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Claudia Astorino

@claudistics.bsky.social

excited for this paper to be published in print soon, along w other papers from the "Queering Research" symposium @bioanth.org #AABA 2023 annual meeting in Reno! 🧪💀🦴🧬🐒🦧

October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Graciela Cabana

@gscabana.bsky.social

Biological Anthropologists! The AABA (US) IDEAS Program is welcoming applications for BOTH Student Scholars and Faculty Scholars.

The Faculty Scholar deadline is October 15th, and the Student Scholar deadline is October 31st. Please share this call widely!

Flyers for each, below:

October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM Everybody can reply

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈

@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social

'centrists', liberals, whatever you want to call them who think that facts will beat out fascism and that science will win the day should be reminded of things like this

they all keep saying transphobia is 'reasonable concerns' or 'common sense' while completely ignoring what scientists have to say

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

The first ethical principle in AAA's Principles of Professional Responsibility is to "Do no harm." The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline, framed in ways that do harm to vulnerable members of our community. It commits one of the cardinal sins of scholarship-it assumes the truth of the proposition that it sets out to prove, namely, that sex and gender are simplistically binary, and that this is a fact with meaningful implications for the discipline.

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Such efforts contradict scientific evidence, including the wealth of anthropological scholarship on gender and sex. Forensic anthropologists talk about using bones for "sex estimation," not "sex identification," a process that is probabilistic rather than clearly determinative, and that is easily influenced by cognitive bias on the part of the researcher. Around the world and throughout human history, there have always been people whose gender roles do not align neatly with their reproductive anatomy. There is no single biological standard by which all humans can be reliably sorted into a binary male/female sex classification. On the contrary, anthropologists and others have long shown sex and gender to be

American Association of Biological Anthropologists

AABA Statement in Support of Trans Lives
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, the Dental Anthropology Association, the Paleopathology Association, The PaleoAnthropology Society, the Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association, and the Human Biology Association stand together against the escalating legislation and governance in the United States and across the globe that attacks the existence of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse peoples. We affirm the power of all persons to make the ultimate decisions over what happens to our/their own bodies. We oppose legislation that is rooted in and maintains rigid binary conceptions of sex and gender which impact reproductive justice and access to care for everyone. We condemn the biological essentialism driving much of this legislation. As biological anthropologists, we condemn the historical role of our discipline in producing binaries of sex, gender, and sexuality and are committed to work that enacts a more livable world. We condemn discrimination and denial of healthcare for youth and adults, including care that is gender and life affirming. We stand for the lives of transgender, non-binary, gender and sex diverse, and queer communities.
This statement was authored by Samantha Archer, Zachary DuBois, Alexandra Kralick, and Rick Smith; was unanimously accepted by the AABA Executive Committee; and was concurrently approved by the Executive Committees of the AAAG, DAA, PPA, PAS, AAA BAS, and HBA in November, 2023.

September 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM Everybody can reply

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists

@bioanth.org

Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

Call for Executive Committee Nominations (Deadline: October 15, 2025) - AABA

Executive Committee Positions: The Executive Committee manages the affairs of the association. The committee meets in person once a year, immediately before the Annual Meeting, and virtually […]

bioanth.org

September 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Graciela Cabana

@gscabana.bsky.social

If you are post-PhD 🎓 and interested in biological anthropology 🧬🦠🦴💀, consider becoming a "Faculty Scholar" in the AABA IDEAS Program!

IDEAS = Increasing Diversity in Evolutionary Biological Anthropology

Check out the link below 👇

The IDEAS Program - AABA

AABA 2026 IDEAS PROGRAM The AABA IDEAS Program provides a team, a space, and a suite of activities to engage issues of scholarship, professional preparation, […]

bioanth.org

September 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM Everybody can reply

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The Appellate Project

@theappellateproj.bsky.social

During these challenging times, it's important to have a community where you can feel seen and heard.

Recently we held an event in San Francisco with our co-sponsor, the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.

#appellateSky #SkyLaw

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TAP community with Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area pose at a recent event

Attendees at a recent TAP community event.

3 women attending the recent TAP and AABA-BA event.

A woman and 2 men laughing at a recent TAP/AABA-BA event.

February 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM Everybody can reply

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岩田雅彦🎸ギター弾き

@masahikoiwata.bsky.social

ジャズライブの中で1曲だけポップスやロックの曲をやる場合。

譜面が原曲通りの進行で書かれていて、①それをその通りポップス的にやるのか、②それともコーラス部分だけを繰り返してジャズ的にやるのか。演奏前に一言その打ち合わせをしておくとよい。デュオの場合は打ち合わせなくてもフロントの進行に合わせて対応できるけど。

例えばClose to youはAABAの32小節なので①でも②でもやりやすい。ちなみに、どちらでやっても最後は「あ〜ああああ〜、クローストューユー〜」の大合唱に持っていく☺️

September 28, 2024 at 1:20 AM Everybody can reply

eileen chengyin chow

@chowleen.bsky.social

Qing Ming Festival #清明, an occasion for tomb-sweeping and remembrance, falls on April 4 this year. Once again I am far from home and unable to sweep my loved ones’ tombs; so instead, sharing a small and most familiar poem.
#everynightapoem

In the season of Qing Ming 清明時節雨紛紛
rain falls ceaseless through the day,
Traveling amongst the mourners, 路上行人欲斷魂
my soul begins to fray.
Where might one find a drink of wine, 借問酒家何處有
I ask a shepherd boy
In that village deep in apricot blossoms – 牧童遙指杏花村
He points – down the way.

杜牧Du Mu (803- 853), 清明“Qing Ming [Tomb Sweeping Festival]”
Trans. Eileen Cheng-yin Chow

A note: this was a slight experiment for me in translating “Qing Ming” by
Late Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu 杜牧. It is one of the best known poems in
the tradition: recited by little kids and grownups alike. So I wanted to echo the
quatrain’s 平平仄平end-character scheme and gesture at the original’s
mellifluousness, by adapting and rendering its sing-song tonal form into a simple
English AABA rhyme - EC

April 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM Everybody can reply

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Be careful I'LL BITE!

@larryconrad61.bsky.social

Brilliant, seems like sixth grade stuff. You know I didn't graduate I have a G.E.D. and AABA wondering how many of these people could pass a GED anyway

February 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM Everybody can reply

Balliol College, University of Oxford

@ballioloxford.bsky.social

Former MPhil student Ana-Diamond Aaba Atach (Balliol 2021) has been named the 2024-2025 recipient of the Alistair Horne Visiting Fellowship at St Antony's.
www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2024/oc...

January 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM Everybody can reply

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈

@lewton.bsky.social

Want all this info in one handy place with you at all times? Download the AABA app! Search AABA 2024 in both Google and Apple stores (you need to be registered for the conference to login to the app)
@biologicalanth.bsky.social

March 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM Everybody can reply

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Dr. Tesla Monson

@paleotesla.bsky.social

Another shoutout for the AABA meetings this year. It was great to be immersed in science! And super fun to have such a great @wwu.edu crew! @bioanth.org
See you next year!

March 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Lori Strong

@loristrong.bsky.social

#AABA2024 Student rooms are now available, go to www.xcdsystem.com/aaba/program... and look under Students or Hotel/Transportation.

93rd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California

www.xcdsystem.com

February 5, 2024 at 1:37 PM Everybody can reply

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺)

@sethchagi.bsky.social

Despite a 40% increase in applicants, I have recieved a 2025 AABA Pollitzer travel award! It might be a small acheivment, but its my first academic award like this, and im proud!

See you in Baltimore!

And im presenting during one of the poster sessions this year!

February 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM Everybody can reply

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incredibletownswnc.bsky.social

@incredibletownswnc.bsky.social

Join Asheville Area Business Association for an evening of fun, connection, and community at AABA Night Club Social! Monday, 1/6 at 6:00 p.m. at THRIVE Coworking.
#wnc #asheville #businessnetworking
https://incredibletowns.com/events/aaba-night-club-social/

January 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM Everybody can reply

anthrofuentes.bsky.social

@anthrofuentes.bsky.social

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) has two new funds to support broader participation in AABA’s professional activities and to build, enhance, or repair the sense of community among the AABA membership.
If you can, please invest in the AABA’s future bioanth.org/donate.

Donations - AABA

AABA accepts donations to the General Fund, Community Fund, and Presidents’ Fund. Descriptions of funds are below. Donors may choose specific funds to give to […]

bioanth.org

December 4, 2024 at 1:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Ryan Anderson

@anthropologia.bsky.social

"Race is not a biological reality." Pass it on. #anthrosky #anthropology See also: bioanth.org/about/aaba-s...

March 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM Everybody can reply

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Nieuws

@nieuws.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy

"ChatGPT maakt van iedereen een muppet, maar dat kunnen de makers van Donald Duck beter" via RTL Nieuws
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/editienl/video/4f079869-aaba-425e-8710-154ed4c0322f/chatgpt-maakt-van-iedereen-een-muppet
#nieuws #rtlnieuws

ChatGPT maakt van iedereen een muppet, maar dat kunnen de makers van Donald Duck beter

Social media staan momenteel vol met plaatjes van muppets. Door de nieuwste update van ChatGPT lijken AI-gegenereerde plaatjes nóg echter. Al kan ChatGPT het nog steeds niet zo goed als de makers van de Donald Duck - zo zeggen ze zelf.

www.rtl.nl

April 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM Everybody can reply

Graciela Cabana

@gscabana.bsky.social

Are you a student interested in biological anthropology? Do you identify as a member of a systematically marginalized group?

Then consider joining us at the AABA IDEAS Program Workshop! Student applications are now open!

Apply here: tiny.utk.edu/IDEAS_Student_apply

October 8, 2023 at 6:23 PM Everybody can reply

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qian.cx

@qiancx.bsky.social

MicroStrategy不断增持比特币：当前拥有多少资产？

https://qian.cx/posts/A4C82B41-A622-4A61-AABA-CC1507247101

April 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM Everybody can reply

Dr ICE Scream Maker: Slasher of Fash 🔪

@pwr2dppl.bsky.social

AhHA!!

but also what? What are the songs without choruses?

...composition there. "'Eternal Flame' was retro in that it has no chorus," Steinberg
observed in 2021. The song instead works from an AABA song structure and has a middle eight, the portion beginning "Say my name / Sun shines through the rain", that it repeats twice. "In the 60s, it wasn't that unusual to have songs structured in that way, but, by the 80s, choruses were much more developed and middle eights had started to disappear", Steinberg recalls. While the final recording is...

June 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM Everybody can reply

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PyroBatNL

@pyrobatnl.bsky.social

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June 27, 2023 at 8:10 PM Everybody can reply

Le Wokisme? or La Botte?

@csilverandgold.bsky.social

Next I’ll get into how this reveals that AABA song structure (statement, identity, departure, return) is the underlying structure of all thought.

December 11, 2024 at 3:25 AM Everybody can reply

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surasshu

@surasshu.com

- structure doesn't "make sense" (doesn't go back to verse after chorus, jazz isn't AABA structured etc)
- delay and reverb are usually very strange, off grid and have a dreamlike quality (imo this effect actually sounds kinda cool but it's because they don't know what reverb/delay is trying to be)

February 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Caroline VanSickle (she/her)

@cvansickle.bsky.social

REALLY important statement from biological anthropologists on sex, gender, reproductive freedom, and trans lives.

Image has full text but it wouldn't all fit in the alt text, so here is the link to the whole thing: bioanth.org/about/positi...

Screenshot of the AABA Statement in Support of Trans Lives. Full text available at https://bioanth.org/about/position-statements/aaba-statement-in-support-of-trans-lives/. It begins, "The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, the Dental Anthropology Association, the Paleopathology Association, The PaleoAnthropology Society, the Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association, and the Human Biology Association stand together against the escalating legislation and governance in the United States and across the globe that attacks the existence of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse peoples. We affirm the power of all persons to make the ultimate decisions over what happens to our/their own bodies. We oppose legislation that is rooted in and maintains rigid binary conceptions of sex and gender which impact reproductive justice and access to care for everyone."

November 27, 2023 at 8:09 PM Everybody can reply

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