Reposted by Staci WillisScott Van Keuren @svankeuren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgMajor employer of archaeologists shuts down, leaving workers in the lurchThe “ungraceful exit” of Chronicle Heritage leaves many researchers fearful for the future 153
Reposted by Staci WillisPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues. 31570522532
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Random fact about me: I moved to the Southside of Chicago in 2005, to St. Louis in 2006, and then to Houston in 2017. My fellow baseball fans will know what this means. 121
Reposted by Staci WillisDr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Time for another book review! My next book review is Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, by Cat Bohannon. (1/10) 🧪 #Booksky #ScienceBooks #BookReview #HumanEvolution 2205
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I made poor life choices today (dear reader, I read the comments). So this thread was a most welcome moment of joy. 060
Reposted by Staci WillisMatt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise. 47126113781
Reposted by Staci WillisColleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you need a 3D model of a Ma'agan Michael ship, a Kyrenia Ship, or an Athenian Trireme warship, you are in luck. I'd download them pretty quick though, this webpage seems to be in rapid decay. Sail on, digital ghosts. imareculture.eu/downloads/pr...imareculture.eu3D LIBRARIES OF SHIPS – i-MareCulture 1146
Reposted by Staci WillisStaci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hello my fellow archaeologists and those interested in archaeology! The National Trust for Historic Preservation is circulating a petition to save Section 106. support.savingplaces.org/page/100753/...support.savingplaces.orgProtect the National Historic Preservation ActAsk Congress to oppose regulatory changes that would weaken historic preservation in every community in America. 133
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hello my fellow archaeologists and those interested in archaeology! The National Trust for Historic Preservation is circulating a petition to save Section 106. support.savingplaces.org/page/100753/...support.savingplaces.orgProtect the National Historic Preservation ActAsk Congress to oppose regulatory changes that would weaken historic preservation in every community in America. 133
Reposted by Staci WillisRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It's how tribes have protected sacred sites, traditional cultural places, and ancestral lands for 60 years. 14910
Reposted by Staci WillisRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Section 106 requires federal agencies to consult with Tribal Nations before funding, permitting, or approving projects that could affect historic and cultural places. Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs) lead that work on the ground. 15111
Reposted by Staci WillisRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇 7217201
Reposted by Staci Willisjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126137999
Reposted by Staci WillisKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/07/2026Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵static.klipy.comRaccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good' 852136706
Reposted by Staci WillisDr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Excited about my newest publication, published today! I really enjoyed working/writing with this group, led by Metin Eren. Spoiler alert: the answers to the questions we pose in the title are 'probably both', and 'nah, we can't'. 0277
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Just when you think this site can't get any weirder! 010
Reposted by Staci WillisJohn Hawks @johnhawks.net · 24/06/2026The first molecular evidence of Homo naledi from at least 20 individuals shows that none are male. I've taken a deep dive into how the paleoproteomics works, what it says about naledi relationships, and why this result is less surprising than it sounds. www.johnhawks.net/p/the-first-...johnhawks.netThe first molecular data from Homo nalediProtein data from the Rising Star cave system show the known sample of this species is entirely female. 38234
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 20/06/2026For all my fellow anthropologists, check out this bullshit! For the non anthropologists, there are many things wrong with this image. But the most basic is that it's NOT a Neanderthal. 062
Reposted by Staci WillisD. @thkmadamedulac.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Loved learning this and continuing to learn about this day 13623
Reposted by Staci WillisColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026As a one and ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY done mom, I could go on and on. The US is an extraordinarily hostile nation to have a child in. This country throws mothers into the sea during a storm and places bets on who will survive. We are cruel to mothers here. It’s not the fucking phones. 214626
Reposted by Staci WillisC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026There are two Blueskys tonight. World Cup Bluesky and scaffolding Bluesky. Both come from places of joy. 21810119
Reposted by Staci Willisanthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026My assessment of the “Report” and its misrepresentation of anthropology in @chronicle.com … a mini thread www.chronicle.com/article/are-...chronicle.comOpinion | McCarythism Dressed Up as an Academic ReportWe should not be distracted by the bogeyman of social-justice scholarship. 1129
Reposted by Staci WillisKnoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Berlin Zoo named their baby Hippo Brötchen. :) (Bread roll 🥖) 393072708
Reposted by Staci WillisDr. Maria at Natural Math @maria-naturalmath.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I hope someone does the math on the magnitude and impact of the fine Streisand Effect these bad actors at the diabetes society and the NIH are creating. 🤦 How many people who otherwise wouldn't even know the journal existed (like me) will now read and share the fiery April 2026 editorial?diabetesjournals.orgMisguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent 062
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I saw the headlines and read the brief stories that were very short on details. Her name was Persia and she deserves justice. Moved to hear the words from her loving family about her life. 041
Reposted by Staci Willisgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Good evening, I'm at the Montrose Center here in Houston for a vigil for Persia Amarra Conway, the transgender woman who was found dead in SW Houston. Her family is going to speak the media soon and give us an update. 230366
Reposted by Staci WillisThe Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 29/05/2026“We asked the state a simple question: How dead did we have to be to receive healthcare that could save our viable babies and our own lives? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called us ‘woke.’” thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/29/k...thebarbedwire.comKen Paxton, ‘Champion for the Unborn,’ Would Have Let Our Babies Die. We Know Firsthand.Texas’ attorney general said we weren’t dead enough for an abortion — that our doctors were right to deny us care. 25840
Reposted by Staci WillisBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possibletheringer.comThe 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in TechThe bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI 932484836
Reposted by Staci WillisProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/20261/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵 20045492094
Reposted by Staci WillisProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/20265/ For five straight days, she laid in a hospital bed, waiting for her situation to get dire enough that doctors — and the hospital's lawyers — would act.propublica.orgShe Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that. 181028245
Reposted by Staci WillisJess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 27/05/2026"My emotional response to all this is hard to describe, something between disgust and despair. Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough? If they knew that it would be hard to prove? It’s hard to consider that and not despair."share.googleThe Despair of the Professor in the Age of A.I.“Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?” 25415
Reposted by Staci WillisDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.glaad.orgTell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAADThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous... 1511481327
Reposted by Staci WillisMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/05/2026NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:thehandbasket.coHating AI is good, actuallyLinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice. 12769291718
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Oh this is very cool! Qiaomei Fu is doing such amazing work in ancient genomics; not surprised to see something this exciting coming out of her lab. My spring class would have loved discussing this. 040
Reposted by Staci WillisKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Scientists have identified ancient proteins from Homo erectus, marking the first time genetic info has been extracted from the species. But the results raise the question -- Do we even know what Homo erectus is? 🧪🏺livescience.comHomo erectus genetic material sequenced for the first time, and it shows 'deep genetic links' with modern humansA new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via... 27632
Reposted by Staci WillisDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026👏👏👏 “AI’s prose is perfectly mediocre…. The resultant stories and essays are simulacra of thought, generated via pattern recognition learned from millions of human-penned words, rooted in no particular experience by no particular person.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comI knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah NathanThe problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words 57722
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 04/05/2026May the 4th Day! From San Francisco. Post SAA fun day before flying back for Finals Week. 010
Reposted by Staci WillisJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is. 211221464
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 17/04/2026College Marketing Team convo Guy 1: What image should we choose to represent the anthropology program on our website in the year 2026? Guy 2: How about two white guys in lab coats mansplaining an Indigenous art piece that's locked in a glass case? 140
Reposted by Staci Willisv e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II 13979722525
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Rangers put a racist statue in their stadium. And then promptly get swept in their home opener. I love baseball and the Rangers are my team but I hope they lose every single home game until they remove that white supremacist's statue. 070
Staci Willis @sewnandsea.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is beautiful and voices my most fundamental concerns about LLMs in education. "The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing." 150
Reposted by Staci WillisMinas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...ergosphere.blogThe machines are fine. I'm worried about us.On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable. 1101781531
Reposted by Staci WillisCameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is so, so well-articulated. 97107603880
Reposted by Staci WillisKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 31/03/2026It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after. 43359504304
Reposted by Staci WillisReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 26/03/2026if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.comtested-podcast.comTESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports 181270758
Reposted by Staci WillisA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026If I knew viewing Guernica would put money directly into the pockets of a still living Pablo Picasso, who had announced publicly that he would be using that money to terrorize, harm, and kill women, not only would I not go view Guernica, it would fundamentally change the meaning of Guernica as art. 384115876
Reposted by Staci WillisProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2026NEW: Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor. Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded.propublica.orgShe Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like. 23469218
Reposted by Staci WillisJonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Our @statnews.com survey of NIH-funded researchers drew nearly 1,000 responses from 45 states (plus DC and Puerto Rico). Here's a short thread on 5 scientists' whose labs and lives have been deeply impacted by federal policies 🧵 17756
