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Rebecca Stone Gordon

@meanlouise.bsky.social

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Coffee enthusiast. Gothicist. Biocultural archaeologist - history of anatomy & museums, forensic anthro, mummies, Nuclear Culture Writes about archaeology horror, mummy films, Scooby-Doo Also @excavatinghorror.com Not weird at all

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · Feb 17

I need to quit watching this but it’s too delightful to fade away yet so I’m pinning it for a spell.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Ninth Configuration (1979) is a gothic horror-comedy set in a secret military asylum in a gothic castle on an island in the Pacific NW. Jason Miller understood the assignment. His intensity & commitment is a marvel. youtu.be/_hAA_ppWwks?...

The Ninth Configuration - Jason Miller Scene

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1m

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 32m

Mt Vernon right on the bend before it becomes Commonwealth.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 9h

Everyone I’ve ever met in the neighborhood has messaged to make sure I’ve seen the tree mummy lol

A tree trunk wrapped to resemble a mummified figure. It has giant green googly eyes and is in front of a brick house.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

Not me marching into the kitchen while Eric’s trying to cook, thrusting my phone at him to read this post as I yell “these are the facts!”

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

Tho honestly, after I gave up on the challenge/when they announced the challenges would be erased, I FINALLY became lucky friends w a lot of locals. By then I was committed to not doing it, tho, & have held firm on not making an effort to do this thing. If I wanted to be ambitious I’d raid tombs

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

At least lucky trades get more frequent after level 70 so when I *theatrically choking back a sob* have to start over on the “make 50 lucky trades” journey it’ll be easier.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

THIS IS TOO MUCH LIKE HOMEWORK

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

a man is making a funny face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .

Alt: a white man with short brown hair starts to speak and then holds his tongue with an expression on his face combining a sense of both confusion and consternation.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

someday I want to sift through the rubble of their archives to reconstruct the decision-making behind the XP challenge pyramid of diminishing returns. I hope it turns out to be a miss-guided attempt at a tribute to numerology, bc that whole thing seems built on some sorta insane bridge-troll logic

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

Also me on walks! 🤣

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

I saw spectral & thought, oh no, now Erin has taken up ghost-hunting. I need a nap 🤣🤣🤣

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 14h

They aren’t very helpful, but the new additions to the skeleton crew are having the time of their (after)life helping me get things sight-gag ready for the giant cat skeleton. #IndianaBones&Friends

A pair of plastic human Halloween skeletons on a messy porch. One sits on the steps, the other is wearing a black hooded robe and standing at the railing waving at all his dog friends as they pass by for their walkies.

Red and white sign with a weathered box with a glass front that has a huge chain wrapped around it. There’s a gold Egyptian cat statue in the box. The sig. reads:
ATTENTION
The little free cursed object library is closed due to unforeseen consequences

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 15h

The "Free" State of #Florida longs to be free of kings.

C. A. Bridges @cabridges.bsky.social · 16h

There are more than 80 "No Kings" protests happening in Florida this Saturday against an adminstration that seems to be gearing up its response to opposition.

Here's where and when they're scheduled.

More than 80 'No Kings' protests planned in Florida. Here's where, what to know

More than 80 "No Kings" protests are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18, in Florida, part of about 2,500 nationwide. Here's where.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 16h

Unrelated, or vaguely related, looking forward to this level re-leveling this week because this is just ridiculous 🤣

A player stuck at level 48.

Pokemon stats / level 48
33,833,300/25,000,000
Updates are coming to trainer levels!

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beth but scary 👻 @hells-beekeepers.bsky.social · 3d

easily the spookiest yard we saw tonight

giant spotted lanternfly clinging to a neighbor’s front porch posts

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 16h

I’d kinda like to set Mary Poppins, Dog Walker up on a date with this man in Old Town. I can’t believe this tweet escaped deletion but now I’m glad 🤣

2017 tweet by meanlouise

Humorless Man in tweed jacket with suede elbow patches walking his dog wearing tweed jacket with suede elbow patches is the most Old Town Alexandria thing l've ever seen.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 17h

Hmmm. I still might know her then b/c I definitely say hi to a Sheltie in the vicinity of the SkeleWedding. There’s a sheltie named Sir Francis Von Bigelow Hooplesnoodle III or Oddsbodskin Snigglefritz or some such who has a Mary Poppins-esque dogwalker but I’m realizing I see her closer to the Y.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 17h

Wait! I think I’m friends with your dog! Do you usually have a weekday dog walker?

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 18h

Need a cool way to spend my birthday in March? The Center for Media & Social Impact has you covered. “Story Movements […] curates & presents research & case studies about the role of narrative in contemporary movements for social justice -- across platforms & genres of civic media storytelling.”

Story Movements

Story Movements is a CMSI project that curates and presents research and case studies about the role of narrative in contemporary movements for social justice -- across platforms and genres of civic m...

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 19h

Cool! I grew up in Sarasota & my friend’s from Tampa, so it wasn’t weird we both learned there it was just a funny coincidence that we didn’t know each other than. The water had gotten so murky, it was pretty sad the last few times I’ve been over there. Ocean distance swimming! Thats serious!

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

This brand apparently pops up on reseller sites at varying prices & some styles come very close: Alain Mikli

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

I learned with my Girl Scout troop but don’t remember any particulars. weirdly, my DC-area friend I didn’t know growing up also learning to dive there around the same time.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

Omg me too! 1980

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 1d

The audiobook of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is narrated by myself & Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social! It is a personal, heartfelt book. We'll tell you ghost stories & so much more. Ordering your copy via @libro.fm supports independent bookstores! 👻

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

Two! More! Days!

Libro.fm audiobook app

America's Most Gothic
Added on Apr 29
Pre-ordered
Available on October 14, 2025

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 21h

David Lynch also needs a park or a pump house or something.