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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Plus ca change, etc. Ottawa Citizen, 20 Oct 1938

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Toronto Star, 9 Nov 1960. Whew, that's a relief. For more, theconversation.com/scientists-p... #doomsday

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For the anniversary of Silent Spring, published on this day in 1962. This Peanuts cartoon is from February 1963. #envhist @carsoncenter.bsky.social

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

According to this moment's version of me. A few perfect. A few imperfect but somehow more perfect for it. Breaking Bad, oddly grudgingly. And had to give a kdrama & an offbeat Aussie comedy some love.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So many moving parts & last-minute scrambling to get this post up in time for Sunday's 50th anniversary of the Ark's opening. Just like the Ark's opening itself! #princeedwardisland #pei #envhist #cdnhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of the things we do in this post is annotate & embed the transcript of a 1976 talk by Amory Lovins. Super simple to do - & pretty useful, I think. Lots of potential applications.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As beautiful a first teaching day as my very first teaching day at Western U, 25 years ago.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#PEI has been there. Or rather, not been there.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Trapped in bed this morning. Oh well.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In Thunder Bay today & revisited my home for 2 PhD years: the CCGS Alexander Henry icebreaker.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Just an American chemical rep, in the wake of Silent Spring, explaining to a Canadian Parliamentary cttee in 1963 why we couldn't give up on pesticides like DDT: we needed to feed the impending population explosion ...that would, uh, result in Doomsday on 13 Nov 2026. Good times. #cdnhist #envhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Help settle an argument: Bad Grandpa or Bad Grade Point Average?

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just realized that Doomsday is 100 days away! If the prediction turns out not to be accurate, I'll write about it after. (Because if I publish something in advance & it's accurate, what's the point?) #envhist #envhum

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

One of the most satisfying novels I can remember.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thoughts & prayers! We had an oak split right down the middle 10 yrs ago, connected it w/ electrical tape (hockey tape!) for 6 months, & here it is today.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Roadside raspberries, brought to you by #PEI & summer.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Another round of: “Spot the Cruise Ship”

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

PEI Tourism may start re-promoting its “cool, health-giving air” of a century ago. “Salubrious” will make a comeback.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Back on PEI. Some research, some meetings, 2 talks - but also this.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just starting “John of John” & already stopped dead.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Good, long photo-essay about the Statue of Liberty — with some unfortunate ad placement. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Louis Riel says hi: Was just gifted this copy of Chester Brown's book, signed by the man himself.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

1 page into this. Sorlin opens with the Snow Angel of History. I’m hooked.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I'm sorry to be missing #LMMI conference on PEI this week. Attendees: if you ever want a gratis guest speaker for your class or book club (*real* book club), I love talking about Myrtle Webb's story. greengablesdiary.ca www.mqup.ca/Books/B/Beco...

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Highly recommend this thoughtful essay on class by @katebeaton.bsky.social. Having grown up on a small PEI farm ... & then had Ian McKay as a PhD supervisor ... I found it really resonated. ualbertapress.ca/978177212800...

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Your periodic reminder that the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social / @nichecanada.bsky.social Canadian History & Environment series exists, that it's print/open-access, & that I'm always on the lookout for the next potential volume. Talk to me. press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad... #envhist #envhum #cdnhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It’s perfectly possible I’m biased, but UPEI has been a great site for #CHASHC2026. This is a 15-second walk off-campus:

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It’s a busy #CHASHC2026. So busy I’m only now thanking everyone for a great @nichecanada.bsky.social CHESS: field trippers, @dagomardegroot.bsky.social, @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social, #UPEI, & a very special guest 🦊.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Canada, 1963, there was a Parliamentary Special Committee to deal with insecticides. In the 600+ page transcript of the proceedings, the words "hysteria" or "hysterical" appear 3 times - all in relation to #RachelCarson. #envhist #cdnhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

At left, Eda Owen - "the Weather Woman of the West" - at her #Edmonton home, 1916. She recorded the weather 2x daily for decades & compiled the work of 200 observers for the Meteorological Service of Canada. And at right, the same view today - & the homeowner still an observer. #cdnhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Wanted to read a page turner on the plane. But no.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Coming to @cndhistassoc.bsky.social conference on #PEI? 🦞 @nichecanada.bsky.social is hosting an all-day #envhist field trip to the beautiful North Shore on Sunday, 31 May, & we have a few spots on the bus. Contact me - amaceach@uwo.ca - for details. First come, first served.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Guess I’m done marking for the day.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The best thing about grading #His1840 Graphic History exams? Some students offer goodbye doodles. (This one channels @berincole.bsky.social.)

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Another year, another amazing set of final assignments from #His1840 #GraphicHistory students. Take a moment to look at these 4, shared with their permission (alt-text for their details). @westernuhistory.bsky.social

from Andrew den Bok's graphic history "A Very Fine Vessel: Alexander Mackintosh, Miller Worsley, & the HMS Nancy"

from Isabelle Krueger's graphic history "The Cadaver Synod"

from Charlotte Needham-Robbins' graphic history "Rasputin"

from Nusayba Hamou's graphic history "The History of Israel-Palestine"

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

My inner voice has been calling the book on the early history of the Meteorological Service of Canada "Boys5casta." #weatherhistory

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"I am rarely sorry to reach the end of a book written by an academic, but in this case I was." I'm rarely sorry to reach the end of a book review written by an academic, but in this case I was.😀 Pologies for being a proud papa, but 2 yrs out, this is the *only* review my book has received.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#otd 50 yrs ago, #PEI launched Energy Days, w/ int'l experts speaking on the future of energy - a 1st step in PEI's plan to become a world leader in self-sufficiency & sustainability. This spring @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social & I are writing about the spirit of ‘76. Watch the skies. #cdnhist #envhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

If only AI had been around when Spandau Ballet was writing "True."

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Pleased as punk to see that the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social & @lmmipei.bsky.social 2026 conferences both have papers, by different scholars, that seem to be built around greengablesdiary.ca. #cdnhist

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

That time I watched the first half hour of this 1944 musical comedy, thinking it was the Terry Gilliam one, & that making it seem like a 1944 musical comedy was classic Terry Gilliam.

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Spent some time just now touring @westernu.ca sites commemorating the American annexation of Canada. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Girl just walked into this room & yelled, “Snoopy!”

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