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William M. Cavert

@williamcavert.bsky.social
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Historian of Britain, its animals, pollution, energy, climate, nature, and people. Author of The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City. Living in St Paul, MN.

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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are multiple ways the conversation can go when a scholar is asked how their discipline teaches skills needed for the job market. Leaning towards:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Vulpine archer intervenes in Angevin tax policy.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There's a prominent local race where a high school classmate is running for a seat currently held by another high school classmate's spouse.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Lady Dame Claire Balding, horse expert and underrated finisher.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
actual bumper sticker I see all the time on a car in my neighborhood:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
and before St Anthony Falls (downtown Mpls) was turned into an organic machine it was really stunning:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
As McNeill put it in Something New Under the Sun, sustaining recent growth for a long time would produce some implausible outcomes:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Anymore." This is bad history, a false premise. One of its key cases is Berg, from a "blue" district in MN. But that district is suburban/rural, recently held (narrowly) by moderate Angie Craig who's always connected climate to "pocketbook issues." In 2020 she ran *against* the Green New Deal.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about [thing I lie about constantly]."
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Good idea, put your face on thing that people can permanently deface and then put back into circulation.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I genuinely think this might be the single stupidest statement in the history of the American presidency. The idea that you'd ask an enemy during wartime not to defend themself, and threaten the destruction you've already promised, and also undermine the premise of your own request.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ESPN with the rarely-seen triple passive voice: "unrest," "confrontation with federal officers," "ended in a man being shot."
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Manufacturing consent
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone,
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Like that time when people like AOC and Ilhan criticized Biden over certain policies for years, and Trump "hugged" them by sending his people to attack them in their own offices.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Not sure if this even counts as food, but:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
They already did.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
NYT taking a hard stance against eclipses.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
So helpful.
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
They were making fun of colleges that use stock images of people of color to make it seem that they are more diverse than they are. On the university website, directly below the guy directing this little chat, is this:
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
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