Janna Gruber, PhD (ABD)
@retrojlg.bsky.social
She/her BioArchaeologist
"Anthropology is the science that tells us that people are the same the whole world over-except when they are different" Nancy Banks Smith
"Anthropology is the science that tells us that people are the same the whole world over-except when they are different" Nancy Banks Smith
We are sick!
Over thirty years ago I walked through a square in Damascus, Syria through a huge crowd gathered to watch the public hanging of two drug dealers (we didn’t watch).
In 1993, Assad’s Syria was a dictatorship, this couldn‘t happen in a democracy, could it?
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
In 1993, Assad’s Syria was a dictatorship, this couldn‘t happen in a democracy, could it?
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
US says firing-squad execution of Fort Hood gunman will be livestreamed
‘People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,’ says Hegseth
www.irishtimes.com
October 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
We are sick!
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Epstein Survivor Dani Bensky Is
Spot On.......
Spot On.......
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Epstein Survivor Dani Bensky Is
Spot On.......
Spot On.......
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At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom. n.pr/3T6gEma
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
n.pr
September 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom. n.pr/3T6gEma
Alejandro Bettencourt = North American Blue Energy Partners
🔊 Listen Now: Who is Alejandro Betancourt, Trump's fixer for the Venezuelan oil deal?
Morning Edition on NPR One | 3:42
one.npr.org
September 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Alejandro Bettencourt = North American Blue Energy Partners
One of my favorite quotes, "we cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails"!
RIP, Queen
RIP, Queen
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
August 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
One of my favorite quotes, "we cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails"!
RIP, Queen
RIP, Queen
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The cruelty is the point with this evil fucking regime.
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/theyre-sla...
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/theyre-sla...
They’re Slaughtering Wild Horses
Nothing is sacred to people who believe everything is disposable.
jojofromjerz.substack.com
August 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The cruelty is the point with this evil fucking regime.
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/theyre-sla...
jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/theyre-sla...
Another reason that Americans need to have trust in their representatives. Because the deporting of illegal immigrants was sold as "bad immigrants" not "all immigrants". Voters have to crustinize behavior not just talking points.
“I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal … [whose] only ‘crime’ was coming to this country to give my siblings and me a better life.” trib.al/5HuYdw2
Navy Sailor Aboard USS Lincoln Learns ICE Took His Dad
U.S. Navy sailor Joshua Aviles hadn’t seen his dad in nine months when he learned his father was arrested.
trib.al
August 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Another reason that Americans need to have trust in their representatives. Because the deporting of illegal immigrants was sold as "bad immigrants" not "all immigrants". Voters have to crustinize behavior not just talking points.
Worst people in the world
Wild Horses Are The Next Victims Of Trump's Wildlife Protection Rollbacks: NYT
www.huffpost.com
August 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Worst people in the world
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It’s been less than 24 hours, and freshly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche has already issued entirely new legal protections for President Trump. trib.al/0xX3Hlk
August 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It’s been less than 24 hours, and freshly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche has already issued entirely new legal protections for President Trump. trib.al/0xX3Hlk
Why didn't anyone left on the plane get the option to debark? SICKO!
This story makes me wonder, if they were worried enough about the Iranians taking a shot at the plane to keep POTUS off of it, why do the switch-out with the Qatar plane at all? Maybe they wanted to give the pilots/staff the best chance.
Or maybe Trump didn’t want the Qatar plane to be the bait.
Or maybe Trump didn’t want the Qatar plane to be the bait.
"Chicken or fish?"
"Chicken, for sure."
"Chicken, for sure."
August 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Why didn't anyone left on the plane get the option to debark? SICKO!
This is why they dont like regulation.
The Trump administration has sent bulldozers to plow through Big Bend National Park for the construction of border barriers and roads.
August 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
This is why they dont like regulation.
Hes totally owning himself here!
Trump insists the 2020 election was rigged.
Let me get this straight……wasn’t Trump in charge of the election process in 2020?
Just sayin….
And when he won in 2016, the Dems were in charge of that election, right?
So, ergo, Trump lost the election when HE was the man in charge!
Let me get this straight……wasn’t Trump in charge of the election process in 2020?
Just sayin….
And when he won in 2016, the Dems were in charge of that election, right?
So, ergo, Trump lost the election when HE was the man in charge!
July 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Hes totally owning himself here!
I don't want to live in a police state, full stop!
The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire after an audit revealed that 161 cars were falsely flagged as stolen in a two month span.
Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe. LAPD must permanently cut ties with this tech and other cities must follow suit.
Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe. LAPD must permanently cut ties with this tech and other cities must follow suit.
LAPD was one of Flock Safety's biggest government customers. Now it’s renegotiating its partnership over ‘serious concerns around civil liberties’ | Fortune
The department recently announced it would not renew its contract due to how Flock collects and shares data.
fortune.com
July 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I don't want to live in a police state, full stop!
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The Simpsons knew.
July 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The Simpsons knew.
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Active-duty Air Force Major Jason Watson, arrested for protesting Trump.
July 1, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Active-duty Air Force Major Jason Watson, arrested for protesting Trump.
Not everyone!
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has defended earning around $1.2 billion from his family's cryptocurrency activities last year, saying "everybody's profiting" from his time in power.
➡️ u.afp.com/SKpQ
➡️ u.afp.com/SKpQ
July 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Not everyone!
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On Birthright Citizenship:
“The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”
-Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
“The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”
-Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
June 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
On Birthright Citizenship:
“The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”
-Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
“The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”
-Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕
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Trump thought suing the BBC would intimidate them. Instead, they turned his own lawsuit into a legal headache that could force him to defend his actions surrounding January 6 under oath. That is the kind of self inflicted karma no political strategist could have scripted.
June 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Trump thought suing the BBC would intimidate them. Instead, they turned his own lawsuit into a legal headache that could force him to defend his actions surrounding January 6 under oath. That is the kind of self inflicted karma no political strategist could have scripted.
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CNN shows a side by side of J.D. Vance taking credit for what Obama already had in place — an Iran deal Trump ripped up before killing a lot of people and wasting a lot of money (at Israel’s request)
H/T @acyn.bsky.social
H/T @acyn.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
CNN shows a side by side of J.D. Vance taking credit for what Obama already had in place — an Iran deal Trump ripped up before killing a lot of people and wasting a lot of money (at Israel’s request)
H/T @acyn.bsky.social
H/T @acyn.bsky.social
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I thought this was on Point….
June 22, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I thought this was on Point….
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But hey, at least we got a costly war and tariffs nobody wanted and he demolished half the White House and trashed the reflection pool!
June 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
But hey, at least we got a costly war and tariffs nobody wanted and he demolished half the White House and trashed the reflection pool!
This is just infuriating at this point! How can they do this to us? Culpability and humanity completely absent.
The strange moment was caught on C-SPAN: Trump slouched in his chair with a vacant expression as France’s president encouraged everyone at the table to turn and face a photographer.
But while every other leader smiled, Trump didn’t budge. trib.al/tDeYRXc
But while every other leader smiled, Trump didn’t budge. trib.al/tDeYRXc
June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This is just infuriating at this point! How can they do this to us? Culpability and humanity completely absent.
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Reuters' Eric Cox was given an early look at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, which is over a decade in the making. It's set to officially open to the public on June 19, marking a significant new addition to the city's cultural landscape.
June 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Reuters' Eric Cox was given an early look at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, which is over a decade in the making. It's set to officially open to the public on June 19, marking a significant new addition to the city's cultural landscape.
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Shalit’s producer recalled seeing him “late in his career, entering a theater for a screening with a look of glee on his face.
“My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.”
“Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼
#RIP
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
“My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.”
“Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼
#RIP
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
June 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Shalit’s producer recalled seeing him “late in his career, entering a theater for a screening with a look of glee on his face.
“My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.”
“Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼
#RIP
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
“My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.”
“Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼
#RIP
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...