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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24d

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

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Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery @disasterqueer.bsky.social · Jul 14

@usofdisaster.bsky.social at the @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop!

A photo from the front row of a conference room. It shows a panel of speakers with Scott Knowles speaking at the podium.

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Apr 4

Democracy is alive!!

a close up of a korean flag with a red blue and white circle in the middle

ALT: a close up of a korean flag with a red blue and white circle in the middle

media.tenor.com

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congrats!!

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Mar 2

Congrats friend!

Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 26

In case you don't know her work, be sure to catch the Disasterology newsletter by @samlmontano.bsky.social

Disasterology: February 2025

This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).

open.substack.com

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 26

Education for Disaster Justice--open access article available now! Please read, share, and send me feedback--always looking for new Disaster Haggyo ideas!

Education for Disaster Justice - Science & Education

Disasters reveal injustice in society; disasters create new injustices. These two intertwined ideas were the inspiration for an action research project, the first Disaster Haggyo, held across multiple...

link.springer.com

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 26

Buffalo Creek was a foundational event in disaster studies thanks to Kai Erikson's research. If only every disaster had a Kai Erikson we would live in a safer world today.
www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/a...

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 21

Disaster as policy option.

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 19

When we say disasters aren’t natural this . . .

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Feb 18

Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers over the weekend. The cuts, which come in addition to the firing of over 200 last week, target probationary and contract employees.

FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.

Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and prepare for disasters.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Feb 16

Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...

2025 University Faculty Lecture

A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations

www.washington.edu

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 16

That’s very kind of you. I’m going to be doing something quite similar starting in a few weeks.

Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 14

Congrats!

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 14

psst . . . Slow Disaster podcast is coming soon . . .

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 13

please follow or send me an email thanks

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 13

TONIGHT! 7pm eastern time. Join an open forum on Disaster Research & Emergency Management hosted by DRJ.
www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com

It's a chance to talk about shared concerns among disaster researchers+emergency managers. Meeting link available upon request. @samlmontano.bsky.social

Disaster Researchers for Justice

www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 12

email or follow for link thanks

Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 12

email or follow for link thanks

Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 12

email or follow for link thanks

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 12

email me or follow and I can send link

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 12

I can send you the link if you email me or follow.

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 11

Absolutely

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss @repauchincloss.bsky.social · Feb 11

Trump's NIH policy is a $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/b...

‘A $2 billion chainsaw to the Massachusetts economy’: Auchincloss fires back at NIH funding cuts - The Boston Globe

Representative Jake Auchincloss said Monday that he will try building congressional support this week to exert pressure on the National Institutes of Health to halt its new policy associated with rese...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 11

Refused.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨We’ll be having a Disaster Researchers for Justice meeting Thursday to discuss *gestures around*.

Practitioners, journalists, students, and others who do disaster work are also welcome to join.

Message Scott for info. #GreySky

Scott Gabriel Knowles @usofdisaster.bsky.social · Feb 11

Please join:
Open Forum on Emergency Management in America.

Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there.
@samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social

Disaster Researchers for Justice

www.disasterresearchersforjustice.com

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