Signs of spring- a cute little snake sunning himself on a warm rock

lmaoooo

Boosting again for those who’ve missed this call to action. Please submit a public comment before Easter if you can! You can do it at the link in the first post which has a script, or scroll down for the direct link to the Bureau of Land Management page.

Respectfully: McMahon&Trump have cut&crippled Yale research, slashed student scholarships, demeaned&threatened academic freedom, blatantly violated statutory&constitutional protections for Yale&all Americans—&worked to dismantle the entire Dept of Ed. yaledailynews.com/articles/mci...

Beautiful crescent view of Earth from the Artemis II crew on April 3rd. flic.kr/p/2s5E44L

Love love love this book. I hadn’t reread it in probably twenty years, what a pleasure to go back to it again ❤️

If you are near Storrs CT, stop by the UConn powwow today! It's at the Radcliffe Hicks arena in Stores, CT from 12-5

My next door neighbor trimming the forsythia hedge, about a week before it is set to gloriously bloom outside our dining room window. 😔 It’s his hedge and he does all the work, so he can do what he wants… but what kind of monster can’t wait two weeks before doing this?

I’ve been sleeping really badly for a few years, as women my age tend to- waking up, often with nightmares, and couldn’t fall asleep again. Lately I very skeptically started taking magnesium glycinate, and I’m sleeping so well now! Makes no sense to me but I’m keeping at it…

For everyone wondering when the lunar flyby will be and how you can follow along, it looks like NASA will have live coverage starting at 1 pm ET Monday on YouTube/NASA+

Boosting again for those who’ve missed this call to action. Please submit a public comment before Easter if you can! You can do it at the link in the first post which has a script, or scroll down for the direct link to the Bureau of Land Management page.

Hey #skystorians! In case you are working on the history of horses directly or indirectly, or know someone who is: Check out my CfP for a session for the @esshc.bsky.social in Lyon 2027. Link to PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1HRab...

CHACO CANYON UNDER THREAT! Even this article hides the true urgency of this situation deep down in the article! "What You Can Do The scoping period ends April 7. That is not a typo. You have until Monday."

The Trump admin is trying to roll back protections around Chaco Canyon, harming cultural resources and lands that communities fought decades to protect. Chaco is not for sale. I’ve taken on Trump before to protect Chaco, and I’m ready to do it again. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

Sharing this again with some hashtags so it hopefully gets to more people. Please submit comments to the Bureau of Land Management this week, and please repost #archaeology #indigenous #paleontology #geology #anthropology #publiclands #nationalparks #resist #culturalheritage

Excellent visualization of the true distance between the Earth and our moon: #artemis #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n... More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program. Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure.

Thursday’s are better with happy jumping baby goats 😃

Please speak up TODAY to protect the priceless land of Chaco from drilling.

My archaeology peeps like @fenbeast.bsky.social understand how appalling this is, but for everybody else: Chaco Canyon is arguably the most historically significant site in North America, representing the source of much of the culture of pueblo societies of the southwest. Digging it up for

One of the most important and beautiful archaeological sites in the US.

Please give this a comment. Chaco is a world heritage site and the crooks running our country are trying to hand it off to oil companies.

ACTION ALERT⚠️ Dept. of Interior is trying to rush through a revocation of Biden’s public law protecting lands around Chaco Canyon from new oil/gas leases. They’ve given only 7 day for public comment, during Easter/Passover. Thread 🧵 below on why you should care, but here’s a link to comment! 🏺

Great news-- the gold Dacian helmet stolen last year has been recovered. There was a lot of talk at the time about how it was probably melted down within hours, so this is very exciting.

Fellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection. More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians

This grant report for a little organization that gave me $700 is the funnest writing I've done in months... just writing freely about our cool research findings, without needing a citation for every sentence or worrying about who will be critiquing it. Maybe I need to stop writing for academics?

I went to a book event tonight with Marie Benedict for her brand new novel, which is a dual narrative about Lord Carnarvon's daughter and Hatshepsut. Very interesting conversation with the author, but I was struck that the questions were mostly about the archaeology. Looking forward to reading it!

More learning to walk from Rembrandt, c. 1656 (British Museum)

This grant report for a little organization that gave me $700 is the funnest writing I've done in months... just writing freely about our cool research findings, without needing a citation for every sentence or worrying about who will be critiquing it. Maybe I need to stop writing for academics?

I wrote about women doing their husband's job-searching — there's truly so much going on here: www.patreon.com/posts/154012...

Les poissons! Les poissons! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/w...

new quinnipiac poll on ai suggests bluesky users are not the ones living in a bubble over this shit. nobody trusts it, nobody’s excited about it (6 percent say they’re “very excited” about it- more believe in mermaids). 21-point majority thinks it does more harm than good poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

We did it

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

BELOW: How Chicago feels about kings.

A Secret Meeting Place Kathryn Lynch, oil on canvas, 2025 www.kathrynlynch.com #art #painting

Following up on yesterday's post about the #Roman shipwreck cargo discovered in Lake Neuchâtel: what a stunning photo of the pottery vessels on the lake bottom! 🤩 📷 octopusfoundation.org/en/project/e...

How to take care of your community ❤️ Gift link 🎁

I am very much looking forward to participating in this interdisciplinary symposium on Sea Level Rise on Saturday, April 11. I'll be speaking on "The Rise & Fall of Sea Level Measurements: A Brief History & Its Philosophical Lessons" #HPS ⚒️ 🧪 #hpgeo

Symposium coming up at Connecticut College on sea level rise. Free and open to the public, with a fantastic roster of scholars from multiple fields.

You know it's really spring because Toby has shed enough fur to show his seasonal spots again.

The Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology still holds 46% of the Native American ancestors in its collections, falling short of a 2022 pledge to complete the repatriation of all ancestors within 3 years. Shalini N. Ramchune reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

These Central Asian trees could help shape the future of US apples, but researchers have been directed to uproot the collection by March 2027. Experts say the decision risks dismantling a resource for apple breeders that could take decades to reassemble.

Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores Here’s a 20% discount on your first order refer.bookshop.org/jen52349

You know it's really spring because Toby has shed enough fur to show his seasonal spots again.

Castle above the Clouds Great conditions at the legendary Hohenzollern Castle South-West Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog

Tout savoir sur la K-Beauty à l'exposition "Beauté coréenne, histoire d'un phénomène" au musée Guimet à Paris. #Exposition www.franceinfo.fr/culture/arts...

Here I am, talking about one of the central arguments of THE WESTERNERS! Out in a little more than one week! #squee #skystorians @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

📣 🎉Today is the official release day of my book, even tho many of you have it in hand already. 🙏 to all who purchased. Availability: Amazon has the paper w/ discount, Bookshop/OUP on back order. Should be an e-version that is missing. I will check w/ my press. More: www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati...

Spring knitting ahead, love these happy colors!