Sarah Pickman
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
Historian of exploration, extreme environments, material culture + outdoor gear. Hist. sci & med PhD, editor at Endeavour, History of Anthropology Review, and Global Maritime History. I unpack packing. She/her. www.sarahmpickman.com
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· Nov 18
Endeavour | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Endeavour at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
I have a bunch of new followers (yay!) so I’m going to do some shameless promotion and tell you that I’m Associate Editor at the history and philosophy of science journal Endeavour. I would love to hear your pitches! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ende...
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
So happy that this piece in Part V of Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North was picked as a NiCHE Editor's Pick for November!
"Violence of Melt: Visual Infrastructures and Erasure in the Arctic" by Audrey Medaino-Tardif is the second post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/10/27/v...
#envhum
niche-canada.org/2025/10/27/v...
#envhum
Violence of Melt: Visual Infrastructures and Erasure in the Arctic
The Arctic is melting. In the visual culture of the Arctic and environmental research, melt is affective. It is treated as an object of aesthetic and study, a symbol of urgency. Most prevalent images ...
niche-canada.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So happy that this piece in Part V of Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North was picked as a NiCHE Editor's Pick for November!
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Wait, Netflix is doing an adaptation of The Power Broker???
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wait, Netflix is doing an adaptation of The Power Broker???
So excited to run this piece to cap off Part V of Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North!
"Terror Camp Clear" by @tchotchke.bsky.social of @terrorcamp.bsky.social is the eleventh and final post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/12/01/t...
#envhist #envhum
niche-canada.org/2025/12/01/t...
#envhist #envhum
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So excited to run this piece to cap off Part V of Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North!
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A must-listen! Go New Yorkers! 🫰🏼🫰🏼
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A must-listen! Go New Yorkers! 🫰🏼🫰🏼
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You can read @sarahmpicks.bsky.social & @issygapp.bsky.social's introduction to Part V, "New Research in Arctic Pasts – Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North Part V" here: niche-canada.org/2025/10/23/i...
#arthistory #arctic #visualculture #envhum #envhist
#arthistory #arctic #visualculture #envhum #envhist
New Research in Arctic Pasts - Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North Part V
Arctic visual studies have rapidly expanded through interdisciplinary collaboration, climate urgency, Indigenous engagement, and community-building among artists, historians, and scholars across disci...
niche-canada.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You can read @sarahmpicks.bsky.social & @issygapp.bsky.social's introduction to Part V, "New Research in Arctic Pasts – Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North Part V" here: niche-canada.org/2025/10/23/i...
#arthistory #arctic #visualculture #envhum #envhist
#arthistory #arctic #visualculture #envhum #envhist
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Our NiCHE Conversation with @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social is now available on YouTube!
They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series that they are co-editing.
youtu.be/sL2YD3FjS30
They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series that they are co-editing.
youtu.be/sL2YD3FjS30
NiCHE Conversations 6.4: New Research in Arctic Pasts & Visual Culture with I. Gapp & S. Pickman
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Our NiCHE Conversation with @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social is now available on YouTube!
They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series that they are co-editing.
youtu.be/sL2YD3FjS30
They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series that they are co-editing.
youtu.be/sL2YD3FjS30
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🧵 1/3 Anyone else notice that Vaccines.gov the federal vaccine locator is just… broken?
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🧵 1/3 Anyone else notice that Vaccines.gov the federal vaccine locator is just… broken?
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
And honestly, would any of us be shocked if it never comes back, given that HHS took it over from CDC this summer?
www.notus.org/health-scien...
This is correct
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is correct
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“All I think about is how this woman was part of mainstreaming this guy,” said Aparna Nair, professor at the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto. RFK Jr. “will do profound damage on a global scale—that’s all that matters."
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“All I think about is how this woman was part of mainstreaming this guy,” said Aparna Nair, professor at the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto. RFK Jr. “will do profound damage on a global scale—that’s all that matters."
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This week is a great time to remember that the Indigenous peoples of this land are still here and still vibrant (and also make some kickass music). #landback
Today’s Metal & Premodernity class examined the reception of North American indigenous themes, the problematic narratives of white European bands like Europe & Iron Maiden, & how indigenous bands like M.I.S., Pan-Amerikan Native Front, & Blackbraid reclaim their narratives, voice, & heritage.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This week is a great time to remember that the Indigenous peoples of this land are still here and still vibrant (and also make some kickass music). #landback
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Today we have "Big C3 Energy: Arctic Plant Collections as Evidence for the Climate Crisis." by @nulybranch.bsky.social
This is the 10th post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/24/b...
This is the 10th post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/24/b...
Big C3 Energy: Arctic Plant Collections as Evidence for the Climate Crisis.
Arctic plants use efficient C3 photosynthesis to survive cold, now serving as biased yet vital climate-change indicators.
niche-canada.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today we have "Big C3 Energy: Arctic Plant Collections as Evidence for the Climate Crisis." by @nulybranch.bsky.social
This is the 10th post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/24/b...
This is the 10th post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/24/b...
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Why were heads hunted in the Enlightenment?
Who hunted heads, and where did they 'acquire' them?
It’s a complicated history.
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social and I tell some of it in our new book.
We'll tell more of it in our next!
You can read a little about it here:
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/11/20/h...
Who hunted heads, and where did they 'acquire' them?
It’s a complicated history.
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social and I tell some of it in our new book.
We'll tell more of it in our next!
You can read a little about it here:
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/11/20/h...
Headhunting in the Age of Reason: Enlightenment Origins of the Global Trade in Skulls - Yale University Press
Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett— Headhunting is not the first association that most people would make with the Age of Enlightenment. Indeed, many might never associate headhunting with the......
yalebooks.yale.edu
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Why were heads hunted in the Enlightenment?
Who hunted heads, and where did they 'acquire' them?
It’s a complicated history.
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social and I tell some of it in our new book.
We'll tell more of it in our next!
You can read a little about it here:
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/11/20/h...
Who hunted heads, and where did they 'acquire' them?
It’s a complicated history.
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social and I tell some of it in our new book.
We'll tell more of it in our next!
You can read a little about it here:
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/11/20/h...
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
One of the reasons I’m super proud to be involved with Terror Camp is our financial transparency-I hope other conferences will follow suit!
Did you know? You can help support Terror Camp by paying for a conference ticket or donating at any time! Here's everything your support helps us do—from Zoom licenses to charity donations: terror.camp/so/75PgE5vmu...
How you can support Terror Camp
Hi Friend, When we started Terror Camp, we had no idea we’d be here, five years on with thousands of community members all over the world. By now, you know that while Terror Camp is (and will always b...
terror.camp
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the reasons I’m super proud to be involved with Terror Camp is our financial transparency-I hope other conferences will follow suit!
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this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
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Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage
Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage
More than 50,000 people from nearly 200 nations are attending the COP30 gathering in Brazil.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage
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Today we have "Exhibiting Dawson: Visual Narratives of an Interconnected Past" by Patricia Roussel
This is the ninth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/20/e...
This is the ninth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/20/e...
Exhibiting Dawson: Visual Narratives of an Interconnected Past
Dawson’s heritage storytelling has shifted from Gold Rush mythmaking to collaborative, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in–led narratives that foreground deeper, long-standing histories.
niche-canada.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today we have "Exhibiting Dawson: Visual Narratives of an Interconnected Past" by Patricia Roussel
This is the ninth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/20/e...
This is the ninth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/20/e...
Join us on Instagram tomorrow!!
Our next NICHE Converation will be TOMORROW at 10:30am EDT on Instagram Live.
@issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and visual culture.
Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
#envhist
@issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and visual culture.
Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
#envhist
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Join us on Instagram tomorrow!!
COULD THEY NOT HAVE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT NAME
Noem Signs ‘ICE Pact’ with Canada, Finland to Expand Arctic Defense
thehill.com/policy/defen...
Noem Signs ‘ICE Pact’ with Canada, Finland to Expand Arctic Defense
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
COULD THEY NOT HAVE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT NAME
Noem Signs ‘ICE Pact’ with Canada, Finland to Expand Arctic Defense
thehill.com/policy/defen...
Noem Signs ‘ICE Pact’ with Canada, Finland to Expand Arctic Defense
thehill.com/policy/defen...
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I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
Wow this is really effed up www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Tribal Council said it was not aware of talks between a staffer and ICE about detaining immigrants. It has now rejected that notion.
www.seattletimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Wow this is really effed up www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
Building Anew: Ephemerality and the Igluvigaq (Igloo)
Snow architecture enabled Inuit placemaking, memory, and renewal, while Europeans misread its ephemerality to erase Indigenous history and justify imperial claims.
niche-canada.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
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The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.