Reposted by Katherine ArnoldCiaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was wrong. It’s happening 222015242
Reposted by Katherine Arnoldhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 711649
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A titanic, pioneering figure in more than one field of history. 1155
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldBram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ERC Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship applications went from just 7.000 applicants in 2022 to over 21.000 this year 🤯🤯🤯 54218
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Fifth World Congress of Environmental History is Coming to Toronto in 2030! We are excited to welcome @iceho.bsky.social and environmental historians from around the world to Canada! niche-canada.org/2026/09/18/t... #envhist #envhumniche-canada.orgThe Fifth World Congress of Environmental History is Coming to Toronto in 2030!York University in Toronto will host the 2030 Fifth World Congress of Environmental History, marking its North American debut. 13323
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldBethany Letiecq @bletiecq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Academia in the unregulated AI era. We need boilerplate language specifying draft manuscripts cannot be uploaded into an LLM @aaup.org @local6741.bsky.social Adding to list.. 26322
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldHisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Story time. Got a paper rejected. No big deal. It happens. Except one reviewer explicitly stated they were unfamiliar with our methods and asked a GenAI to explain it. They then used this to trash the paper, oh, and the journal forbids AI use in reviews. Livid is mild to describe my feelings. 937996
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldEmile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The programme I run - the MSc in Contemporary History - will be axed, amongst so many others. We've also been told our undergrad courses will need to have a minimum of 20 students over a 3 year period. The bonfire of the universities has truly come for Edinburgh. 227636
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldDr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Really excited to announce the online launch of The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit, the result of two years of work between academics, archives and museums. Register here forms.gle/PYBjxGNDitDp... to join us on Friday 16 Oct at 3 pm BST online #histmed #photohist #ethics #medhums 23319
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 181287594
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldKatherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It was a real pleasure to contribute a piece to this fantastically interdisciplinary volume organized by Danielle Sands & Daniel Whistler, in collaboration with colleagues in the Library & Archives at @rbgkew.bsky.social 🌿 #envhist #histsci #plants www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... 02712
Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It was a real pleasure to contribute a piece to this fantastically interdisciplinary volume organized by Danielle Sands & Daniel Whistler, in collaboration with colleagues in the Library & Archives at @rbgkew.bsky.social 🌿 #envhist #histsci #plants www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... 02712
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldEmily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We have a book cover! 55113
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAlix Hui @alixhui.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trying so hard to not shout BUT OUR BOOK COVER IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY POINT YOU ALL TO THE MOST GRATIFYING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EVER. @emilypawley.bsky.social Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625... #envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystoriansmitpress.mit.eduA Historian's Handbook for Saving the WorldThe work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ... 24323
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate…I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them." 41078268
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 11/09/2026So rather than increase faculty payroll and lower student:teacher ratios, UMass would rather spend it on Claude. I would argue that a better investment would be hiring 100-200 tenure-line faculty. 10550152
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361219455
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldVittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026SCOOP: An anonymous census report claimed thousands of noncitizens voted. But @davidgilbert.bsky.social and I found that not only was the report based on bad data, its authors include members of a Trump-aligned think tank and a former member of DOGE. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...wired.comA US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty ConclusionsTrump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate. 11232115
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldWilliam Hayes @williamhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So if you protest a genocide you are automatically a "terrorist" but hold up a major shipping route while wearing balaclavas and you are a "protester" and the police "engage with you"? www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comDisruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protestImages appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings. 30473202
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping. 481261807
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldElaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For those of you who have been paying attention to the Duke Herbarium over the past ~2 years, here's more news: it's going to UNC Chapel Hill. Happy to see it's not closing entirely, but this is also part of a larger pattern of cuts + losses from multiple angles. dukechronicle.com/article/duke...dukechronicle.comAfter near closure, Duke Herbarium to take up new roots in Chapel HillDespite previous concerns of a closure amid plans to relocate, the biodiversity hotspot will combine with UNC’s collection to become the largest herbarium in the Southeast. The move has provided resea... 2186
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you. 968135582213
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldLe Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I will forever admire Wendell Berry's insistence on living his values through to their natural conclusions and relentlessly ripping through layers of politeness and habit to hold up for judgment those who do not. 3550197
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.youtube.comDonald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National ParksAmericans love their national parks.There’s a reason why they were once described as “America’s best idea.”So why are Tr 16527101312
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms. 16456174
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldCharles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34 519094
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldLexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com · 25/08/2026Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags at state offices lowered for a week in tribute to Dolly Parton, who he named a Kentucky Colonel in 2024.bit.lyFlags to fly at half-staff in Kentucky in honor of Dolly PartonGov. Andy Beshear ordered flags at state offices lowered for a week in tribute to Dolly Parton, who he named a Kentucky Colonel in 2024. 15516
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldTom Menger @tommenger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026There is still time to submit a proposal for our conference "Revisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach", taking place next year in Leipzig! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgRevisiting Geopolitics and Empire: A Transimperial Approach | H-NetGeopolitics have returned to our present—and it is only a matter of time before they will also return to the study of our past. The conference, organized by the Centre for Transimperial History at Lei... 031
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldMona Bieling @monabie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026New publication, early view - any typos courtesy of not using AI! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Also check out the articles by my colleagues in the special issue “Lab, Field, and Companion Species: Tracing Nonhuman Histories in Times of Imperial Expansion"onlinelibrary.wiley.comCrafting Colonial Companions: Zionist Botany in Palestine, 1900‐1930s<link href='#bewi70036-afnote-0001'>**</link>In the early twentieth century, agricultural research played an important role in the Zionist movement's efforts to increase Palestine's productivity and to facilitate large-scale Jewish settlement. ... 091
Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Very happy to see another article out in the world! Part of a special issue edited by the wonderful @sabinehanke.bsky.social & Anne Sophie Overkamp, from a fantastic (and very hot) workshop we had in Tübingen back in 2024 #envhist #envhum #histsci Available open access: doi.org/10.1002/bewi... 24019
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Within a day of suspension he is able to defend himself in a hugely influential media outlet. The playing field is not level 534698
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 21/08/2026Maybe we will finally wake up to the fact that “free speech“ and “viewpoint diversity” are actually bad in academia. What you want is peer-reviewed knowledge, not a debate-me-bro culture in which empirically discredited views get resources & funding & platforms just because. 110337
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 21/08/2026The latest from South Africa 🇿🇦... 1114
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Jungle by Upton Sinclair wasn’t supposed to be an instructional manual www.newsweek.com/biggest-fda-...newsweek.comBiggest FDA recalls of 2026: Taylor Farms, blueberries, eggs and moreSeveral recalls have been tied to multistate flurries involving cyclospora, E. coli and salmonella. 281051352
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldTrump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The US Forest Service, part of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced it had filed the proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirity. The rule, brought in by the Clinton adminstration was created to protect old-growth forests. If ... TAT: [Attacking science]theguardian.comTrump administration to rescind rule protecting old-growth forestsAlmost 45m acres of national forests could be potentially opened to road construction, drilling and logging 22821
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"...professors at my mini-viva questioning my use of the term 'Asian American canon', insisting that 'canon' was the remit of white authors (and reciting names to me as I fought back tears)..." www.vogue.co.uk/article/camb...vogue.co.ukI Aspired To Get My PhD At Cambridge – I Left Because Of The Racism“I could write a second memoir solely on the racism I experienced at Cambridge University as a Master’s and PhD student,” writes Jill Damatac, a Filipino-American author who was a student at Cambridge... 7722272
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Wondering about all the Colossal de-extinction hype and how it meshes with history and natural history? We have a new Viewpoint piece in Bioscience out today: "The return of an imaginary bluebuck" doi.org/10.1093/bios... #envhist #extinction 1207
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962065
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldAnt Breach @antbreach.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It would be a terrible shame if this resource was lost for want of an archive - this stuff is still of major interest to policymakers today and is a crucial part of the social history that made the Britain of today (HT @municipaldreams.bsky.social ) 24152
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...newrepublic.comTrump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. 5829731566
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldThe Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 18/08/2026The Trump administration advanced a plan to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to road construction and logging, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter-century.trib.alTrump administration moves to allow logging in pristine national forests - The Boston GlobeThe proposal by the US Forest Service would repeal the 2001 “roadless rule,” enacted during the Clinton administration to preserve the wild nature of forest land. 41413
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldDaniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I am glad to see that this is getting some national attention! This is the higher education news that should on people's radar every day www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...nytimes.comTexas Tech University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning ContentTexas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare. 075
Reposted by Katherine Arnold404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162323922
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is known as "climate silencing" and can be just as damaging as deliberate disinformation. Failing to report the "why" in all of this - the reason we are where we are (fossil fuels) - fails in the most basic public interest sense 44617
Reposted by Katherine Arnoldelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I’m at the vigil for Jason Arday in London (Trafalgar). Very big turnout, easily thousands of us here 11566351
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The guy who oversees the U.S. Forest Service called in a ton of extra federal firefighting support for a small fire near his mega-ranch in Idaho, even as many larger blazes burned elsewhere. Rage-inducing @washingtonpost.com investigation: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...washingtonpost.comTop Trump official asked for more aircraft to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranchMichael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more resources to contain a seven-acre blaze last month, officials said. 10222111
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?eastangliabylines.co.ukAs Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carportsMinisters have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations 28228691227
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A really good overview on the recent craziness down in Texas: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/big-b...sierraclub.orgThe Big Bend Region Is Losing Irreplaceable Pieces of US HistoryBeyond its environmental harms, border wall construction in West Texas is destroying archaeological sites 16939
Reposted by Katherine ArnoldJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14/08/2026"Historians and educators who reviewed excerpts of the text told The Associated Press it depicts points throughout history in misleading ways, representing Western civilization and Christianity as one and the same and casting Islam as a threat to both." apnews.com/article/defe...apnews.comAP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and ChristianityThe Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families. 814879