“My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze…
Congratulations!
There are gatherings all over the country on May 1 to say no to billionaires who are killing jobs and ignoring our constitution. Even as a School Board member, I swore to uphold the U. S. Constitution. US Senator Thom Tillis did too. Why isn’t he standing up for his oath?
Anyone doing this for NEH? The bloodletting there seems extreme but as it doesn’t fit the media love affair with STEM it’s not being covered.
NEH grant “terminated”? Fill out this report!!!
For people reposting stuff about the cancellation of the Big Berks conference, PLEASE read and share this thread, which sets the record straight.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star.
Putin’s Poodle
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
The truth is these are not very bright guys...and things got out of hand.
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Oh no! I had the pleasure of taking a class with him at U Mich (even though he was only slightly older than me)… such a brilliant scholar and humble man. Do you have more details?
This Wednesday….12 noon
Photo of SK in a forest in Pennsylvania, wearing a tie dyed field shirt from the 2017 grassland bird Konza Crew and holding a large sparrow that is black on one side of the body and brown on the other.
Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird!
Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️⚧️
The antidote for despair is action ❤️
* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)
“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”
Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅
PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.
The transgender flag, with two light blue stripes on top and bottom; two pink stripes between them; and a single white strip in the middle.
On this day of national disgrace, I will limit myself to a single comment: I stand with the transgender community. ❤️
New Yorker cover showing Elon Musk being sworn in as president, crowding Trump out of the panel.
New NEH/AHRC partnership "to encourage more international collaboration in humanities research between US and UK scholars focused on examining the societal impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and ensuring such technologies are deployed and used safely and responsibly" bit.ly/3Wilwmw
We spent the past week working on this. Please share - it’s not getting enough attention.
The hearing on UNC's plan to burn paper & plastic pellets at the power plant has been moved to Chapel Hill Town Hall.
Thanks to all the petition-signers, organizers & electeds who advocated for the move. Special tip of the hat to Sen. Meyer.
LFG!
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👇CFP for the SCA Biennial UNconference, Restorative Relations
Here’s the starting point: does the thought of attending another academic conference elicit fatigue and burnout instead of excitement and possibility? Can it be different?
This is gonna be GOOD!
@culanth.bsky.social #anthrosky
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Anthropologist: Dichotomies are a legacy of European colonialism and are not universal. I perceive the cup as completely full of water and air, though a person of another culture may perceive the cup/water/air system differently
Headed to #AAA2024Tampa? Join us for a joint reception on Thurs, Nov 21st at 5pm w/ @culanth, @SocietyVisAnth, @PoliticalLegal, & @AmEthno! The reception venue (Marcolina’s @ 1517 E 7th Av) is ~15 min away from the conference venue via Tampa's free streetcar! See you all there.
Headed to #AAA2024Tampa? Join the SCA team for a joint reception on Thurs, Nov 21st at 5pm w/ our friends at Visual Anth, APLA, and American Ethnologist,
The reception venue (Marcolina’s @ 1517 E 7th Av) is ~15 min away from the conference venue via Tampa's free streetcar! See you all there.
My lovely home town!
