Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Proofs, proofs, proofs!! 🧾

This time next week at Texas Tech University: both Victor Sierra Matute and Cristina Pardo Porto in the house.

Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats". Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).

Here we go: copies of my edited volume!

Flower studies, C18th, by #MadeleineFrançoiseBasseporte (French, 1701-1780), who died #otd, Sept 4. Held by Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; source, gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #womenartists

In less than three weeks, I’ll be sharing material from my forthcoming monograph at @texastech.bsky.social. Many thanks to Prof. @pavelandrade.bsky.social for the kind invitation, and to all the sponsors at TTU! #academicsky

New book from @dukepress.bsky.social: A Wide Net of Solidarity: Antiracism and Anti-Imperialism from the Americas to the Globe by @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social www.dukeupress.edu/a-wide-net-o...

Side note: I look forward to Chicago and any other schools suspending PhD admissions and hiring also suspending publication requirements for current faculty in those fields since such reqs presuppose the existence of an adequate pool of peer reviewers

In "Indigenomicon," @arsavium.bsky.social examines the differences between settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/RM90jF8

Víctor Sierra Matute (@sierramatute.bsky.social) opens issue 72.3 of the Romance Quarterly with “A Prince Through the Mirror: Garcilaso de la Vega and the Lyricization of Early Modern Poetry”. 🎨 Copy of Garcilaso de la Vega y Guzmán by Ojeda y Siles, Manuel (1835-1904) circa 1887

“Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report… That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates”

As the #Colorado River dries up, Western states are fighting over how to share what’s left. #Arizona’s new proposal could reshape #waterrights. buff.ly/xsEzuF4 By Sarah Porter @morrisoninstitute.bsky.social

The greatest gift

Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums coming your way in October 2025. Only $20 in paperback for a full color book with 80 pictures! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Honored to join this volume among stellar company. Huge kudos to the editors for their superb work!

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Excited to share the CFP for this fantastic volume co-edited by my colleague @pavelandrade.bsky.social. More details in the link below, and please share widely and consider submitting your work! docs.proton.me/doc?type=doc...

One week left to see the exhibition I had the pleasure of curating at @suartmuseum.bsky.social! Big thanks to Lu Han for the fantastic review 🔥

Two great Mexican films: In MUBI and VOD, La cocina, an immersive film on immigrant and minority labor in a NY kitchen, in Vix with English subtitles Déjame estar contigo, a romantic dramedy on a deportee and the right of Mexican Americans to claim Mexico as theirs. I strongly recommend both.

🌎🌡️ Tanto las catástrofes ambientales (especialmente las producidas por el cambio climático) como la violencia derivada de conflictos bélicos, regímenes genocidas y el crimen organizado expulsan a la gente de sus lugares de origen en busca de condiciones dignas de existencia.

Spain performed a grand act of quixotism yesterday: a national blackout. Today, my article on postapocalyptic quixotism in the graphic novel La sombra de Don Quijote went online at @spanishbulletin.bsky.social The timing could not be better—alas. Check it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I am super proud to have in my hand Iván Eusebio Aguirre Darancou’s Consuming Citizens, born out of the dissertation for which I was the advisor, Ivan’s work on counterculture, gender and modernity is very bold and original!

Save 30% on #NewBook "Informatics of Domination," edited by Zach Blas, @melodyjue.bsky.social , & Jennifer Rhee, an experimental collection addressing formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriarchy in the 21st century. buff.ly/CUxiWM1

so they're mycoblogging

About 250M years ago, 90% of species on Earth died during the Permian extinction. All of that loss created a lot of vacant niches to fill.
 Not long after, the first mammals, our ancestors, appeared. 
Life on this pale blue dot will be resilient - whether we’re part of it or not. #science #history

Pet owners – watch out for the sticky foxtail seed pods, which poses a major threat to your pet’s health. Symptoms to watch for: 🌱 Frequent shaking of your pet's head 🌱 Drainage or discharge from the eye 🌱 Sneezing or pawing at the nose buff.ly/kg57K8T #pets #dogs #spring #summer

🚶🏾 Ante la crisis humanitaria actual generada por políticas xenófobas, dedicamos este número a las migraciones, incluidas las de la vida silvestre. Consulta la nueva edición 👉🏾 b.link/e39p1pxb

Por el cumple de Paz… comparto mi capítulo sobre él y su relación con las instituciones culturales mexicanas. www.academia.edu/116956826/_O...

Speaking to the Medieval and Early Modern Studies crowd at UC Davis next week!

Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California’s Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 ebooks and audiobooks. www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...

The rain on the border this week has been like nothing we've seen in modern times, with devastation on both sides. I spoke with families in the Rio Grande Valley and Reynosa who say they feel they've been left on their own. @theborderchronicle.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com/p/historic-l...

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions. Authors, search your name here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

David Steven Cohen Z"L was a hilarious writer, inquisitive about work/worlds outside his own and the sort of dedicated union member I wish we could clone. We met when I worked @wgaeast.bsky.social. He had a diverse & fascinating career. In recent years he wrote a lot of humor songs. I'll post some

Forthcoming soon in the Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies! @spanishbulletin.bsky.social

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Posted by @ianbremmer.com on another platform: “Mexico president Sheinbaum with 85% approval, strongest leader of a major democracy. Hell of a turnout in Mexico City today.”

Mexican memes, man 😂

didn’t the oscars already happen six or seven times this year

Muchas gracias a @comensal.bsky.social y @andrescota.bsky.social por una gran visita a UC Davis hace algunos días, en donde todo tipo de animales estuvieron al centro de un taller de escritura, una visita a una clase de cultura mexicana y una conversación entre ambos (¡los tres eventos llenos!) 🪱🐥🦇

A Southwest Airlines jet attempting to land at Chicago Midway Airport nearly collided with a private plane on the runway.

Esta selfie no funcionó.

Napping.

Comió yogurt.

Selfie con coco.

A proposed 8% budget cut would devastate the CSU system. Typical Newsom to undermine this absolute gem of public higher ed in California at a moment when we should be doubling down on investing in education.