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shanthropology.bsky.social
dr. anarcho-raccoonist
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DC Unhoused Support at Remora House DC • anarchist • antifascist • anthropologist • PhD • she/they
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Found my great grandpa’s scrip from when he worked in the cotton mills.

If anyone knows what the small holes or for or have ideas of dates for these please let me know!
A rectangular jewelry box with a layer of silver and bronze colored coins, known as scrip, of different denominations that say “good for merchandise only at the store of” on one side and others show the other said, some which say “Arcadia mills S.C.” and some say “Mayfair mills”
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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We made a quick pit stop while oot and aboot.
I hold up my middle finger in front of my rolled down car window at the gigantic banner with Donald trumps face on it that hangs from the department of labor building
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Got the little bird self care app & tried naming my emotions today
Screenshot of an app with a prompt question “what made you feel threatened?” With a list of terms to select including family, myself, health, pets, co-workers, friends, partner, acquaintances, work, home, school, hobby, commuting, & outside, as well as a box to type your own text where I have written “the government.”
August 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Fresh cut from the garden 😌
I hold out a vase filled with purple, pink, yellow, orange, and red zinnias that we grew in our garden. In the background are bright green plants on a bookshelf and hanging from a window
July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Submitted my final, revised, signed off on dissertation today. Time to see if anyone at the university flags my dedication!
A screenshot of my dissertation’s dedication page that says “this dissertation is dedicated to all those fighting for a safer and more just world, by any means necessary.”
April 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
shanthropology.bsky.social
Starting in on this bad boy today
The book Vertigo the rise and fall of Weimar Germany by har jähner rests on a brightly colored blue and orange quilt. The book cover shows five women in black and white posing on and around a ladder in front of a large ornate window
February 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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“From the readers of this book, I ask two things: the first is to really and truly acknowledge that the people who say they believe in things… truly believe them. That they really & truly want the US to become Christ’s kingdom…”

A powerfully written & much needed book by @swordsjew.bsky.social
The cover of the book Wild Faith: how the Christian right is taking over America by Talia Lavin
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The email we received about it
Screenshot of an email I received, at the top is a banner with the American university logo. It reads: Dear AU Community, This afternoon, there were community and social media reports about the possible presence of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) individual on campus. We are aware that a single individual was seen wearing clothing that appeared to be mocked-up and altered to look like an ICE uniform. We confirmed with law enforcement that there were no official ICE operations at American University today. No law enforcement entities contacted AUPD or any other university offices about official activity on campus. AUPD continues to investigate and will seek to identify the individual that was observed on campus.
February 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Sit-in currently happening at AU
A circle of people sit on the lawn at American university, closer up are three people holding sings that say “what about our community” “your talks of sympathy and peace are disproportionate” and “why doesn’t your support extend to us?” In front of them is a spread out Palestinian flag and a pile of fliers and box of masks.
October 16, 2023 at 4:23 PM
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Would like to express my gratitude to the person that donated a child’s pillow to us. We do not work with children living outside, but we do have the world’s biggest baby on the @remorahousedc.bsky.social crew
My dog Mala lays her head on a small, child’s size pillow that is blue and covered in cartoon dinosaurs
September 25, 2023 at 1:07 AM
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Been talking with comrades about radical organizing in south, can’t recommend this book enough
The book Dixie be damned 300 years of insurrection in the American south by Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford
July 4, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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Most advice on staying safe during bad air quality says to “stay inside.”

Here are some suggestions for how to take care of yourself & your neighbors if staying indoors isn’t an option:
1. Check in with them to make sure they know what’s going on and why, if you haven’t already built a relationship built a relationship with the folks living outside in your area this is a great jumping off point. 2. Make a list or a map of indoor spaces nearby where they’d be safe spending the day. Free spots like libraries & museums are great options. Check to see if your city has warming/cooling centers operational depending on the season. If there aren’t any open cooling/warming centers, ask the city what they’re doing to support vulnerable people during hazardous conditions. 3. A gift card to a cafe like Starbucks gets someone inside with access to clean water and maybe even lunch and a refreshing beverage 4. Indoors not an option? Distro items like N95/KN95 masks, goggles, eye drops, cooling humidifiers, personal nebulizers, cordless air purifiers, OTC inhalers (i.e. primatine mist) and sunscreen are helpful. Most important keep checking in during & after the crisis
June 9, 2023 at 12:04 AM
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Distro day at Remora House! Heading out to several camps & visiting recently housed friends with dinner — spinach salad, strawberries, cheddar muffins, & rocky road fluff. Also have our usual water, snacks, & hygiene supplies!

Help us keep going:
CA: $RemoraHouseDC
or
givebutter.com/remorasummer23
May 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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Mala says good morning, we don’t know what’s going on with her lip but it is not a stroke
Close up shot of my dog Mala’s face with her bottom lip poking out
May 13, 2023 at 2:46 PM