'Weediness implies movement, but plants do not often move very far without our blessing.' Looking forward to picking up my just-delivered copy of Jessica Lee's Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging today!

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I couldn't agree more!

You can listen to this now-award-winning podcast about @PennMuseum’s Morton Cranial Collection and the remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing for free at audible.com/podcast/House-…

This is a really cool project (with very cool visualizations):

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My class, 'Visualizing the Invisible: Art, Science & Observation' was featured in the Brown University Daily Herald - I'll post more about it soon, but it's been a total blast! Grading first assignments now...

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“It never should’ve been a national park in the first place,” Kruger says. “It’s a crime scene, stolen property.”

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Important reporting on what so many anti-abortion folks fail to answer to: what the hell happens when you have a baby you can't afford, can't (legally) care for? You're further trapping families in cycles of poverty, and people are suffering.

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Last December, a Duke University Magazine article explored the 'uncertain future' of the Duke Herbarium. dukemag.duke.edu/stories/nowher…

The scientific community is now learning that Duke has decided that this facility will be closed. This is bad, and here's why.

In all likelihood, no one has ever loved you and no one ever will.

Thank you for continuing to enjoy arbys this Valentine’s Day

“Nonhuman life treats time as a mixed medium: entangled with the environment, dependent on other organisms.” - I don't like the term 'time blindness,' but I love the idea of decentering human timelines.

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How do we collectively feel about this...?

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'Indoor spaces were heavily regimented along gender lines, Miles argues, while the outdoors was where girls could be freer from restrictive social norms and supervision.' Love to see historians in mags like Outside!

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“Give the Items Back. Comply With Federal Law. Hurry.” Thanks, Senator Brian Schatz!

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I've been sitting with this contrast today—we found out this week that Penn Museum had 'repatriated' 19 Black Philadelphians collected by Samuel George Morton by quietly burying them, in spite of Finding Ceremony's call for their reconnection to specific descendants. 1/

When you ask where my book & articles are, why I'm so behind on reviews, don't always attend conferences, can barely keep up with my bills, and have a deeply sad quality of life:

I love seeing friends' work come out in the real world after hearing about it for years - David's book is the kind of critical research with very current stakes that we need right now. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

Oh boy. Ohh boy.

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'Of course, the watermelon itself is not to blame, but throughout its botanical, cultural, and social history, it has been a vehicle for our ideas about community, survival, and what we owe the future.'

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The Penn Museum was my professional home for 10 years & since then I often teach directly from my experiences there. But now, the main case study will concern questions of curatorial ethics, community relations & how to (not to) navigate fraught histories
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