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Nikki Fairchild
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Associate Professor in Creative Methodologies and Education. Interest in place-spaces and post-philosophies 🌿

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d
Ellen Neel (1916–1966), a Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations artist and woodcarver, who was the first woman known to have professionally carved totem poles #WomensArt

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MS @mimosaishere.bsky.social · 1d
Get yourself a copy of the new book by @berondam.bsky.social — I just read the preface of it while waiting to hear her & @chanda.blacksky.app chat about it this evening. It's personal, rich, profound, timely.

Looking forward to reading the rest.
A brown hand holds up When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy, the latest book by Beronda L. Montgomery. The book jacket is black with white and orange text and green plants nestling along the sides. In the background are bookshelves and the logo of Harvard Book Store.

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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 3d
🚨Job Alert🚨
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hiring a zooplankton specialist.

Apply by February 18. 🧪🌊🦑

careers.alaska.edu/jobs/zooplan...
Photo of copepod Neocalanus flemingeri by Dr Russel Hopcroft. Photo of the University of Alaska Fairbanks research vessel Sikuliaq.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 3d
Get Palantir out of the NHS

https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 5d
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: A three-day retreat organised by the Global Education Research (GERIF) Network, five workshops for educational researchers explored the concept of global education. @EERA_NW4 #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/reimagining-global-education
Reimagining Global Education together
A three-day retreat organised by the Global Education Research in Finland (GERIF-network) provided five workshops for educational researchers.
blog.eera-ecer.de

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 9d
Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” I tried following one to see how these references are infecting academic knowledge systems codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...
Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation
Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10d
Really excited that Joniece Abbott-Pratt, who narrated my first book The Disordered Cosmos, is also narrating The Edge of Space-Time. I'm lucky that she chose to work on the project!!

If you're not familiar with her work, you should go to @libro.fm and look through all the books she's narrated.
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d
I didn't know that people had stopped understanding that actually asshole physicists do solid scientific work all the time and have for centuries

Newton was a complete shithead

Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
The Disordered Cosmos
From a star theoretical physicist, “a love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its dept...
www.hachettebookgroup.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 11d
Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

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Nikki Fairchild @nikki-fairchild.bsky.social · 15d
Thank you!

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Nikki Fairchild @nikki-fairchild.bsky.social · 15d
Lovely surprise this morning! My book in print, it was inspired by the land I live on the people I live with and the theory I have been entangled with for many years 🌿🌍❤️. I am really pleased with it, especially now it is here and real!
3 paperback books

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15d
Out of the Trump shitstorm comes opportunity. To join forces with Europe and Canada, “ditch Brexit delusions… and leave Farage marooned on the wrong side of public opinion, fanboy to the man who insulted Britain’s war dead.”

Yes please. The only sane response.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 16d
Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS

Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17d
Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 17d
Save 30% on #NewBook "Precarious Accumulation," by Nellie Chu, which tells the story of migrant entrepreneurs in fast fashion industry confronting their dreams of economic freedom with the reality of precarity, exploitation, and marginalization. buff.ly/MMyUaUd
Cover of Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou by Nellie Chu. The top half of the cover is a photograph of a sewing room featuring an industrial looking space, industrial grade sewing machines, and many garments. The bottom half of the cover is a gradient from black to indigo. The title is appears here in a cream font in two different styles. The subtitle is below in a sans serif font. The author's name is below aligned left in a light blue.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."

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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 19d
Affirmation Coyote hopes you'll keep imagining a better world.

It's easy if you try.
"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary." URSULA K. LE GUIN "A WAR WITHOUT END"

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21d
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
Trump and Farage

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · 22d
An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️

You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️

#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat

youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
180,000 Strong Inuit Standing Together
YouTube video by Ayyu
youtu.be

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 27d
More appalling news from dystopia central

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com

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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 29d
Due to its increasing toxicity, we are no longer posting on X. 

You can find us on FB, Instagram, TikTok - and of course here on BlueSky, where we will continue to share news about the wall,  details of our events, and updates on the continually growing covid death toll. ❤️
The memorial wall at sunset, its red hearts glowing in light of the setting sun.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · Jan 9
The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age
These Bizarre, Centuries-Old Sharks May Have a Hidden Longevity Superpower
The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age
www.scientificamerican.com

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jan 8
In "Matterphorics," Daniela Gandorfer presents a method for thinking and creating legal concepts that are more attuned to matter and the sensible in order to respond effectively to planetary and technological transformation. Read the intro for free on our website: buff.ly/UOPgTKf
Cover of Matterphorics: On the Laws of Theory by Daniela Gandorfer. It features a dense, colorful abstract design made of pixel‑like dots in bright green, blue, pink, orange, and black. Below the artwork, the title appears in large yellow text, with the subtitle in smaller pink text. At the bottom, the author’s name is printed in yellow on a dark background.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jan 8
In "Racial Beings," Michelle N. Huang @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social brings a feminist new materialist lens to bear on contemporary Asian American literature’s innovative play with discourses of science and technology. #AsianAmericanStudies Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/eWFhHKY
Cover of Racial Beings: Experiments in Asian American New Materialisms by Michelle N. Huang. The cover shows layers of paint and textures featuring sunset hues of yellows, oranges, pinks, and blues. The title is written in all caps in a white sans serif type. The subtitle appears below in a solid hot pink circle. It is written in white in all lower case. The author’s name appears in the same font in the bottom right corner.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Jan 1
A hope for world peace in 2026 ☮️

Artwork by Jackie Morris #WomensArt
Simple watercolour of a dove in flight on a white background

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · Dec 31
Julian soon realized that scarves are useless against a westerly wind on an east-bound rabbit.
sidewalk chalk drawing of a wide-eyed rabbit wearing a blue scarf that is blowing in the wind

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Froebel Trust @froebeltrust.bsky.social · Dec 29
There is still time to book for our upcoming webinar, celebrating the new book - The Power of Froebel! 🌿

The book, published by Routledge, shares insights from Scotland’s flourishing community of Froebel-inspired early childhood educators.

📅 15th January
🕖 7pm
💻 Zoom

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · Dec 28
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.

His first question was: “who funds him?”

Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
writesbright.substack.com