I love child-inclusive archaeology so much. It *seems* obvious that kids would have directly or indirectly affected a lot of the material past we look at but it really has taken a sea change of feminist practice for anyone to even ask the questions!

Dr. Abigail Desmond@abigaildesmond.bsky.social · 3d ago

15,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls.

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 15h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

...i will never get tired of saying "Ronald Reagan is dead"

A man, invariably: This is a girly hobby, so I can probably dive in cold, learn everything, and be giving advice and info to everyone within 2-3 hours Same man, 3 hours later, bleeding from multiple wounds, holding 8 ice packs, limping, sobbing: MAN DOWN MAN DOWN WHY ARE THESE WOMEN SO MEAN

every flock camera contains 3-4 pounds of copper and 1-2 grams of gold.

Remember, if you see someone stealing copper from a data center, no you didn't. youtu.be/xCzkSyAAf4M?...

Suspects steal $100K in copper from data center site

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Farmers must be protected from deadly heat. Working people musn’t be forced to collapse at work while protections & safety enforcements are rolled back. We need water, breaks, shade & real protections! Climate change is a labor issue & we’re fighting to make sure worker safety is never optional.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou

the real issue with the internet in 2026 is nobody talks about Domo-kun anymore.

I’m lichen it

BORN TO NURSE WORLD IS A FUSS 猫神 Kill Em All 2026 I am porch orphan 410,757,864,530 DEAD BABY WIPES

why the fuck is this guy allowed to just smash shit into the moon

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · yesterday

I read the whole thing twice and still don't know if it's supposed to do that or not I feel like it's not

Stop talking about Nigel Farage and start talking about how compere, performer and drag king Mojo Jones has a new act called C*nty Binface 🗑️💖

The Fae: so we’re going to take you away from here and— Me: I accept! The Fae: and you won’t remember anything and you will not return for a century— Me: I ACCEPT HARDER

no future ✌️

One thing we can and should do when we get the House back is to impeach RFK Jr and hold hearings with testimony from ER docs, ICU nurses, morgue attendants, and everyone else who would like to respond to his claim that there were empty ICUs. He should be in the room.

Anna Phylaxis@quatoria.bsky.social · 2d ago

People don’t get to forget this. I’m sorry, they don’t. We can’t let them forget.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

results are in: all but my last spoon, which will be spent on dinner shift in the elder-care mines also all of my lower back muscles are screaming because i hyperfixated on taping over all the awkward gaps between two filters taped into an A-frame over a fan with rounded edges

Sludge "Ned Ludd Was Right" McIntyre@alexei-dot-exe.bsky.social · 2d ago

time to play How Many Spoons Does It Take To Duct Tape 2 Fresh Air Filters To The Box Fan, because i didn't heed the air quality forecast & just now realized my town has about 5-6 hours before our air quality goes from "meh" to "worst on planet Earth"

time to play How Many Spoons Does It Take To Duct Tape 2 Fresh Air Filters To The Box Fan, because i didn't heed the air quality forecast & just now realized my town has about 5-6 hours before our air quality goes from "meh" to "worst on planet Earth"

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Raphaellakay@raphaellakay.bsky.social · 2d ago

📷 & words by Naeema: "Palestine, greetings to the people of Morocco 🇵🇸❤️🇲🇦" Show some support to #NaeemaFamily: ➡️ gofund.me/e8e853a83 ➡️ chuffed.org/project/183929 #GazaVerified ✅

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Playing a song for you to advertise my show on August 12 at Dina's Tavern in Toronto Ontario.

As the Spokane community continues to face the devastating impacts of local wildfires, you can help your neighbors. We will continue to update this thread with more opportunities to help!

Catholic Charities has set up an emergency fund to help support individuals and families. Your donation will help our Emergency Response team provide essential items, housing, counseling, support, and short/long term assistance to those impacted by this fire. give.cceasternwa.org/give/511873#...

as an aging Redwall Kid who spent hours & weeks & years writing my own fanfic before it had that name, roleplaying on message boards, re-writing the endings of MULTIPLE books because i thought "wouldn't it be cool if...", and making my first websites in the 90s Redwall webrings, this is a great read

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 5d ago

Happy Friday everyone, as promised, here is my personal theory on this. I think Redwall takes place in our world, after an apocalyptic event of the nuclear variety caused rapid but varied growth of all animals, including humans, leading to our extinction and their mental development. Okay? 🧵

I agree strongly with this -- in that difficult moment, the possibility of collective effort was conceivable. Not everybody felt it, but many did. I think the political class did not like this one bit.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

August 2 is observed in Poland as the Day of Remembrance for the Genocide of the Roma and Sinti. Since 2015, this day has also been the European Day of Remembrance for the Genocide of the Roma and Sinti. www.coe.int/en/web/europ... #roma #sinti #Genocide #Auschwitz #EuropeanRomaHolocaustMemorialDay

European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

2 August

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Approximately 4,300 children, women, and men—the last Roma and Sinti prisoners of the camp—were murdered in the gas chambers that night.

82 years ago, on the night of August 2–3, 1944, the Germans liquidated the so-called “family camp for Gypsies” (Zigeunerfamilienlager) at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Naeema: "This is not a passing moment. It is the reality we live every day." Any help is precious: ➡️ gofund.me/e8e853a83 ➡️ chuffed.org/project/183929 2/2 #NaeemaFamily #GazaVerified ✅