I’m thrilled to announce three new professorships in compressed air thruster ethics, compressed air thruster policy, and social impact of compressed air thrusters. we are also headhunting a Vice Provost of Thrust
Chad Leahy, PhD
@cleahy.bsky.social
Director, International Institute in Spain. www.iie.es. Early modern Iberia. Spain & Jerusalem. Strategic anachronism and political uses of the past. Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Denver.
Writing to share that Im the new Director of the International Institute in Spain (Miguel Angel 8, Madrid). It’s a special place founded in 1892 to advance women’s education in Spain. Very tied to the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. US-Spain educational and cultural connections are our thing.
“I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic.” www.earth.com/news/ran-rob...
Robot submarine finds unknown structures beneath Antarctica, then loses contact and disappears
An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously disappearing.
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Claudia Sheinbaum, Presidenta de México, sobre Ayuso: "El gobierno mexicano solo reconoce como interlocutor de España a su Presidente del Gobierno y su gabinete. Esa señora no representa a España, solo a una parte medio trasnochada de España que busca amigos entre otros trasnochados aquí, en México"
Medieval Studies / Medievalism Studies / The Middle Ages
Jerry Chen@jcsalterego.bsky.social · 6mo agoTarrytown / East Austin / South Congress
D U BELIEVE IT? Congrats to the Pioneers on an 11th NCAA Men’s Hockey National Championship!
My new novel “Gary’s New Novel Was This Result Helpful to You?” is in big trouble.
Ouija board with Reagan
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 7mo agoTrump says a former president told him "I wish I did what you did" with Iran. Who might that be? Trump says it wasn't Bush and people close to Biden, Obama and Clinton all deny they've been talking war with Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...
This is a serious crisis in the region. Really need msm to be covering this given that Pakistan has nuclear weapons.
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8mo agoPakistan has officially declared war on Afghanistan, major cities are being bombed. At least 297 Taliban troops have been killed, and more than 450 have been injured during the first attack wave.
Reírse del español de AOC, incluso del de Mamdani, es prueba inequívoca de haberse tragado cómo se vende en España lo “hispano/latino” como derivada directa de eso que llaman la “Hispanidad”, amén de creer que el único español válido es el de España. Y, una vez más, desconocer la realidad de USA.
Academics see the worde TTRPG and thynke "tenure track roleplayinge game"?
Inevitably I look at graphs like this and viscerally feel like we need to rage bolus. #t1d
Gabriel Zucman@gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The experience of this winter in Colorado is so jarring, watching everywhere get cold and snowy and here it just feels like a warm desert with zero precipitation and like Spring weather and knowing we’re gonna have no water and the climate apocalypse is here and like time to get on the Axiom.
