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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 12h

Come join us at a fantastic physics department in the great PNW!

The Oregon State University Department of Physics is looking to hire a tenure-track faculty in theoretical/computational condensed matter physics. Full consideration deadline: November 5th, 2025.
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/173...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Physics)

The Department of Physics at Oregon State University (OSU) is seeking an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure/tenure-track faculty position.Any hiri...

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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · 7d

Out Now! "Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels" by Jeffrey T. Manuel and Thomas D. Rogers reveals the transnational nature of ethanol's development by its two biggest producers, the U.S. and Brazil. www.oupress.com/978080619601...

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Sarah Pickman @sarahmpicks.bsky.social · 20h

Very happy to announce the latest In Vivo article in Endeavour from @spacesword.bsky.social! Now available to read open access #polarhistory www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From the South Pole to the stars: Antarctica and outer space

The histories of Antarctica and outer space share relational trajectories. In our modern era of increasing commercialisation of space and discussion o…

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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 20h

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out Edward Gillin (@ucl.ac.uk)’s review of @richardtaws.bsky.social (@uclhistoryofart.bsky.social)’s book _Time Machines: Telegraphic Images in Nineteenth-Century France_, pub 2025 @mitpress.bsky.social

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · 1d

SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Check out Matthew Booker's review of James Michael Buckley's "City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry," published in 2024 by @utexaspress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

This book is free online:
www.gutenberg.org/files/5199/5...

The Project Gutenberg eBook of South, by Sir Ernest Shackleton

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

both the Ross Sea Party deaths AND the amputations are in pretty much every reliable historical account of the expedition, including Shackleton's own book "South". For instance: "Blackborrow, whose toes were so badly frost-bitten in the boats, had to have all five amputated while on the island."

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Well, Perce Blackbarrow had toes amputated on Elephant Island, while waiting rescue. Also, of course the 3 men died during the Ross Sea Party. But this new research of course suggests that Shackleton knew his ship was weak, but took it anyway.

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Check out @egertontrevor.bsky.social's review of Robert E. May's "Debunking the Yule Log Myth: The Disturbing History of a Plantation Legend," published in 2025 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Not every ship trapped in the ice sank; the famous example is the Belgica, which spent the winter trapped in the ice, freed by summer weather/dynamite. The Resolute was trapped and abandoned on the Arctic, then recovered. The Fram was designed to be trapped in the ice intentionally

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Ahem

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Oh there are so many good ones, but I think it would actually have to be this dark horse.
www.smithsonianstore.com/apollo-to-th...

Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects

Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects features striking photographs, gripping graphics, and engaging stories. Fifty key artifacts from the Smithsonian's archives tell the story of NASA's Apollo ...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Hear a brief excerpt of a terrible interview I gave to NPR. Kudos to the journalist for making me sound somewhat cohesive.

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Famed polar exploration ship Endurance not as strong as legend held, researcher says

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher says the ship was ill-equipped for the voyage and Shackleton was aware.

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Rutgers History Department @ruhistorydept.bsky.social · 12d

Check out this Q&A with Rutgers History prof Jack Bouchard about his forthcoming book, “Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World” (@yalepress, 2025) #Rutgers

history.rutgers.edu/news-events/...

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 4d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 4d

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4d

1000 reviews organised! that's an incredible contribution to the field.

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 5d

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

A new museum dedicated to the life of Anglo-Irish Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton has opened in his native Kildare.

Among the features at the Shackleton Experience is the actual cabin in which he died in 1922.

http://jrnl.ie/6840929

New museum dedicated to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Co Kildare

The museum dedicated to Shackleton’s adventures is located in Athy Town Hall.

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 4d

New article just published from the ‘Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation’ project. Charlie lays out in brilliant (and often depressing) depth how the complex forces of psychiatry and religion shaped the responses to male homosexuality in the decades after WWII.

Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 4d

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.”

My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Check out Patrick Meehan's review of Annette Kehnel's "The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability,' published in 2024 by Brandeis University Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #sustainablity #envhum
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 5d

@ashrouten.com probably knows someone

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Environment and History, White Horse Press @eandhwhp.bsky.social · 5d

Issue 31.4 of Environment and History is out now! This special issue entitled "Dam Scientists: The limits of scientific knowledge and environmentalism" features 6 research articles, 2 snapshots, and 3 book reviews. Read online here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31... #envhist🗃️

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