Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them)

Archaeology PhD candidate at Washington State University.
Northwest Coast, resource management, place, landscape, & relationality (they/them)
~thoughts my own~

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

Thanks @windustwegz for illustrating this gorgeous chert biface from my dissertation site 😍😍😍
(Friendly reminder to come join me on instagram so I can disentangle myself from this 🗑️ app lmao)
https://t.co/wyQoBnurYh

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

I am already barely on here but I think I'm just about over it now so reminder that I've got the same handle on insta and bluesky if you want to stay connected. Also, mutuals in Portland/OR, open invitation to hang out irl sometime, DM me on insta ✨

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@socialistdogmom Fashion icons

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@socialistdogmom They had goats come eat the grass on the hillsides surrounding the dog park once and oh BOY did the dogs hate that (not owen tho, he is a simple idiot who did not notice the goats and would probably have loved to join them)

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@MarkTveskov You want a bluesky code?

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

Someone get a smol surfboard ready for the baby!!!

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

Officially in Oregon!

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

I was the exact target audience for these movies lmao

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

There really is no good way to pack a plastic skeleton

[The Anthropology Department @anthropologydp]

*pulls out "anthropologists who are just bad" list from drawer*

*writes "Elizabeth Weiss"*

*places list back in drawer*

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@IwriteOK The real pirate's treasure

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@nsheorey You and my committee both 😂😅
(Still writing it, but it will eventually get published in some form or another)

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

this is the tl;dr version of my dissertation

[Nish🌿🏴 (@convivialmeans on kolektiva and blsky) @nsheorey]

@QuetzaTheQueer I'm not sure I'd say that modern science vindicates anarchism itself so much as it outlines the inherent dynamicism and organizational complexity of social-ecological systems that anarchism is suited to adapt to and harness, and which other systems overwrite to their detriment.

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@DrDonPate @wsuanthropology @crow_canyon @SAAorg @AmericanAnthro The department needs to do a re-release of these shirts

[Native Santa Cruz @NativeSantaCruz]

I’ve been spending time with reporters from most Monterey and SF Bay Area stations and today @LaurenABC7 and her camera guy Alex from @abc7newsbayarea got an interview with an otter. Yes, the otter saga is now officially out of control

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@dampscribbler Moving!

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

This time next week I will be in Portland!!!!!! I never thought leaving California would feel like going home but here we are

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

@DustinMulvaney @MontereyAq @CaliforniaDFW @USFWS Live free or die!!!! 🦦🦦🦦

[Petty Is Praxis @rtyson82]

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[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

“Listen to me motherfucker, there’s a lot of ways to lose a house.”

Now deleted; still true

[Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them) @ArchHelmer]

#NonBinaryPeoplesDay