You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

Just to reiterate

Hectic last few weeks! Today is my 18th Monday. Recent events in my life: I’m painting my living room. Oh yeah, and I was promoted to Director of Laboratory and Curation Management at work.

Last year, I initiated cleanup and disposition of over 1400 boxes of “Legacy Collections”from many of our offices (completion pending) Collections from various investigations conducted as early as 1980. Ask me about my work! I call this the “Everything but the kitchen sink…oh look a bathroom sink!”

I like to think Luigi in a green sweater was a purposeful decision.

Fuck the “king”.

My brain cannot fathom that we are not being “Punk’d”…

Apparently it is “ill advised” to make sure “Money Money Money” by ABBA is playing during a scheduled visit from the CEO. I am now currently compiling a playlist. Suggestions welcome.

I’m tired of waking up like “WHY THE FUCK ARE WE LETTING THIS HAPPEN?” Huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Not allowed to use pronouns in your email signature any more and scared of retribution for not removing? Try malicious compliance! There are other ways to indicate preference outside of the binary. Sincerely, Archaeoashley, NB Archaeoashley, Per Tiz, Fren, Div, Ind, etc.

“I have been assured by a very knowing acquaintance…, [that the ruling elite] are a most delicious nourishing and wholesome meal, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration…” One person’s satire is another’s instruction manual…

We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!

I trust the use ChatGBT for professional purposes about as much as I trust Orin Scrivello as a dentist.

Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist. Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that! blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

Solidarity with archaeologists fighting for better working conditions all over the world! 🏺

Closely watching how private CRM firms are handling things. 👀 We will see who cares about protection and mitigation of resources and descendant communities.

“These companies are committed to their DEI programs…” …Congrats?… Do they want a participation trophy? The bar is literally on the floor 🙄 I’d be more impressed if these corporations gave their workers livable wages AND shares of the profits so they can benefit off of their own work/effort.

Can we just talk about how just because the “government” ended their DEI programs does not mean that corporations HAVE to roll back their own DEI programs. They don’t HAVE to do it. Capitalism fucking sucks, bro.

My mother raised daughters that you’re never going to be able to drag back into the kitchen.

Current mood. (Art by Dakota Dean)

Morale Boost of the day…please enjoy my doggo, Magnus

No surprised so many people are now making the Roman salute with impunity. It was never about eggs

Fun fact: it would take someone who earns $65,000 a year over 15,000 years to earn 1 billion dollars. Almost 50% of American households earn less than 75,000 a year. Let’s let the net worth of these billionaires sink in. It’s the Vortex machine and I am not Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Why is all of this so familiar?…..

Today is not pleasant. Yesterday was… gross. It’s going to be a long four years. But in other news… the orca designs are trending on my various platforms again. May the orca energy be with you ✨

Spending today drafting consultation letters and collaboration emails to my local THPOs. Much more preferable than most things this week.

Can we just…like…send them all to mars on any one of those phallic shuttles they’ve commissioned? Please?

I hate it here.

Read the room TikTok….if that is even your real name.

I used to love reading dystopian fiction in high school. Reaaaaally not enjoying living through dystopian reality as an adult.

What a vibe

Where is the exit from this dystopian hellscape?

"Archaeology has always been about people. We’ve become so specialized that there is a tendency sometimes to forget the people. Archaeology helps explain why we are similar and why we are different." (B. Fagan, A Little History of #Archaeology 🏺, New Haven/London 2018.)

Full stop.

I guess I decided how to learn yet another social media platform. My FOMO is strong 🤣