iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 12h

Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 17h

Snow cover is quickly expanding across the Arctic, as happens every early autumn. Details in the most recent post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #Arctic #akwx #Climate #Autumn2026 alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/here-comes... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/here-comes...

Splash screen for the post: Here Comes the Snow: An important milestone in the Arctic's annual cycle

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2022, interior of Regal Totem theater in Anchorage. Don't forget my free talk tomorrow on movie theaters, when I mention everything from income taxes to strippers. #alaskahistory #alaska

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Holly Guise ❄️ @hollyguise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I saw this before it fell- stunning. When I told my kids this morning my son said, “Shoot. It looked like an elephant.”

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

CHILDREN OF OWL (Levine/ @levinequerido.bsky.social ) by @littlebadger.bsky.social ; illus. by @abigailrajunov.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the November/December 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/novemb...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The word invasive is a bit of a sore spot for me," writes Ashia S. Ajani. "Invasive plants are usually the result of years of damage from settlers, who destroyed native ecologies for economic and cultural gain." On belonging and invasion, violence and kin. orionmagazine.org/article/tend...

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Tending the Vines

Black abundance and reclaiming plant kin

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Heather Ray Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

proud of this latest article in MFS - sharing for my friday scrollers, petroculture & env hums scholars, and yanagihara stans

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Being in this role has already been exciting — keep the proposals coming!

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Glad the crew survived. But was the whale okay?

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't forget my free talk this Saturday at the Bear Tooth! Doors open 11am; talk begins 1130. History of local theaters from the first one to the introduction of concessions to porn and more. I'll also have limited copies of my free zine on lesbian penguin tragedies.

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Stephne Tate @quailtea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Steller’s Sea Cow- extinct 1768 <3

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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 01/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce Bathsheba Demuth as the new series editor of Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books, succeeding Paul S. Sutter. We’re grateful to Paul for 12 years of extraordinary leadership and excited to see Bathsheba carry the series into its next chapter! @brdemuth.bsky.social

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Bathsheba Demuth Appointed Weyerhaeuser Environmental Series Editor

Bathsheba Demuth steps in as the new series editor for Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books at the University of Washington Press, succeeding Paul S. Sutter.

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Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a rare opportunity to hear two people with extensive knowledge of oil and gas issues in Alaska discuss the history and current status of how we got here. It’s an election year. Bring your questions. It’s free to attend.

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CFP! I'm putting together an #envhum proposal for ASLE (June 22-24, 2027, in College Park) that draws on the conference theme of terra/terror. It's inspired by the moving work of @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social, @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social, & Extinction Studies scholars. www.asle.org/calls-for-pa...

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ASLE » ASLE 2027: Landscapes of Extinction

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Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New book from our Member Bookshelf: Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl By Mandy-Suzanne Wong Graywolf Press, 2026 www.asle.org/stay-informe...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Check out Madelyn Powers's review of Karen M. Morin's "Cattle Trails and Animal Lives: The Founding of an American Carceral Archipelago," published by @ugapress.bsky.social in 2025; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #aghist #animalhist www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The road to reconciliation begins with truth Mishiikenh Kwe ~ Anishinaabe c. 2022

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a Hawk from a Hawkeye.'

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Gothic Anthropocene' workshop series at UCL, free to attend, running throughout October. Organised by Yichun Zhang and Qin Wu (both UCL)

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GOTHIC ANTHROPOCENE: NONHUMAN ENTANGLEMENT IN MULTICULTURES

What happens when the Gothic meets the Anthropocene?
Through four interactive workshops combining talks and creative activities, we rethink the boundaries between humans, non-humans, and the environments we inhabit.

WORKSHOP ONE • Seafood, Pollution and Colonial Waterscapes
9 OCT, 5-7PM
Speaker: Dr. Niranjana Ramesh (QMUL) & Yichun Zhang (UCL)
Creative activity: Mapping Your Own Waters, Yichun Zhang (UCL)

WORKSHOP TWO • Flesh and Bone: Gothic Animals as Cultures and Materiality
15 OCT, 3.30-5PM
Speaker: Maria Dragoi (UCL)
Creative Activity: Gothic Animals Show-and-Tell, Qin Wu (UCL)

WORKSHOP THREE • Gothic Sounds in the Anthropocene
23 OCT, 5-7PM
Speaker: Dr. Gavin Williams (KCL)
Creative activity: TBD, Francesca Balestro (UCL)

WORKSHOP FOUR • Gothic Objects: Dolls in the Cinema
30 OCT, 5-7PM
Speaker: Dr. Joana Jacob Ramalho (UCL)
Creative activity: TBD

All Welcome
Workshop One, Three and Four: Engineering Front Building, Executive Suite 104, UCL main campus
Workshop Two: Object-based Learning Lab, Old Refectory, Wilkins Building, UCL main campus
Food and drink provided
Enquiries: yichun.zhang.21@ucl.ac.uk and qin.wu.22@ucl.ac.uk
Generously supported by The University Council of Languages (UCFL) and SELCS-CMII, UCL

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rain early Tuesday morning has pushed Fairbanks over four inches of rain for September, the first time that's happened in 101 years. This is the second wettest September in 122 years of climate observations in the Golden Heart City. #akwx #Climate @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social

Bar chart of the top ten wettest Septembers in Fairbanks between 1905 and 2026 with this year highlighted as the second wettest.

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By the way, the clip below was considered a full movie in the 1890s, what is referred to as an actuality now.

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just cited the Odyssey in a book chapter on sea monsters. Though it was in translation, so not sure it counts...

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 28/09/2026

Histories of Alaska: Samuel Franklin Cody’s play “Klondyke Nugget” entertained crowds with stunts, live animals, live shots, real knives, explosions and more spectacle around the turn of the 20th century. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

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Guns, horses and explosions: Meet the Michael Bay of 1890s gold rush playwrights

Samuel Franklin Cody’s “Klondyke Nugget” entertained crowds with stunts, shots and spectacle.

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In my latest article, learn about the Michael Bay of 1890s goldrush playwrights, with spectacle and set pieces instead of plot logic. There were on stage shooting exhibitions, exploding buildings, bridges designed to fail and more. Learn more here: www.adn.com/alaska-l...

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 1898 play Klondyke Nugget was the distant ancestor to modern movie blockbusters, with exploding cabins and (literal) horses jumping through glass windows on stage, shooting exhibitions while upside down on a trapeze. Learn more in my latest article: www.adn.com/alaska-l...

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

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Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alaska critters big and small! #alaska, #moose,#wasps Best wishes for the long winter ahead you two! Stay off the roads and train tracks! 🤎🫎🤎

Chocolate brown baby moose stares at the camera. Mama browses on the shrubbery in the background.

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you really want to have MLB in a national park, name one of the existing older stadiums (Fenway) a national historic site. Easy easy. No construction. No transpo issues (except existing ones). No ruining ecosystems.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am a mom and scientist begging everyone to look closer at the muck. We’ve been conditioned to see wetlands as wastelands. But three decades of research, I see a fiercely defiant wilderness. The boreal mire is a dynamic carbon-trapping vault that in some places has outlasted ice ages. 1/

A woman scientist - me! - standing over the boreal forest in interior Alaska.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sturgeon Carl Ray ~ Anishinaabe 1975

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Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The early voting location is Noel Wien. You can cast your vote (I already did), check out a book, and stop in at the cafe which has really good coffee, a secret that needs to get out.

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Alaska Snow @alaskasnow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Moonrise over golden painted hills and the Tanana river winding through. #alaska #autumn #moonrise

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Alaska's News Source @alaskasnewssource.com · 26/09/2026

2 seals, 1 wild rescue season. Stanley Sealton was found starving near the Kenai River. Alone, stranded on a mudflat, Ester was rushed hundreds of miles by plane and car, all in one night. After rehabbing, both just swam free in Kenai, cheered on by hundreds. 👉 tinyurl.com/muhtcr9c

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another half billion bird night, with the approaching nor’easter visible as a blank area on the BirdCast map. Always a possibility of coastal birds coming inland with a storm like this. #birds #fall #migration #LightsOutForBirds

BirdCast map showing 542.2 million birds in flight at 11:40pm EDT on September 25.

NEXRAD radar map showing birds and weather.

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Kat Kerlin @katkerlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Orange, rusty rivers caused by melting permafrost is a new reality of climate change. A @ucdavis.bsky.social study shows affected rivers in AK are more metallic than acid mine drainage. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

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Alaska’s Orange Rivers More Metallic Than Acid Mine Drainage

Alaska's orange, rusted rivers from melting permafrost are even more acidic than water leached from metal mines — an increasingly common mark of climate change, finds a UC Davis study.

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've got Marx & Sagan in this essay & here's one more Carl—Kasell, the voice of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! For some time, I thought Kasell WAS Sagan (surely host @petersagal.bsky.social's surname led me there). This was quite troubling to me, as a child in the late 90s... tinyurl.com/dinostories

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We Tell Ourselves Dinosaur Stories in Order to Live | Los Angeles Review of Books

We live within a library of antediluvian narratives, with more accessioned every day.

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