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samtheanthro.bsky.social
Cultural Anthropology MA, Anthropology Video Essayist, Queer, Fat Feminist, Artist, Ex-Texan, Current Rhody Watch me here: https://www.youtube.com/@samtheanthro
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I just finished Harrow the Ninth after listening to Gideon the Ninth last week and my opinion of each main character has changed drastically from being inside each of their heads

My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.

Sixteenth Minute: Today we're gonna talk about creepy pastas! *spends an hour discussing with an academic how online spaces help teens navigate the anxiety of growing up*

at least 50% of the entire country's economy is directly related to Federal spending the trough is wide and deep and sustains entire state budgets

Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.

Kanyes dead to us. You’ll have to stan a DIFFERENT chicago-based gemini musician who dropped out of college & has one dead parent & a bear fursona. Oh waitttt a secondddddd leftatlondon.com

Hey internet can you please stop showing me the flesh hat commercial. I do NOT want to see the flesh hat commercial

keep it up

I do think it’s funny when the car companies are like “we may be divided but now more than ever, I think we can all agree: car ❤️”

All dressed up for gay prom 🥰

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

We think abortion is pretty fucking awesome and we’re honored to be able to help folks access care they deserve.

🕳️ #VanishingCulture ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/05/vanishing-culture-what-early-internet-era-gifs-show-us-about-preserving-digital-culture/

A bright light in a dark moment: The price of the critical TB drug bedaquiline has now dropped to $90 per adult treatment course for TB, a 54% reduction since just 2023. This is a huge win for @tbfighters.org and the TB activism community generally. www.stoptb.org/what-we-do/f... (1/2)...

Speaking of comics: Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month. Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

Sam coded characters

i appreciate all of these major news outlets finally “taking great risks to warn the nation of authoritarianism” but that would have been useful before the election. or really any time in the last 9 years. the spinelessness of it all.

If Gritty can still fly the pride flag so can we

The Palestinians and their supporters didn't create our current predicament. It's a convenient, counterproductive deflection to lay the blame at their feet, and given the degree of destruction and suffering they've endured, it's also sadistic.

Say what you want about mice but those sumbitches can scurry

I saw someone criticize the Barbie movie with, "Why is their idea of patriarchy just the culture of 2005?", but it turns out that is, indeed, exactly what they want

Bluesky authors and artists, amidst the current political turmoil, a lot of you are sheepishly like, "I have a new book coming out... (sorry)" and I need you to have more of this energy instead

It has come to my attention that many North Americans are not as well versed in all the various flavors of coup as some the rest of the world, so take a look and see if any of this sounds familiar???

Live from the 50501 rally in Santa Fe, NM

Orcanize and find your pod. #art #animalart

Welcome to the public domain, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque. This masterpiece's portrayal of the human cost of war is timeless. 🌍💥 📖 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #PublicDomainDay #InternetArchive

I keep thinking about how the misrepresentation of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit convinced Americans that it was too easy to sue corporations — a laughable idea if you think about it for 10 seconds. It's the same with trans kids: The scandal is that care is too hard to get, not too easy.

this is so deeply sad — a reminder that victims of tragedies like yesterday’s are only lifted in the public memory when it’s convenient for the administration. i hope that we uplift them in spite of a vested systemic interest in that not happening. love to kiah’s family and loved ones 💖

What in the chicken fried fuck?

TEXANS! It’s 12:51 PM. Have you called your senators? Contact information for Cruz & Cornyn’s district offices is below. I had to call Lubbock before I could find someone for Cornyn, but this is why I keep them all saved.

Another reason to reduce my TikTok usage, since the return my FYP has been full of boot licking Trump videos & far right influencers. I NEVER got these before & despite blocking every one of them my algo keeps feeding me more despite all the people I follow being leftie queers 🤢

I maintain a small starter pack of interesting artists I follow who generally have smaller followings. If you want to liven up your timeline with some good art, go check it out. go.bsky.app/L24jCHg

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how much resentment and backlash to Me Too has fueled the culture’s rightward shift over the past eight years.

You're my hero

More for my TBR pile

If you’re insulated by privilege it is your duty to break unjust laws.

I absolutely judge books by their covers. When I walk through a bookstore I just walk around and look for whatever covers speak to me

🌙 Moon + Sun 🔆 #original #risograph

Stocking up is cool if you can swing it &/but/also remember to store your food in the belly of your brother.* Food banks prefer donations bc they know how to make the $ stretch for the food people want most. Small & monthly is good! Or get one can for you, one for the community fridge/lobby pantry.

When the US ruling class says that something poses a threat to the "American way of life", what they actually mean is it poses a threat to the interests of US capital accumulation.

who's gonna call