The edited collection that I contributed a chapter on penguin eggs to is part of Berghan Books' summer sale! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/McCahe...
Antarctic Materialities | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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Military-Environmental History, #envhist Department of Engineering and Society, UVA, Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities U. Stavanger, History of Airborne Disease, Technology, Chemistry, Biology, Senses, CW & BW… and ships and railroads.
⚡️ 'Modified drone' found next to Ukrainian transport plane at German airport. Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were suspended overnight on Aug. 5 after a "modified drone" was sighted and later found next to a Ukrainian Antonov Airlines An-124 transport aircraft.
'Modified drone' found next to Ukrainian transport plane at German airport
Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport were suspended overnight on Aug. 5 after a "modified drone" was sighted and later found next to a Ukrainian Antonov Airlines An-124 transport aircraft. The ...
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Vladimir Tkachuk, the head of the Russian drone manufacturer Uraldronzavod, was injured in Yekaterinburg when his car exploded. Tkachuk is reportedly in intensive care. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russian drone developer seriously injured in car explosion in Yekaterinburg — Meduza
Vladimir Tkachuk, CEO of Uraldronzavod and creator of the Telegram channel Povernutye na voine (“Obsessed with the war”), was injured in Yekaterinburg when his Mercedes exploded, according to the…
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Zelenskyy: Finland ready to help Ukraine defend against Russian ballistic missile attacks #Ukraine
Zelenskyy: Finland ready to help Ukraine defend against Russian ballistic missile attacks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Finnish President Alexander Stubb how Finland could help protect Ukraine against Russian ballistic missile attacks.
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I think 21st century military readiness is more about sufficient stockpiles of missiles and air defense interceptors than how white, masculine, straight, clean-shaven, buff, and disdainful of law personnel is, so the US should prioritize the former. Sorry to get so partisan, but that's how I feel.
🔥 Something is burning on the territory of the Kama Oil Plant. Perm. The enterprise specializes in the production of lubricants and other products of the oil refining industry.
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.
Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is • Ohio Capital Journal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/o...
Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is • Ohio Capital Journal
Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem underground with fracking waste injection. Now that problem is reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water, writes Marietta College petroleum geolog...
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As the world’s data center capital, Virginia faces a surge in energy demand that could spike power costs and lead to more polluting fossil fuel plants. At the same time, the state is seeing its farmland disappear at one of the fastest rates in the United States.🌎 www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming
A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels, as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland…
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I read this story long before the pandemic, but it's forever associated with the pandemic for me now because in April 2020, my makeshift home desk was by a window overlooking an elevated train station, and I could see the trains come in, doors open to empty cars, no one get on or off, doors close
Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its war with Iran, people familiar with the data told Reuters.
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Blumenthal on Blanche's "walk back" of Trump's slush fund: "Commentators have talked about 'loop holes.' There are no loop holes here. This document itself is a sham ... tomorrow Donald Trump's counsel can go to court and seek to establish that thug fund if he chooses to do so."
Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
Saw this, and need to repeat it here. We need more people reading more books. All the time. Fiction, non-fiction, science, history, biographies and autobiographies... books helped create civilization, and will help sustain it. Too many people aren't reading enough.
It's extremely neat that the scientific volumes prepared for the British Association for the Advancement of Science's 1901 Glasgow meeting had covers in the ultra-cool Glasgow Style. Just stumbled across this, so I don't know which artist is responsible.
So proud of this forthcoming book! I spearheaded the project, but it was a labor of love for a whole team of talented scholars.
Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · yesterdayThe newest volume in our Hagley Perspectives in Business and Culture book series is now available for pre-order from UPenn Press! How and why do microorganisms, mountains, crabs, and chimps shape business? Check out Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History here www.pennpress.org/978151283057...
Today’s highlight from the recently-published tenth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is “Mapped Futures, Vanishing Places: On Inheritance at the Water’s Edge” by literary scholar Kumiko Kiuchi! You can now read this article online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: springs-rcc.org/mapped-futur...
This article will infuriate anyone with a shred of integrity. Also I think you can connect the dots to this mess and West Point and the Naval Academy pulling "problematic" books from their libraries. Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Potoroo mom and its tiny baby having a snack Original post
Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis
If these were two of the men with the most access to or power over my life I would probably change my name and start a new life, my god
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3d agoSen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said that his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), is “a danger” and should not serve in Congress in the wake of his daughter Emily Moreno’s domestic abuse allegations against Miller.
Take capelin, a small silvery fish in the smelt family. Now add salt. Then throw those two ingredients in 110 vats, each of them about 10 feet tall, and let them sit in a defunct factory for over two decades. The resulting stench might haunt an entire community.
Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town | Defector
Take capelin, a small silvery fish in the smelt family. Now add salt. Then throw those two ingredients in 110 vats, each of them about 10 feet tall, and let them sit in a defunct factory for over two decades. The resulting stench might haunt an entire community, as it has the people of St.…
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In a perfect world, the village idiot and the Health Secretary would be 2 separate people
EIA's recent report certainly lends support to the idea that Energy Communities are once again being saddled with coal pollution - thanks to data center developers.
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
