Ángeles Picone

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between January and March by looking at the decadal average line positions.

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)...

• about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Compare Countries, States, Provinces, and Regions with This Simple Tool Drag, drop and rotate countries, states, provinces, and regions around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised...

Since we are talking about #Greenland (again), this spatial historian would want to remind journalists (as @allinwithchris.bsky.social and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social did) that Greenland is not a big as Africa.

thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!...

I’m always energized when I run into these too.

#AHA26 @clahistorians.bsky.social

Can't miss this! #AHA26

If you see at the #AHA26, say hi! I am very distracted.

Tomorrow: @clahistorians.bsky.social Borderlands Section 8:30am 🌅

Sunday: Panel on environment and infrastructure in Latin America

#EnvHist #LatamHist

This.

@vanesamiseres.bsky.social @jorgeqn.bsky.social

Changes in the Landscape: Humans and Nature in Nineteenth-Century Latin America

I had the pleasure of reading Changes in the Landscape edited by Jennifer French to review for @hahr21.bsky.social .

Its chapters engaged with #Latam literary production through the lens of #ecocriticism

#skytorians #academicsky 🗃️ 🌱 #literarysky
read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

MH booklist Colonial North America and Revolution Wayne Lee, The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800, 300 pages Vaughn Scribner, Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and ...

Blueskystorians or whatever we call you, I need help.
I'm trying to come up with a list of US Military History books for my students to pick one from, but I don't really follow mid to late 20th century military scholarship 😬😬
This is my list please add/rip to shreds?
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I recently read Liza Grandia study on the use of maize in southern Mexico and northern Guatemala as a form of resisting extractive capitalism.

Screenshot from NYT reads: "The search for the attacker dragged into the early hours of Tuesday after the authorities said they had released a person of interest who had been detained earlier."

Maybe @nytimes.com should stop outsourcing proofreading to AI.

(Today is Monday, the search did not drag into Tuesday because Tuesday is tomorrow).

Poster for the seminar, featuring a ocean waves on a blue background.

#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.

Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025

Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site

#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities

#HappyFirday #skystorians!

Does any one use #Obsidian for taking notes of *archival docs*?

I've seen folks use it to organize writing/historiographical notes, but not sure how to use for arch research. For ref, I use #onenote for research, grouping notes by archive.

#academicsky #notetaking TIA

There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks.

You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...

The Dismal Application Record of the Trump Compact The Trump administration hoped to get accepted by some prestigious universities. It didn't work out well.

The Trump administration had high hopes that its compact would be accepted by every university. Alas, it appears that every university rejected the administration except for its safety school. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

What a generous review from Magadalena Gil. I appreciate her engagement with my work and the important questions she raises for the period that follows my study.

#academicsky 🗃 🌿 #envhist #spatialhistory #latamhist

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live El Chavo Del Ocho (English Version) - SNL

I can’t tell you good this is. El Chavo del 8 and its heritage belong in US American TV. More of this!

youtu.be/LXKSNb2CdWY?...

Dept of History, University of Liverpool - Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

Interested candidates should identify a potential mentor in the dept & submit an Expression of Interest by 3 Nov. Come & work with me &/or my colleagues! Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... #skystorians 🗃️

Tips for fellow #MSWord users:

1) To prevent word from copying format: preferences/general/disable "include formatted text in clipboard"

2) To go back to old comments: prefs/gral/disable "enable modern comments"

#YouAreWelcome #Academicsky #Writing 🗃️

#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

niche-canada.org/2025/09/27/a...

#envhist

ch 5 in my book deals with the built environment! Not US but might be helpful.

In theory you can disable it, but it doesn't seem to do much. I also worry about scholars uploading their work there... it's really disappointing because it undermines the nature of scholarly engagement!

Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.

Academia.edu has been really helpful in connecting with scholars in South America. There is where I found their latest research.

It's really sad that the change of terms of use, which includes new AI features, forced me to delete my account.

#Colegas, estoy acá y en LinkedIn.

#academicSky 🗃️

IDK, F looks pretty good to me.

What a cool thing! Can I take courses if I already graduated? 🤓

If you walk past there early Sunday, you'll see our five eights training for #HOCR 😊 🚣🏽‍♀️

Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence...

🌳 Indigenous land and health

Analysis of 20 years of Amazon data shows Indigenous Territories can lower fire-related disease risks and shape zoonotic disease patterns, depending on forest cover and legal status.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#SciComm #IndigenousKnowledges 🧪

Watch Grace for the World | Disney+ WORLD MEETING ON HUMAN FRATERNITY: Icons and light unite the world in music, hope and humanity during this once-in-history gathering.

What are you doing and why is it not watching this? It's a beautiful celebration of our humanity, what brings us together, and how we can uplift each other.

www.disneyplus.com/play/dff376e...