Chris Stantis
Bioarchaeologist, chemist | Nerd, coffee snob, loves fresh air and equality | She/her | Museum lover, but not museum apologist
- Reposted by Chris StantisJob alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
- I'd love to know instances where scientists chose certain color palettes to tell their data's story. For example, when I worked on a project in partnership with the DoD, I made use of a color palette reminiscent of the American flag.
- Reposted by Chris StantisSomeone made an actually-organized version of this!!
- Reposted by Chris StantisAre female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
- Chuck Tingle would fit most of the criteria. I mean, he's got way better things to do, but imagine the Grok that would come out of it.
- Reposted by Chris Stantisone of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
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- New paper out, possibly one of the most tedious projects of my life... it's working name was Project ARDUOUS and boy howdy did it live up to its name 🧪🏺 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- As a team, we compiled and cleaned 28,347 published bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr data from 474 previously published datasets. Why put ourselves through that?! When a large amount of this data are compiled, harmonized, and made more discoverable, researchers across disciplines can reuse it.
- Art from a Maya vase. Labeled 'Itzamná talks to a dog', nothing will convince me that's not a person dressed up as a dog. 🏺 Full photo of painting here research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_hir...
- Was just feeling bad about not getting grant applications prepared as new faculty, then remembered that one grant I was prepping was axed by the NIJ, and another that I was revising to resubmit was axed by the NSF. Gonna be some screenshots of proposal portals in my tenure dossier...
- Reposted by Chris Stantis“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
- My lili bro (kindly) invited me to a friends' party, the theme was 'dress fancy'. I was on the road to visit the family, with only sweaters and hiking gear packed. Well, my parents hadn't gotten rid of my wedding dress, I had *something* fancy to wear. His reaction was priceless.
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- Reposted by Chris StantisThere isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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- Just listened to Gorillaz' song Damascus, then listened again. I was struck by the speculative fantasy of their island, Plastic Beach, and the joyful welcome of Syrian refugees to the lands. Admittedly, Yasiin Bey makes pretty much any track better.
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- I heard Microsoft Word is starting to use LLM for its grammar/spelling check, which means common errors are taken as correct. In my manuscript, apparently the word 'data' isn't plural anymore.
- Reposted by Chris StantisOne thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
- Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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- I'd probably want to do the same thing I do now (professor of biological anthropology), but I'd be even quicker to buy those amazing local arts I see around.
- Reposted by Chris StantisHonest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it? Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
- Trauma napping because my partner left us to go to Sam's club
- Reposted by Chris StantisGoogle at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
- I love that our current Star Trek captain loves horses, cooking, and haircare. Real Barbie vibes.
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- So delighted to have worked with Drs Christine France and Julianne Sarancha on this project. With deer samples, we created isoscapes (Sr, O, and S) for the state of Virginia. Potentially hella useful for archaeology in the region. 🏺🧪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Chris StantisI'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching? "Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies" Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific #academicsky 🏺♿
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- Reposted by Chris StantisNSF is open again! A few comments: *Please be patient. During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails. *Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th. *POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
- Reposted by Chris Stantiswe need a department of kerning
- I will drop everything when a new fashion thread comes out by Derek
- This looks like an April fool's joke but nope, it's a cursed collab
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- I've been asked to revise my paper to pick British or American spelling, but as far as I can tell the main divider is that I use 'paleontology' but 'archaeology' But...I don't want to change either???
- So funny when my students cite someone I admire on social media and I'm just like 'ohhoho yes I have something of a parasocial relation with that person 💅'
- Here we go let's do this theonion.com/dick-cheney-...
- I love the story behind this scholarship!
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- Reposted by Chris StantisGenuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
- Last night I had this amazing dream that I got a superpower that let me do practically anything I set my mind to. I became great at climbing, I was super smart. The superpower of my literal dreams, and I wish I was joking, was "focus".
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- Reposted by Chris StantisWhatever strategy you’re about to suggest, we’ve thought about it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- I don't follow baseball, but the Dodgers organist playing 'Neverending Story' at that game is pretty funny
- Reposted by Chris StantisJust a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
- This New Hampshire stove manufacturer have a whole section dedicated to pets next to stoves. A super cute theme. www.woodstove.com
- Very cool piece about space junk by Dr Gorman! 🧪🏺🚀
- Reposted by Chris StantisThe Ancient Near East Today is seeking new members for its Editorial Advisory Committee. The committee supports and advises the editor of ANE Today for matters of content and strategy for the main platform and its Substack newsletter. Please fill out this online form by Oct. 31: buff.ly/2MyvjcP
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- Cuties don't have to make the bed
