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Maddie Bruegger

@maddiebrueggs.bsky.social
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PhD Rhetoric & Writing candidate @ UT Austin, studying environmental rhetoric, heat, & affects of contemporary life, interested in joy, probably poking a bear or throwing a dinner party, she/her madelinebruegger.com

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 08/10/2026
Come see us at the Lone Star Zine Fest this weekend, from 12-6pm on Oct 10 and 11 at Austin's Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Admission is FREE, open to all ages, with tons of great booths to browse. Find us at Table 81! www.lonestarzinefest.org
Image shows a grackle in a bow tie with some scissors, with 80s/Vaporewave vibes. The 2026 Lone Star Zine Fest, Ten Year Anniversary. Oct 1- & 11pm, 12-6pm. Over 100 vendors. Zine making, comix jam, door prizes & more. Free, all ages, 80s prom vibes encouraged. Blue Genie Art Bazaar, 6100 Airport Blvd, Lonestarzinefest.org.A map of about 100 booths at the Lone Star Zine Fest. Texas Observer can be found in the middle row of the event, at table 81 near the "Austin Friend Zone" (which exhibits Lonestar Zine fest merch and anniversary materials).
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our exhibition made the @austinchronicle.bsky.social! Read more about it here: www.austinchronicle.com/arts/arts-re...
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“Fragile Vessels” Exposes the Toll of Extreme Heat • The Austin Chronicle
Multidisciplinary exhibit at dadaLab juxtaposes thermal imaging and oral storytelling
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FRAGILE VESSELS IS TOMORROW. If you are in the Austin area, please join us for the city’s first exhibition on extreme heat. More details & RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/fragile-ve...
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.eventbrite.com/e/fragile-ve...
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Fragile Vessels: A Gathering & Exhibition on Extreme Heat
A two-day multimedia exhibition that invites audience members to experience extreme heat in Austin, TX utilizing different art forms.
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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Following an incredibly hot, and deadly, summer in New York City and the country as a whole, we are releasing a new storymap on extreme heat that talks to New Yorkers about how these increasingly deadly heatwaves are affecting their lives.
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Concrete Heat: Environmental Justice in a Warming World
The impacts of increasingly common extreme heat waves are worsened by climate change, poverty, and racism - but we can fight back
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10/09/2026
As heat waves scorched Europe and North America this summer, nuclear and fossil fuel plants closed down ... but solar and batteries kept the lights on. Read on!
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Powering through the heat | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Green energy keeps the lights on, heat impacts on children, and how to Play it Cool Europe endured a succession of scorching heat waves this
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Most Americans now get their info from creators & podcasts where authenticity conveys legitimacy. Institutional credentials & polish can read as elite distance. What can institutions do? New Carnegie guide, by me, Rachel Kleinfeld & Margot Treadwell: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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How to Engage with New Media: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Organizations
To remain effective, organizations need to master new media and legitimacy markers to make a once-in-a-century shift.
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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Libraries, DH centers, other folks w/printer access 🖨️ who can make a stack of free-zine copies: there's a "take one!" poster you can print to go alongside them on our zine page! zinebakery.com//homemade-zi...
Zine cover for "DIY Web Archiving" poster with additional text allowing it to be posted over a stack of the zines encouraging taking some. "Things disappear* from the internet. (*sometimes, are deliberately disappeared)
Care about stuff on the web?
art zines fan fic
videos/tiktoks photo galleries social media hashtags departed loved ones' posts museum & archival materials
that we have always existed
what really happened
cultural memory
human rights
resistance
joy
*YOU* need to act to archive it.
Anyone can do it-this zine shows you how.
Free! Take a bunch! Take more & share with friends!
DIY Web Archiving Zine
Daedel, Kijas, Kreymer, Walsh, Visconti
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S. Scott Graham @sscottgraham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New article alert! 🎉 So excited to share that this years-in-the-making piece has officially dropped in Historical Methods. (Link below)
side-by-side image of me network mapping on a whiteboard, Charlie Dey style and a computational network model. Inset image of journal article title and abstract.
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Historically, thermal imaging has been tied to surveillance, violence, & militarization. However, this example at the DataOne New Jersey data center demonstrates using thermal imaging for community power & corporate accountability. A great example of using thermal aesthetics vis-à-vis!
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One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 26/08/2026
Fall is taking a turn, and not a cool one. 🌡️Since 1970, fall has warmed by 2.9°F on average in 241 major U.S. cities — and human-caused climate change is the leading driver in 82% of cities analyzed. 🍁Don’t fall behind. Read more: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt…
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Most of August has seen triple digit temperatures in Austin, TX. Let’s talk about it. Join us for Austin’s first multimedia exhibition on extreme heat, October 3-4 at dadalab! More info & free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/fragile-ve...
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
First day of school!!! Bring lots of electrolytes & water!
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
fun icebreaker question I tried with 80 new writing consultants today: “what is a piece of writing that is getting you excited recently? can be anything: a Reddit thread, a podcast, a substack, etc.” The students had such FUN answers & despite some op-eds, they ARE READING.
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Trump administration is erasing climate data. Researchers are bringing it back.
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A review of rescued climate data » Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Please consider signing this letter asking the Texas State Parks & Wildlife Commission to stand up for Big Bend & to oppose destructive border barrier construction in the region. More here:
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Take a stand for Texas Public Land: Sign our Letter to TPWD Commissioners and ask them to help protect Big Bend
Sign your name to the letter urging Texas State Park officials to oppose destructive border barrier construction in Big Bend Ranch State Park, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Seminole Canyon State...
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
UT Austin is changing their core curriculum for the first time in 20 years. But this is a state-wide trend (a thread).
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UT Austin wants to change what every undergraduate must study
UT President Jim Davis unveiled a proposed core curriculum with new humanities, science, AI and Western civilization requirements.
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’ve been saying this for a while — but all of this is environmental rhetoric. Land use is environmental rhetoric. Transportation is environmental rhetoric. Housing is environmental rhetoric. All of these infrastructures are interconnected with how we experience climate change.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/08/2026
Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns
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Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns
RCN calls for more air conditioners as Burnham faces pressure to recognise urgency of adaptation to climate crisis Nurses are collapsing during shifts amid “inhumane and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, their union has warned, as Andy Burnham promised to grapple with “the bigger questions” of climate adaptation. Amid growing pressure from Labour backbenches to fully acknowledge the urgency of adaptation measures as the climate crisis bites, Burnham said he was for now focusing on the immediate crises caused by an ongoing summer of extreme heat. Continue reading...
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
July was the hottest month in Earth's recorded history; also hottest on record for the U.S., North America, Africa, and Asia. At least 17 nations/territories have set their all-time heat records this year. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/july...
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July 2026 ties with July 2024 as Earth's hottest month on record » Yale Climate Connections
North America, Africa, and Asia all experienced their hottest month on record.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... Disgusting. Disgraceful.
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Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A new study from researchers @climatecentral.org confirms that climate change is responsible for mass, global-scale bleaching of coral reefs And #BigOilKnew about the potential risks of their products on coral reefs decades ago, Oxford researchers say www.oneearthnow.org/p/fossil-fue...
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Fossil Fueled Climate Crisis is Driving Mass Coral Bleaching
Widespread bleaching of coral reefs would not have occurred absent human-caused warming, and Big Oil knew about the risks to coral reefs in the 1980s, new research finds.
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I would appreciate it if academic leadership (at many places, not at my law school) would stop acting as though they have to bow to the absolute power of AI and instead stand up for their increasingly distinctive and scarce human and social value.
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Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Cs was a place where precarious academic workers could dream of a better higher ed, as well as make it. Adjuncts and community college faculty were especially welcomed rather than just being stigmatized for where/how they taught. I loved hearing people’s 4Cs report backs!
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
C’s was the first writing conference I went to during my MA. It’s the conference that inspired me to get my PhD. As a grad student, I’m so disappointed in today’s decision @ncte.org
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m at Austin City Council, protesting alongside residents the proposed 45-year Dog’s Head Development project. We found out yesterday one of the proposed tenants is Amazon. The proj would affect 2,600 acres along the Colorado River. The current plan grants up to 100% impervious cover.
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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“As the heat rises, their efficiency goes down, so they earn less. W/lower income their food intake falls. And bcz they cannot afford to stop, they keep working thru it, doing lasting damage to their health. They are paying for a crisis they did nothing to cause, w/their health & w/their savings.”
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
“If you don’t use the tech that kills Black people you’ll be left behind”
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S. Scott Graham @sscottgraham.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nothing in my entire career as made me as nervous as submitting to a history journal. There's just so much to know! I'm trilled this will see the light of day. (Thx to amazing coauthors @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social & @carleeabaker.bsky.social) Looking forward to sharing more soon...
email text: Dear Dr Scott Graham,

Ref: Pathological and Anatomical Repository Training Networks (PART Net): A Database for the Study of Medical Museum History

Our reviewers have now considered your paper and have recommended publication in Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History.  We are pleased to accept your paper in its current form which will now be forwarded to the publisher for copy editing and typesetting. The reviewer comments are included at the bottom of this letter.

You will receive proofs for checking, and instructions for transfer of copyright in due course.

The publisher also requests that proofs are checked through the publisher’s tracking system and returned within 48 hours of receipt.

Thank you for your contribution to Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History and we look forward to receiving further submissions from you.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 07/07/2026
Top story: New restrictions on what books prisoners can receive and how they receive them endangers the work of this vital Austin nonprofit which supports the literacy and education of Texas inmates.
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Throwing the Book at Books in Prison
Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/06/2026
Debates about air-conditioning availability in France reveal a fundamental divide about how America and Europe address discomfort, @chatterton.bsky.social argues:
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The Overlooked Reason Europe Doesn’t Have AC
Americans and Europeans tend to have very different ideas about physical suffering and sacrifice.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/06/2026
Do you need electrolytes? Will tea cool you down? Is it safe to drink beer? How to stay hydrated in a heatwave
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Do you need electrolytes? Will tea cool you down? Is it safe to drink beer? How to stay hydrated in a heatwave
The hotter it gets, the faster our bodies lose water. Obviously, we need to replace it – but is anything better than plain H₂O? And does timing matter? Here’s what the science says
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/06/2026
UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act
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UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act
Plans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deaths * UK politics live – latest updates The UK government is facing increasingly urgent calls for action to protect people against the intensifying effects of the climate crisis, as the highest maximum temperature record for June was broken for the third day in a row. With the country in the grip of the worst heatwave ever recorded in western Europe – a direct result of global heating – the chair of parliament’s environmental audit committee warned ministers of the urgent threat and said the UK was falling “far short of what is needed”. Continue reading...
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Here is Austin, Texas’ #ShowYourStripes visualization. Just last Thursday, Austin reached a 118 heat index, tying the all-time record. Check out your local data visualization here: showyourstripes.info/map
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Every now and again, we "unlock the vault" to dig into our archive for something that resonates—and there's always something. We think these are times for poetry. Here's a piece from Jane Hirshfield, along with five more at the link. orionmagazine.org/article/from...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 09/06/2026
Texas is heading into summer with a power grid under pressure: Data centers and large computing facilities are adding enormous, continuous electricity demand while, at the same time, summer nights are getting warmer.
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Texas Nights Are Getting Hotter, and the Power Grid Isn’t Ready
The state grid was built on the assumption that demand would fall at night. As hotter evenings and around-the-clock power use erase that drop, the system is being pushed in ways its original design…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Mangroves, vital for protecting coastlines and storing carbon, are making an unexpected comeback due to increased legal protections and public awareness of their importance. Since 2010, the rate of mangrove loss has slowed down, with more forests being restored than destroyed.
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Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In "Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing" editors Lauren Guilmette and Ada S. Jaarsma gather scholars for an innovative and critical rethinking of what it means to “do” feminist philosophy. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/N9JVeFD
Cover of Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing: Experiments in Philosophy edited by Lauren Guilmette and Ada S. Jaarsma. The cover is white with a light pink spray painted area at the top with the title written in white. Below, there are five hands in different art styles all reaching towards a central heart sculpture that is made from cut out hands. There are fuchsia lines radiating from it. The subtitle is written in the bottom right corner in black italics. The editors’ names appear in the bottom left corner.
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Final Zine Showcase for my RHE 306 students! They made zines about digital wellness for fellow students and we displayed them in a gallery walk installation. I’m so proud of them ✨
Picture of zines hanging from clothes pins with the focus on a zine titled “Touch Grass.”
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Kevin Adonis Browne Talk @dwrl.bsky.social Tuesday, October 28 at 4:00 p.m.!
Poster with photo of Kevin Adonis Browne
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Data collection begins today! ☀️
Image of blue with text “Thermal Witnessing Journal” and “Testimonio Térmico Diario”
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Woohoo!!! Yay Donnie 🎉🥳
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Maddie Bruegger @maddiebrueggs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hi! I’m finally here! Taught my niece how to say the word “magic” this weekend. It’s true, we need it. Some words: always, always for you. ❤️
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