Congrats to Penn State faculty on unionizing.

Penn State Faculty Vote in Favor of Unionizing

Penn State faculty have voted to unionize in what was Pennsylvania's largest public sector organizing election in nearly 50 years. Organizers said on

statecollege.com

Special Issue: Frames, Terrains, and Worldings: Comics and Storytelling across the Global South Abstract Deadline: 15 July 2026 Manuscript Deadline: 31 December 2026 Learn more: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

A classic anti-masker tactic is to claim that if you don't wear a mask 100% of the time, it isn't worth it. Untrue. Every single time you wear a mask, you reduce the chances for viruses to spread. Wearing a mask always improves public health, even if you only do it occasionally.

I'm organizing a panel for @asapartsnow.bsky.social on Energy Activism and Activation! I'm looking for short paper proposals (250 words) + bios by April 20th, through the ASAP portal or to raina.bhagat@hunter.cuny.edu. Please share with your academic networks ☺️ asap17.exordo.com/panels/66/co...

Over 300 Marshallese were removed from their homeland, and U.S. govt carried out 67 nuclear tests on Enewetak and Bikini atolls in the Marshall Islands 1946 to 1958. Of 4,000 troops ordered to put nuclear debris into concrete containers, a few hundred are still alive. Now containers are leaking.

Cracks appear in Pacific nuclear tomb as sea levels rise

Cracks have appeared in a concrete dome holding 120,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and debris from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests.

abc.net.au

Greetings to my new followers, and welcome back to those of you I was connected to on Twitter ☺️ - it's been an eventful couple of years! I am now at @huntercollege.bsky.social as an English assistant professor, and from here on out will be calling New York City my new home :)