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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There should be a prize: For the third time in a row my AHA panel is on the last day of the conference. @historians.org #bingotime

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Well, it is apropos of something. What a waste of time. But I fear calling would have been worse...

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, I am curious if anyone has studied if bot are actually useful in solving people's questions for customer service. Every time I chat with one I end up with an agent. I feels that companies are saving money and I am wasting my time.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 03/09/2026

feeling unexpectedly emotional as we visit saerbeck, a town of just 7200 in central germany that formed a climate municipality. they produce 4.5x the electricity they need, and have developed a whole array of climate solutions. one of them? a climate action curriculum that starts in kindergarten.

lady presenting about saerbecks climate curriculum

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Shannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

JOB!! 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/...

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Numbers update: The history class I’m about to teach this semester has a 10% larger enrollment and university tuition is also 10% higher than two years ago. My class will generate about $160,000 of revenue for the university. My pay will be under $7K or approximately 4%. Humanities fund uni sport

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm a committee member of an award for educators. It is so inspiring and joyful to read what wonderful work fellow teachers do to make a difference in students' lives and serve the profession. 🫶🏼 Here's a toast to educators as classes begin this month across the country 🥂 #Teaching

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps

kings.cam.ac.uk

Current research opportunities

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A propos of nothing, I give all my Latin American History students a map quiz on the first day of class. If your "intern" doesn't know the countries in a continent, may I suggest hiring more folks from the humanities? #mapfail

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"The universe is brought back from the brink of destruction every time you smile" 🎶

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/07/2026

The Trump admin continues to attack whatever they deem as “woke” with no basis, suppressing those who are most vulnerable. This rule change would attack research on black maternal health, LGBTQ+ health, and much more. Fight back by leaving your public comment here: zurl.co/OcDQM zurl.co/DrBw8

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Provision buried in controversial U.S. rule change would help people legally challenge ‘woke’ federal research

White House asserts expanded authority to prosecute any wasteful spending “in the national interest”

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Wordle 1,836 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Connections Puzzle #1111 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Personally, I feel attacked by Deresiewicz's assumption that good research does not lead to "serious" teaching. It take my job as scholar and as a teacher pretty seriously. And I most in my community do.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

What a ridiculous clickbait. Research matters in all areas of expertise. The Liberal Arts makes us better citizens of the world, better teachers, and better thinkers. It directly impacts "serious" teaching.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I join others in trying to wrap my head around the sudden passing of Dr. Raúl Pacheco Vega. Like many others, I only knew him online and more than once I head over to his blog to get unstuck in my writing. He was going to go #LASA2026 but couldn't last minute.

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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Introducing 250 to 250: A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I love it that #LASA2026 just now told us to bring HDMI cables and adapters, when many of us have already left for Paris. #CanIBorrowYourHDMI ?

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Imagine if the splashdown would have been narrated in Spanish like a soccer match.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Those videos of the gents who slashed through the NEH, wielding only a vaporous understanding of a questionable Executive Order? Thanks to @historians.org, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, and @acls1919.bsky.social for bringing the lawsuit that produced this material in discovery. Read (much) more ⬇️

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2026

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/01/2026

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)... • about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between January and March by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If you see at the #AHA26, say hi! I am very distracted. Tomorrow: @clahistorians.bsky.social Borderlands Section 8:30am 🌅 Sunday: Panel on environment and infrastructure in Latin America #EnvHist #LatamHist

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I had the pleasure of reading Changes in the Landscape edited by Jennifer French to review for @hahr21.bsky.social . Its chapters engaged with #Latam literary production through the lens of #ecocriticism #skytorians #academicsky 🗃️ 🌱 #literarysky read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

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Changes in the Landscape: Humans and Nature in Nineteenth-Century Latin America

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Melissa DeVelvis @melissadevelvis.org · 19/12/2025

Blueskystorians or whatever we call you, I need help. I'm trying to come up with a list of US Military History books for my students to pick one from, but I don't really follow mid to late 20th century military scholarship 😬😬 This is my list please add/rip to shreds? docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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MH booklist

Colonial North America and Revolution Wayne Lee, The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800, 300 pages Vaughn Scribner, Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and ...

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I recently read Liza Grandia study on the use of maize in southern Mexico and northern Guatemala as a form of resisting extractive capitalism.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Maybe @nytimes.com should stop outsourcing proofreading to AI. (Today is Monday, the search did not drag into Tuesday because Tuesday is tomorrow).

Screenshot from NYT reads: "The search for the attacker dragged into the early hours of Tuesday after the authorities said they had released a person of interest who had been detained earlier."

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EASLCE @easlce.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean" International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan. Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025 Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site #envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities

Poster for the seminar, featuring a ocean waves on a blue background.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#HappyFirday #skystorians! Does any one use #Obsidian for taking notes of *archival docs*? I've seen folks use it to organize writing/historiographical notes, but not sure how to use for arch research. For ref, I use #onenote for research, grouping notes by archive. #academicsky #notetaking TIA

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks. You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...

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Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks

Book talks with authors of recent books in environmental humanities, with the authors in discussion with Dolly Jørgensen and Finn Arne Jørgensen, University of Stavanger, Norway. The book talks are he...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The Trump administration had high hopes that its compact would be accepted by every university. Alas, it appears that every university rejected the administration except for its safety school. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

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The Dismal Application Record of the Trump Compact

The Trump administration hoped to get accepted by some prestigious universities. It didn't work out well.

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What a generous review from Magadalena Gil. I appreciate her engagement with my work and the important questions she raises for the period that follows my study. #academicsky 🗃 🌿 #envhist #spatialhistory #latamhist

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Ángeles Picone @mapicone.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I can’t tell you good this is. El Chavo del 8 and its heritage belong in US American TV. More of this! youtu.be/LXKSNb2CdWY?...

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El Chavo Del Ocho (English Version) - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Dept of History, University of Liverpool - Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships Interested candidates should identify a potential mentor in the dept & submit an Expression of Interest by 3 Nov. Come & work with me &/or my colleagues! Details here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... #skystorians 🗃️

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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships application support.

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