Dr. Michelle I. Turner
@chaco-arch.bsky.social
Archaeologist researching the US Southwest, and museum professional.
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This is our kind of news headline!
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is our kind of news headline!
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Thanksgiving"
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Thanksgiving"
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I am obsessed with this comet, because all of our dynamical information about it tells us that it formed around and originates from a different star. It may even be several billion years older than the Solar System.
Oh to be able to sample that dust tail, to get into the coma and image the nucleus.
Oh to be able to sample that dust tail, to get into the coma and image the nucleus.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I am obsessed with this comet, because all of our dynamical information about it tells us that it formed around and originates from a different star. It may even be several billion years older than the Solar System.
Oh to be able to sample that dust tail, to get into the coma and image the nucleus.
Oh to be able to sample that dust tail, to get into the coma and image the nucleus.
Really compelling read on how medicare cuts, deportations, and a huge population of elderly people are making caregiving for elderly parents impossible in the US. And this is a family with money, and with two daughters living close by... 🎁
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Really compelling read on how medicare cuts, deportations, and a huge population of elderly people are making caregiving for elderly parents impossible in the US. And this is a family with money, and with two daughters living close by... 🎁
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A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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CfP "Doing #MigrationHistory with Digital Methods", #DigHum #MigHist, am @dhi-paris.fr: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve....
Doing Migration History with Digital Methods
Call for papers for the summer school 2026 at the German Historical Institute in Paris: How does the history of migration change when it relies on digital sources and methods? What new knowledge and w...
www.hsozkult.de
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
CfP "Doing #MigrationHistory with Digital Methods", #DigHum #MigHist, am @dhi-paris.fr: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve....
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Abigail's most famous quote is significantly more radical than we generally remember (ironically enough), & also helps us remember her even more radical peers:
werehistory.org/revolutionar...
werehistory.org/revolutionar...
Remember the Ladies: Revolutionary Women Writers
In a March 31st, 1776 letter to her husband John, who was in Philadelphia engaged in the debates of the Second Continental Congress that would lead to the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams…
werehistory.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Abigail's most famous quote is significantly more radical than we generally remember (ironically enough), & also helps us remember her even more radical peers:
werehistory.org/revolutionar...
werehistory.org/revolutionar...
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Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
Mind blown!
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mind blown!
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When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When I went to Old Sturbridge Village for a curation workshop last month and took these photos, I had no idea these sheep were about to become famous for their many cameos in Ken Burns' American Revolution.
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Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
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Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
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This is *very* cool
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News
Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is *very* cool
Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Came home to a print copy of Kiva, with our paper on Ancestral Puebloan jewelry. Also online here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy gotcha day to Toby. We brought him home ten years ago. He hates having his picture taken but I managed a couple of good ones on our trip to Ohio.
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A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A hike on the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We saw a sweet little muskrat and a very unconcerned blue heron. No beavers today- they must be snug in their lodge.
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Sumacs, Franklin Carmichael 1915
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sumacs, Franklin Carmichael 1915
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Christine de Pizan and the Sibyl surrounded by sun, moon, and stars
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Christine de Pizan and the Sibyl surrounded by sun, moon, and stars
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v
“The Vatican said Saturday the items were given back during the Holy Year, exactly 100 years after the 1925 exhibition where they were first exhibited in Rome as a highlight of that Jubilee.”
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“The Vatican said Saturday the items were given back during the Holy Year, exactly 100 years after the 1925 exhibition where they were first exhibited in Rome as a highlight of that Jubilee.”
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Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Covered bridge, near my parents’ house in Ohio
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Seeing these stunning autumn leaves reflected in a puddle yesterday brought me so much joy! So pleased the photo came out as I hoped it would. It almost looks like you could step through into another world through it 🫶 100% real.
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seeing these stunning autumn leaves reflected in a puddle yesterday brought me so much joy! So pleased the photo came out as I hoped it would. It almost looks like you could step through into another world through it 🫶 100% real.