mechanism of power. As such, its scholars have an obligation to speak up against oppression. 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 05/02/2025In case people don’t know, Musk and Trump’s “killing” of USAID means they have halted PEPFAR, the US (Republican)-led initiative that has brought the AIDS epidemic under control in the last 20 years. Today, people are not getting their meds in Africa. Do they not remember AIDS??? WTF 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 04/02/2025This is very cool news. The people who lived at that site at that time did not hunt bison bison - they hunted its large predecessor, bison antiquus! They may have even seen mastodon😍 sasknow.com/2025/02/03/s....sasknow.comSturgeon Lake First Nation calls on governments to study and protect 11,000 year old settlementFollowing a major archaeological discovery west of Prince Albert involving the uncovering of a settlement that... 020
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 03/02/2025One good thing about working from home is that you don’t have to hide in the walk-in cooler to cry. 000
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyCinema Politica qathet @cpqathet.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Notes On Displacement trailer👇 Playing at the Patricia Theatre on Saturday February 1st, doors at 1:30pm , movie at 2pm By donation! Daycare available for kiddos(3+) youtu.be/Gk1aIgpum6k?... Folks in qathet, please let homies know.youtu.beNotes on Displacement - TrailerYouTube video by Arab British Centre 062
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It's a hell of a time to be teaching a seminar on "The Long Arc of Fascism." Going to start today's class with this. 1452384
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 27/01/2025It’s truly mind boggling to think that when people are faced with censorship under a hate speech law, instead of open reflection on how their material may be harmful to a particular group, it’s dismissed with a wave. Do they have no moments of self-reflection? How can they just sit with that? 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I lost my wallet a couple of weeks ago and am suddenly making leather things again! 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Nina Green, mysterious Canadian genocide denialist, regularly sends her articles as emails to a large group of academics and professionals. I just copied her email list to distribute a petition in support of making denialism hate speech, and the number of signatures just jumped. Thanks Nina! 220
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyCharles Latimer @ch4rlie.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Mother Jones just coming out of the gate with this, is the energy I need today! 144
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Many people have been waiting for this day, unsure if it would ever happen. But today it did! www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...pbs.orgBiden commutes sentence for indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of 2 FBI agentsBiden commutes sentence for indigenous activist Leonard Peltier 110
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogySean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 18/01/2025This past week was John A. Macdonald's birthday, and the far-right never misses a chance to defend JAM. What's interesting, is that this year Pierre Poilievre joined the chorus of residential school denialists et. al seeking to whitewash JAM's legacy. As a historian, here's a 🧵 25338
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The qathet Museum and Archives has issued a signable statement denouncing residential school and genocide denialism. Please consider signing it, and share widely. This is the only singable statement on this issue that, as far as I know, exists. qathetmuseum.ca/8189-2/qathetmuseum.caStatement on Residental School DenialismStatement on Residential School Denialism The qathet Museum and Archives stands firm in its commitment to truth, reconciliation, and the respectful representation of Indigenous histories. In respon… 121
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Pollievre is such a tool. If elected he will drive this country into the ground and make it an ideologically terrible place not only for leftists, women, and minorities because everything woke is bad now. And did you know woke invented racism!? It didn’t even exist before! 010
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 11/01/2025It’s so hard not to feel down about the next 4 years. I don’t want to be in a constant state of hypervigilance over what political bullshit is going to come down the pipe from the cons and the shitbirds in my community. 100
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Two badass MPs are coming to my town to hold an event on countering residential school denialism. I am very interested in hearing what they have to say as @leahgazan.bsky.social has put forward a motion to make denialism hate speech in the criminal code. www.eventbrite.ca/e/from-truth...eventbrite.caFrom Truth to Action: Ending Residential School DenialismJoin MP Rachel Blaney with special guest MP Leah Gazan in a discussion about the harms of Indian residential school denialism. 511
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 30/12/2024Best of 2024: In Alberta and Montana, the Blackfoot Confederacy is bringing buffalo herds back to the plains, with dreams of restoring the traditional hunt:buff.lyOn Blackfoot land, the buffalo roam | The NarwhalThe Blackfoot Confederacy is working toward free-roaming buffalo crossing the border once again — and revitalizing traditional hunts 57918
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 30/12/2024This is so wonderful to read! Finally some good news coming from the ocean 💕 clayoquotaction.org/the-comeback/clayoquotaction.orgSalmon come back. Removing fish farms works!Salmon are coming back in abundance after 40% of BC fish farms removed! 011
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 24/12/2024The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024. The bill would create a federal commission—similar to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission—to investigate the U.S. Indian boarding school system.youtu.beU.S. senate approves truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools | APTN NewsYouTube video by APTN News 06025
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I’m writing an article about residential school denialism, research, and archaeology but I feel nervous about publishing it. Any writers have experience naming names in articles that criticize others work? And doubting yourself the whole time? Shouldn’t people who make claims expect critique? 110
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogyThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19/12/2024Where have forestry companies in British Columbia sprayed herbicides to weed out plants and trees that might compete with conifers destined for timber? Explore this map to find out: thenarwhal.ca/bc-glyphosat...thenarwhal.caA map of glyphosate use in B.C. forests | The NarwhalWe mapped out the one million hectares of B.C. forests that have been sprayed with herbicides like glyphosate 84923
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Amazing that people write entire books on “why don’t they just get over it” 000
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Attended a talk by a residential school apologist extraordinaire this evening. Harnessing some SERIOUS NWL (Nice White Lady) energy, she actually teared up talking about how the NWMP (police) saved plains Indg. ppl from murderous whiskey-trading Americans during the Indian Wars of the late 1800s. 300
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 17/12/2024PSA: Options for Sexual Health may be on the verge of closing all but 5 of over 50 clinics around BC next year. Please consider writing to your MLA and the Minister of Health and voice your opposition to these closures! 000
Reposted by archaeology.of.perogySean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 16/12/2024✌️canadashistory.caPersonae Non Gratae - Canada's Historysearch-iconclosesearch-iconcloseParks Canada has permanently removed the bronze plaques of seven controversial national historic persons. 1115
archaeology.of.perogy @muskrat-tears.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I hate fb, but do check it pretty regularly to keep an eye on what the local racists and douchebags are up to. I made a huge block list recently and now it’s so peaceful and boring 😌 000