What a great model for a course: revisiting the same place for different topics. Although this describes a course in architectural history, the same approach would work for #histgeog and #envhist. Anna Andrzejewski was on my dissertation committee and always has smart ideas.

PLATFORM@platformspace.bsky.social · 3w ago

Anna Andrzejewski considers how fieldwork can revitalize large undergraduate courses in architectural history. Drawing on bell hooks’s ideas of "engaged pedagogy,” she discusses her reorganization of a lecture course, giving students freedom to engage in hands-on research of campus-area buildings.

New York has become the first US state to enforce a data center moratorium, as governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today to pause construction for one year.

New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium

“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.

wired.com

Second time in just about a week when a man not targeted by ICE was killed by them

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3w ago

“The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him.”

Submitted my comments in opposition to the new OMB rules. You can too! There is still time today: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... If you want some talking points, AHA www.historians.org/news/aha-sub... & AAM offer good ones: www.aam-us.org/2026/06/08/a...

Was musing early on whether Nigel Farage political career is all a sham to get rich. But I concluded this is unfair. His bigotry does seem sincere.

#SkyStorians! Join us to learn how you can navigate this anti-DEI climate as you apply for jobs and grants. An event we put together for @thenacbs.bsky.social but you don't have to be a member to benefit! lmula.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #DEI #BritishStudies #19thCentury #AcademicSky

TODAY 4pm ET

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · last mo.

I'll be talking about the linkage between climate change and the current record heat in Europe TOMORROW (Wednesday) 4pm ET/ 9pm London time on #BBCWorldNews TV: www.bbc.com/news/world

Fascism specializes in violent purges. ICE is the evil claw of USA fascism—aided & enhanced by Silicon Valley. Let's name names and plan for accountability. Read "The Tech Behind ICE: Oligarchs, Immigration Enforcement and the Threat to Democracy" notechforice.com/tech-behind-... #NoTechForIce

We identified 17 of the 27 'grievances' in the Declaration of Independence with a contemporary analog. We then annotated those 17 grievances with quotes from federal judges across 52 court cases involving the Trump administration. The judges in their words (many referencing the Declaration itself)

Today’s Judiciary on the Anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Many actions taken by the current administration echo the grievances laid out in the Declaration of Independence against King George III.

justsecurity.org

New from me: Are you struggling to stay cool in a hot London flat today? Here's my story about how we've spent the past two decades building heat traps for people to live in. Gift link 🎁

Londoners Complain of ‘Unbearable Heat’ in City’s Modern Housing

In Britain’s capital city, an architectural trend that started about two decades ago is now being linked to unbearable levels of indoor heat.

bloomberg.com

It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zero

As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert

bylinetimes.com

democrats who don’t take loud and firm stances in favor of the regulation if AI and prediction markets are leaving votes on the table. also easy ways to demonstrate your independence from SV billionaires www.semafor.com/article/06/2...

Exclusive: Polls: Voters favor federal oversight of prediction markets

Forty-eight percent of Republicans favor federal oversight, per the Republican poll.

semafor.com

Here's a really handy video that explains how @carbonbrief.org made its Cosmos database of climate studies. Includes a giant tower of every IPCC report stacked on top of each other - with a real-life human standing next to it for scale! By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @jjgoodman.bsky.social

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · last mo.

Project Cosmos is Carbon Brief’s universe of 1.8 million climate science papers. In this video, science correspondent @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org explains the database’s features. Explore the database here ➡️ bit.ly/4eXC4tK

"There's a recent study by the University of Colorado looking at global media coverage of the climate crisis. And they found that in the five years since 2021, it's dropped by over a third and actually closer to 40%." - @adriennebuller.bsky.social, editor of @the-breakdown.bsky.social

“I have heard from our managers at ProPublica that they don’t intend to replace us with AI. And that’s great. But we’re gonna need that in writing.” This is why we’re fighting for protections against artificial intelligence:

Join the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network to develop your research and academic career alongside a leading scholar in premodern critical race studies. Mentees are matched with a mentor for two semesters of virtual meetings. Applications due June 26!: https://acmrs.asu.edu/RaceB4Race/mentorship-network

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As per yesterday's Reuters on the heatwave: 'At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car' - and this is the picture they chose It's not new that the media is complicit in climate denialism, but that doesn't mean we have to accept it.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

Write a story about, and show picture of, the vulnerable Parisians dying in their apartments from the extreme heat you cowards.

"Juan" sent us this pic of farm workers bent over cutting and packing bok choy by hand in Lamont CA. "Bok choy is a delicate crop. We must be very careful handling it so it doesn't bruise. As we go through the rows we quickly look over each plant for size & maturity." #WeFeedYou

I’ve charted American hegemony during the Iranian campaign

François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊

Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana

It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.

cbsnews.com

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS whole thread but man especially THIS

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last mo.

That's why the corporate Dems who say that the party should campaign against renewables and in favor of fossil fuel companies aren't merely climate criminals, they're also *bad at politics*: prospect.org/2026/06/22/a... 21/

In order to get millions of turkeys to vote for Christmas, the right substitutes spectacular acts of cruelty against disfavored minorities to distract their voters from the quiet acts of everyday cruelty they subject those voters to: pluralistic.net/2026/04/12/a... 19/

Great opportunity for some scholar-activism from @ncph.bsky.social ! Speak out against political-appointee review for federal grants! "On Friday, July 10, NCPH’s Advocacy Committee is hosting a one hour comment-a-thon to help public historians leave public feedback" on the OMB's proposed new rule!

time for this again

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS

like white rural america, white britons have only themselves to blame for their immiseration

ben chambers 🏴@benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"immigrants are destroying our country" say gammons who voted for thatcher, tory austerity, and brexit

Literally all the referees, including the American ones, should boycott. But nobody will because most people excuse racism unless it's happening to them personally.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2mo ago

Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, has been removed from the World Cup roster after being denied entry to the US despite holding a valid visa.

Trump has truly returned America to a golden age, when we had measles epidemics and screwworm problems and who knows what else?

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The US will almost certainly lose its measles-elimination status this year or next www.wired.com/story/anguis...

You love to see it.

Seattle passes moratorium on new data centers amid national backlash

Seattle would join more than 70 cities and counties around the nation that have temporary or permanent bans on new data centers.

seattletimes.com