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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17h

“But ever since a noisy cryptocurrency facility moved in about half a mile away in 2023, he said their rocking chairs have mostly sat empty. Other nearby residents also say they don’t spend much time outside anymore because of what many call “that roar.””

A North Texas community will vote to form a city in an effort to quiet down a crypto mine

Leaders of the effort say they moved to rural Hood County for its quiet country charm, which was shattered by what locals call “that roar” from the facility.

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · 1d

We are hiring! Prospective PhD students in environmental history, history of science, history of technology and STS interested in the climate and environmental impacts of AI look here. Please share in your networks. #envhist #histsci #AI #anthropcoene

Center for Anthropocene History @anthropocenekth.bsky.social · 5d

Open PhD position at KTH: "AI Planetary Futures: Climate and environment in Silicon Valley's AI paradigm". Apply by Oct 23! lnkd.in/dCs8eZjb

The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 1d

Thankful to all of you posting about #SHOT2025, especially @bhgross144.bsky.social. It's a welcome remedy to my FOMO. (Belval campus giving echoes of Zollverein!)

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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 2d

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Adriana Minor looks at Mexican physicist Manuel Sandoval Vallarta's career at MIT, where he strove to build scientific relations between the US and Latin America. He returned to Mexico during WW2 when asked to abandon that work to focus only on teaching duties. #HPS

Manuel Sandoval Vallarta: The experiences of a transnational scientist in the US

AIP History Weekly Edition: October 10, 2025

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 3d

Screenshot of Dolly Parton confirming "I ain't dead yet!" and PBS quote posting with "Same, Dolly, same."

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations! I very much look forward to getting my copy!

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 5d

It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...

Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...

www.oupress.com

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 6d

Ugh, I'm sorry.

Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 6d

HCWs are not exactly happy people. Med students, interns, nursing students, and residents are susceptible to mental health crises. (Thankfully, there's growing awareness and more resources in med schools for them.) students-residents.aamc.org/attending-me...

Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being

Resources and articles from student service providers, faculty, staff, and current medical students on maintaining well-being during medical school.

students-residents.aamc.org

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 7d

35 years ago today, Congress passed H.R. 2372, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, providing limited, one-time payments of $50,000-$100,000 to some people sickened by atmospheric nuclear testing in Nevada from 1951-62, or mining, milling, or transporting uranium ore. www.justice.gov/civil/reca

A screenshot of the linked Department of Justice page for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 7d

Men complain about loneliness but have they even tried serving us boozy cheese sauce in the parlor with one of these babies?

We used to be a proper country.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 7d

Pouring on the rarebit in DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906), live action adaptation of the Winsor McCay comic.

The chafing dish cheese sauce was wildly popular but director Edwin S Porter's decision to feature multiple beer bottles in shot gives added context to our hero's bizarre dreams.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 8d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Country of Baseball ~ World of Words @pulpephemera.bsky.social · 10d

Beisbol ex-voto reminiscent of Roseboro incident.
Does this ref. a known game incident??
(I searched the named players but came up short; also, it's from 2020 or prior.)
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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 10d

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of the problems people write in about for my work advice column could be solved by a union.
This week it's someone being forced to do night shifts. I'm not saying call in sick when you're not, but I'm not ~not~ saying that. slate.com/advice/2025/... on @slate.com

My Job Has Made Me Promises They Won’t Keep. Now They’re Really Just Taking Advantage of Me.

I can't keep doing this.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 11d

A tremendous loss and forever an inspiration...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 11d

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 13d

Deadline approaching! Are you organising a #histmed conference or workshop in 2026? Applications for SSHM Conference funding awards close 1 October.
sshm.org/conference-f...

Conference Funding

The Society for the Social History of Medicine awards financial assistance for conferences and workshops on the history of medicine. Applicants should note that grants are not retrospectively awar…

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13d

We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October!

niche-canada.org/2025/09/29/c...

#urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum

Call for Proposals - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Urban and Environmental Dialogues will explore how the environment-at-large and the urban built environment have shaped one another throughout history.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 15d

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

niche-canada.org/2025/09/27/a...

#envhist

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History

The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 15d

She's so great! ❤️

Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 15d

Oh yay! Salúdale a Amelie Kiddle de parte de mí! They have an excellent group of Latin Americanists there. Have a great time, Raul!

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 16d

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The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a renowned collection.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 17d

This is not without historical precedent!
Henry Ward was a US meteorite hunter (among other things) who salivated at the thought of confiscating Mexican meteorites in the early 20th.

The Continent @thecontinent.org · 19d

For one Libyan shepherd, finding a meteorite provided a welcome boost to his finances. But the unregulated trade in these cosmic objects is causing disquiet.

The meteoric rise in ‘space stone’ smuggling

For one shepherd, finding a meteorite provided a welcome boost to his finances. But the unregulated trade in these cosmic objects is causing disquiet.

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