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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooh! Ready!

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 7d

Hear hear!

Elsabe Brits @elsabebrits.bsky.social · 7d

www.nature.com/articles/d44... @heriuct.bsky.social @heriuct.bsky.social @wildpasts.bsky.social

Gentle witness, fierce advocate: remembering Jane Goodall

Her studies in Tanzania reshaped primatology and how we view ourselves, while her advocacy connected animal behaviour, culture, and conservation.

www.nature.com

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Elsabe Brits @elsabebrits.bsky.social · 7d

www.nature.com/articles/d44... @heriuct.bsky.social @heriuct.bsky.social @wildpasts.bsky.social

Gentle witness, fierce advocate: remembering Jane Goodall

Her studies in Tanzania reshaped primatology and how we view ourselves, while her advocacy connected animal behaviour, culture, and conservation.

www.nature.com

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 11d

Strongly support this!

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Animal History Group @animalhistories.bsky.social · 15d

Announcing the new Animal History Group seminar series for the 2025-26 academic year! - All seminars held online at 8pm UK time. 🎉 The details are here: animalhistorygroup.org/seminar-seri...
And here is a list for your calendar! 🧵💚

Seminar Series

Term One Our Seminar Series is back for 2025/2026. Seminars will be held at 8pm (GMT). Please sign up using the links below. Joining information will be sent shortly before the event. 15 October 20…

animalhistorygroup.org

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 23d

How did you cite it tho?

• “A useful contribution, if only to illustrate the persistence of this dangerous misconception.”

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · 25d

I made this exact expression when you said that

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Tanja Riekkinen @tanjariekkinen.bsky.social · 27d

Call for Applications

The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.

Please find the more detailed call text attached.

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 28d

Are you following our Early-Career-Scholar network, ESEH NextGate? They organize events and support young scholars. Follow here: @esehnextgate.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 10

Brave Poles. Impressive.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 7

Committee: So Sandra, tell us your five year plan?

Me:

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 6

I appreciate this more than you can know.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 6

I pathetically tried to interest fellow shoppers in my excellent joke. They were very polite but they didn’t ROFL. They didn’t even L.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 6

Aisle of Cthulhu.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just between us, my first instinct was “ooooh *someone* read my books!” Then I had better second instincts, of course.

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 6

I had 7 articles in here. Search at the link and if you're in there, file at www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

If you've published open access, be mindful that depending on license some of this might be fair use.

Who knows what comes out but might as well try.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 6

I had 7 articles in here. Search at the link and if you're in there, file at www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

If you've published open access, be mindful that depending on license some of this might be fair use.

Who knows what comes out but might as well try.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is the most helpful visual guide to social media I’ve ever seen

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s also not into material possessions.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Sep 4

Inspired by the quiet resistance of this room. #BeUnbookable!

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 23

The magnificent @libbydeq.bsky.social put Anthropocene scientists and historians together to see what would happen! The experiment was a success.

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hee hee.

Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · Aug 18

Snapshots from @wildpasts.bsky.social's presentation. Taxonomy now includes academic species Reviewer Two and Panelis Parallelus

#eseh2025
#envhist

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 23

Sigh

Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · Aug 18

Snapshots from @wildpasts.bsky.social's presentation. Taxonomy now includes academic species Reviewer Two and Panelis Parallelus

#eseh2025
#envhist

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 18

See you soon!

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ooooh!

Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hurry up both of you! I’m here …

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 17

Oh my gods. I love this.

Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 17

Oh my oh my! Monica, that is STUNNING!

Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 17

Dunnit!

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Sandra Swart @wildpasts.bsky.social · Aug 16

The best part of a workshop on failure is that if nobody shows up, it counts as a case study.

ESEHNextGate @esehnextgate.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌟 Join us at #ESEH2025 for a special NEXTGATe event!
Failure Session: Monday 15:30, Humanities Theatre.
We reflect on our academic journeys with the wonderful Sasha Gora, @wildpasts.bsky.social & @robgioielli.bsky.social

Failure happens: what we do with it matters 🌿

#envhist
@eseh.bsky.social

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