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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations! I very much look forward to getting my copy!

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 1d

It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...

Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh, I'm sorry.

Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 2d

HCWs are not exactly happy people. Med students, interns, nursing students, and residents are susceptible to mental health crises. (Thankfully, there's growing awareness and more resources in med schools for them.) students-residents.aamc.org/attending-me...

Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being

Resources and articles from student service providers, faculty, staff, and current medical students on maintaining well-being during medical school.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 3d

35 years ago today, Congress passed H.R. 2372, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, providing limited, one-time payments of $50,000-$100,000 to some people sickened by atmospheric nuclear testing in Nevada from 1951-62, or mining, milling, or transporting uranium ore. www.justice.gov/civil/reca

A screenshot of the linked Department of Justice page for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 3d

Men complain about loneliness but have they even tried serving us boozy cheese sauce in the parlor with one of these babies?

We used to be a proper country.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 3d

Pouring on the rarebit in DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906), live action adaptation of the Winsor McCay comic.

The chafing dish cheese sauce was wildly popular but director Edwin S Porter's decision to feature multiple beer bottles in shot gives added context to our hero's bizarre dreams.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Country of Baseball ~ World of Words @pulpephemera.bsky.social · 6d

Beisbol ex-voto reminiscent of Roseboro incident.
Does this ref. a known game incident??
(I searched the named players but came up short; also, it's from 2020 or prior.)
@sabrpictorial.bsky.social
@bballhist.bsky.social
@ckamka.bsky.social
@adarowski.bsky.social
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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 6d

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 6d

A lot of the problems people write in about for my work advice column could be solved by a union.
This week it's someone being forced to do night shifts. I'm not saying call in sick when you're not, but I'm not ~not~ saying that. slate.com/advice/2025/... on @slate.com

My Job Has Made Me Promises They Won’t Keep. Now They’re Really Just Taking Advantage of Me.

I can't keep doing this.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 7d

A tremendous loss and forever an inspiration...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 7d

❤️

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 8d

Deadline approaching! Are you organising a #histmed conference or workshop in 2026? Applications for SSHM Conference funding awards close 1 October.
sshm.org/conference-f...

Conference Funding

The Society for the Social History of Medicine awards financial assistance for conferences and workshops on the history of medicine. Applicants should note that grants are not retrospectively awar…

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 9d

We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October!

niche-canada.org/2025/09/29/c...

#urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum

Call for Proposals - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Urban and Environmental Dialogues will explore how the environment-at-large and the urban built environment have shaped one another throughout history.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 11d

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

niche-canada.org/2025/09/27/a...

#envhist

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History

The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 11d

She's so great! ❤️

Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 11d

Oh yay! Salúdale a Amelie Kiddle de parte de mí! They have an excellent group of Latin Americanists there. Have a great time, Raul!

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 12d

apnews.com/article/neth...

The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a renowned collection.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 13d

This is not without historical precedent!
Henry Ward was a US meteorite hunter (among other things) who salivated at the thought of confiscating Mexican meteorites in the early 20th.

The Continent @thecontinent.org · 14d

For one Libyan shepherd, finding a meteorite provided a welcome boost to his finances. But the unregulated trade in these cosmic objects is causing disquiet.

The meteoric rise in ‘space stone’ smuggling

For one shepherd, finding a meteorite provided a welcome boost to his finances. But the unregulated trade in these cosmic objects is causing disquiet.

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 14d

I feel like @zugenia.bsky.social should be tagged here. Lol!

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Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social · 14d

So good. Many congratulations, Pedro!

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 15d

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 14d

Both radioactive green sklodowskite & jet black phantom mannardite looking like a welter of spiders in glass look ready for spooky season.

Both are named for scientists
(Marie Skłodowdka-Curie & Dr. George William Mannard, Canadian exploration geologist for whom my Dad worked). 🤔

#MinCup25

My linocut print of Marie Curie in teal, holding glassware with radiating straight arrows and wiggly lines (to represent particles and photons respectively) in glow in the dark ink

Mannardite & Ankangite with Celsian in Quartz 10.80 ct via a https://gemologicalcollections.com/product/mannardite-ankangite-with-celsian-in-quartz-10-80-ct-fancy-cut-17-19-x-12-50-x-8-19-mm-y1020/

Looks like a fine haired black pompom in a drop of glass.

Cuprosklodowskite
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (Locality at mindat.org)
WOW. This small but pristine, 3-D spray is simply the best quality you could imagine, and so metallic in lustre it almost glows! Xls to 1 cm protected in a malachite vug. Ex. Gilbert Gauthier 3.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Via Wikipedia

(Spiky light green crystal like a sea urchin inside the emerald green rock)

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 15d

Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling

Meet the Scientist Using Indigenous Storytelling to Save Lives

Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling

www.scientificamerican.com

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