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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 1d

I had no clue Darwin wrote a whole book on earthworms. Rachel Carson with them gems.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

Women farmers in Xochimilco and San Gregorio are restoring chinampas (high-yield island farms) using canal-mud fertiliser, biofilters and invasive-fish barriers. The program has certified 16 producers and buffers floods, cools the city and shelters the axolotl. buff.ly/0gIJjxl
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Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 4d

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as communities in Jamaica warned of ‘potentially unimaginable impact’ – live

Jamaicans urged to seek shelter immediately, and Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic also threatened

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 5d

Join me & @mmuscolino.bsky.social discussing his book Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China tomorrow (Monday, 27 October 2025) at 4pm Central European / 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific
Live talk details:
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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 5d

Honored! Thank you for reading and engaging with the work!

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 5d

I’m excited to read Rick A. López’s new book Rooted in Place!

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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 8d

Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive is now open for registration! 🏭🌊

In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...

Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...

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Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive (in person)

Explore histories of pollution, contamination, and environmental damage in the archive at this one-day symposium at The National Archives.

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 7d

In case you’re free in July and want to spend a week on the Yukon…

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RIVERS IN TIME, RIVERS IN WORDS - Freeflow Institute

An experiential deep dive into the history + evolving narrative of the Yukon

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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 8d

It's starting to occur to state lawmakers that utility customers aren't super keen on paying for all these data centers that are straining the grid, via @briaovers.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Maryland officials sound alarm on data centers’ $100B power grid suck

The rapid rise of data centers is hitting the region’s power grid. Maryland lawmakers are concerned that utility ratepayers will pay the $100 billion price for them.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.

Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 9d

“People of African descent played critical roles in Guerrero and the rest of New Spain as plantation laborers, mine workers, coastal militiamen, and arrieros. As a common pathway for formerly enslaved afrodescendientes, arrieros were also connected to emancipation and social mobility.”

jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 9d

“Globally and historically, most mules respond to calls from arrieros. As of 2021, over half of the world’s mules lived in Spanish America, with a third calling Mexico home. How this happened has everything to do with the Spanish empire, slavery, and racial capitalism.”

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 9d

“…whereas sheep proved accidental weapons of conquest, mules were calculated tools. Unlike most livestock, mules cannot reproduce. Instead, mule breeding increased alongside Iberian expansion of colonial mines & plantations & the racialized laborers who drove mules for empire.”

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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 11d

'Another unoccupied house collapsed into the ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks on Saturday night. It's the 11th house to collapse since mid-September.

In total, 22 homes have collapsed into the ocean in the area since 2020.'

via AccuWeather [X] #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevel

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 10d

Friends in D.C. area.

Join us tomorrow eve to hear from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about his timely @haymarketbooks.org book on reparations & climate justice.

Order dinner & drinks from menu while learning in good company at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social.

www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...

Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change

Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 10d

“Horses come with speed, social status, and occasionally courage. Still, their strides are too long and inconsistent to carry strenuous weight in extreme conditions. For that, empires needed mules.”

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Mule Power

Unpacking empires and diaspora in Mexico and the United States.

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations to IBES and @brownanthro.bsky.social Assistant Prof Myles Lennon, who has been named the Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow at @umich.edu's School for Environment and Sustainability Detroit Sustainability Clinic!

U-M SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow

The University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces its Fall 2025

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 17d

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.

Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

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Sabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 11d

I'm joining other speakers from around the world tomorrow to talk about the impacts of the climate crisis and how the solutions lie in international solidarity. Info below:

Climate change is an International Working Class Issue

The climate crisis is already affecting workers and communities here in the UK. It is also a clear issue of international solidarity. As we move permanently away from the stable climate within which h...

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much for sharing and sharing!! I’m so happy that you liked it!!

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 12d

“what happens if we also reconnect with the mule? What can mules teach us about the black history of land and violence in the United States?”

A terrific piece of #envhist on mules, labor, and how “empire doesn’t always win” from @roguechieftan.bsky.social

www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...

Mule Power

Unpacking empires and diaspora in Mexico and the United States.

www.sciencehistory.org

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Pepito @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 14d

“The river serving as a conduit for extraction but also for the militarisation of its hinterlands.”

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Oliver Cussen · Fish in the Wrong Place: Aquatic Colonialism

The environmental history of European empire doesn’t end with decolonisation. The quasi-colonial schemes of the Green...

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 15d

Check out my new environmental history of diaspora and empire through mules with @sciencehistory.org
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...

Mule Power

Unpacking empires and diaspora in Mexico and the United States.

www.sciencehistory.org

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16d

"[they] live in this plumbous atmosphere, breathe it, swallow it...without danger, if one believes American documents."
From French scientist Armand Gautier on US farmworkers using lead arsenate in the 1910s. France banned agricultural arsenic in 1916. We still use it today.

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