Martha’s Vineyard Ferries and Scrawl @ Union Pool. Both bands are playing Dromfest this weekend in Catskill and this show was an outstanding preview.

I always appreciate when the Department of Sanitation reminds us where to take our harmful household wastes.

A sunny, perfect day in Helsinki.

My work schedule allowed a day trip to Tallinn. By coincidence, I was there for some of the events commemorating the 35th anniversary of independence from the USSR.

A rainy day in Helsinki.

A sunny day in Helsinki.

"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries

Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...

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last year, i made an index of independent fan-owned/maintained setlist sites, what the goddamn WWW was built for! please put more in the comments! jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...

Annie Zaleski@anniezaleski.bsky.social · last mo.

Maybe everyone knows this, but I didn’t realize until recently that Live Nation owns setlist.fm. celebrityaccess.com/caarchive/li...

Since #COVID & pandemic handling is in the news, I want to recommend the brand new COVID Studies: A Reader: www.pennpress.org/978151282949... This is a fantastic collection of essays based in SSH fields. It is available to read #openaccess for free too.

I feel fortunate to have visited the Glasgow School of Art and its beautiful library before the fires tore through it. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?

Stratospheric costs could prevent the fire-damaged landmark from returning to its former glory. Now, unless a wealthy patron is found, the building seems destined for ‘soulless’ facade retention or ‘c...

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tmydytt@timmidyett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It didn’t occur to me, when he was among the living, that Steve Albini was my best friend, because we weren’t eleven years old when we met. And I never thought about his birthday, since, again, not eleven, and the occasion was only celebrated once during the decades we knew each other

Remembering Karl Hendricks on the 56th anniversary of his birth. I think this set in 2013 was his last public performance, and it was a good one. Thanks always to Karl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg8...

Karl Hendricks Trio 2013 PRFBBQ

YouTube video by Matt Engstrom

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The Seneca Meadows landfill, where each year NYC sends about 75,000 tons of waste, is stuck in legal limbo. gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

New York City's trash is causing a stink in this upstate town

Residents and businesses near the state’s largest landfill contemplate moving as the landfill continues to operate more than five years past its closing date.

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COVID Studies: A Reader is out, with contributers from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and STS in investigating various facets of the pandemic. www.pennpress.org/978151282957...

COVID Studies – Penn Press

A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of t...

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The massive flood-control infrastructure in Chicago is near capacity. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

Chicago's Deep Tunnel anti-flooding system nearly full after days of heavy rain

The massive system of tunnels and reservoirs was built to contain Chicago’s flood water, protect area rivers and Lake Michigan. Now, there's a risk that suburbs will flood and sewers will overflow int...

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My apartment in Oslo was up the street from a sports bar (open Sundays) that got rowdy when Haaland scored for Manchester City. I can only imagine what it was like for the World Cup victory over Brazil.

You would think a government would be interested in keeping the people it serves safe.

Jason Scott@textfiles.com · 2mo ago

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Pratt Institute alumnus Brad Lander, MS City and Regional Planning ’98 and former director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is projected to be the Democratic nominee for New York's 10th congressional district.

One of my surprises about living in Oslo was discovering pizza’s popularity there.

Tim Kane 🚲@tkane.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I remember reading this and being absolutely shook www.tastingtable.com/1854781/wher...

Look what book is now *available* for preorder!! @rebecca-altman.bsky.social’s SONG OF STYRENE coming next April. Important and gorgeous. Also that cover!! #envhist #envhum #plastics www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-So...

The Song of Styrene

A personal history of plastics, written by a plastic-maker’s daughter turned environmental sociologist who, for the past decade, has searched for t...

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⏰Reminder: the deadline for the Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize is coming up fast, so be sure to get your submissions in before July 1, 2026! #envhist #histtech

Martin Meiske@mmeiske.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢CfA: 2026 Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize! The prize recognizes innovative publications that explore new ways of thinking about the interplay between technological systems and the natural environment. Early-career scholars especially encouraged! #histtech #envhist 🗓 Deadline: July 1, 2026

New Masada Quartet @ Roulette.

My colleague who was dyeing Go New York Go t-shirts earlier today is happy.

Many years ago at the other place, Raul Pacheco Vega launched #ScholarSunday as a way to give a shout out to other scholars. As a tiny tribute, I am beginning #ScholarSundayRPV to promote scholars every week. Feel free to use this and other methods of supporting our peers.

Two of the slides from Raúl Pacheco-Vega's presentation at the 2022 #DiscardStudies conference reveal his curiosity and empathy.

Raúl was one of the most enthusiastic and energetic scholars I've ever had the pleasure to know. I'm terribly sad he is gone at such a young age.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

Marilyn Monroe made her radio debut in the Hollywood Star Playhouse production of my grandfather Maurice Zimm's play "Statement in Full" in 1952.

Moving tribute to my Columbia colleague David Rosner, who passed away unexpectedly a few days ago. David was pivotal to uncovering the dangers of lead, silica, and many products of industrial America. blanphear.substack.com/p/how-rosner...

How Rosner and Markowitz Revealed the Hidden Architecture of Disease

How two historians helped reveal the industrial origins of modern disease

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Not everything is suitable for the circular economy.

Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · 4mo ago

File under "What could possibly go wrong?"

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2