What this article doesn't tell you is...that cars killed two VCU students in 2023-2024...that the pedestrian infrastructure in RVA is terrible...that no one wants to invest in pedestrian safety and cycling in the city of Richmond.

Heehaw, lockjaw is back! #medsky "The rise in U.S. tetanus cases, stems mainly from declining vaccination rates, especially among older adults and those missing boosters, coupled with climate-related disasters (floods, wildfires) increasing exposure via deep wounds in soil."

No crazy stories per se, but... The public health archive in Mexico City--there's a security guard closely watching you as you sift through documents from the 19th century. Mexican municipal archives--the tamale vendor stops by daily! The BNF in Paris--watching goats graze in the interior court.

An amazing opportunity to look at comparative mining history and toxic heritage! Plus, you get to work at the DBM! With Tina! Note: they require fluent German and English.

As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!

I know there’s a lot happening but I still find it incredible that this isn’t getting more attn. This BAD you guys. For the youngs who don’t know: Pinochet was a violent dictator (US supported ofc) who tortured & disappeared ppl. Having a Pinochetist in charge of Chile again? Heartbreaking 💔

Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children. Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.

The public television network in Arkansas is disaffiliating from PBS, the first major outlet in the country to do so. And the financials are… interesting.

7. A City is Not a Computer - Other Urban Intelligences by @shannonmattern.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/moda...

Also, here's a post for the next time you need to decide whether or not to profile Luis Alvarez as a Hispanic American based on his name. Drawing on the authoritative work in Sacramento State historian Rubén Martínez's PhD dissertation, the answer is, no, you should not. www.aip.org/history/luis...

"While [OUP] has continued to grow—most recently w/ acquisition of Karger Publishers this Nov—it has also been hit by layoffs. Last month, OUP laid off 113 UK employees & in Sept 2024, OUP laid off its US design team & content transformation & standards team" www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

This is one of the most important documents produced this year. At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance. I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.

It is time.

I could tell you a joke about Athena, but you wouldn't give a hoot. 🦉

Quote with your model of masculinity.

TIL Maine didn't let Native Americans vote until 1954. This Silver Star recipient was told he couldn't vote after he showed up in uniform.

This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

The positivity we need.

AI Data Centers are the new pollutant factories to put into black neighborhoods that they pretend wont kill us. Gotta love that old school environmental racism.

Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌

ditto, just read this great essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social, this quote pulled it all together ⬇️ "the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"

The Museum of Natural History is seeking contemporary art work for our upcoming exhibition, with a total budget of £7000. Please note that that this must include all costs including artist time, shipping, fees, production, and travel (if necessary).

The School of Marine Science & Policy at the University of Delaware is hiring! We are looking for a talented Coastal Physical Oceanographer to join us. More information is available here, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...

Battery recycling is expected to become a cornerstone of the global energy transition as electric vehicles (EVs) and other battery-powered technologies become more widespread. China holds a dominant position in both the pre-treatment and refining stages of battery recycling.

🚨Join us this monday for the second talk in this semester’s colloquium series. @mininghistory.bsky.social presents: “Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?” 📅 Nov 24, 2025 ⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast #histSci

Halfway through KS Robinson's behemoth novel, 2312. Just got to the part where there is a breakdown of the history in our time and that far, distant year. Our current time is called The Dithering, or when humans should be focusing on solutions to climate change and its (current/impending) disasters.

Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned

#FindsFriday! An arrowhead made of #meteorite iron: around 1,500 BC, a meteorite struck #Estonia. A fragment of it arrived - presumably in the baggage of an amber trader - at what is now Lake Biel, #Switzerland. An arrowhead was then made there from the cosmic iron. From Mörigen, 900-800 BC. 📷 me

A Main Line developer’s plan to turn a shuttered steel mill into a 2-million-square-foot AI data center on the outskirts of Conshohocken was stymied this week when he was forced to withdraw his application over legal issues.

"Condenação da empresa BHP pela tragédia em Mariana é um momento histórico", analisa Jamil Chade. Confira. youtu.be/EIrePGw0nmY

This is what happens when science gives you very clear warnings but you stick your fingers in your ears and go "LALALALA". You can't vaccinate against reality.

🎶 Let's get Physical (Sci-en-ces) 🎶

Valencius: By late 1850s, oil joined coal as a main fossil fuel being harvested from beneath the earth. That led to deforestation, water/air pollution & it didn't take long to notice its broader impact. (See Eunice Foote's 1856 article: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f...) #HSS2025 #envhist

Job posting: Univ of Oxford, Associate Professorship of Latin American politics, deadline November 24. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ236/a...

Latinx communities across the USA have been targeted by ICE. This summer, four LA historical and cultural institutions spoke out in solidarity, amongst silence in the museum sector. Mary Rizzo on the role of museums in not only historical storytelling, but taking a stand:

Oil regulators claim Oklahoma's wastewater incidents are under control. But our reporting with @readfrontier.bsky.social shows the state is still dealing with dozens of instances of toxic waste spewing out of the ground, one of which killed about two dozen cows in Sept. 🔗 https://propub.li/4oWsppu

Book history—>diplomacy

From cartoon artist "pantspants":

Fitting advert in the airport in Zambia's biggest mining region:

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Je pense avoir déjà vu ce film....🍿🍿🍿🍿

I was a tiny child when I was introduced to the joys of bad cinema, I always like to dip my toes back in

Women farmers in Xochimilco and San Gregorio are restoring chinampas (high-yield island farms) using canal-mud fertiliser, biofilters and invasive-fish barriers. The program has certified 16 producers and buffers floods, cools the city and shelters the axolotl. buff.ly/0gIJjxl #ShareGoodNewsToo

Not one for conspiracy theories but this one is funny until it is not ...

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.

One good thing about today: reading @raulpachecovega.bsky.social's work on urban wastewater governance in Latin America. <jeremiah johnson gif>

The Louvre thieves caught on camera!

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...