$12.47 for an ebook right now or you can use the discount code McCa6648 for 50% off the physical book #histsci #histSTM #envhist #Antarctica

Ellen Arnold@medievalpenguin.bsky.social · 7h ago

The edited collection that I contributed a chapter on penguin eggs to is part of Berghan Books' summer sale! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/McCahe...

As a teen when my gynecologist was treating me for a UTI, she told me “Women are just badly designed.”

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 3h ago

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

If you’ve got kids thinking about college, or if you’re thinking about college, UAF is — no lie — an incredible value. Small class sizes, taught by world-class researchers (even at the undergraduate level), in a beautiful part of the world. ~$24K/year w/housing www.uaf.edu/finaid/costs...

Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · 22h ago

In a bid to attract more students from outside of Alaska, the UA Board of Regents voted to eliminate higher tuition rates for students with out-of-state residency. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

“The raid was part of a sweeping effort by the federal government and far-right media figures to spin up a vast far-left conspiracy casting antifascist activists as well-organized extremists who pose a threat to public safety.”

FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant

During the raid, federal agents asked about links between the woman and Prairieland — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa.

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I feel less bad about my overdue books now

A book found bricked in a fireplace is returned to an Australian library, 150 years overdue

A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace.

apnews.com

A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

He can properly be called "the first pediatric infectious diseases physician" & he's one of those largely unsung heroes of science & medicine who saved millions of lives with his research & advocacy. The /opposite/ of RFK, Jr., in other words.

Theodor Escherich: The First Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician?

Abstract. The career of Theodor Escherich (1857–1911) qualifies him as the first pediatric infectious diseases physician. His landmark bacteriologic studie

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I only just learned of this story and I’m so disgusted that this barbarism is still a thing

Susinpgh@susinpgh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kronvold’s daughter Zammi was taken away from her when she was two hours old and placed in foster care in Nov 24 after Kronvold was subjected to a FKU (parental competence) tests. At the time she was told that the test was to see if she was “civilized enough”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Announcing Terror Camp VI! After a much-needed break, we’re so excited to be back for our SIXTH YEAR of polar conferencing! Terror Camp VI will take place online, February 6th & 7th, 2027.

@eguimont.bsky.social and I just did a little interview to mark our new term at Endeavour. Get in touch if you're interested in the journal and what we do!

With Ross Douthat moving to "60 Minutes," it looks like the Times is in the market for a new dipshit. Here's an all-timer from our archives to help ring the bell.

In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits

By the end of the year, we aim to have 200 percent more dipshits writing columns for us. As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together th...

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Excited that my article on collecting polar exploration ephemera is live, part of the special issue “Crossings in Polar Art History” for the journal Art History. Thanks to issue editors @issygapp.bsky.social and Mark Cheetham and everyone who spoke to me for this piece, incl. @tchotchke.bsky.social!

‘You will find it at the North Pole when you get there’: Travels in Polar Exploration Ephemera

Abstract. Throughout the long nineteenth century, dozens of exploratory expeditions embarked from Western Europe and European settler nations for the Arcti

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An Alpine ibex perched on the roof of a chalet in the Parc de Merlet near Chamonix, France. They are famous for their extraordinary balance and often climb onto the stone chimneys of chalets in this area to lick minerals or soak up the sun. The background offers a view of the Mont Blanc massif.

“food for thought” buddy my thoughts don’t need any food at all. been trying to starve them fuckers for years and they still keep doing the thing

Please, Democrats running for office, don't keep sending me texts and emails about your "difficult decision" and how you're asking ever so "humbly" for money. As a writer, I can promise you that using these hackneyed tropes isn't helpful.

Comrade Massie

Antonio Bruno@antoniobruno.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com

“Purchasing paper books at scale from the secondary market does not deprive any creator of income they would otherwise have received,” ISBNdb’s site says. “These are books that have already fully discharged their financial obligation to their creators.” 🙃

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

404media.co

Gotta love screen filling ads where the trick is "click the one singular pixel to close this ad. Choose wisely, because clicking anywhere else gets you a virus."

The #ICE List is a public, permanent record of who carries out this enforcement: the agents, the vehicles, the facilities, the incidents, the deaths. This information should belong to the public. Every entry is built by ordinary people like us. We can help!

This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

Worse on Purpose

The brands you trusted quietly gutted quality to protect margins. Investigative essays on corporate enshittification. Free newsletter.

worseonpurpose.com

A feel-good Arctic story for a change!

The Road to Nowhere Has a New Stop.

Jacinto Marques left Angola for Canada’s frozen edge. Now he’s running a bus service in Iqaluit, the largest, and only city in Canada’s Arctic.

nytimes.com

“A brand new accreditor, called the Commission for Public Higher Education, or CPHE, has been created by and for the Southern states. Effectively, the states have concocted a way in which they can oversee themselves.” Texas is among impacted southern states. ⬇️

Next in Florida's war on 'woke': Becoming its own higher ed watchdog

Accrediting agencies have long fought to keep politics out of higher education, but a new Florida-created accreditor could open the political floodgates.

wlrn.org

An interactive atlas of the British Empire's civil service: ~16,000 Colonial & India Office careers (1820–1966), every move an arc across the map. Rebuilt from the digitized Indian and Colonial Office Lists with a knowledge graph. WIP, feedback welcome: jimclifford.ca/col_matching/

Trump / Miller are now limiting student visas to 4 years. PhD programs typically run 5-6 years in many disciplines.

Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign students

Students will need federal permission to stay longer than four years in the US and universities will lose the power to extend visas.

bbc.com

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 11mo ago

Every single day of this administration, I have thought of my late professor Joe Nye and his work on soft power. Every single day of this administration, Trump finds a new way to hemorrhage soft power from a country that once had more to spare than any in the world.

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

I’m a climate adjacent scientist and I can confirm this is true

Kim McCauley@kimischilling.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times

Startling Arctic news (also tangentially related to my #eshs-hss talk?)

China Launches First Scheduled Weekly Arctic Container Service to Europe

China’s Sealegend Shipping plans to launch the first scheduled weekly container shipping service between China and Europe via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this summer, marking a significant step towar...

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