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"We know it looks like a butt plug, just drink the water, it's hot outside"

A couple nights ago I dreamt that snakes had legs. Little gecko paws.

For the record, as far as I can tell every other rational archaeologist (including me) thinks this is pretty fucked up:

So yesterday, the CBC published this article:

It's about how archaeological work at Red Bay, Labrador, has allowed a Spanish boatbuilder to recreate the San Juan, a 16th century Basque whaler that sank in Red Bay. Representatives from various Canadian groups were the guests of honour at a maritime festival in Spain, and next year the replica San Juan is going to sail to Red Bay (neat!)

BUT

if I may draw your attention to this section of the article:

Boatbuilders and Indigenous leaders came over to chart a new course for relationships that first started 500 years ago. When the Basque whalers came to Labrador to hunt whales, they met Innu and Inuit. What we know about that relationship comes from European diaries. Michael Barkham says there were good relations with the Innu. “The accounts say they come aboard our ship and we eat and drink and barter goods,” said Barkham.

These diaries are from the 16th century. There is documentary evidence in Spanish archives proving that the Innu have been in Labrador for longer than 300 years.

We can tell youth that they are basically “rapists waiting to happen” (anti-rape initiative), or we can tell them that we know they would intervene if they saw harm happening to someone and we want to help empower them to do that (bystander intervention). The kids jump in with both feet for the latter! It was amazing to see children (and young boys in particular) excited to do this work and engage their creativity with it. Also, studies show that not only do they go on to intervene, but they also do not go on to sexually assault people themselves. Bystander intervention also takes the onus off the person being targeted to deter rape and empowers the collective to do something about it. It answers the question in the room when giggling boys are carrying an unconscious young woman up the stairs at a house party, and people are not sure how to respond and are waiting for “someone” to say or do something.

Seems like lots of outside actors want to cause chaos in Canada