Kerri Arsenault
@kerriarsenault.bsky.social
Author MILL TOWN; Edit @g-ehr.bsky.social; Teach @storytellingstudio.bsky.social & @nsota.bsky.social; Write @ WaPo, NYRB, NYT, Globe. In France & Maine. working on a biography about ordinary men https://www.kerri-arsenault.com
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Great get by @jasonleopold.bsky.social
Article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New documents via #FOIA: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
Article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New documents via #FOIA: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great get by @jasonleopold.bsky.social
Article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New documents via #FOIA: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
Article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New documents via #FOIA: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
History of science book awards
Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science.
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
History of science book awards
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@senangusking.bsky.social voted Yes for Rubio, yet another time Angus King voted to help aid support Republican fascist regime #Maine #Mepolitics
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@senangusking.bsky.social voted Yes for Rubio, yet another time Angus King voted to help aid support Republican fascist regime #Maine #Mepolitics
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What's your family's holiday tradition?
For a story for the Portland (ME) Press Herald I'd love to talk to Mainers whose family has or had unique or even slightly wacky Christmas or holiday season traditions.
If you'd like to share yours in the story, please email me at [email protected]
For a story for the Portland (ME) Press Herald I'd love to talk to Mainers whose family has or had unique or even slightly wacky Christmas or holiday season traditions.
If you'd like to share yours in the story, please email me at [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What's your family's holiday tradition?
For a story for the Portland (ME) Press Herald I'd love to talk to Mainers whose family has or had unique or even slightly wacky Christmas or holiday season traditions.
If you'd like to share yours in the story, please email me at [email protected]
For a story for the Portland (ME) Press Herald I'd love to talk to Mainers whose family has or had unique or even slightly wacky Christmas or holiday season traditions.
If you'd like to share yours in the story, please email me at [email protected]
Incredible
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Incredible
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Nominations are due January 15 for the Gould Prize, which recognizes an individual who has advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance. The awardee will present a public lecture at #Evol2026 in Cleveland in June. shorturl.at/jornc
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nominations are due January 15 for the Gould Prize, which recognizes an individual who has advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance. The awardee will present a public lecture at #Evol2026 in Cleveland in June. shorturl.at/jornc
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Jared Kushner is another person who must be prosecuted and jailed if we want to have a functional democracy going forward.
And his money must be taken and used for pro-democracy purposes.
And his money must be taken and used for pro-democracy purposes.
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Jared Kushner is another person who must be prosecuted and jailed if we want to have a functional democracy going forward.
And his money must be taken and used for pro-democracy purposes.
And his money must be taken and used for pro-democracy purposes.
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"We don’t need to be getting our policy insights from a pedophile-adjacent, ethically conflicted nepo baby."
Don’t Let Larry Summers Back Into Polite Society
While Larry Summers’s “association” with Jeffrey Epstein was already known, this newest batch of emails reveals their relationship ran deep.
interc.pt
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Anybody professing surprise at Trump's behavior with Mamdani doesn't understand Trump.
Nothing Trump said yesterday, nor anything he'll say tomorrow, carries any meaning for him.
He exists entirely in the present (as I explained in
@bostonglobe.com in 2016).
web.archive.org/web/20160409...
Nothing Trump said yesterday, nor anything he'll say tomorrow, carries any meaning for him.
He exists entirely in the present (as I explained in
@bostonglobe.com in 2016).
web.archive.org/web/20160409...
Trump is trapped in the moment - The Boston Globe
He disregards the past and promises a future that will never arrive.
web.archive.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Anybody professing surprise at Trump's behavior with Mamdani doesn't understand Trump.
Nothing Trump said yesterday, nor anything he'll say tomorrow, carries any meaning for him.
He exists entirely in the present (as I explained in
@bostonglobe.com in 2016).
web.archive.org/web/20160409...
Nothing Trump said yesterday, nor anything he'll say tomorrow, carries any meaning for him.
He exists entirely in the present (as I explained in
@bostonglobe.com in 2016).
web.archive.org/web/20160409...
Let there be light.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Let there be light.
As it should be! This is such a wonderful book
Huzzah! Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost is a @washingtonpost.com 2025 notable work of fiction! Thanks to @themountaingoats.bsky.social @portersqbooks.bsky.social @bseitz.bsky.social @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social @jamesfolta.com for championing this book from the jump!
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As it should be! This is such a wonderful book
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The newest ethylene plant in the US has had a few problems with pollution and explosions. Not good for ones health.
"When they built it, it was meant for job employment, help boost Beaver County. But instead, it's kind of been more negative than positive, it seems like," Matich said.
"When they built it, it was meant for job employment, help boost Beaver County. But instead, it's kind of been more negative than positive, it seems like," Matich said.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The newest ethylene plant in the US has had a few problems with pollution and explosions. Not good for ones health.
"When they built it, it was meant for job employment, help boost Beaver County. But instead, it's kind of been more negative than positive, it seems like," Matich said.
"When they built it, it was meant for job employment, help boost Beaver County. But instead, it's kind of been more negative than positive, it seems like," Matich said.
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🗓️ #BlackFriday is approaching, and products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals.
🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan.
For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan.
For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🗓️ #BlackFriday is approaching, and products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals.
🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan.
For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan.
For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
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Susan Collins has no plan to fix healthcare. She’s letting the system fall apart—facilities closing, Mainers left behind. Enough.
I’m running to lower costs, protect care, and make quality healthcare a reality for everyone through Medicare for All.
I’m running to lower costs, protect care, and make quality healthcare a reality for everyone through Medicare for All.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Susan Collins has no plan to fix healthcare. She’s letting the system fall apart—facilities closing, Mainers left behind. Enough.
I’m running to lower costs, protect care, and make quality healthcare a reality for everyone through Medicare for All.
I’m running to lower costs, protect care, and make quality healthcare a reality for everyone through Medicare for All.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
One of my fave environmental books of the year just won the National book award ! www.ndbooks.com/book/we-are-...
We are Green Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara | New Directions Books
Lyrical and swashbuckling, tender and surreal,Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s new novel finds glimmers of hope for the future in the brutal history of colonial Latin America.
www.ndbooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of my fave environmental books of the year just won the National book award ! www.ndbooks.com/book/we-are-...
Historian friends?
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Historian friends?
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Still time to support @nichecanada.bsky.social in fundraising campaign to continue to do the excellent work they do for the EH community. Any amount helps!
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Still time to support @nichecanada.bsky.social in fundraising campaign to continue to do the excellent work they do for the EH community. Any amount helps!
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Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Cult of death
NEW: Trump’s climate policies could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths by 2115, our analysis found.
“The sheer numbers are horrifying,” a climate advocate said. “These are people with lives, with families, with hopes and dreams.”
“The sheer numbers are horrifying,” a climate advocate said. “These are people with lives, with families, with hopes and dreams.”
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Cult of death
There are other toxics in there equally as dangerous www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landfills across England could be leaking harmful toxic ooze, warn experts
More than 21,000 old sites may be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into land often left as open space
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
There are other toxics in there equally as dangerous www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...