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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“It’s a weird political vulnerability, but trash looks bad.” www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/02/t...
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‘Trash Talk’ TikTok Star Doesn’t Want to Clean Up NYC Forever. He Wants You To.
David Clarke has spent the last five months picking up litter and rebuilding tree planters in Upper Manhattan, operating from his soil- and plant-filled apartment.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The most amazing gift will arrive in time for the first night of Hannukah.
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Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 24/09/2026
The question asked most frequently of us, either via electronic mail or in person at the merch table during the miraculous run of Silkworm reunion shows is: “When will Comedy Minus One be reissuing Firewater?” The answer is December 4th, 2026. 2xLP + CD. www.comedyminusone.com/2026/09/24/e...
Silkworm "Firewater" 2xLP + CD reissue.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Screening and panel discussion today at NYU Gallatin of Maintenance Artist, the excellent documentary about Mierle Laderman Ukeles.
Panel discussion featuring the Sanitation Foundation’s Charlie Eisenbach, NYU Professor Rosalind Fredericks, film director Toby Perl Freilich, and NYU Professor Robin Nagle.  Archival scene of Mierle Laderman Ukeles meeting with sanitation workers at the beginning of the film Maintenance Artist.
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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The next World Congress is now announced! We hope to see you all in Toronto, Canada, in 2030. The venue will be at York University, Toronto, and Toronto Metropolitan University and McMaster University will also be a part of the planning, which is headed by Jennifer Bonnell. Read more below! #envhist
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The Fifth World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO
The next World Congress of Environmental History is set to take place in York, Canada, in 2030.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Would Canada be subject to the European Green Deal, Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation, and forthcoming Circular Economy Act?
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pleased to join Marty and Joel at the History of the Urban Environment series. Details here: upittpress.org/series-edito...
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Series Editor Changes - University of Pittsburgh Press
The University of Pittsburgh Press announces changes to two longstanding series. Natalia Milanesio took over as Series Editor of the Pitt Latin American Series from Catherine Conaghan on July 1, 2026....
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Martha’s Vineyard Ferries and Scrawl @ Union Pool. Both bands are playing Dromfest this weekend in Catskill and this show was an outstanding preview.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I always appreciate when the Department of Sanitation reminds us where to take our harmful household wastes.
NYC Department of Sanitation mailer describing where to drop off harmful household waste items.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A sunny, perfect day in Helsinki.
The ideal weather for kayaking.  Blue skies, blue water, blue boat. A happy kayaker on the eastern shore of Helsinki.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My work schedule allowed a day trip to Tallinn. By coincidence, I was there for some of the events commemorating the 35th anniversary of independence from the USSR.
Tallinn TallinnEstonian independence eventTallinn
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A rainy day in Helsinki.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A sunny day in Helsinki.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
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Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries
Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
last year, i made an index of independent fan-owned/maintained setlist sites, what the goddamn WWW was built for! please put more in the comments! jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...
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a personal index of setlists & chronologies : Jesse Jarnow
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Since #COVID & pandemic handling is in the news, I want to recommend the brand new COVID Studies: A Reader: www.pennpress.org/978151282949... This is a fantastic collection of essays based in SSH fields. It is available to read #openaccess for free too.
COVID Studies: A Reader book cover with image of embroidery blue earth globes with extensions to look like Covid virus
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I feel fortunate to have visited the Glasgow School of Art and its beautiful library before the fires tore through it. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?
Stratospheric costs could prevent the fire-damaged landmark from returning to its former glory. Now, unless a wealthy patron is found, the building seems destined for ‘soulless’ facade retention or ‘c...
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Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 23/07/2026
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Remembering Karl Hendricks on the 56th anniversary of his birth. I think this set in 2013 was his last public performance, and it was a good one. Thanks always to Karl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg8...
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Karl Hendricks Trio 2013 PRFBBQ
YouTube video by Matt Engstrom
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Seneca Meadows landfill, where each year NYC sends about 75,000 tons of waste, is stuck in legal limbo. gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
gothamist.com
New York City's trash is causing a stink in this upstate town
Residents and businesses near the state’s largest landfill contemplate moving as the landfill continues to operate more than five years past its closing date.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
COVID Studies: A Reader is out, with contributers from a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, public policy, political science, history, and STS in investigating various facets of the pandemic. www.pennpress.org/978151282957...
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COVID Studies – Penn Press
A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplinesCOVID Studies is a “state of t...
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The massive flood-control infrastructure in Chicago is near capacity. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
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Chicago's Deep Tunnel anti-flooding system nearly full after days of heavy rain
The massive system of tunnels and reservoirs was built to contain Chicago’s flood water, protect area rivers and Lake Michigan. Now, there's a risk that suburbs will flood and sewers will overflow int...
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My apartment in Oslo was up the street from a sports bar (open Sundays) that got rowdy when Haaland scored for Manchester City. I can only imagine what it was like for the World Cup victory over Brazil.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You would think a government would be interested in keeping the people it serves safe.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Pratt Institute alumnus Brad Lander, MS City and Regional Planning ’98 and former director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is projected to be the Democratic nominee for New York's 10th congressional district.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
One of my surprises about living in Oslo was discovering pizza’s popularity there.
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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Look what book is now *available* for preorder!! @rebecca-altman.bsky.social’s SONG OF STYRENE coming next April. Important and gorgeous. Also that cover!! #envhist #envhum #plastics www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-So...
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The Song of Styrene
A personal history of plastics, written by a plastic-maker’s daughter turned environmental sociologist who, for the past decade, has searched for t...
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
⏰Reminder: the deadline for the Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize is coming up fast, so be sure to get your submissions in before July 1, 2026! #envhist #histtech
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New Masada Quartet @ Roulette.
New Masada Quartet (John Zorn on saxophone, Jorge Roeder on bass, Kenny Wollesen on drums, and Julian Lage on guitar).Kenny Wollesen and Julian Lage.  John Zorn and Jorge Roeder.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My colleague who was dyeing Go New York Go t-shirts earlier today is happy.
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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Many years ago at the other place, Raul Pacheco Vega launched #ScholarSunday as a way to give a shout out to other scholars. As a tiny tribute, I am beginning #ScholarSundayRPV to promote scholars every week. Feel free to use this and other methods of supporting our peers.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Two of the slides from Raúl Pacheco-Vega's presentation at the 2022 #DiscardStudies conference reveal his curiosity and empathy.
A slide asking why the government of the city of Vancouver cooperates with recycling workers while the government of the city of Paris does not.A slide with tentative conclusions on why the governments of Vancouver and Paris treat informal waste pickers differently.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Raúl was one of the most enthusiastic and energetic scholars I've ever had the pleasure to know. I'm terribly sad he is gone at such a young age.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Marilyn Monroe made her radio debut in the Hollywood Star Playhouse production of my grandfather Maurice Zimm's play "Statement in Full" in 1952.
TV-Radio Life review of the 1952 Hollywood Star Playhouse production of Maurice Zimm's play "Statement in Full" starring Marilyn Monroe.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Moving tribute to my Columbia colleague David Rosner, who passed away unexpectedly a few days ago. David was pivotal to uncovering the dangers of lead, silica, and many products of industrial America. blanphear.substack.com/p/how-rosner...
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How Rosner and Markowitz Revealed the Hidden Architecture of Disease
How two historians helped reveal the industrial origins of modern disease
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Not everything is suitable for the circular economy.
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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
Photo of Sonny Rollins playing saxophone in 2009 by John Abbott
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Vale Sonny Rollins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZBq...
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Where Are You (Remastered)
YouTube video by Sonny Rollins - Topic
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Electrical Audio has been at the heart of so much wonderful work, and the Electrical Audio Foundation aims to make that true well into the future. www.electricalaudio.org/foundation/
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The Foundation | The Electrical Audio Foundation
The Electrical Audio Foundation is a pro-artist resource that removes artistic barriers and supports the unique voices of artists, the sounds they create, and their creative counterparts.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
An excellent birthday present would be the Best New Artist Grammy for New Dawn.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The Feelies performing The Good Earth in its entirety @ White Eagle.
The Feelies.
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Three signs that bookclub email you just got is probably a scam 🚩 1) Generic gmail (or similar) address 2) The book club, award, or organization doesn’t exist when you look it up 3) The email is overly long, vague, and full of excessive praise (often AI-written)
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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A super important - and really troubling - thread by @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social revealing that FamilySearch's AI transcription is deracinating and sanitizing references to race and enslavement in historical records. Every historian and genealogist should read this 🗃️
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
So great to hear Silkworm and Come fill the hall at Elsewhere in front of a full and enthusiastic crowd.
Silkworm Joel Phelps and Tim MidyettComeArthur Johnson and Chris Brokaw
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
There will be at least two former WRCT DJs in attendance, if that at all influences your decision.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The SKWM tour is wonderful not only because I get to hear Joel's songs like Little Sister, but also the ways the arrangements of trio songs evolve. Give Me Some Skin is so beautiful.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Silkworm and Come @ Johnny Brenda’s
SilkwormJoel RL PhelpsThalia ZedekCome
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
My official welcome to Philadelphia
Scrap metal about 15 minutes from the 30th Street station.
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Carl Zimring @carlzimring.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Reading this is an excellent thing to do with your day.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/04/2026
How is Trump's war on clean energy going? Well, the EIA predicts "more than 80 GW of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage will be added nationally in the next year, while total fossil fuel and nuclear power capacity will fall by almost 5 GW." In short, he's losing.
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US predicts stunning 80 GW increase in big solar, wind, and battery storage in next year - despite Trump
If Trump had every heard of the EIA it is likely he would have scrapped it - but it continues to make some stunning predictions about the roll out of renewables.
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