Nancy J. Jacobs
@nancyjjacobs.bsky.social
Corn-fed *and* cultural elite! I write histories of small things--of people you never heard of and animals. Having been raised a Calvinist, humans don't disappoint me very often. Good historical method gives me hope for the world.
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We like Parrots and we cannot lie!
Our first article is a special feature by Nancy Jacobs! It is part one of a three part three series, drawing upon her 2025 Presidential Address at the ASEH in Pittsburgh.
Our first article is a special feature by Nancy Jacobs! It is part one of a three part three series, drawing upon her 2025 Presidential Address at the ASEH in Pittsburgh.
The Great Acceleration (Domination without Domestication in the Grey Anthropocene, Part 1) – Germinate
g-ehr.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We like Parrots and we cannot lie!
Our first article is a special feature by Nancy Jacobs! It is part one of a three part three series, drawing upon her 2025 Presidential Address at the ASEH in Pittsburgh.
Our first article is a special feature by Nancy Jacobs! It is part one of a three part three series, drawing upon her 2025 Presidential Address at the ASEH in Pittsburgh.
Reposted by Nancy J. Jacobs
Come for the gorgeous visuals, stay for the text accompanying the visuals!
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g-ehr.com/special-feat...
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Come for the gorgeous visuals, stay for the text accompanying the visuals!
g-ehr.com/special-feat...
g-ehr.com/special-feat...
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At March Madness today in Providence, @sethrockman.bsky.social, a historian at Brown University, and profs from other local colleges will be conducting a mobile teach-in to draw attention to how DOGE cuts will negatively impact the students and communities associated with the schools playing today.
March 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
At March Madness today in Providence, @sethrockman.bsky.social, a historian at Brown University, and profs from other local colleges will be conducting a mobile teach-in to draw attention to how DOGE cuts will negatively impact the students and communities associated with the schools playing today.
Peter and I at the #marchmadnessteachin. Full Court Press against Trump's Education Policies!
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Peter and I at the #marchmadnessteachin. Full Court Press against Trump's Education Policies!
Passenger describes Toronto plane crash, rollover
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The God Abandons Us.
Substitute "liberal democrats" for "Anthony" and "democracy" for "Alexandra. There we are at the window, watching her leave. Playing music as she goes. We were not worthy and now she's gone. The God isn't intervening.
www.onassis.org/initiatives/...
Substitute "liberal democrats" for "Anthony" and "democracy" for "Alexandra. There we are at the window, watching her leave. Playing music as she goes. We were not worthy and now she's gone. The God isn't intervening.
www.onassis.org/initiatives/...
www.onassis.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The God Abandons Us.
Substitute "liberal democrats" for "Anthony" and "democracy" for "Alexandra. There we are at the window, watching her leave. Playing music as she goes. We were not worthy and now she's gone. The God isn't intervening.
www.onassis.org/initiatives/...
Substitute "liberal democrats" for "Anthony" and "democracy" for "Alexandra. There we are at the window, watching her leave. Playing music as she goes. We were not worthy and now she's gone. The God isn't intervening.
www.onassis.org/initiatives/...
Flat out assimilationism, www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Flat out assimilationism, www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
I asked Chat GPT for an image of an angry African grey parrot and got this:
February 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I asked Chat GPT for an image of an angry African grey parrot and got this:
Last week and this week, I'm teaching on South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s. I feel something as momentous as 1948 in SA has just happened in the US. I don't say this only to rage at MAGA, but to think about what was lost and what will be required for recovery.
February 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last week and this week, I'm teaching on South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s. I feel something as momentous as 1948 in SA has just happened in the US. I don't say this only to rage at MAGA, but to think about what was lost and what will be required for recovery.
I had a Twitter account for a bit. I considered myself in the Twitter world, but not of it. Now I'm trying BlueSky. I'm following people who share my politics, but I'm seeing a good amount of the binary thinking and purism that sent me off Twitter.
February 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I had a Twitter account for a bit. I considered myself in the Twitter world, but not of it. Now I'm trying BlueSky. I'm following people who share my politics, but I'm seeing a good amount of the binary thinking and purism that sent me off Twitter.
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Reposted by Nancy J. Jacobs
Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro - @carsoncenter.bsky.social
“Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U...
#envhist #mininghistory
“Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U...
#envhist #mininghistory
Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro
YouTube video by Rachel Carson Center
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro - @carsoncenter.bsky.social
“Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U...
#envhist #mininghistory
“Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U...
#envhist #mininghistory
I wonder if Mitch McConnell ever thinks about Faust..
February 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I wonder if Mitch McConnell ever thinks about Faust..
Hello Bluesky world! What if I raised my head above the parapet and said things?
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Hello Bluesky world! What if I raised my head above the parapet and said things?
I talked about parrots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgF8...
March 29, 2024 at 11:20 PM
I talked about parrots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgF8...
My review of a terrific book: Gabrielle Hecht, *Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures* networks.h-net.org/group/review...
March 1, 2024 at 1:19 PM
My review of a terrific book: Gabrielle Hecht, *Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures* networks.h-net.org/group/review...
Reposted by Nancy J. Jacobs
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today, ASEH will double match a gift to the ASEH cause of your choice - that means a gift of $50 for fellowships, prizes, awards, provides $150 to support the work of environmental historians. Donation link is below, and thank you for supporting ASEH!
aseh.org/together-wit...
November 28, 2023 at 3:42 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today, ASEH will double match a gift to the ASEH cause of your choice - that means a gift of $50 for fellowships, prizes, awards, provides $150 to support the work of environmental historians. Donation link is below, and thank you for supporting ASEH!
aseh.org/together-wit...