@vbivar.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, pollution, Marseille, farming, land use, plastics, climate, and economic growth; misanthrope; hockey player; expert baker; amateur gardener; works at St Anne's College at Oxford π¨π¦; lives in York
Yes!!!! A permanent solution to my search engine woes.
12.10.2025 17:06 β π 20 π 8 π¬ 3 π 0Anyone interested in joining a panel proposal on Health in Civil Rights movements for the AAHM this year? DM me or comment if so!
11.10.2025 23:38 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Looked it up - same active ingredient. This stuff is crazy.
11.10.2025 19:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π€£
11.10.2025 11:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It me. I can barely read a novel.
11.10.2025 11:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Night Nurse is no joke. I slept great last night but I now feel like I was run over by a bulldozer. For non-Brits: This is a nighttime OTC cold and flu medicine. Also, 'Night Nurse' sounds naughty.
11.10.2025 11:42 β π 28 π 0 π¬ 10 π 0My weekly roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, and MENA (for free, as always):
ridaaburass.com/z_ridaaburas...
Congratulations to Edd on getting this out in the world!
10.10.2025 10:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No shame! He has been amazing since the very start, with that joke video about renaming Lake Michigan.
08.10.2025 19:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My dad wrote a letter to the Oran the last time (Daniel CΓ΄tΓ©). I was on West Mabou Beach last week. I knew they'd come for it again. I was just hoping it wouldn't be so soon after the last attempt. Good luck with this next round of keeping the monsters at bay.
08.10.2025 18:26 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Never thought I'd be cheering for a billionaire, but these are not normal times.
08.10.2025 18:19 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Chicago October 2025.......
07.10.2025 09:20 β π 968 π 614 π¬ 95 π 70It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...
This is so maddening. What a monumental waste of your time to mark a dissertation that was largely/entirely written by an algorithm.
07.10.2025 10:35 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very cold and very beautiful swim in autumnal Nova Scotia. Thanks to @donalh.bsky.social for teaching me that my cold tolerance is much higher than I thought it was.
07.10.2025 10:24 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm so sorry you are subject to such vitriol.
06.10.2025 21:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I love @globalelephants.org
02.10.2025 10:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sincere question: is there a single college or university anywhere that is approaching AI from a position of resistance?
01.10.2025 17:59 β π 65 π 20 π¬ 14 π 1Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. π§΅ 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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27.09.2025 11:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As a former Chicago resident I can confirm that those folks donβt play.
27.09.2025 11:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It is! And after having another look, I realise that Resnais didn't film at just one location, but several different Pechiney sites. Even so, there was no ocean. Just rivers and factories.
27.09.2025 11:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just learned a ton and a metric ton are the same thing. Why humans? Why? Why did we invent this linguistic confusion????
25.09.2025 08:46 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 9 π 0Great little feature on the amazing research of @miskoaki.bsky.social and its growing Northern focus.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Flower child.
24.09.2025 10:36 β π 40 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0This is the best thing I will read all day. Keep singing mister!
24.09.2025 09:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Incredible. A purrrrrrring sleeping kitty is very good medicine. Also, my dog Loki is wondering about the cat sound coming from my phone β¦
23.09.2025 22:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Even better than snacks.
23.09.2025 21:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh my god I love a pretzel. I want one right now.
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