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Sara McGuire, PhD

@femmedescience

Dr/She/her/hers. Bioarchaeologist; Smithsonian Collaborator & Former Postdoc; Assistant Professor Love bones, dogs, baking, chemistry (isotopes & trace elements), books, & human rights. Neophyte @ proteomics. Opinions my own. ORCID: 0000-0002-6534-7860

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Thanks for sharing our research!

24.12.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing out research!

24.12.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing our research!

24.12.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out my paper from earlier this month! Based on my doctoral research, we explored individual experiences of industrialization in England and found more diverse consequences than commonly assumed. #Science #Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Geochemistry #Biogeochemistry #PhD #DoctoralResearch πŸ§ͺ

24.12.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Geochemical tales of individual lives in the industrial revolution: Untangling the impact of pollutant exposure in two English towns Geochemical data reveal spectrums of lived experiences during industrialization, hidden between the assumed rural-urban dichotomy.

My PhD paper is hot off the presses today! This paper took 6 years of accumulated research, four mentors/collaborators, & five years of writing and submitting drafts to various journals. I'm relieved, excited, vindicated, & very glad! #Bioarchaeology #Industrial #Pollution #Britain #Geochemistry πŸ§ͺ

10.12.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.10.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 10770 πŸ” 3627 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 153

πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

21.09.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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19.09.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 24840 πŸ” 9611 πŸ’¬ 485 πŸ“Œ 375

Can someone (or some epic legal machine) please litigate this administration into oblivion? I've never seen so many constitutional violations & impeachable offenses in so short a period of time. How long are we going to keep saying "Something's gotta give; something will stop them in their tracks?!"

20.09.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THIS. πŸ‘‰

19.09.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 14351 πŸ” 3744 πŸ’¬ 824 πŸ“Œ 243
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Have you noticed that Trump only won the presidency when he had a woman opponent? Both times.

That says more about us as a country and our failure to recognize the power of women than it does about him as a man.

07.09.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 5585 πŸ” 1369 πŸ’¬ 407 πŸ“Œ 111
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He seeks to rule by decree because he cannot govern within the law.

06.09.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 10219 πŸ” 2912 πŸ’¬ 750 πŸ“Œ 238
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β€œThey’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it.

Alabama tried a β€œtough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.

They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.

07.09.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 21359 πŸ” 8007 πŸ’¬ 1130 πŸ“Œ 580
Bernie on stage holding a mic, one arm outstretched.

Bernie on stage holding a mic, one arm outstretched.

β€œIt is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”

06.09.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 15437 πŸ” 3092 πŸ’¬ 245 πŸ“Œ 108

My article has been published online as of this morning! I'm so stoked!

This article will be in the October 2025 edition (v. 182) of the Journal of Archaeological Science. The link here gives everyone free access to the article until October 21st - please read and share widely!

01.09.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Resigning is tantamount to complying in advance. DO NOT comply in advance. Fight fascism and authoritarianism however you can, whenever you can. Always.

29.08.2025 04:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, immunologist here:

(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)

RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can β€œsee in kids faces that they have inflammation”

That’s NOT how immunology works.

He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.

28.08.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 22354 πŸ” 6625 πŸ’¬ 677 πŸ“Œ 224
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Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

24.08.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 7872 πŸ” 2918 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 157

Me over here, having to wait a year to get a regular old checkup with a primary care provider in the American healthcare system despite being told that my doctors office was β€œaccepting new patients.” Yeah, ok.

22.08.2025 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They’re pretty much perfect as is - thus why I was sworn to secrecy as a child! But we do dress them up when given as gifts around Christmas time by putting them on a β€œfancy” (aka holiday) sturdy paper plate, wrapped in clear cling wrap, and with a festive bow on top!

19.08.2025 04:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Took an unintentional break from #Science #Trivia #Saturday this summer (life, chaos, heat waves, ugh). Looking forward to getting back into things with the autumn semester, though! Send me your favorite science facts (the odder, the better), and I'll feature them throughout the school year! πŸ§ͺ

13.08.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...

06.08.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 11208 πŸ” 2005 πŸ’¬ 189 πŸ“Œ 144
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Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitutionβ€”which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpusβ€”have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

06.08.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 12510 πŸ” 6242 πŸ’¬ 1330 πŸ“Œ 831
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Let that sink in for a sec.

22.07.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 34866 πŸ” 13447 πŸ’¬ 1953 πŸ“Œ 945

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

21.07.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 68826 πŸ” 21015 πŸ’¬ 1580 πŸ“Œ 750

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge πŸ§ͺ

18.07.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 22638 πŸ” 6724 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 123
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FINALLY! One article accepted, another still in review...
#Academia #Research #AcademicResearch #Science #PostDoc #PostDocLife #Anthropology #Bioarchaeology #Dissemination #Publication #Published #Smithsonian #SmithsonianInstitution #RevolutionaryAmerica #Philadelphia

09.07.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

04.07.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 58548 πŸ” 9909 πŸ’¬ 973 πŸ“Œ 426
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When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

02.07.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 9305 πŸ” 3466 πŸ’¬ 498 πŸ“Œ 209