jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Environmental writer series at UMD, College Park this fall!! We hope to see you there! 020
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Dear academics, can we abolish conferences and invest in smaller, regional colloquiums and workshops? We can use all the money saved to invest in so many critical causes/orgs related to our collective scholarship. I think we can act with more direct action and urgency. 1141
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our Plant Perspectives special issue on "Global more-than-human histories of palms" is out! Immense gratitude to my co-editors Sophie Chao and Pilar Egüez Guevara for their time, trust, and brilliance!! www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index 1169
Reposted by jayson m porterPepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026love how beautiful this looks on print! thankful for the editors, & most importantly always thankful for Jayson — the friendship, the shared space, for nerding out over soil & plants together 🫂🤗 here’s to more Southeast Asia x Latin America collaboration 🥂 131
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m excited to finally see this collaboration with @postcolsandwich.bsky.social in print in this Plant Humanities volume! We researched and wrote our dissertations together, and we’re sharing space with writers I admire like Sumana Roy, Judith Carney, Romita Ray, Gary Paul Nahban, and Yota Batsaki. 062
Reposted by jayson m porterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262589025
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m teaching global environmental history and I’d love my students to read something on olive trees in Palestine. Do you have favorite articles on this topic? 241
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Grateful to be back in Mississippi for this! 030
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I didn’t know that sorrel (hibiscus) leaves taste so good. 120
Reposted by jayson m porterDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The Greenhouse #envhum book talks start up again this month! Episode 199: Sara Pritchard @sarabpritchard.bsky.social on Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution (@uwapress.uw.edu, 2026), Monday 24 August 2026, 4pm Central European / 10am Eastern. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... 24223
Reposted by jayson m porterRachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The newest issue of 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (@globalenvironment.bsky.social) is guest edited by PhD candidate Lijuan Klassen & RCC Director Christof Mauch! It brings an environmental humanities perspective to planetary health: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/current #envhist #envhum 0105
Reposted by jayson m porterKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Last night, the Supreme Court ruled that the VRA cannot protect even against *intentionally* discriminatory voting policies When we say there is no federal statute remaining the enforce the 15th Amendment, this is what we mean 4937371149
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t realize that most gums are made from plastics and aren’t biodegradable. 000
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026“In Nicaragua, señores, the mouse catches the cat.” Sandinista corrido from the 1920s. Source: Gregorio Selser (1981) 010
Reposted by jayson m porterKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Moving 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...blanphear.substack.comHow Rosner and Markowitz Revealed the Hidden Architecture of DiseaseHow two historians helped reveal the industrial origins of modern disease 18533
Reposted by jayson m porterElaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I infamously hate conferences (surely there must be a better way), but man HSS / ESHS is going to be fun this year. EVERYONE is going. Summer in Edinburgh. So much plant stuff (too much plant stuff). Reminder that early bird registration ends today! #histSTM #hss2026 #eshs2026 092
Reposted by jayson m porterThe 51st @51st.news · 27/05/2026NEW: How are you getting involved around the city this week? @colleengrablick.bsky.social's picks include a performance by the Ratical Left, a community museum reopening, and more.51st.news11 ways to get involved in D.C. this weekA performance by the Ratical Left, a community museum reopening, and more. 054
Reposted by jayson m porterPossibly @askpossibly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026When you go to the pharmacy you probably walk away with your medication in one hand, and a lengthy receipt in the other. What should you do with that receipt? This week we explain why the paper that receipts are printed on can add a lot of complications for recycling, and for your health.oceanstatemedia.orgCan you recycle receipts?This week on Possibly we explain why the paper that receipts are printed on can add a lot of complications, for recycling, and for your health too 032
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The CEDAR Gallery is now open @UofMaryland and stands for Centering Ecologies, Diasporas and Ancestral Roots. It’s a permanent environmental micro art gallery designed to support high school and university students through climate anxiety and eco-grief. 191
Reposted by jayson m porterSara Pritchard @sarabpritchard.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Prof Porter is amazing 🔥🌈🌱 131
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Grateful to Dean Shonekan for coming to our grand opening today to cut the green ribbon. The CEDAR Gallery to support students through climate anxiety and eco-grief is officially open! Shout out to our incredible student environmental justice organization, 17 for Peace and Justice. 041
Reposted by jayson m porterFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/05/2026BREAKING: Activists have shut down multiple intersections throughout downtown Washington DC in opposition to Trump's attacks on workers, DC Home Rule, climate, and international peace. The actions kick off #MayDay events across the country. 512594914
Reposted by jayson m porterDr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Here is the review for When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy, by botanist Beronda L. Montgomery! 🧪 #ScienceBooks #BookReview #BlackHistory #Botany bsky.app/profile/mars... 2184
Reposted by jayson m porterMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 23/04/202685 cities now have May Day strikes next week. As more unions & groups like Indivisible support them, the list is growing paydayreport.com/map-65-citie...paydayreport.comMAP: 85 Cities Hosting May Day General Strikes & GrowingAt least 65 cities and hundreds of unions are hosting May Day General Strike events & the list is growing 3291140
Reposted by jayson m porterJ.T. Roane @jtroane.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Sabotage and the Black Girl Commons —My latest essay is live and open. There’s a small glitch with one misattributed citation, which I’ll get them to fix. Shout out to Sarah Haley, whose work is a primary inspiration. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSabotage and the Black Girl Commons - J.T. Roane, 2026Racist regionalism and the disparagement of migrants compounded with gender and minor status related to age to articulate ‘negro girl’ as a category included pa... 153
Reposted by jayson m porterPlaces Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back:placesjournal.orgThe Disappearance of the Public BenchBenches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest. 401876689
Reposted by jayson m porterThe White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We're pleased to note that Björn Billing's recent article in 'Environment and History', "Visualising Icebergs: Early Modern Depictions, ca 1570–1770", is now available #openaccess: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #icebergsdoi.org 02012
Reposted by jayson m porterInstitute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Thank you to everyone who joined us for our screening and discussion of "Without Shade, Without Rest" earlier this week! Read The Brown Daily Herald's coverage ⤵️ @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @climatesollab.bsky.social @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social @working-films.bsky.socialbrowndailyherald.com‘Without Shade, Without Rest’ highlights agricultural workers’ advocacyThe film and following discussion centered around the fight for heat protection for Florida’s outdoor workers. 052
Reposted by jayson m porterNPR @npr.org · 21/04/2026A man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people, authorities said. n.pr/4comA0Qn.prGunman shoots several tourists at historic pyramids in MexicoA man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people, authorities said. 2221076
Reposted by jayson m porterDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Two CFPs for workshops focused on women in natural history collections: Women, Marine Science and Algae Collections: Framing Nineteenth-Century Marine Herbaria, 8 Oct, Paris Female Networks of Knowledge: Natural History between Private and Public Spaces, 19-20 Nov, Vienna womnh.hypotheses.org/cfp 072
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Check out my partner’s latest essay on finding the perfect latte. This is where her foodie and food-writing journey all began!! substack.com/@theraveeepl...substack.comA Latte Was My Gateway DrugAn Amuse-Bouche, if You Will. 020
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I’m new to this shit, y’all. I wasn’t trained how to teach college students about what the U.S. govt did in Central America during the Cold War. Students came in critical, but how can you ever truly prepare to learn all of what the U.S. government has done to people everywhere? 130
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I’m excited to go to Boston this week for a symposium on Monocultures at Tufts University. We mustn’t forget that there are more plantations today than ever before, and they continue to harm, people, places, and our planet. 0102
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Writing letters of recommendation and mentoring students in college is demanding and hidden labor, but one of my favorite students is a Truman Scholar as of today and forever, so I’m feeling a little differently about writing letters today (but probably not forever). 091
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I wish we lived in a world where we knew as much as much about the Congolese Rainforests as we do the Amazon Rainforests. 040
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I have to teach a 200-level global environmental history lecture course in the fall, and I’m honestly pretty nervous about it. What articles or readings have you taught or would teach in a global environmental history class? 224
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Check out our Black and Indigenous Eco-Micro Gallery to support students through climate anxiety and other environmental concerns. Please follow us on IG @cedargalleryumd for more updates on our student-led initiatives. 140
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I’m heading to Tokyo in July. Are there any environmental historians or environmental humanities scholars who want to connect? 000
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026What’s the role of history—historical archives and historical thinking—in the formation of environmental justice movements in the past and today? 121
Reposted by jayson m porterKate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10/04/2026It was my honor to guide a climate anxiety workshop in this space with the skilled & dedicated students of 17 for Peace & Justice. It is beautiful, welcoming, created & maintained with intention. Spaces where structurally beleaguered people can just *be* are rare & precious & worth tending. 382
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Our Black and Indigenous art gallery to support students through climate and eco anxiety is almost ready for its grand opening on May 1st, but student orgs are already using the space!! Check us out at the CEDAR Gallery history.umd.edu/cedar-gallery 081
jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I’m a Black environmental writer and historian of Mexico and the Americas, and I just started a Substack! Check me out there @roguechieftan 021
Reposted by jayson m porterLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I have followed @attackerman.bsky.social's hard-hitting War on Terror journalism for almost 2 decades. But the tenderness of this piece of reporting on Gaza's hospitals is both beautiful and heart-breaking. 012648
Reposted by jayson m porterNisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Two French companies that process gum arabic are fueling the war in Sudan. See film below. Sudan produces 80% of the world's gum arabic used to produce candy, soft drinks, cosmetics etc...it's the one Sudanese product that was never placed under Euro-American sanctions. 3ayin.com/en/gum-arabi...3ayin.comThe global food industry is funding the war in Sudan – Ayin network – شبكة عاين 114099
Reposted by jayson m porterMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026After two days on strike, nearly 1,000 faculty at NYU won huge concessions from the university. Everyone in the CFU-UAW union will now get a raise of at least $14,000. The deal also includes 3.5% raises each year of the contract, better job security, and more. 4800174
Reposted by jayson m porterFemi and the Foundation @femiandfoundation.bsky.social · 26/03/2026bass player going nuts all 3 minutes. whew 011323
Reposted by jayson m porterInstitute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Hundreds of Brown community members came together for Climate Week 2026, transforming lecture halls and auditoriums into forums for exchange. Topics ranged from student career aspirations to sustainable finance, and from environmental justice to decarbonization strategies. Read the full recap:ibes.brown.eduBrown’s first Climate Week, led by IBES, sparks campus-wide climate conversationsWhat does it take to confront the climate crisis, and where do we all fit in? This March, Brown students, faculty, staff, and community members came together across the campus to explore a wide range ... 042
Reposted by jayson m porterDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Thanks to the collective support of Lyrasis OACIP, the newest issue of Environmental Humanities—volume 18, issue 1—has just been published and continues to be available to read in its entirety at no cost: buff.ly/yJAtVKZ @wearelyrasis.bsky.social 1104