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Matthew Archer
@matthewarcher.bsky.social
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anthropologist interested in tech and sustainability book! https://nyupress.org/9781479822027/unsustainable/
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · Aug 13
BOOK THREAD

in february, i published my book UNSUSTAINABLE: MEASUREMENT, REPORTING, AND THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY with #NYUPress @capacademicbooks.bsky.social

#greensky #anthrosky #geosky #newbook #sustainability #politicalecology

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Unsustainable
A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainabilityIn recent years, companies have f...
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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 21h
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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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d
Ai companies be like “the price of tulips bulbs will rise ever higher!”
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 1d
“quantum tunneling” alright then
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted to let BlackRock buy Allete, the company that runs Minnesota Power.
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 2d
Today, @lookheron.bsky.social argues that, for higher education, it's been one battle after another: how the neoliberal era laid the groundwork for the recent authoritarian turn.
The Neoliberal Foundation of the Authoritarian Turn in Higher Education
Recent authoritarian attacks on higher education mark a significant shift from the neoliberal era, which celebrated institutional independence from the state, the role of education in boosting worker…
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 2d
"Eat less meat, and more beans, nuts and vegetables — especially if you live in the rich world. The shift could prevent about 15 million premature deaths a year globally and cut farm emissions by 15%."
Eat Less Meat Is Still the Message From Flagship Diet Report
The authors say plant-heavy diets could save millions of lives and cut farm emissions, claims the meat industry has sought to undermine.
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 2d
a classic
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Torkild Hovde Lyngstad @torkildl.bsky.social · 2d
On this topic, the critical reference is Leijunhufvud, A. (1973) "Life among the Econ" in Economic inquiry (frm. Western Economic Journal).
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 2d
Academia turns its eye toward itself

(Source: The art of anthropology: Essays and diagrams / Alfred Gell 1999, edited by Eric Hirsch)
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3d
Highly recommend Melissa Aronczyk's dissection of PR firms as

"the glue joining carbon based industries, media orgs,& economic sectors using coalitions, campaigns & other coordinated processes to question the efficacy of science, news & political institutions engaging climate related issues" ~34:30
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 6d
no i tried to buy tickets a few weeks ago but the link wasn’t working then i forgot about it! next time definitely!
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 6d
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6d
Dr. Jane Goodall, who will be remembered as an advocate for animals and a renowned chimpanzee researcher, died due to natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced.
nbcnews.to/48bAFgj
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 7d
spooky season
a small black dog with tan paws wearing a black cape lined with red satin. the collar of the cape is standing up dramatically
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Evangelia Adamou 🦋 @evangelia.bsky.social · 7d
“Indigenous teenager teaches Paakantyi language to teachers at Menindee school” 👏🏼

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Teenage student becomes Indigenous language teacher at outback NSW school
Jaz Fusi has been passionate about learning Paakantyi language for most of her life. Now, she teaches it to her local school's teachers and is eager to see other kids do the same.
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 8d
the sport version of the pekingese
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 8d
tibetan spaniel!
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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 8d
something i've been thinking about a lot for years (and @fasterandworse.com captures really well youtu.be/Io-bCG32ehU) is the conflation of technologies with products

i articulate it like this: a technology is an encapsulation of a capability, whereas a product is an encapsulation of a relationship
Dispatch #28: They Are Products
YouTube video by Faster and Worse
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Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social · 9d
From opening grocery stores to launching online delivery services, I traveled to rural Mississippi to highlight the work of two Black women who are reimagining how their communities eat and thrive.

This is part of the RNN's "Sowing Resilience" series.

capitalbnews.org/black-women-...
The Black Women Driving a Food Revolution in Rural Mississippi
From grocery stores to food distribution services, Black women are leading efforts to feed their communities.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 9d
In Europe, a major producer of soya-based foods for human consumption is Alpro; typically for such producers, none of its soya comes from Brazil: mostly from Europe, with some from Canada www.alpro.com/uk/ingredien...

Globally the vast majority of soya is used as feed:
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 9d
by "very well" i mean he laid down and refused to walk and growled (purred?) at the judge when he tried to look at his teeth.
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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14d
NEW✨ Does #corporate #sustainability count for anything?

Evelyn Langford @manchester.ac.uk reviews Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability by Matthew Archer @nyupress.bsky.social.
Does corporate sustainability count for anything? - LSE Review of Books
Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability. Matthew Archer. New York University Press. 2024. Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques the frameworks used to…
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 9d
A nice review of #Unsustainable in the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social. Thanks to Evelyn Langford for a generous and engaged review!

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Does corporate sustainability count for anything? - LSE Review of Books
Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques frameworks that measure corporate sustainability and how market-driven reporting shirks environmental responsibility.
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 9d
luigi did “very well” at the maastricht dog show yesterday.
two white men holding a small black dog on a table in a large convention center
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 16d
This piece argues we’re in not one, but three AI bubbles:

1. a financial bubble with inflated valuations,

2. an infrastructure bubble with overbuilt data centers,

3. a hype bubble where AI can’t meet its promises.

Honestly, all three seem highly likely to me.
There isn’t an AI bubble—there are three
Here's how to capitalize on them.
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 17d
i don’t subscribe to nytimes, so i can’t read this, but surely it’s not accurate to say “the whole world has soured on climate politics” when china hit peak oil almost a decade ago and has been investing tens of billions per year domestically and internationally in low carbon energy infrastructure
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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · Sep 8
One month until publication for _Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels_. Tom Rogers and I lay out the linked history of the US and Brazilian ethanol programs and explain why they matter for energy, climate, and politics. Pre-orders available now!
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...
www.oupress.com
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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 17d
'Something is working' (it's China)
‘Something is working’: UN climate chief optimistic about green transition
Exclusive: Simon Stiell believes economic benefits will compel countries to speed up climate action
www.theguardian.com
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