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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · 2d

Porque temos um país que arde todos os anos?
No número de outubro da edição portuguesa do Le Monde Diplomatique, o @fredericoagoas.bsky.social, o Miguel Carmo e eu tentamos responder a esta questão examinando a história e as políticas de florestas e fogos em Portugal.
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História e política dos grandes incêndios em Portugal

por Frederico Ágoas, Miguel Carmo & José Ferreira (Le Monde Diplomatique - Edição Portuguesa, Outubro 2025)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

Great column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

(gift link)

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11d

‘Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather than a problem of desire. The deepfakes are fascistic dream machines.’

@clairelwilmot.bsky.social on the far-right deepfakes proliferating online:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 13d

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"

by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*

Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t

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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · 16d

E acho que PPM também...

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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · 29d

📖🔥After another fiery summer in Portugal, our latest article presents a brief overview of the long transition from a rural economy based on the extensive use of fire to a forested landscape that is regularly devastated by large wildfires.

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Roças and queimadas: Changing Landscapes of Fire in Twentieth-Century Portugal

In 1966, historian Albert Silbert highlighted the longstanding importance of fire in the traditional Portuguese rural economy, at a time when such practices were being erased from the landscape.

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Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist @michaelgvann.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was crazy to write about #Indonesia as the situation kept escalating from hour to hour jacobin.com/2025/09/indo...

The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy

The Indonesian president, Prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship. But he’s been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a yo...

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Práticas da História @pdh-journal.bsky.social · Sep 1

⏰Don't forget our ongoing call for papers for the special issue "Radical Histories, Distorted Pasts: The Far Right and the Political Instrumentalisation of History"!
Proposals (up to 500 words) until 17 September.

Práticas da História @pdh-journal.bsky.social · Jul 25

✍️We have an open #CallForPapers for our special issue "Radical Histories, Distorted Pasts: The Far Right and the Political Instrumentalisation of History"
Send your proposals (up to 500 words) until 17 September 2025, via the journal’s website.
More: bit.ly/40XpweP

#OpenAccess #UsesOfThePast

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · Aug 23

“Anyone can get their phone out, but I had tasted the meaning of joie de vivre.”
A beautiful defense of language learning.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 23

'The west is unusual. Most people in the world are bilingual or multilingual. Many of them learn more than one tongue from birth.'

And a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/45VI8gW

Why learn French when your phone can do it for you?

Learning a foreign language is hard, using AI is easy . . . but Henry Mance thinks the rewards are worth the effort

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · Aug 21

I once read a source in which a British captain, after the anguish cries of a FOUR YEAR OLD enslaved girl bothered him so much on the voyage, went below deck and stabbed her to death just for quiet.

If you’re not familiar with the primary sources, it’s difficult to comprehend how bad it was.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · Aug 19

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

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Inês @mirlrim.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ler livros é um esquema em pirâmide. A pessoa lê livros, que lhe fazem ter vontade de ler outros livros num ciclo perpétuo em que a lista de livros para ler está constantemente a aumentar.

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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔥O projeto FIREUSES divulga 3 entrevistas em torno do estudo do fogo em Portugal. As entrevistas com a geógrafa Raquel Soeiro de Brito, com o engenheiro silvicultor João Filipe Bugalho e com o engenheiro agrónomo João Castro Caldas contaram com a colaboração da produtora TERRATREME.
rb.gy/ljvuck

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Vicente Ferreira @vicenteferreira.bsky.social · Jun 16

O programa do Governo conhecido este fim de semana traz várias novidades, mas há opções que se mantêm. Enquanto se acena com a descida dos impostos, a obsessão com os excedentes orçamentais continua a travar o investimento necessário em várias áreas 🧵

Que vida para além das contas certas?

Enquanto se acena com a descida dos impostos, a obsessão com os excedentes orçamentais continua a travar o investimento necessário em várias áreas.

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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · May 30

📖 In History of Science, Inês Gomes and @fredericoagoas.bsky.social examine ‘the intersection of environmental history and the history of science, specifically the impact of forestry science and fire management on land use and community dynamics’.
#FIREUSES
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Fire management and community restraint: The rise of forestry science and the governance of commons - Inês Gomes, Frederico Ágoas, 2025

This paper examines the intersection of environmental history and the history of science, specifically the impact of forestry science and fire management on lan...

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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · May 26

🖥 O colóquio “50 Anos de Dipanda. A imprensa africana e a democracia”, que decorrerá em Luanda entre 28 e 30 de Maio, vai ter transmissão online. podem encontrar o link Zoom no nosso site.
ℹ️ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/50-an...

Imagem ilustrativa do primeiro colóquio internacional do GEIEIPC-IP em Luanda, com o título “50 Anos de Dipanda. A imprensa africana e a democracia”. Luanda, Angola, 28 a 30 de Maio de 2025. O fundo da imagem é uma colagem de excertos de imprensa africana onde algumas expressões se destacam, como “11 de Novembro, primeiro dia de uma nação livre”, “Anti-colonial”, “guerrilheiro” ou “Moçambique independente”. https://coloquiodipanda.weebly.com/

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · May 21

Shout this, by @casmudde.bsky.social, from the rooftops. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde

There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · May 19

The final, grim confluence of Marxism and rightwing populism will be the understanding that "real" jobs are dirty, nasty ones that people wish they could leave, and only "elites" have work they might possibly enjoy, or gain satisfaction from.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · May 19

similarly, in the US there are *far* more people working in museums than in coal mining. there are some industries that have salience as 'working people' and 'hearts of the community' (often after decades of intentional managed decline) and some that do not.

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · May 19

A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.

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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · May 15

✍️ @pdh-journal.bsky.social has a permanent call for papers. It is an #OpenAccess jounal indexed in #Scopus. It accepts proposals for articles, bibliographical essays, interviews, critical reviews, issues, and thematic dossiers; in Portuguese, English, Spanish or French.
👉 praticasdahistoria.pt

Illustrative image of the permanent call for papers of Práticas da História. It consists mostly of a photo collage of covers of the latest issues of the journal.

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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · May 14

📖🔓My latest article has just been published in the Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi!
It tries to examine the links between politics and agriculture in the 'Age of Revolutions', through the case of the Goan liberal Bernardo Peres da Silva.
www.annalsfondazioneluigieinaudi.it/browse/the-p...

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Courrier international @courrierinter.bsky.social · May 4

🇵🇹 🌳 🔥 Sous la dictature d’António Salazar, les politiques de boisement ainsi que l’interdiction de diverses techniques de brûlage effectuées par les paysans ont contribué à faire du Portugal une véritable “poudrière incendiaire”, affirme le magazine Visão.

Les feux de forêt, un héritage de la dictature de Salazar au Portugal

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IHC @ihchistory.bsky.social · May 6

📖 The journal Geographies published a paper by a group of members of the #FIREUSES project on "Pyrostories", ie, Portuguese literary texts in which fire is explicitly included in the narrative.
#LiterayLandscapes #Wildfires
🔓 #OpenAccess: www.mdpi.com/2673-7086/4/...

Header of the paper “Pyrostories: New Historical Insights into Portuguese Burning Landscapes”, published in the journal Geographies. Authors: Ana Isabel Queiroz, Frederico Ágoas, Joana Abranches Portela, Joana Sousa e Miguel Carmo. Abstract: “This paper examines Portuguese literary texts in which fire is explicitly included in the narrative. These texts include descriptions of various occurrences and uses of fire and their intertwined social and ecological effects. They shed light on the origins, actors, practices, and impacts of fire, and they reveal past perceptions of fire, namely the role fire played in social processes and in the making of landscapes. It becomes evident that in literary texts, fire is not merely a physical element but also a powerful symbolic force of life, death, and transformation. Furthermore, the literary landscapes of different regions describe fire in distinct ways, reflecting particular geographical, social, and political contexts.” Keywords: fires; literary landscapes; ruralities; cultural geography; modern history; Portugal.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · May 4

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · May 4

In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.

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Práticas da História @pdh-journal.bsky.social · May 3

We're are pleased to announce that Mary Lorena Kenny's article, “Irreconcilable differences? A reckoning with Confederado History in Brazil”, published in #PdH16 received the BRASA Best Article Prize in Social Sciences!

Congratulations Mary!
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Cécile Fromont @cecilefromont.bsky.social · Apr 24

When politics is moving fast but you already printed the forms… #administration #earlymodern #revolution

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José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social · Apr 25

FIREUSES na imprensa! 🔥

observador.pt/2025/04/24/i...

Incêndios. Projeto investigou práticas "primitivas" que podem ajudar no combate aos fogos

Investigadores apontaram que as tentativas de restrição do fogo falharam, uma vez que os incêndios rurais se tornaram "mais comuns e destrutivos". Anteriormente, o fogo fazia parte do quotidiano.

observador.pt

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