"There was Bovino with the grenade. Pulls the pin." Agents pepper sprayed a 1-year-old. She was taken to a hospital. But reps said it didn't happen. abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...

Have an op-ed bubbling up about yesterday's results or an essay on Eugene Debs or a blog post on the concept of "hope" that you just have to write but don't know where to pitch it? Head over to our Pitchables page to find over 50 public publications, sites, and podcasts open to pitches:

disregulated oligarch power got a resounding rebuke last night, from Silicon Valley to Conyers, Georgia to NYC! to learn more about our political+economic conditions, join InterCcECT for a miniseminar with guest Prof Matt Seybold on the "neofeudal hypothesis." interccect.com/2025/11/02/s...

The big excitement in Paris today is the opening of a fast fashion retail shop. There are news crews everywhere and lines out the door. So grim.

A District Judge has cleared Tommy Robinson on a terror charge because he found Robinson had a protected belief. How does that pass the 5th limb of the Grainger test? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

"Some people may perceive one category up from another one as only a "little" bit stronger. Like earthquake scales, the hurricane intensity scale increases logarithmically. That means a doubling of wind is not a doubling of damage. It actually results in a 256-fold increase in possible damage."

Where are the red-blooded American patriots who‘d die for these spacious skies and amber waves of grain? How does poisoning the land contribute to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, even for wealthy white conservatives?

Please, if you use AI, don't. This is the horrendous environmental impact it has, regardless of where it's situated. Not to mention the unethical use of artistic copyright breaches the companies have used to train these systems.

ahem there is finally going to be a zoom launch on US time and it's next Sunday, 5 October, at 2 p.m. Central (3 Eastern, 1 Mountain, noon Pacific, 8 p.m. UK/Ireland, 9 p.m. CET, please extrapolate elsewhere from there) usd.zoom.us/meeting/regi... you'd be very welcome bring a short poem you love

CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation. Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.

Their place in history is "settled," just not how Hegseth wants it to be. Wounded Knee was not a "battle." It was a massacre, enthusiastically conducted by US Army soldiers and officers. This is the equivalent of honoring those responsible for the war crimes at My Lai.

If anyone asks how much research leave is going

It was so much fun to co-lead this community workshop! Everyone was engaged and picked up the printing so quickly. The workshop was made possible by the Sustainability Spark Scheme from @ucdsustainability.bsky.social You can read more about Bloomin' here: www.crumlincommunitycleanup.ie/projects-2/

New office door signage making this rainy Friday morning very happy all of a sudden

Exciting list of speakers presenting in our Environmental History Research Seminar this term. If you happen to be in Dublin, come along. We'll meet on Mondays at 1 PM in the Trinity Long Room Hub #envhist Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting us! @historytcd.bsky.social 👇

At a time when leaders arguably aren't showing much evidence of leadership on the academic research front, it's important to recognise the staff and organisations that are championing, supporting and delivering innovative, high-quality research. Kudos to @uolpress.bsky.social .

This is a jaw-dropping statement from anyone in a uni leadership role — but also — what exactly is ‘low-quality’ and ‘hobbyist’ research? Nearly every academic I know is burning the candle at both ends and STILL producing important work in their fields. This feels like an anti-humanities dog whistle

As part of the Extractivist Landscapes project, Megan Kuster and I interviewed artists from around the world to learn how they are working to reimagine the potential futures of mined, excavated, and extractivist landscapes. And today is launch day of our first episode!

UCD SDG Week 2025 takes place September 22 - 26 with 40 events across campus highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals. Eco-artmaking, a 2050 role-playing game, workshops on everything from greenwashing to upcycling your jeans - and more! Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili... #SDGsIRL

Final days to get your abstracts in for this very timely conference exploring the ethical, political, and environmental stakes of minerals. See more details here: imperialminerals.ie/events/criti...

Fifty-two young Palestinians from Gaza are due to arrive in Ireland today and in the coming days to begin a new life as students in Irish universities.

Turning my office into a science experiment as the seeded paper I'm making for a conference workshop starts sprouting. If you're in Dublin next week, check out the annual IHA conference on 'Feeding the Soul' where said workshop will take place: www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

very much saddened to learn that bucknell university press will be closing. they took a chance on my first book when other presses said it was too short or too narrowly focused on minor authors. www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...

This is really, really sad. A superb press with a great list run by a fantastic editor. With the loss of this lively, reliable, rigorous avenue, our field gets smaller and quieter.

Really interesting account of a petition by a Chinese miner on the Victorian goldfields here 👇

See this CFP for a very timely conference on Critical Minerals being organised by the Minerals team: imperialminerals.ie/events/criti... Deadline for abstracts: 31 August

teachers! excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone. take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE against-a-i.com

I am not sure how many people realize the huge array of field affected by these cut to science agencies. For example, the NSF quietly stopped hosting the public available USAP photo library last month, a resource of thousands of historic United States Antarctic photos dating to the 1940s. #histsci

In the spirit of syllabus season, here’s a link to an extinction studies course of the #envhist #envhum variety. From the dodo to dire wolves...Please borrow, adapt, share! drive.google.com/file/d/1SzKp... cc: @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!

syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.

Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide. Because that's the real threat to society. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Great summary of the Belfast EVENT conference last year by Justin Livingston and Alex Murray, which includes a nice account of the Minerals project research presented at the conference: 'Victorian Studies in Ireland' www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Please help me share the CFP for this Literature Compass Special Issue dedicated to the work of Simon J James and covering key Victorian and Edwardian writers like H. G. Wells, George Gissing, Dickens, Wilde, George Du Maurier, and Conan-Doyle on behalf of Hadas Elber-Aviram.

Environmental humanities & adjacent scholars: interested in collaborating on a panel for this @carsoncenter.bsky.social conference in July?! #envhum #STS #envhist www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...

It feels hard to celebrate anything given the horrific state of everything, but I have been promoted to 🎉 Associate Professor 🎉 and I want to acknowledge the amazing support and encouragement I got from so many wonderful people. Thank you 💙

Don't worry i am just having a slow, shudderingly violent aneurysm after seeing that *my own university library* is now pushing students to use AI for "brainstorming" & "writing models." They should "be cautious," though, if as individuals they "are concerned about plagiarism."

New opportunity! We are offering funding for two researchers to embed themselves at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to work on one of the themes outlined below www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/glob...

Job alert! We're looking to hire a fixed-term Lecturer in Literature here at the University of Essex. We're particularly interested in candidates with specialisms in C20th and C21st literature, comparative literature, critical theory, and Holocaust writing. vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Please check out his previous appearance. Also suggest other guests, topics. Let’s use BlueSky to be a space to grow and publicize alternate education. speakingoutofplace.com/2025/03/23/t...

Seun Kuti.

Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Application deadline is August 7. Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇

Come join us @ucdhumanities.bsky.social in early September for a conference on food and belonging. The event is free but registration is required. Megan Kuster & I will even be running a session involving seeded paper🙂 More details and draft programme here: www.ucd.ie/humanities/e...

Three useful things: - water-soluable ink is now widely available. Less toxic, cleans up w/soap + water. Unfamiliar? Look for block printing ink - a brayer (roller) - a piece of glass (old tabletop ideal, picture frame works) to roll ink out Ink rolled out right has a sound. Learning it will help

"The 17,000 acres composes the final parcel of a $56 million, 47,097-acre land transfer that doubles the current land holdings of the Yurok Tribe. The tribe has already designated the land as a salmon sanctuary & community forest & plans to put it into a trust & care for it in perpetuity" #IndigiSky

Today is the day the NEH has been fully dismantled in all but name.

A job! Not on panel! DM me?

The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.

Following international law on genocide is optional, but you _must_ follow banking guidelines.