L’accident de la centrale soviétique en 1986 n’est pas seulement la plus grave catastrophe atomique de l’histoire. C’est aussi un révélateur contemporain du « colonialisme nucléaire », selon l’historienne Tatiana Kasperski. Par @jadelindgaard.bsky.social

Headed to Stockholm next week to participate in the "40 Years After Chornobyl" international conference at Södertörn University! Can't believe it has been four decades. Apr 27 and 28. www.sh.se/english/sode...

Just finished giving the Sarton lecture at the AAAS meeting in Phoenix. Lots of engagement with the audience on soft power and “America’s Cold War Science Experiment.” Now on to enjoy the sun in Phoenix before returning to Oregon! aaas.confex.com/aaas/2026/me...

I will deliver this year's Sarton Lecture at the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. I'm deeply honored to be selected. The title of my remarks: "America's Cold War Science Experiment." February 14, 2026.

Add another to the long history of playing with the burden of proof for veterans' cancer, from Agent Orange to radiation effects and other chemical exposures. This time male breast cancer www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Hey, she's inspiring, what can we say? Was glad to participate in this roundtable on @juliairwin.bsky.social 's book!

Every other nuclear-aspirant is watching Ukraine today and saying "mental note: never give up your nukes." Amidst everything else, we might be watching the utter breakdown of the nonproliferation regime today

See Raina Bhagat's review of "Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure," edited by @jdhamblin.bsky.social & @atomiclinda.bsky.social, published in 2023 by @osupress.bsky.social; review @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

yoinked this image from Twitter, then ordered my copy join me

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

If they change the name of Botany Bay, the botanists are gonna be PISSED

Not the Onion www.politico.eu/article/dona...

just cruised over to google maps and I see that they have caved

As I wrap up my history of technology course this week, this pic is perfect

Breaking News: France voted to explicitly enshrine access to abortion in its Constitution, making it the first country in the world to do so. The impulse for the change was the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/w...

My review of Sarah Scoles, Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons, in Science mag. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times last year for the non-changing of the Doomsday Clock, and the difficulty of treating climate change with the same countdown metaphor. As it didn't change this year, either, I think it is still appropriate? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History is now available! This volume was edited by Emily O'Gorman, @wsanmartin.bsky.social, Mark Carey, and @wildpasts.bsky.social. Truly a special moment in the international environmental history community! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... #envhist

It totally counts. #comics #animalcomic #fear #skink rooniecomics.com/com...

NEW! I might have alarmed Catherine McNeur with my enthusiasm, because I love her work so much -- including her new MISCHIEVOUS CREATURES. In this ep, I asked how she writes beautifully about place and learned this book resulted from multiple archival surprises. 🗃️ draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

As we think about the place of history of science on the web (and celebrate our first official post here), let's look at a great paper from the archives. David K. Hecht's 2011 article about Rachel Carson, "nonscientific attributes were central in legitimating Carson as a public scientist."

Three years ago, the United States officially withdrew from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, having given notice of its intentions on May 22, 2020, citing spurious Russian “violations” as the reason. In less than four years, Donald Trump and his unilateralist wrecking crew abandoned …

If you are interested in climate change, and also global security, and aren’t yet following the debates about small modular reactors, you probably should. #nuclear #climate thebulletin.org/2023/11/a-sm...

Please read and circulate this editorial by editors of the journal History and Technology, Amy Slaton and and Tiago Saraiva, which fully vindicates my STS (UCL) colleague Jenny Bulstrode and her paper 'Black metallurgists and the making of the industrial revolution' doi.org/10.1080/0734...

Also Anne Boyer:

It lives! Anyone interested in nuclear humanities, nuclear colonialism, radiation effects, the history of all things atomic, and putting scholarship into conversation with advocacy, will find something to read in this volume. Just got my hands on my copy. #sts #histsci #envhist #nuclear

a local Portland tip for fellow historians of science: if you enjoy baked goods and wouldn't mind a stroll, Ken's Artisan Bakery is about a mile from the conference hotel. #HSS2023 #HSS23 #histsci

Looking forward to commenting on this panel on environmental silence, organized by @alixhui.bsky.social on Sunday at this weekend's History of Science Society annual meeting in Portland. #histsci

Really looking forward to seeing and listening to the plenary lecture by @nickytheprof.bsky.social at this weekend's History of Science Society meeting! This is on Friday btw! #histsci

History of Science Society meeting coming up this weekend, in Portland. Excited for this panel on nuclear fallouts, including OSU grad student Celia Oney. This is on Friday fyi #histsci

New from us & Common Wealth: the US and UK militaries are among the most prolific polluters in world history. We show that the monetary costs of environmental damages caused by these militaries & associated industries is at least $111 billion since 2015. www.common-wealth.org/publications...

At least 1,500 children under the age of 10, including 600 under the age of four, have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to a list released on Thursday by the health ministry there. More than 100 were listed as less than a year old. nyti.ms/45KtzKJ

I just watched a commercial for the Google Pixel 8 embracing AI to fake your own photos. Stalin would be impressed!

A great opportunity for STS practitioners who have a writing project that needs finishing -- from The Ann Johnson Institute. tinyurl.com/4r2dp8aj 🗃️

The AHR finally reviewed The Wretched Atom and it's worth the wait academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

Here's one with a cute beaver logo and a pre-order discount code. Great cover, with stellar essays by scholars and people from affected communities. #envhist #sts #envhum #histsci

Headed out tomorrow to the annual Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative workshop (at Mount Rainier!) & remembering one of its co-founders, the amazing Linda Nash, author of Inescapable Ecologies #envhist #envhum www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

I am honored to support the authors working on histories of downwinder communities all over the world. New edited history! osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/making-...

Obligatory first post! Ending a hiatus from social media and hoping to join conversations here.