A Brazilian drug raises hopes of reversing spinal cord injury. Scientists in São Paulo have developed a treatment based on the protein laminin. In animal trials, it reactivated dormant nerve pathways, restoring movement and sensation after paralysis. buff.ly/Jcj1euy #ShareGoodNewsToo

Angel of Death, by Robert Windham, 1979, 🎥 by lesliecarey11

I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣 The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣 #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

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I'd wear this cape all day.

Archduchess Katharina Renata, 1576-1595, aged one year sitting in a child's armchair with her doll. by Cornelis Vermeyen, 1577. The doll looks suitably aristocratic. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

This is a very long shot but does anyone know anything about the waterproof/water resistant qualities of silk, or treatments to make silk waterproof in the early 20th century? (perhaps including a very tight weave, or coating it somehow?) Got a source? TIA! #academicSky #TextileHashtagWhatIs

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

🧵 I don’t write about illustrators too much, but want to bring you the Norwegian Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914), who died on this day. I love how he created images of Norwegian mythology & tales that are as attractive today as when they were created. Watch out for trolls! [1]

I would love to follow more political theorists , historians of political thought, intellectual historians on here ! Please say hello 🗃️

what happens when enough wind a solar power are available?

In Guizhou’s Zunyi prefecture, 88 small hydropower stations have been dismantled since 2018, restoring natural flows along 163 km of the Chishui River. Thanks to a 10-year fishing ban, endemic fish species rose from 90 to 98, with some tripling in size. buff.ly/o6n8tB4 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Humanities Commons is great, and j hope the mass exodus from Academia dot Edu lets us all reconnect there!

The article's from January, but interesting stuff - New Zealand also has a forest and a river that have legal personhood. It's represented legally by an eight person body, which would be an amazing job, I think. "So what do you do?" "Voice of a mountain."

By which I mean that Knut Eriksson, Erik Knutsson and Erik Eriksson were fighting Sverker the Elder, Karl Sverkersson and Sverker the Younger (aka Sverker Karlsson). because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.

here is your brief break from the horrors: a man digging for earthworms as fishing bait found a medieval silver hoard in a copper cauldron in the Stockholm region. It is estimated to weigh about 6 kilos, and dates to the reign of Knut Eriksson (1167-1195-ish). www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/om...

'A panel of five judges, chaired by O’Farrell, will assess 15,000 words of a novel in progress, and both winner and runner-up will receive not only money, but mentoring from Mantel’s literary agency, AM Heath; the publishing house John Murray; and the creative writing charity Arvon.'

I love the Winter Olympics let’s all get frostbite and fall down a mountain

They should make an international franchise out of Murder She Wrote called Murder She Translated, where Jessica Fletcher's various translators in different countries also happen to solve crimes in their spare time

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

My youngest found this little friend a few days ago.

#ShareGoodNews and press for mountains, rivers and forests to be given the recognition they deserve as living organisms.

Your reminder that legislation to curb the rights of trans people to use restrooms or do anything else means everyone's behaviour, clothing etc will be opened up to intrusive and unwanted scrutiny and potential challenge in our daily lives. This is not a 'them' issue. Trans rights are human rights.

You've missed it for this month - but you could subscribe for 21 October issue.

The mountain Taranaki Maunga on New Zealand’s North Island was granted legal personhood in January after unanimous parliamentary vote. By treating it as a living legal entity, it now holds rights to protection, preservation, and the ability to initiate legal action. buff.ly/5xnPDqm #ShareGoodNewsToo

Monbiot- “The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.“ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My former job was part of this, and the iguanas are really chill lil guys while i have complex opinions about captivity, island endemics are great candidates and a lot of crucial work is done in these programs when locals get involved too

Inventing the Renaissance! Ada Palmer is more known as a sci fi author but this is one of those "Change Your Worldview" books. portersquarebooks.com/book/9780226...

Catching salmon this evening 🐟 🐻 #sciart

Due diligence should guide High Seas #MPAs under the #BBNJ Agreement. The author, Sophia Kopela, suggests using the best science, acting quickly and cooperating across bodies to set and enforce protections, with capacity-building support for developing countries.

Flaubert on arriving in Alexandria in 1849: "I gulped down a whole bellyful of colours, like a donkey filling himself with hay."

"Evaluations are also vulnerable to just about every bias imaginable ... students score male professors higher than female ones, rate attractive teachers more highly, and reward instructors who bring in cookies." #HigherEd #edchat #university www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

STRENGTH CRUSHES ENEMIES! DO YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR GLASSES?

That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor. It’s a constant pattern: The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal

The Umbrian-Provençal market in Tübingen.

Hoping it’s real! #ShareGoodNewsToo

Some Good News, everybody! "Nonprofit environmental organization the Ocean Cleanup has announced that it's on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034"

Buckle in, folks. #LongCOVID www.youtube.com/live/-eorSN8...

Our maths prof at university started his course with the anecdote that as mathematicians dig ever deeper into their field they start forgetting ever more of the basics. He said "For example, as you'll no doubt notice, I can't add up integers any more. But that's nothing compared to 1/

This is why no one should ever attempt to write a military history book called “Reconnaissance in the Renaissance”--for surely derangement would follow.

For those deleting our Academia dot edu accounts (due to their new exploitative TOC) make sure to follow the instructions quoted below or they'll force you to accept the TOC before you can get to the "delete my account" button. See you all on the open-source alternative hcommons Humanities Commons!

I think everybody could use some good news today.

So relatable! Also, her books are great 8-)

Also recommend the #TinyJoys which this post definitely is

I finally managed to get "Mediterranean" via etymology, but I regularly get my vowels wrong on Euripides. Professional classicist on a closed course, etc.

News has been pretty bleak lately. Since it's possible to have both good & bad things happen at the same time I'm going to try to break up some of the doom posting with some lighter & happier posts. For instance, here's a little friend that came to visit while excavating last month 🏺 #archaeology

The first book containing Sámi literature was published as far back as 1673. @amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛 #SHARP2025

Good news break!