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@charbinger

Kind, but generally unhelpful. Work: archaeological and osteological ethics. Play: horror, religious syncretism, and (unpopular) how Iron Fist is actually awesome.

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The AI as God thing really separates the actual antitheists from the posers. I will assemble friends and kill that computer as a service to our dignity as a species.

17.07.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1111 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 11
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In a First, Portugal Returns Looted Antiquities to Mexico In a sign of growing international cooperation in the restitution of looted artifacts, Portugal has returned three pre-Columbian objects to Mexico.

In a sign of growing international cooperation in the restitution of looted artifacts, Portugal has returned three pre-Columbian objects to Mexico. This will be the first time Portugal has repatriated unlawfully acquired antiquities to that country.

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07.02.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 16665 πŸ” 4673 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 154

in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around

08.02.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 4846 πŸ” 980 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 76

If I didn't know and had to guess the three vegetables which have their own dedicated salts, I'd probably hit onion and garlic fairly quickly, but celery would honestly take me a while.

30.01.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.

The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.

The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.

The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.

28.01.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 17
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 β€’ 3:47 PM UTC

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 β€’ 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

22.01.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 25522 πŸ” 6049 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 236

I learned everything I needed to about AI from watching β€˜Mrs. Davis’ (2023), and so my next step is clear: a Holy War against AI.

22.01.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)

21.01.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2698 πŸ” 807 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 371

If your Robin Hood isn't a camp, clearly bisexual, polyamorous tart in bright green tights I'm not interested.

05.01.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7
Mary the Anarchist

Mary the Anarchist

Reminder on this day of Advent:

If your Christianity isn't oriented around bringing down the powerful, liberating the oppressed, feeding the poor, and sending the rich away empty, the Theotokos says you are doing it wrong.

#Advent
#Magnificat

21.12.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Not to vaguely scream into the void, but the onslaught of think pieces on folks β€œgaming” accommodations really goads me.
β€œAccessibility” often is poorly thought out, limited in scope, and inconvenient (by design!) simply because parts of society don’t believe in any accommodations.

19.12.2025 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

boys night out on the taiga

04.12.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5

Among music fans, it’s considered rude to touch a cassette with your hands. When you need to handle a cassette, for example to remove it from the case or to change the side, it’s best to do so using small tongs, like the kind you would find with the cucumber slices at a reputable salad buffet.

01.12.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

just like "woke Marxist Pope", the phrase "gay hockey show" also works for Chappell Roan's hit song 🎢Pink Pony Club🎢

01.12.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s an uncomfortable feeling to have to explain yourself every time you speak about your religion. The association of a complex and nuanced spiritual experience with hate and violence feels awful.

So, Happy Advent. May we all hope for peace and love as we wait for the coming of the spring.

01.12.2025 11:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

optimistic guy in the town from Uzumaki: well I think our town is BLESSED by spirals

01.12.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 996 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3
A news story on the BBC News website with the headline 'Archaeologists make extraordinary discover in Orkney but won't say what it is.'

A news story on the BBC News website with the headline 'Archaeologists make extraordinary discover in Orkney but won't say what it is.'

Hoping for aliens/pirate treasure/ancient magical balls

27.11.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

there is some controversy here, where other scientists insist that Neanderthals and early Humans were only roommates

19.11.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There is something else intrinsically troubling about traditional femininity and cottagecore and the desire to homestead… because they require land. Ownership of land and homesteading slots uncomfortably into a neo-Manifest Destiny.
I like pretty dresses, but not the romanticization of land grabs.

27.11.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Icon of St Katherine

Icon of St Katherine

Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.

25.11.2025 07:08 πŸ‘ 434 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16

Preparing lecture materials for my β€œcuration and preservation of sound recordings” unit. By β€œpreparing lecture materials” I mean that I’ve been doing nothing but listening to obscure old LPs.

13.11.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

id like to be the first to remind you that today is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

10.11.2025 05:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Vance et al adore the notion of schism. They misapprehend, at core, the entire notion of the Church

05.11.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
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FISH WAR screenings during Native American HistoryΒ Month Don't miss the opportunity to learn the history of Pacific Northwest tribes at one of these FREE screenings of the award-winning documentary FISH WAR: Thursday, Nov. 13, 6 pm β€” Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Friday, Nov 14, 6 pm β€” Shoreline College Saturday, Nov 15, 7 pm β€” Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Thursday, Nov. 20, 6 pm β€” The Roxy in Bremerton

FISH WAR screenings during Native American HistoryΒ Month

Don't miss the opportunity to learn the history of Pacific Northwest tribes at one of these FREE screenings of the award-winning documentary FISH WAR: Thursday, Nov. 13, 6 pm β€” Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Friday, Nov 14, 6 pm —…

03.11.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here

02.11.2025 03:41 πŸ‘ 4655 πŸ” 538 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 52

I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN

ON

CHRISTMAS

THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS

THAT IS ADVENT

WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

03.11.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 626 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 16

I have been saving my sanity by buying 50Β’ abjectly wrecked Barbie dolls, repairing and repainting them and building a gothic dollhouse where they can all live in harmony. The number of doll limbs piled around my house may mean that I have in fact NOT saved my sanity.
The opposite in fact.

27.10.2025 13:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I truly believe having the two of them advise on the issue would make the joke truly perfect (to me.)

27.10.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are goth hobbits a thing

23.10.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0