On the history of the primate trade and colonial/postcolonial ecologies of extraction, conservation and care. Thanks to my co-editor Tara Suri and all who contributed to this Focus section in Isis. FREE ACCESS! #envhist #sts #conservation #primates www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The previous post reminded me of the magical Wayang Kulit shows I watched as a child, in the brief years I lived in KL. I'm sad that it has been less prevalent in recent years and grateful to the artists fighting to keep the art alive. #wayangkulit hyperallergic.com/preserving-t...

Shadow Puppet Head https://collections.artsmia.org/art/95472/

Here's my analysis in The Diplomat on RU's exploitation of SEA labour migration networks, following news of Filipinos being sent to the frontline to die. I made the point to distinguish trafficked fighters from actual mercenaries and explored diplomatic constraints. thediplomat.com/2026/02/sout...

Wombats have the largest brain of any #marsupial. Their blank expressions are just a reflection of the fact that they know they can outsmart you.🧠 #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombats #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Next planned event SEA-Junction in collaboration with ILO, Ship to Shore program

Axolotl "have feet and hands like lizards, and the tail, and also the body, like an eel, they have a very broad mouth, and a beard in the neck. It is very good to eat. Food of the señores (the ruling class)" Today it is not food, it is Critically Endangered Same as the European eel, still eaten👇🏽

Thanks, @dbellingradt.bsky.social ! If you're interested in something that deals specifically w paleography & the complexities of how we treat records as evidence, institutional priorities, etc then this piece will be of interest...it's v long, I'm afraid! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

What do Djinn want when making a deal? It depends. Some seek material wealth, some carnal knowledge. Many will achieve this through possession, demanding that humans let them live in their body. They may not be intrusive but they can take over at any time #FairytaleTuesday

This book is coming in March with a chapter by Yours Truly 😁: Chapter 12. ‘ “Every Single Verse Seems to Be Speaking to the Contemporary Chinese”: Perceptions of the Greek Revolution of 1821 in Japan and China’

EU and Brazil adopt data protection adequacy decisions for each other ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The oldest Muslim community in Bangkok predates the city by a century Established in 1688, Ban Ton Son was founded by Chams, a Sunni Muslims from Vietnam who were displaced by Kinh Viet expansion Known for their seamanship, Chams who made their way to Bangkok often served as sailors in Siam's navy

Chams have played a notable role in Bangkok's culture Due their naval prowess, Cham oarsmen were historically responsible for paddling the royal barges Away from the water, the Cham weavers of Ban Khrua are responsible for the "Thai silk" that was popularized by US fashion designer Jim Thompson

I’m working on a piece about the growth of mass nihilism over the last 16 years or so. Using examples such as change in “hacker culture”, niche far right groups spilling out into wider society etc etc. if you have a personal experience I would love to hear from you.

#FrescoFriday - A real favourite! The paintings from the Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus, Pompeii (VI.8.20), showing the stages of the laundry process, with an owl (symbol for the Fullers) atop the 'viminea cavea'. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺 Image: MANN (9774). Link - mann-napoli.it/numismatica/...

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

Would you like to read something about Greenland that isn't about geopolitics, but is instead about love, and grief, and gyrfalcon nests? Here's a story I wrote once for @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social. richarddsmyth.com/2021/10/01/s...

The level of humility it takes to do the unglamorous, non-confrontational work is a story that people need to think about more. The shops that don’t get raided and might not be under threat! The people who follow ICE cars so they can’t do surprise stops. The people who you will never see.

CFP: Negations and Interruptions As World-Building, University College Dublin, 21-22 May 2026 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

How The Philippine Star covered this story vs how SCMP did.

Ursula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018. First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky

New data out today is remarkable. mRNA technology first proven at scale during COVID can now cut melanoma recurrence and deaths almost in half by teaching the immune system to target cancer. A powerful reminder of why we invest in science and support mRNA platforms.

I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

Bear In Snow. #Art © Takeuchi Seiho

#jobs #publishing #booksky #humanities

🚨Reminder: the Deadline was extended! If you’re interested in participating in XIV PBCS, you can still send your proposals until 1st February. More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs...

Postdoc opportunity: ERC Research Associate in History of Philosophy (48 months) University College Dublin Project BMoral (18th-century British moral philosophy & women philosophers) Start: Sept 1, 2026 Deadline: Feb 10, 2026 Details & apply: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #philsky #philjobs

The @northernenvhistory.bsky.social's first seminar of the year is fast approaching! 27/1 2pm GMT Sign up below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word...

Com join the Consortium for the History of Science's #oceanhist #marine #maritime group at 1-2:30 CT as we discuss Karen Pinto's article “All the World’s an Island: A Taussigian Reading of Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Maps with an Islamicate Twist” www.chstm.org/group/histor...

Sustainability in action with Falmouth Exeter Plus on Penryn campus! One student accommodation block is now fully heated and supplied with hot water by air source heat pumps, cutting carbon emissions and eliminating mains gas use. 👉 fxplus.ac.uk/eco-block-pi... #Sustainability #GreenCampus

An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery. www.gov.uk/government/p...

I am the book reviews editor for @jich.bsky.social and always looking for new review pitches. If you’d like to review a recently published book on imperial, colonial or Commonwealth history (broadly defined), please get in touch: evan dot smith at adelaide dot edu dot au. Authors, get in touch too!

My barber told me on Friday that him and his friends have cancelled going to the world cup. He was saying it's not really a protest more he doesn't want to end up in prison/die.

Me: I don’t allow AI in my classroom, but I do let them bring their tablets. The Tablet: (Late antique wooden board inscribed in ink with lines 468-473 from Book I of Homer's Iliad now at the BM)

Look what just arrived in my mailbox 👀 Can’t wait to read this @yvanprkachin.bsky.social ! #histmed #histsci #histstm

#envhist and environmental humanities folk near Lake Erie, this event may be of interest to you! Wyandotte storytellers will narrate their stories inspired in their ancestral homelands in northern Ohio. Sat. Feb. 21st, 2–3pm in Wintergarden Woods Nature Preserve, Bowling Green, Ohio.

I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school. Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.

The scribe emerges in the margin from the line-filler to write the text. Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6; Psalter; c.1320 CE-1330 CE; Flanders (Ghent) f.61r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

There are gloves. And then there are GLOVES! These beautifully madly extravagant gloves in verdant velvet are pure #Schiaparelli, early #1950s and utterly de trop #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

Are you a PhD student, junior faculty member or early/mid-career national security practitioner interested in using wargaming as an analytic or teaching tool? Apply for the 2026 Summer Wargaming Lab Institute! Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/49DlhZj

We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project. www.uis.no/en/research/...

"Now you can prepare so many deliciously different summer meals... Asparagus Strudel... Summer Layer Salad... Oriental Asparagus Salad..." (x.com/LaurenRosewa...) Edgell Asparagus Cuts "From an Edgell Country Garden". New Idea, 1976.

One of fascism’s most effective weapons is the idea of inevitability. It tells you that events are already decided, that resistance is pointless, & that there aren't alternatives. Once people accept that story, they stop imagining change, & when imagination disappears, so does the power to oppose.

Long before railroads stitched continents together, mules and their Afro-Indigenous arrieros moved silver, sugar, cotton, and environmental knowledge across borders. In Distillations, @roguechieftan.bsky.social traces the mule as a tool of empire and a symbol of Black and Indigenous resistance. ⬇️

We are hiring! BMoral #erc project is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate hosted by @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social (University College Dublin, Ireland). For further details/how to apply: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #jobfairy #hiring #recruitment #jobopening #PostdocJobs #ResearchJobs #Philosophy

The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career... Closing date: 19 February 2026, 4pm

So there is this “truthstorian” word, and I think that historians should know this. #skystorians #truthstorians

Sending European troops to #Greenland would reinforce security in the Arctic but it won’t appease Trump’s ambitions. Europeans need to hold their ground & be clear about the future of Greenland & NATO, argues @sbeverts.bsky.social. www.dw.com/en/us-talk-o...