Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social
Anthropologist 👣 • Ethnographer of Shaligrams 🐚 and Robot Religion 🤖 • Novelist of "The Way By" 🦄 • TTRPG Storyteller ✨ • (Genderqueer 🤷♀️ She/They)
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Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Well hello everyone! Welcome to Bluesky!
I'm an anthropologist (PhD).
My ethnographic research is on Hindu/Buddhist pilgrimage and sacred fossils (called Shaligrams) in the Himalayas of Nepal.
My new project focuses on robot religion in South Asia.
I also wrote "The Way By."
I'm an anthropologist (PhD).
My ethnographic research is on Hindu/Buddhist pilgrimage and sacred fossils (called Shaligrams) in the Himalayas of Nepal.
My new project focuses on robot religion in South Asia.
I also wrote "The Way By."
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Today's meditation sketch: Argathea the Wonderer.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today's meditation sketch: Argathea the Wonderer.
Today's meditation sketch: Argathea the Wonderer.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today's meditation sketch: Argathea the Wonderer.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Today, the rising tide of hatred, violence, and discrimination continues to explicitly target trans youth, trans women of color, and transfeminine athletes. But it will eventually destroy us all.
Rise.
Resist.
Rise.
Resist.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today, the rising tide of hatred, violence, and discrimination continues to explicitly target trans youth, trans women of color, and transfeminine athletes. But it will eventually destroy us all.
Rise.
Resist.
Rise.
Resist.
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Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honor and pay tribute to the lives that have been lost due to both systemic and bigoted violence.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honor and pay tribute to the lives that have been lost due to both systemic and bigoted violence.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honor and pay tribute to the lives that have been lost due to both systemic and bigoted violence.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to honor and pay tribute to the lives that have been lost due to both systemic and bigoted violence.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
It is a day to reassert our commitments to supporting trans, Two-Spirit, and gender diverse people, young and old.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fascinating article, especially in terms of my current AI Religion research. In short, that many LLMs associate controversy with unreliability. E.g., that an argument of multiple sides must have a whole truth and a whole falsity. No ambiguity, no nuance, no room for multiple truths.
How LLMs generate judgments
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"driven by lexical and statistical associations rather than deliberative reasoning"
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"driven by lexical and statistical associations rather than deliberative reasoning"
How LLMs generate judgments - Nature Computational Science
Nature Computational Science - How LLMs generate judgments
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fascinating article, especially in terms of my current AI Religion research. In short, that many LLMs associate controversy with unreliability. E.g., that an argument of multiple sides must have a whole truth and a whole falsity. No ambiguity, no nuance, no room for multiple truths.
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Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
When I wrote about John Comaroff in SAPIENS "The Case Against Harvard," I made the same argument so many women are making now.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
When I wrote about John Comaroff in SAPIENS "The Case Against Harvard," I made the same argument so many women are making now.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
Yes. We're mad that these abuses continue. But we're even madder that everyone has always known about it.
You just look away. Every. Time. You just look away.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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I mean, I definitely have an aesthetic.....
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
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But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I mean, I definitely have an aesthetic.....
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
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Billionaires, when someone even suggests that, just maybe, they should pay more in taxes.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Billionaires, when someone even suggests that, just maybe, they should pay more in taxes.
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I hope folks are paying attention. Y'all are not going to believe the amazing way that Durham is showing out to protect our neighbors.
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I hope folks are paying attention. Y'all are not going to believe the amazing way that Durham is showing out to protect our neighbors.
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
Organizers pulled today's response together with about 12 hours notice. Tomorrow we are going to send CBP home crying.
www.theassemblync.com/news/politic... #NCpol
Billionaires, when someone even suggests that, just maybe, they should pay more in taxes.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Billionaires, when someone even suggests that, just maybe, they should pay more in taxes.
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It's not normal for a professor to start a class discussing how they "regret" being best buddies with a child sex trafficker and asking them for advice on how to abuse their position to coerce sex from former students.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's not normal for a professor to start a class discussing how they "regret" being best buddies with a child sex trafficker and asking them for advice on how to abuse their position to coerce sex from former students.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
Two evil despots smirking from a golden palace.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Two evil despots smirking from a golden palace.
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People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
I mean, I definitely have an aesthetic.....
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I mean, I definitely have an aesthetic.....
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
But either way, this veiled skull candle holder is really coming along.
.
.
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Here's a good front and back, in the best light I could find.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here's a good front and back, in the best light I could find.
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And around and around the eugenics goes, the Nazi chased the Fascist. The Conservative thought it was all in fun. Pop! Goes the Racist....
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November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And around and around the eugenics goes, the Nazi chased the Fascist. The Conservative thought it was all in fun. Pop! Goes the Racist....
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Well, that only took five years to come around again.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well, that only took five years to come around again.
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"I Shot The Albatross" pendant is finished! I tried to zoom in to show the minute details but it's hard to get everything in the right light.
But here it is, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Albatross Necklace.
But here it is, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Albatross Necklace.
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"I Shot The Albatross" pendant is finished! I tried to zoom in to show the minute details but it's hard to get everything in the right light.
But here it is, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Albatross Necklace.
But here it is, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Albatross Necklace.
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Inviting someone into "the tent" isn't a "meet me in the middle says the unjust man" moment. It's an invitation to accounting, where the work of change begins.
In short, no. They don't get to come in with their racism, misogyny, trans- and homophobia, intact.
In short, no. They don't get to come in with their racism, misogyny, trans- and homophobia, intact.
Black women have to keep receipts because moderates are so desperate to let unrepentant nazis into the tent once it suits their calculus
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Inviting someone into "the tent" isn't a "meet me in the middle says the unjust man" moment. It's an invitation to accounting, where the work of change begins.
In short, no. They don't get to come in with their racism, misogyny, trans- and homophobia, intact.
In short, no. They don't get to come in with their racism, misogyny, trans- and homophobia, intact.
Well, that only took five years to come around again.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well, that only took five years to come around again.