Reposted by Tina LooIn Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 16/10/2026inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: Fuck This Fucking ProjectorBy Prof. Russell Huang, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 58227 0
Reposted by Tina LooAlan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Winners include Coll Thrush and @heiditworek.bsky.social at UBC! congratulations! 186 0
Reposted by Tina LooDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026PhD #envhum Course on "New Approaches to Waste" Online course organised by @greenhouseuis.net. Meeting dates: 30 November–2 December 2026 and 3–4 February 2027. Program of lectures, book talks, discussion sessions, student presentations, and digital fieldtrips. www.uis.no/en/research/... 188 0
Reposted by Tina LooThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 13/10/2026Badly maintained trails are preventing access to wide swaths of backcountry in Rocky Mountain national parks. But some argue that’s good news for wildlife. Should Parks Canada restore access to backpackers?thenarwhal.caHikers push to protect backcountry trails in Rocky Mountain national parksAccess to wide swaths of the mountain parks is cut off, but some argue that’s good for wildlife 02512 0
Reposted by Tina LooShirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And some of those receipts are *very* big! 021 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Great piece of #cdnhist research featuring @stillots1.bsky.social who literally has the receipts! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caHow the proceeds of slave labour helped build early Nova Scotia | CBC NewsIsaac Saney, a Dalhousie University professor of Black and African Diaspora Studies, wants a waterfront memorial acknowledging that Nova Scotia's early roads, universities and public institutions were... 131 0
Reposted by Tina LooChris Power @chrispower.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anne Carson, newly minted Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, once published the greatest ever author bio 452196 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh dear. I was a green MA student in his grad class a long time ago. We were all terrified. He’d sit at the seminar table expectantly, like this pulsating rationality, waiting for someone to say something. Anyone. Then at the end he’d elegantly summarize our half baked ideas. I learned so much! 050 0
Reposted by Tina LooMatthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sad to learn that Carl Berger passed away last week. He taught half of the Canadian history survey that I took at the University of Toronto. His book The Sense of Power played a major role in shaping my understanding of Canada's relationship to imperialism in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. 4197 0
Reposted by Tina LooNeil M Kennedy @nmkennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sad to note the passing of Ian K Steele this past weekend. His book English Atlantics (Oxford 1986) was one of a trio of books that year establishing the Atlantic World paradigm. Trained first as a Jesuit, then in London, the Canadian praire lad became a gentle scholar and mentor. #AtlanticWorld 1215 0
Reposted by Tina LooJonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sharing this, please circulate and join us if you can! @lootina.bsky.social @mapicone.bsky.social @katie-r-ives.bsky.social @anasekulic.bsky.social 023 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh. I ran out of space and got interrupted. Another issue is salaries! Maybe cap at $200k for disciplines where there is no larger market competition? 120 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I agree that people staying on creates a lack of opportunities for younger scholars. But there’s no guarantee that when people retire they will be replaced. At least that’s what the situation is here. There are other causes of too few jobs…, 120 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was a restaurant kid too! #nostalgia www.nfb.ca/film/restaur...nfb.caRestaurant KidsFor many children of Halifax’s Chinese restaurateurs, the family restaurant was more than a business. It was a second home, a classroom and a workplace. Through intimate conversations … 150 0
Reposted by Tina LooPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨the Department of History at the University of Toronto (St George campus) is hiring an Assistant Professor in the history of early modern or modern South Asia jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - South Asian HistoryAssistant Professor - South Asian History 02542 0
Reposted by Tina LooNiCHE 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. 13525 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This all sounds terrific. Congratulations on getting the text down to size! 010 0
Reposted by Tina LooDr. Jessica van Horssen @historiamagoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New #publication alert! I started do-editing the final volume of this series with Bloomberg in 2018. Cue editorial changes, a global pandemic, a baby, a transatlantic move, a new job, and here it is! Can’t wait to dig into the other volumes as well! #EnvHist 2103 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am keen to see this but...680 pages?! (just looked at the catalogue) 100 0
Reposted by Tina LooGlobal Maritime History @globalmarhist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thank you to @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social for this fantastic post. 13019 0
Reposted by Tina LooDagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There's been some really interesting debate here on #AI in history. Here are five basic things to keep in mind. 1. Terminology matters! AI is not the same as LLMs. Machine learning is a branch of AI. Deep learning is a branch of machine learning. LLMs are a family of deep-learning systems. (1/10) 395 0
Reposted by Tina LooMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135222188 0
Reposted by Tina LooAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Well this wasn't on my bingo card for 2026spacesandexperiences.utoronto.caThe University of Toronto and Hello Kitty Collection | Spaces & Experiences at U of TThe University of Toronto and Hello Kitty Collection drops Friday, September 4 at 10 a.m. at the U of T Bookstore. Quantities are limited. 161 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026And then there is the question of language: scholars who publish in languages other than English don't get picked up by these indices. 120 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So true. There are huge differences in citation practices, not to mention publishing practices, across the social sciences+humanities, never mind the impossibility of comparing citations from those varied disciplines with those of scholars in the natural sciences, medicine, engineering, etc. 120 0
Reposted by Tina LooAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.docs.google.comAlex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle... 32312120 0
Reposted by Tina LooRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 15701151 0
Reposted by Tina LooShannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/... 380107 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is the kind of booze that I hope is on all the shelves in Alberta and is a big seller! @lukaszukab.bsky.social #ForeverCanadian 081 0
Reposted by Tina LooAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 25/08/20262025-26: the first year Canadian universities employed more tenured/TT professors over the age of 70 than under the age of 35. 22165102 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 26/08/2026youtu.be/gNdpSl_xSJcyoutu.beDolly Parton & Friends - "Jolene" | 2022 InductionYouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 000 0
Reposted by Tina LooAlly Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Among so many other great things, I will remember Dolly Parton for being a staunch advocate for vaccines, donating $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in April 2020, which supported the early scientific research that helped develop the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine 223068 0
Reposted by Tina LooJomboy Media (Unofficial) @jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Pope Hat Night at the White Sox game 734086 0
Reposted by Tina LooTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Strictly Canadian version. People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: Think I’ll go out to Alberta 19826 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"This is exactly what can make the project of revisiting the past so vital: It’s not about the past. It’s about choosing our future." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know (Gift Article)This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be. 000 0
Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Never forget Ponzi’s! www.facebook.com/376489476080...facebook.comFacebook 110 0
Reposted by Tina LooI support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026As I've said before, if professors could indoctrinate students, more people would use apostrophes correctly. 513826 0
Reposted by Tina LooShirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Good piece. Highlights the connections between problems with access to proper archival sources (an underfunded public service) and the cheap and toxic production of invented sources. Gresham's law, historical research edition 0119 0
Reposted by Tina LooGautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I’m a snob who took Latin for five years, read the Odyssey on my own at 13, enjoyed the movie, and thought EW was spot on. A movie can be both fun and facile; she acknowledges its upshots. People who think she’s too harsh need to watch better movies (or at least one of the stronger Nolan ones). 6488 0
Reposted by Tina LooTina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Super cool if you study Canadian history: an interactive digital map of Hudson's Bay Company posts! Thanks, @trailmark.bsky.social! #cdnhist #cdnhistory trailmark.cloud/trailmark/pu... 0289 0
Reposted by Tina LooKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Terrific answer from the great historian David Blight. Museums aren't there to inform us of all the old answers, but to inspire for us all the new questions. 20577147 0