Sara Georgini

Peggy Hinaekian, Birds On A Wire, c. 2000s

Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research - Rincón educativo Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research.

Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
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Paging #VastearlyAmerica 🗃️

45 foot white spruce being cut down in Nova Scotia.

Mayor Wu and Cathy Baker-Eclipse pose in front of Tree for Boston with Nova Scotia Officials.

Mayor Wu uses a chainsaw to help cut down the tree.

Mayor Wu and Cathy Baker-Eclipse hold sapplings and pose with Nova Scotia officials and the Feener family (nominated the tree).

The 2025 #TreeForBoston is on its way! 🌲

This week, @mayorwu.boston.gov and Interim Parks & Recreation Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse joined Nova Scotia officials and the Feener family in Lunenburg to help cut the 45-foot white spruce now bound for Boston Common. (1/3)

Sending all good energy!

Hyde Park

Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. Every time I read it, it’s an engine of change. Historical contingency? The complexity of reading sources and/or translation? All alive there. A great re/read! 🗃️

a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a sidewalk next to a fountain . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a sidewalk next to a fountain .

The Philadelphia Story 💫 🍿 #HATM

Same I’m been trying to dump a PDF maker for a while… #solidarity

black and white cat looking sleepy

black and white cat looking alarmed

hi, can you do me a favor?

take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them

thank you, this is for science

here is my contribution

Call for Papers: 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures: Scotland Along the New Silk Road (17-20 June 2027) The Fifth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China, on 17-20 June 2027. Being China’s first city designated as a “UNESCO City of Literature…

Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...

🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.

If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.

Here's one! toastedseattle.com

Two great Americans.

a lady trying to appear casual while petting the soft wool of a polite llama, who is indoors at the academic conference for Portland Reasons

I FOUND THE CONFERENCE LLAMA

Just arrived at Reykjavík for the Iceland Noir writers conference for the third time. First time I saw the moon being cradled by cloud-hands. Then a a volcano erupted. I wonder what this year will show me 🤩
#ViewFromMyWindow

On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.

My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.

I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.

My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.

Charting the History of New York’s Middle Eastern Community

Charting the History of New York’s Middle Eastern Community

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city.

Gift link!

Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Thanks and great to see you! Excited to check out @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 💫

Yes it’s amazing! The lilies are such a rich curatorial touch, too. So grateful to see it in person.

Marble statue of a woman peers out over wooden floor at Jasper Cropsey’s “Indian Summer” painting of orange-gold-red trees in fiery autumn bloom

Diego Rivera’s 1932-33 Detroit Industry Murals showcase workers straining at the metallic gears of factory work

🗃️ HUGE thanks to all who made the #USIH2025 conference such a great success! Lucky to find time in the #Detroit Institute of Arts between panels, go! @susih.bsky.social

An exceptionally busy day on the ice. Sledding, slipping, skating, and of course kolf! By Aert van der Neer, whose day is today.

My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology

Japanese maple tree with leaves in shades of red and gold, early morning light streaming through almost horitzontally

Beautiful tree on my walk this morning

SO excited to have the ARCs of "The Westerners" out there in the world!

Describe your cat's personality with one photo

Looking forward to watching Death by Lightning about James Garfield and Charles Guiteau. Seems like the sort of thing that someone should write an interesting review about and then send it to me for Commonplace. Any volunteers?

Huzzah! Thanks for coming!