Dr. Tamara L. Siuda
@tamarasiuda.com
she/they🏳️🌈| author & editor | Egypt: Coptic Studies (martyrology, music); Egyptology (TIP, AE religion) | Indigenous (reconnecting Haudenosaunee & Métis) | Haiti/Vodou | tech & its (mis)use | religion | RS≠endorsement | linktree/tamarasiuda | patreon/tsiuda
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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda
@tamarasiuda.com
· Nov 12
Combining awelcome to all the new members under the Bluesky with the #TuesdayPetPic tax. I’m Tamara, I study & write mostly about Egypt in multiple contexts, but I have many interests. I share the house with Seamus here, who has entirely too much sass - and too many toes - for his own good.
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🪷 Happy Birthday 🎊🎁 to Antinous 🎂🎉 Born 27 November 111 AD — 1,914 years ago! #Antinous is not a mythical deity. He truly lived. The world's most powerful man loved #Antinoos so much he proclaimed him a god. The last Classical deity! Full details here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/11/anti... 🪷
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🪷 Happy Birthday 🎊🎁 to Antinous 🎂🎉 Born 27 November 111 AD — 1,914 years ago! #Antinous is not a mythical deity. He truly lived. The world's most powerful man loved #Antinoos so much he proclaimed him a god. The last Classical deity! Full details here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/11/anti... 🪷
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
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Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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“The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan. In part because of how slow the response to the crisis has been, and in part because of who’s affected. These are people who have no political or economic power, and very little knowledge of the risk.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan. In part because of how slow the response to the crisis has been, and in part because of who’s affected. These are people who have no political or economic power, and very little knowledge of the risk.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
‘By his own estimate, Jonathan Tokeley-Parry smuggled three thousand antiquities out of Egypt in 65 trips over six years. His success was down to his skill as a “fabricator”.’
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, who died last month, had a business card in the early 1990s that described him as ‘Jonty “...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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today i drove him over the golden gate bridge for the first time and the little man got very quiet in the backseat and then said “it’s really beautiful up here”
we are going to the golden gate bridge today and my three year old has been talking about it all week with the excitement of a kid who’s going to disneyworld. but I get it, I also feel that way about the golden gate bridge
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
today i drove him over the golden gate bridge for the first time and the little man got very quiet in the backseat and then said “it’s really beautiful up here”
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say this with a lot of love, but know that MANY Native people celebrate their version of Thanksgiving this holiday
my people give a thanksgiving address often, at harvest festivals, gatherings, big occasions, etc
my issue is "Thanksgiving" is once when it should be every month at a bare minimum
my people give a thanksgiving address often, at harvest festivals, gatherings, big occasions, etc
my issue is "Thanksgiving" is once when it should be every month at a bare minimum
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
say this with a lot of love, but know that MANY Native people celebrate their version of Thanksgiving this holiday
my people give a thanksgiving address often, at harvest festivals, gatherings, big occasions, etc
my issue is "Thanksgiving" is once when it should be every month at a bare minimum
my people give a thanksgiving address often, at harvest festivals, gatherings, big occasions, etc
my issue is "Thanksgiving" is once when it should be every month at a bare minimum
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CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very simple story: too many people refused to vaccinate themselves and/or their children, giving the virus a foothold which it had been deprived for nearly a quarter of a century.
www.techdirt.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
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Someone explain to me why decolonisation in archaeology never involves stopping digging
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Someone explain to me why decolonisation in archaeology never involves stopping digging
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Lake Forest College. Deadline January 5, 2026. #AcRel
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
www.lakeforest.edu
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Lake Forest College. Deadline January 5, 2026. #AcRel
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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In the meanwhile, the Oklahoman newspaper has reported that Dr. Abedini has been located at Will Rogers Airport and that he has a lawyer. Although it's unclear when he will get a hearing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
In the meanwhile, the Oklahoman newspaper has reported that Dr. Abedini has been located at Will Rogers Airport and that he has a lawyer. Although it's unclear when he will get a hearing.
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Still on!
Cornell are having a 44% off sale until December 5th! Buy books including mine… www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Still on!
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Not to dispute this out of hand but it's always helpful to remember that Anthropic's whole brand is that they are the company that cares about the dangers of this technology unlike their rival OpenAI. Which is why about once a month they put out a paper about how dangerous their technology is.
At least once a month, Anthropic puts out an alignment paper d AI behavior where, if you saw it in a science fiction film, you‘d be screaming at the idiot scientists onscreen to stop development
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
From shortcuts to sabotage: natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Not to dispute this out of hand but it's always helpful to remember that Anthropic's whole brand is that they are the company that cares about the dangers of this technology unlike their rival OpenAI. Which is why about once a month they put out a paper about how dangerous their technology is.