Steven Teasdale
@steventeasdale.bsky.social
Former Postdoc at UniGenova | alumnus UToronto | First Gen + ASD | studies Mediterranean economic history 1350–1750, focusing on Genoa, slavery, commerce, networks, notarial contracts, and law | also digital humanities, semantic data and environment.
Celeste is out of the hospital (for now) so we're visiting her favourite neighbourhood haunt, the Beaches Public Library !
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Celeste is out of the hospital (for now) so we're visiting her favourite neighbourhood haunt, the Beaches Public Library !
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My chapter with Chris Ebert is finally online! We view the asiento from Salvador da Bahia—the South Atlantic's main commercial hub. Brazil was the largest destination for enslaved Africans, yet it's usually absent from asiento scholarship. We ask: why was Brazil never supplied by foreign slavers?
December 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My chapter with Chris Ebert is finally online! We view the asiento from Salvador da Bahia—the South Atlantic's main commercial hub. Brazil was the largest destination for enslaved Africans, yet it's usually absent from asiento scholarship. We ask: why was Brazil never supplied by foreign slavers?
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An Editor's Note from 60 Minutes
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
An Editor's Note from 60 Minutes
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"A place of leisurely afternoons, exquisite paintings, and long conversations in shabby Baroque rooms...."
From my essay on Henry James's Venice in @theatlantic.com
From my essay on Henry James's Venice in @theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"A place of leisurely afternoons, exquisite paintings, and long conversations in shabby Baroque rooms...."
From my essay on Henry James's Venice in @theatlantic.com
From my essay on Henry James's Venice in @theatlantic.com
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20 December 1582: It appears that the plague in London is receding. I had not realised that the city authorities compile weekly data on births and deaths and send them to the Privy Council; Burghley's papers contain a book summarising the data, thought to be the earliest such ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
25 October 1582: A beautifully-written (proto-) bill of mortality from London for the week ending today, showing the impact of plague. The numbers don't quite seem to add up to me, but admire the penmanship. 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
20 December 1582: It appears that the plague in London is receding. I had not realised that the city authorities compile weekly data on births and deaths and send them to the Privy Council; Burghley's papers contain a book summarising the data, thought to be the earliest such ... 1/
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
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Robert Fludd, Utriusque Cosmi (1617)
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Robert Fludd, Utriusque Cosmi (1617)
Fascinating and very promising research on cancer treatment here!
Wow, 100% tumor elimination is an incredible result! It still in mice but extremely promising compared to current treatments!
December 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Fascinating and very promising research on cancer treatment here!
I look forward to reading this William!
New book, with a nice international mix of scholars, bridging history, literature and art history. Worked with wonderful colleagues.
December 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I look forward to reading this William!
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What if autism is not a single condition, but several? Research into the spectrum’s enormous diversity could help lead to better treatments and interventions
Why autism should not be treated as a single condition
A better understanding of its biology will lead to better interventions
econ.st
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What if autism is not a single condition, but several? Research into the spectrum’s enormous diversity could help lead to better treatments and interventions
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These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
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We are all powerfully shaped by the films we have seen, especially, though not exclusively, at an impressionable age. I reviewed for @thetls.bsky.social a fascinating collection of personal responses to the impact of film.
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We are all powerfully shaped by the films we have seen, especially, though not exclusively, at an impressionable age. I reviewed for @thetls.bsky.social a fascinating collection of personal responses to the impact of film.
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📣 Annales English Edition
'The History and #Historiography of #Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn”'
by Romain Grancher (@cnrsshs.bsky.social)
An important review essay 👇
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
'The History and #Historiography of #Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn”'
by Romain Grancher (@cnrsshs.bsky.social)
An important review essay 👇
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
The History and Historiography of Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn” | Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - English Edition | Cambridge Core
The History and Historiography of Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn”
dx.doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📣 Annales English Edition
'The History and #Historiography of #Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn”'
by Romain Grancher (@cnrsshs.bsky.social)
An important review essay 👇
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
'The History and #Historiography of #Fisheries in the Age of the “Oceanic Turn”'
by Romain Grancher (@cnrsshs.bsky.social)
An important review essay 👇
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
It seems like Legrand's mantra is «If you don't have anything nice to say, then write a 200-page review article.»
Long form law?
Pierre Legrand's 200-page review (with 750 footnotes) of "Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 146 pages) by Sabrina Ragone and Guido Smorto.
www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Sorbonne #academia
#research #PhDChat
Pierre Legrand's 200-page review (with 750 footnotes) of "Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 146 pages) by Sabrina Ragone and Guido Smorto.
www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Sorbonne #academia
#research #PhDChat
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It seems like Legrand's mantra is «If you don't have anything nice to say, then write a 200-page review article.»
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Very jarring when you grab an old Italian book from the library to check something and that’s the first page.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Very jarring when you grab an old Italian book from the library to check something and that’s the first page.
Discussion from the Holberg Prize Symposium 2010, with Natalie Zemon Davis (the 2010 laureate), Bonnie Smith, David Abulafia and Joan Scott. #medievalsky #earlymodern
youtu.be/LOjG98KNouE?...
youtu.be/LOjG98KNouE?...
Holberg Prize Symposium 2010: Discussion
YouTube video by Holberg Prize
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Discussion from the Holberg Prize Symposium 2010, with Natalie Zemon Davis (the 2010 laureate), Bonnie Smith, David Abulafia and Joan Scott. #medievalsky #earlymodern
youtu.be/LOjG98KNouE?...
youtu.be/LOjG98KNouE?...
Another holiday season and yet another multi-day hospital stay for my wonderful daughter Celeste. I remain in awe of her bravery and optimism in the face of chronic illness, and her courage continues to inspire me whenever I feel down. One day we will see the back of all this Celeste ❤️...
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Another holiday season and yet another multi-day hospital stay for my wonderful daughter Celeste. I remain in awe of her bravery and optimism in the face of chronic illness, and her courage continues to inspire me whenever I feel down. One day we will see the back of all this Celeste ❤️...
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This study examines how Michelin managed its workforce, showing that paternalism did not vanish with the rise of the welfare state, new labor regulations, or modern HR.
doi.org/10.1080/0007...
Bruno Cohanier & Charles Richard Baker
@routledaebuseco.bskv.social @adelphiu.bsky.social
#bizhis #HR
doi.org/10.1080/0007...
Bruno Cohanier & Charles Richard Baker
@routledaebuseco.bskv.social @adelphiu.bsky.social
#bizhis #HR
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This study examines how Michelin managed its workforce, showing that paternalism did not vanish with the rise of the welfare state, new labor regulations, or modern HR.
doi.org/10.1080/0007...
Bruno Cohanier & Charles Richard Baker
@routledaebuseco.bskv.social @adelphiu.bsky.social
#bizhis #HR
doi.org/10.1080/0007...
Bruno Cohanier & Charles Richard Baker
@routledaebuseco.bskv.social @adelphiu.bsky.social
#bizhis #HR
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Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Everyone, yes including you, needs to read this excellent piece. It has the numbers, sources, and asks good questions. This is the journalism we need.
"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Everyone, yes including you, needs to read this excellent piece. It has the numbers, sources, and asks good questions. This is the journalism we need.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Today @artandinequality.bsky.social is diving into thousands of names of 14th c. men and women - a pure joy and a gold mine for #socialhistory #culturalhistory #materialculture #hospitalhistory #demography #Florentinehistory and so much more!
#artandinequality
#medievalsky
#artandinequality
#medievalsky
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today @artandinequality.bsky.social is diving into thousands of names of 14th c. men and women - a pure joy and a gold mine for #socialhistory #culturalhistory #materialculture #hospitalhistory #demography #Florentinehistory and so much more!
#artandinequality
#medievalsky
#artandinequality
#medievalsky
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We're a little light on saints now that Advent has started, & I'm a little short on time, but here's my monthly reminder that all of the 10+ months of saints+manuscripts posts so far are linked at my site, with direct links to the digitized mss used in the posts. #medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/saints/
ruffnotes.org/saints/
Saints+Manuscripts at BlueSky
In mid-January 2025, I began making posts on BlueSky most days in which I post one or more medieval manuscripts associated with a saint in the calendar for that day. (I work from several calendars:…
ruffnotes.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We're a little light on saints now that Advent has started, & I'm a little short on time, but here's my monthly reminder that all of the 10+ months of saints+manuscripts posts so far are linked at my site, with direct links to the digitized mss used in the posts. #medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/saints/
ruffnotes.org/saints/
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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.”
📸 Mark Gerson (June, 1969)
📸 Mark Gerson (June, 1969)
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.”
📸 Mark Gerson (June, 1969)
📸 Mark Gerson (June, 1969)
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Maurice Aymard rappelle que c’est le hasard qui a fait que Lucien Febvre et Fernand Braudel ont passé une vingtaine de jours ensemble: en 1937, ils se retrouvent sur le même bateau, Braudel rentrant de São Paulo, Febvre de Buenos Aires @fondationmsh.bsky.social @gcalafat.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Maurice Aymard rappelle que c’est le hasard qui a fait que Lucien Febvre et Fernand Braudel ont passé une vingtaine de jours ensemble: en 1937, ils se retrouvent sur le même bateau, Braudel rentrant de São Paulo, Febvre de Buenos Aires @fondationmsh.bsky.social @gcalafat.bsky.social