Boldly shitting where no cat has shat before

Oh that’s not a planet, it’s my cat

Happy Friday! If you’re free around 4pm est today, I’m doing an event (virtually) about ancient booze, and how drunkenness fits into human evolution! It’s archaeology happy hour—BYOB, naturally. You can reserve a spot here: arapahoelibraries.bibliocommons.com/events/6904c...

In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .

Happy consumerism bonanza day! Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists! Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats. Artists, drop your shops! For a start, check out SquidFacts.net More of my faves below

A North Carolina-based friend of mine told me that many families are nervous to go to school or get groceries because of ICE enforcement! If you can, a generous thing to do is to donate a few bucks to help the people of Durham care for each other! bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/forms/84

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social From a diet-specialist paleoarchaeologist (lapsed) and science communicator, thank you for making such a great episode about why Sapiens is such a dumb wrong book!

Why is “booking it” used to mean really hurrying?

I’m so tired that my feelings are tired

aw BEANS I misspelled the shop link! It’s thinglearner.squarespace.com/store OOPS ironically…well, I tried.

the gifting season is looming, and I sure would appreciate it if y’all shared this and the link to my art shop far and wide! many many thanks :) #art #shopping #gift #artist

This idea came to me in a dream, and even in the dream I thought “well, this is silly.” Gonna make a few more prints and put them up for sale in my shop. If you also feel like a fishperson who tried real hard, you can get one of your own. thinglearner.squarespace.com/shop

Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot. Vote in your local elections! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

Israel will tell us with a straight face that it's a leader in green energy while doing ecocide to Gaza and emitting more than 100 countries. As COP30 begins let's remember that military emissions aren't even calculated. #cop30

Hello! I got my shit together and set up a shop page on my website! I’m doing a limited run of several of my favorite prints for now. Eventually I’ll have an option for original pieces and commissions! You can buy ‘em! I’d love it if you did. #gifts #art thinglearner.squarespace.com/shop

As you read the homages remember that strong commitments to racist and misogynistic beliefs when one holds potions of power and prominence shape disciplines, knowledges, and practice. All the contributions, beneficial, ignorant, and harmful, should be on the table. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.

ICE has been seizing people in Allston. Boston area folks, spread the word about the LUCE hotline to report ICE sightings. And here's stickers you can print and put up anywhere:

This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Planet ahoy! The currents is anxious and smells strongly of chili peppers. Will you go there with me?

I wonder if a large number of Americans are just sick of this crap and would like to go back to having a government that works and not having to think about the president every day.

@thexylom.com provides vital coverage of underreported stories. If you’re looking for a way to support grassroots journalism, this is a great way to do it

I will not bow the knee to fascism, both emphatically on principle, and because I’m 39 and it hurts to get down there and back up again. #ow

I need help catching up on bills for my mom's care at a nursing home, and my own living expenses while I'm looking for work. Please donate, or share, friends! 🌱🙏 gofund.me/cb40a58b5

“Little guy” is a gender-neutral term

Interesting, but regrettably I *did* have to zoom in on the Vitruvian Man’s mathematically-proportioned dongle to see what the article was even talking about.

So much of the dumb shit that gullible people believe wouldn’t be a problem if Miss Frizzle had been real and had an army of quirky, benevolent clones.

Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.

Hey do you guys like crows? #painting #crows #nature #art #birds

Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social. We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵‍💫 If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

I am so tired I just opened a life saver, put the wrapper in my mouth, and tossed the candy on my desk

I don’t know exactly how to feel about the demolition of the White House wing, but man, Douglas Adams knew what was up when he created the Vogons.

My dad sent me a nice photo this morning. Hope you also enjoy it, internet pals. :)

Just over here doing the art my 12-year-old self would’ve been super into

A family with impeccable taste, @samscansstuff.bsky.social ! (Thank you for buying/sharing my book)

I really like how this one came out! Mammoth lino cut print with acrylic ink — I just need to get the coating of ink a little smoother.

happy SPOOKY SEASON, folks! I'm teaching a virtual class on FOLK HORROR (and how to better understand themes in movies), and there are 10 spots left! You'll get access to all the required movies. Subscribers to my patreon or twitch get a 15% discount code! www.newberry.org/calendar/fol...

ohhhhh is “antifa” short for antifreeze? Because it gets rid of ICE? That makes sense.

ahem @gregjenner.bsky.social it’s not aliens doing history, it’s only me, but good anyway!

Do you like history? Archaeology? Games? The rescue of Louis XIV’s royal b-hole? GREAT NEWS, my book has got all of that and so much more! For kids and families alike, check out the incredible objects in A Compendium of Curious Contraptions! Avail for preorder now. neonsquidbooks.com/books/a-comp...

In case you missed it… it’s Fat Bear Week! 🐻 Every year, park rangers at Katmai National Park make it their goal to find the fattest bears who are bulking up on salmon for the winter. 🤯 From The Mind-Blowing World of Extraordinary Competitions, written by @drthinglearner.bsky.social

It’s really endearing when someone is playing a video game and says “ow” when their character gets hit.

I finished the owl painting finally, after…I don’t know, at least six repaints??? #art #birds #owls #nature #painting #painters

Less than two weeks until my book comes out aaaaaaaaaa. It’s a book! It’s a game! It’s history! It’s archaeology! It’s for everyone and I hope everyone likes it and has fun reading it. I loved writing it! bookshop.org/p/books/a-co...

I spend a lot of my time thinking about what the ancient past smelled like. Also, like, where and when would I go to find the best or most interesting smells? They don’t let me sniff the artifacts, is the thing.

@julialepetit.bsky.social @jacobandrews.bsky.social I had a great time watching the Indiana Jones vods on @secretsleepoversociety.com. I’m an archaeologist/science writer/artist, and if you ever want to nerd out about history, archaeology etc. or ask questions about cool ancient stuff, just holler!

Gorn With the Wind