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I just reserved a copy of this at my library! Looks perfect for what I need; I’m writing a chapter that is partly about the materiality of notebooks/paper. Thanks!

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Wonderful, thank you!

Anyone have any good suggestions for readings on notebooks in the history of science?

THIS is the take on LLMs and the job market. They can probably do some jobs, which will worsen millions of people's lives. But much more than that, people who don't understand your job will assume that it is worthless, even more than they already do.

For critical access to space - look to a new hub emerging in the Arctic   - Airforce Technology For more than 50 years, SSC Space in Sweden has been at the forefront of space innovation and is now preparing for orbital launch

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Call for Proposals: Special / Themed Issues - International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Call for Proposals Special / Themed Issues Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research, the journal of the International-Nineteenth Century Studies Association Follow on BlueSky Call for Book Reviews Adva...

A semi-regular reminder that @incsa.bsky.social's journal is open to receiving proposals for special issues. If you have an idea for a topic connected to 19thC studies in the broadest sense, do get in touch. Please share!

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This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.

American Jobs for American Robots - Limited edition giclee print | SPELLING MISTAKES COST LIVES Celebrate President Trump's plan to bring back thousands of jobs for American robots with this patriotic print.Printed to the size specified but only 100 will be printed in total.

Reminds me of this piece by artist Darren Cullen: American jobs for American robots www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page...

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.

Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh

So we’re just going to forget all about this and never ask Trump, Leavitt or Hegseth about it again after the first day because this is totally normal so who cares.

Our half-day virtual workshop on Thursday will provide an overview of the updated Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act regulations. You'll learn the steps to take to comply. Register at tinyurl.com/2s4h3f65.

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

Yours truly quoted herein:

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RHODES: “.. This was a decision made by one man with no legal basis, little public support and no coherent explanation of an endgame.”

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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

Big tech alternatives!
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Denmark’s Leader Calls Snap Elections After a Surge in Support Over Greenland

Today's gift link. "'As everyone knows, the conflict about Greenland isn’t over yet,' she said in a speech on Thursday to Parliament that amounted to the opening of what is likely to be a quick campaign to keep her job." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/w...

Columbia says DHS entered a dorm at dawn today under false pretenses, detaining a student in violation of the law and university policy.

Ben Rosen Follow @ben_rosen REPUBLICANS: we're having the military throw protesters in unmarked vans DEMOCRATS: mark 5:23 • 23 Jul 20 the vans

This, basically:

One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.

New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
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New rule: if you go back to someone's house and they have no books, not only do you not sleep with them, you invite them over to your basement for a wonderful cask of Amontillado. It's fine. They won't get it. They won't be missed.

Oof I’m in this post and I don’t like it

The Iconic Puffy That Braved Everest—and Then Took Over Streetwear Born as an expedition jacket in 1992, the Nuptse became one of the most unlikely—and enduring—icons in streetwear.

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Greenland Prime Minister Frederik Nielsen speaking to reporters. PHOTO BY LEON NEAL /Getty Images

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen: “President Trump's idea of ​​sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted — But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. It is a deliberate choice"

“Great Man” theories of history may have been wrong but “That F*ing Guy” theory looks increasingly plausible.

love when there's an article about how life is sustainable in the superheated waters surrounding a hydrothermal volcanic fissure on the ocean floor and then like six paragraphs in you find out the author's parents are chemosynthetic bacteria 🙄