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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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
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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.
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Toad put the thin button in his pocket. He was very angry. He jumped up and down and screamed, “The whole world is covered in buttons, and not one of them is mine!”
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad put the thin button in his pocket. He was very angry. He jumped up and down and screamed, “The whole world is covered in buttons, and not one of them is mine!”
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we whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
we whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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The reign of Jane is just beginning 👋
BYU’s freshman phenom Jane Hedengren rounded out her stellar season with a runner-up finish in the #NCAAXC championship, running 18:38.9 for 6km behind back-to-back champ Doris Lemngole. Hedengren also led the Cougars to a second-place podium finish.
BYU’s freshman phenom Jane Hedengren rounded out her stellar season with a runner-up finish in the #NCAAXC championship, running 18:38.9 for 6km behind back-to-back champ Doris Lemngole. Hedengren also led the Cougars to a second-place podium finish.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The reign of Jane is just beginning 👋
BYU’s freshman phenom Jane Hedengren rounded out her stellar season with a runner-up finish in the #NCAAXC championship, running 18:38.9 for 6km behind back-to-back champ Doris Lemngole. Hedengren also led the Cougars to a second-place podium finish.
BYU’s freshman phenom Jane Hedengren rounded out her stellar season with a runner-up finish in the #NCAAXC championship, running 18:38.9 for 6km behind back-to-back champ Doris Lemngole. Hedengren also led the Cougars to a second-place podium finish.
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BACK TO BACK (with a detour in Tokyo!) 🥇🥇
Doris Lemngole of @AlabamaTrack defends her #NCAAXC title with a huge move in the final kilometer to drop BYU’s Jane Hedengren and take the crown in Ganz Creek in a course-record 18:25.4 6km.
Doris Lemngole of @AlabamaTrack defends her #NCAAXC title with a huge move in the final kilometer to drop BYU’s Jane Hedengren and take the crown in Ganz Creek in a course-record 18:25.4 6km.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BACK TO BACK (with a detour in Tokyo!) 🥇🥇
Doris Lemngole of @AlabamaTrack defends her #NCAAXC title with a huge move in the final kilometer to drop BYU’s Jane Hedengren and take the crown in Ganz Creek in a course-record 18:25.4 6km.
Doris Lemngole of @AlabamaTrack defends her #NCAAXC title with a huge move in the final kilometer to drop BYU’s Jane Hedengren and take the crown in Ganz Creek in a course-record 18:25.4 6km.
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“By summer, the NSC’s entire full-time legal staff of about half a dozen was gone… including the shop’s top lawyer, former Pentagon general counsel Paul Ney …Ney had been among the lawyers who had raised concerns about the legality of lethal strikes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“By summer, the NSC’s entire full-time legal staff of about half a dozen was gone… including the shop’s top lawyer, former Pentagon general counsel Paul Ney …Ney had been among the lawyers who had raised concerns about the legality of lethal strikes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.
Saturn’s Rings Seem as if They’re About to Disappear: Here’s Why
During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.
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USS George Washington Enters South China Sea — USNI News news.usni.org/2025/11/21/u...
USS George Washington Enters South China Sea - USNI News
The U.S. is maintaining a steady aircraft carrier presence in the South China Sea as both allied and Chinese military activity remains high around the contested Scarborough Shoal off the coast of the ...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Bow Section of First Columbia-class Sub Heading to Electric Boat — USNI News
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Bow Section of First Columbia-class Sub Heading to Electric Boat - USNI News
The bow of the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) left Newport News Shipbuilding this week and is en route to General Dynamics Electric Boat, where the submarine will be assembled and tested, ...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bow Section of First Columbia-class Sub Heading to Electric Boat — USNI News
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The mortal danger faced during the three-month struggle to take Okinawa was not the end of the war for LCS-18. usni.org/magazines/n...
Remembering My Sea Daddies: John F. Lehman Sr. | Naval History - December 2025, Volume 39, Number 6
The mortal danger faced during the three-month struggle to take Okinawa was not the end of the war for LCS-18.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The mortal danger faced during the three-month struggle to take Okinawa was not the end of the war for LCS-18. usni.org/magazines/n...