Gerard Fitzgerald
@gfitz.bsky.social
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.
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Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
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Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.
As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that fuel global warming.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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For decades, the New York–New Jersey Harbor was a dumping ground for sewage and industrial waste. After years of intensive cleanup, locals are enjoying the waterway again—but a new pipeline is threatening to reverse that progress.
The Fight Against This NYC Area Pipeline Is Not Over
Constructing the offshore NESE pipeline would pollute waterways and come with higher energy bills for New Yorkers.
www.nrdc.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For decades, the New York–New Jersey Harbor was a dumping ground for sewage and industrial waste. After years of intensive cleanup, locals are enjoying the waterway again—but a new pipeline is threatening to reverse that progress.
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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Think it is amazing that we publish such high-quality content Monday - Friday (sometimes Saturday) every week?!?!
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We can't keep doing this without you! Support our annual fundraising campaign NOW! Can you send $20 our way?
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Think it is amazing that we publish such high-quality content Monday - Friday (sometimes Saturday) every week?!?!
We can't keep doing this without you! Support our annual fundraising campaign NOW! Can you send $20 our way?
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We can't keep doing this without you! Support our annual fundraising campaign NOW! Can you send $20 our way?
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#OTD (Wed, Nov 24) 1920: "Fine and mild. 34˚ [F]. I went up lake and put baits at west end of Buck Lake. Also, hung up a nice deer for the winter. I came home and went to traps, no results. Met trains. Wolves around Sims Pit this evening."
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November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#OTD (Wed, Nov 24) 1920: "Fine and mild. 34˚ [F]. I went up lake and put baits at west end of Buck Lake. Also, hung up a nice deer for the winter. I came home and went to traps, no results. Met trains. Wolves around Sims Pit this evening."
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Call for Papers for the Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
February 26th to 27th, 2026 at Carleton University
Deadline is midnight December 19th, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/11/26/c...
#cdnhist #envhist #history
February 26th to 27th, 2026 at Carleton University
Deadline is midnight December 19th, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/11/26/c...
#cdnhist #envhist #history
Call for Papers for the 2026 Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
This year we invite participants to think both about how we tell histories of community, and the role of community in creating and sustaining historical scholarship and practice
niche-canada.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Call for Papers for the Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
February 26th to 27th, 2026 at Carleton University
Deadline is midnight December 19th, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/11/26/c...
#cdnhist #envhist #history
February 26th to 27th, 2026 at Carleton University
Deadline is midnight December 19th, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/11/26/c...
#cdnhist #envhist #history
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Our editor, Nicole Miller, chose "Crafting the Plasticene" by @robinshistory.bsky.social as our most recent Editor's Pick!
"There is no way to unmake resin-infused wood and fiberglass. Wind turbine blades pose the same problem."
niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
#envhist #envhum #plastics #canoes
"There is no way to unmake resin-infused wood and fiberglass. Wind turbine blades pose the same problem."
niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
#envhist #envhum #plastics #canoes
Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
niche-canada.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Our editor, Nicole Miller, chose "Crafting the Plasticene" by @robinshistory.bsky.social as our most recent Editor's Pick!
"There is no way to unmake resin-infused wood and fiberglass. Wind turbine blades pose the same problem."
niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
#envhist #envhum #plastics #canoes
"There is no way to unmake resin-infused wood and fiberglass. Wind turbine blades pose the same problem."
niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
#envhist #envhum #plastics #canoes
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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And there goes another layer of (modest) transparency...
In a potentially dramatic change to how it chooses what science to fund, NIH is ending a long-running practice at many of its institutes of establishing, and making public, a threshold peer-review score needed for a grant application’s approval. https://scim.ag/48ck2zu
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
scim.ag
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And there goes another layer of (modest) transparency...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Employees Rally Around Penn’s Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department. https://bit.ly/481OTzZ
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department. https://bit.ly/481OTzZ
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Employees Rally Around Penn’s Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department. https://bit.ly/481OTzZ
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department. https://bit.ly/481OTzZ
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
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There was an entire ad campaign about how the Orange Demon asked why his nephew didn’t let his son die and described disabled people as burdens and takers. We tried REALLY HARD to make this not a surprise.
And yet!
And yet!
I get a bit irritated when I see “now they’re coming after disabled people?!” like we didn’t all see that clip in 2015.
They have ALWAYS been coming after disabled people. They use us to stoke fear, to delegitimize the agency of our own and other groups, as scapegoats, as bellwethers, as excuses.
They have ALWAYS been coming after disabled people. They use us to stoke fear, to delegitimize the agency of our own and other groups, as scapegoats, as bellwethers, as excuses.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There was an entire ad campaign about how the Orange Demon asked why his nephew didn’t let his son die and described disabled people as burdens and takers. We tried REALLY HARD to make this not a surprise.
And yet!
And yet!
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📣Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals!
Join us online on Monday 26 January (1PM) to learn key concepts of trauma-informed and person-centred practices and practical frameworks for embedding these into your work.
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
Join us online on Monday 26 January (1PM) to learn key concepts of trauma-informed and person-centred practices and practical frameworks for embedding these into your work.
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📣Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals!
Join us online on Monday 26 January (1PM) to learn key concepts of trauma-informed and person-centred practices and practical frameworks for embedding these into your work.
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
Join us online on Monday 26 January (1PM) to learn key concepts of trauma-informed and person-centred practices and practical frameworks for embedding these into your work.
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... (1/2)
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Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
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Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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Baruch Spinoza was born Benedito de Espinosa of Portuguese Sephardic parents in Amsterdam #OnThisDay in 1632; #Spinoza was expelled by the Jewish community for heresy; his writings made him a major figure in Enlightenment #philosophy...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Baruch Spinoza was born Benedito de Espinosa of Portuguese Sephardic parents in Amsterdam #OnThisDay in 1632; #Spinoza was expelled by the Jewish community for heresy; his writings made him a major figure in Enlightenment #philosophy...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_...
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One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.