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mobyjane.bsky.social
Public historian. Recovering archaeologist. Marylander.
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From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny

submitted 6 days ago • 198 comments

Good morning this Black History Month! DYK it started almost 100 years ago, in 1926, as Negro History Week? asalh.org/about-us/our...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

This is a fantastic museum and it's so upsetting to read about its dire situation. The gift shop is also delightful, where else can you get a plush Tullimonstrum? Nowhere. Just saying.....

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

This is terrible news. 🧪 "The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

My kids have only been back in school 4 days in 2025 and we're on round 2 of illness. How?! Why?!

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

No better feeling than going on a run, showering, and changing into CLEAN pajamas.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a

submitted 71 days ago • 102 comments

Very brief work trip to my old New England stomping grounds and pleasantly surprised not to be in nostalgia-induced despair. Turns out Maryland has my bases covered and I'm not sure I'd leave if I could.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

If there are no Armenians in the credits at all, is it really a movie? (I always look...i almost always find....)

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Went to see an actual live play and I'm still feeling the emotional echoes. It's trite that every play here seems to be about how Art Makes Us Human but sometimes...maybe yeah.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

I am reading this now! It's so good!

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Frankenstein is the story of a STEM dad whose son majors in the humanities

submitted 106 days ago • 13 comments

Was not expecting an argument with my spouse about 1) how many verses of "America the beautiful" your average person knows and 2) if "undimmed by human tears" is weird and inhuman or just unrealistic

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Gender is a performance and I refuse to put on a good show for a bad audience.

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

Incredible photo via Potomac Riverkeeper today (credit: Nathan Hitt) of the Shenandoah River, muddy with polluted runoff from Helene, meeting the Potomac at Harper’s Ferry.

submitted 149 days ago • 11 comments