When I wrote in my book proposal to a press that I could have the complete manuscript of my monograph to them within a week, I didn't mean THIS WEEK.
Alix Hui
@alixhui.bsky.social
Historian of science, environment, sound, and silence. Raising small kids through covid. Pie hobbyist. The Johnny Appleseed of googly-eyes.
i just wanna say we've made a lot of progress in the field of small talk
Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 4d agoHow is it, then, with the whale?
Today's walk to work/looking out the window after getting home.
Been trying to solve solvable problems lately. Today, because my basket was full of the rest of my boulangerie and market haul, I found a way for my beautiful fractal crucifer to get home safe and sound. Also, CRS lined up in the cold drizzle on my street, so I shot them long dirty looks.
The youth protests in France that began over poor learning conditions in schools are now being met by police brutality. This is a clear demonstration (in every sense of that word) of the massive shift in state resources to policing & surveillance rather than public goods like education.
Stephanie Lamy@stephlamy.bsky.social · 6d agoProtests have been met with unprecedented police brutality & mass detention: 1,949 on the 1st October, 90% minors. This exceeds daily arrest peaks during May 1968, Yellow Vests & 2005 & 2023. 215 injured kids. 15-year-old lost a hand; another an eye to a and another suffered a fractured jaw.
Comme l'a rappelé un de ses camarades, ce jeune est en lycée pro et se destinait à un métier manuel. Il a donc aussi perdu son outil de travail.
franceinfo@franceinfo.fr · 6d ago"Il était au bloc hier, il a été amputé de la main gauche, il a aussi reçu une greffe à la main droite et a des plaies au visage et sur le thorax", a déclaré mardi soir à l'AFP le maire de Wingles, la commune où vit l'adolescent.
Day 3 of lycée student protests on my street: Have spent the morning with the windows shut tight against tear gas and smoke, slowly working through an interviewer’s questions about my Safe Place for Science fellowship.
If I owed you an email today, I didn't send it because I spent the morning (a) flooding my apartment and (b) fixing the clothes washer. Accomplishment net zero? (I found the main shutoff valve before the floodwaters made it out of the kitchen to the wood floors)Ph
Me: Hey, kids, there's an organ festival coming up. I thought maybe we'd be interested in going? My kids (one's eyes narrowing, the others' widening): WHICH organ?
This Day in Labor History: September 13, 1990. The mostly Black workforce at Delta Pride Catfish in Indianola, Mississippi walked off the job in revolt over the working conditions they faced. Let's talk about this key moment of civil rights unionism against a racist employer!
Trying so hard to not shout BUT OUR BOOK COVER IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY POINT YOU ALL TO THE MOST GRATIFYING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EVER. @emilypawley.bsky.social Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625... #envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians
A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World
The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...
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BREAKING: Trump now promising that if republicans win the midterms, he will personally record the remainder of Sufjan Stevens’s 50 states albums.
Very few things on the internet brought me joy back in 2020 but witnessing this unfold in realtime was by far the most delightful. * some weird context: my family was getting a private tour of our university's milking barn and I bumped into more than one cow because I was staring at my phone
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · last mo.Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe
There's lots to love about the public transit in Toulouse but my favorite thing is that each metro car has a padded butt rail to lean on, aloofly. I've never been so cool on a commute. Also, there's unsettling art in the stations!
This piece is very good cloakinginequity.com/2026/08/19/t...
He Picked a Fight With Black America. I’m Here to Finish It.
Liberals keep reaching out asking me to read Tyler Austin Harper. Not one liberal. Not one conversation. It has happened enough the past few days that I have started wondering why. Why has Tyler be…
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Have been talked out of starting every sentence of this article manuscript review with “however” to drive home my point that overusing it weakens one’s writing.
Today has been a lot of stupid bureaucratic hurdles and webforms requiring resets and nothing just being straightforward and easy. I throw in the towel on productivity and pull out the whole-grain rice mix thingy for an easy dinner base. Only to discover the cooking instructions are in Flemish.
“Should we throw something heavy at your brother or something sharp?” Little sister: “Something sharp.”
Instead of packing or sleeping or keeping the kids out of the car snacks, I went all craft night on our eclipse glasses.
Folks, is this how you video chat on a banana phone? The five-year old would like confirmation.
With each demented “coo,” the soundmark of the wood pigeon is increasingly decoupled from my memories of Berlin, and putting down auditory roots here in Toulouse.
I love the "behavioral advices" that accompany our current "orange awareness" weather: 1) I'm moving away from trees & waterways 2) I take shelter in a solid building 3) I stay informed 4) I protect property exposed to wind or which may be flooded 5) I avoid to use my phone & electrical devices...
Woke up to blessedly cool, breezy air. But it smells like wildfire smoke and I fear the Pink City will only grow pinker in the coming days.
Today I caught a coke bottle midair as it tumbled off a waiter's tray while he was serving us. He looked me in the eyes and said something like "Je m'en souviendrai pour toujours." I might be falling in love with Toulouse.
A few years ago, one of the TSA guys at our little airport said I always walked up to his perch like I owned the place. I guess I have an city stride, swing my arms vigorously, and am often spaced out, which probably comes across as aloof. My step matches whatever music I’m listening to. 1/5
