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Isaac Land
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_The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University. Former co-editor, Coastal Studies & Society journal.
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Isaac Land @coastalhistory.bsky.social · Oct 16
Actually holding a physical copy of Craft of Historical Research, what a joy! Very much the book I wish I’d had as a student, so happy to see it out in the world. 🗃️ You can find it as an affordable paperback or eBook.
Laughing academic in a sweater holding a copy of Craft of Historical Research
coastalhistory.bsky.social
Someone on 🗃️ has been waiting for this moment for a long time (though possibly not since antiquity)
smilodonna.bsky.social caitlin cadieux @smilodonna.bsky.social · Jul 9
Am I possibly connected to any scholars of antiquity who may be able to shed light on how exactly a giant marble candelabrum like this functioned? I'm guessing a bunch of candles affixed to the plate at the top, but I'd love to know more
July 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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Super impressive and less than 10 minutes long. #animation #environmentalism
ani-obsessive.bsky.social Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Jun 15
Animated stones, chalk and scrap. This is Machini -- an incredible film by two artists from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

We've loved Machini for years. It's our honor to premiere it online for the next two weeks, and to tell its story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/congolese-...
June 22, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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When I learned that Rashomon (1951) was filmed in this forest, I had to see it. Spent the day hiking, even today it feels remote and isolated. Tagging a couple people on here who would know the film @pauljessup.com @theharvestmaid.bsky.social
Me standing in front of “Nara Primeval Forest” boulder. Dappled sunlight filtered by forest canopy Amazing texture on the old trees, almost wave-like ridges in the bark Sunlight far away even at Noon, dark and otherworldly. There are a number of shots in Rashomon like this
May 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Peace Park, Nagasaki yesterday. #Japan #photography
Modern outdoor sculpture of a young woman lifting a small child joyfully over her head. The background is a line of hills and a gentle blue sky with small clouds. Budding tree branches frame the scene.
March 24, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Watching debut episode of #Frieren season 2, thanks to @smilodonna.bsky.social for talking that show up on here a while back. An irrepressibly (and unrepentantly) odd show that’s nonetheless moving and unforgettable.
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Having trouble locating a novel by Mrs. Charles Kent, “Maud Hamilton.” We think it is not the “Maud Hamilton” by Mary Agatha Pennell. Any ideas?
@drbibliomane.bsky.social 🗃️
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Red-whiskered Bulbul here in Wayanad this morning. Per Merlin, the single most common bird in this location, but a totally new one for me. I’m learning how to use the Nikon CoolPix P950. So far, it is living up to the hype. #birds #birding #India #nature #photography
Small bird with a punk rock head crest, a curved beak, and a red eye patch gazes directly at the camera Trees crisscrossing in the mist, almost a black and white composition
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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You can get my book, The Craft of Historical Research, for $17.99 (either eBook or paperback) right now. Very much the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. 🗃️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Craft of Historical Research
This textbook demystifies the task of historical research and writing for both undergraduates and graduate students with a wide range of engaging examples.
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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New to #ThickTrunkTuesday but as it happens, I have a contender. Visited the ancient cypress at Tule, Oaxaca two days ago.
Me in front of the world’s widest tree. Late afternoon sun gives the scene a nice glow. It is composed of many smaller trunks but genetically it is the same individual Close up of the texture of just some of the trunk
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This is a great short piece. We ought to have more of these conversations when we teach writing (in absolutely any discipline). #composition 🗃️ #amwriting #writing

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A brief defense of cliché
A reconsideration of the writer’s bugbear: the much-maligned cliché.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Can’t find this word “tenses” used this way in OED. Suggestions? “… it is only the sea man… who must be favoured with the indulgence of a child in his moods, and punished as a brute in his tenses.” Lionel Yexley, Our Fighting Sea Men, London 1911 page 28 🗃️
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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on Coasts is now out - glad to be part of it with some thoughts about coasts and gardens in c18 Ireland #BlueHumanities #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🌊

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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I'm thrilled to see that the special issue of ECS, "Eighteenth-Century Coasts," is finally out today! Check out my essay on coral, and many other fantastic contributions: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
coastalhistory.bsky.social
The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on coasts is now out! If you click on the link and scroll down a bit, the very eclectic table of contents is visible. Pleased to be a part of this. #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🗃️

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
coastalhistory.bsky.social
Actually holding a physical copy of Craft of Historical Research, what a joy! Very much the book I wish I’d had as a student, so happy to see it out in the world. 🗃️ You can find it as an affordable paperback or eBook.
Laughing academic in a sweater holding a copy of Craft of Historical Research
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Male Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) in Jardín, Colombia last week. #hiking #senderismo #nature #photography 🪶
Little bird striking a Napoleonic pose atop a shrub. The black hood contrasts with the yellow belly. Same bird, more in repose with the fluffy feathered chest very evident.
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Congratulations! Tagging #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🗃️
mgoebel.bsky.social Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · Sep 25
I am so glad and proud finally to announce the publication of our special issue @urbanhistory.bsky.social: Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities After the Global Turn. It's the result of the four-year @snsf.ch project patchworkcities.com 1/3
Patchwork Cities – Urban Ethnic Clusters in the Global South During the Age of Steam
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September 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Green Jay (“Inca Jay” variety) at Gulupa Ecolodge, Jardín, Colombia yesterday. #nature #photography 🪶
Jay gazes directly at viewer in crisp morning light, its bold color scheme matching its bold gaze. Andean foothills recede, gently rolling, into a bed of puffy clouds and blue sky. A town is nestled far below
September 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Oilbird at Reserva Los Guácharos, Jardín yesterday. You descend into a canyon and cross a wire-and-plank bridge to see them. #Colombia #hiking 🪶 #nature #photography
The Andes peaks, ringed by clouds, dissolve into inky blue and purple like a watercolor painting. Trees appear as black silhouettes in the foreground A roosting Oilbird appears to be shouting at me, but maybe its wide open mouth is just for echolocation. These nocturnal birds use it, like bats.
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Sometimes you go looking for nature, and sometimes nature comes looking for you 😆 I just sat in the boat with my iPhone 11 and kept filming. #nature #photography #whales
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Currently looking at the page proofs for Fall 2025 special issue of Eighteenth-Century Studies on "eighteenth century coasts." Thanks again to @dominikhhh.bsky.social @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social @tarquinhh.bsky.social who helped me with suggestions about the #envhist of climate. #CoastalHistory 🗃️
September 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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You just never know what the field marks will be for a new species, I noticed this male pattern baldness 😆 while photographing the heck out of this pair of birds in the rainforest only to later learn that Merlin cites this “black yarmulke” as definitive for a Whooping Motmot. 🪶 #nature #panama
Two Whooping Motmot perched close together, though facing opposite directions. Their eyes are red and fierce, the sharp contrast of cerulean blue and black makes their heads appear brilliantly painted. The same birds at a less flattering angle, the lower one’s head plumage looks damaged or mangy, but the Merlin guide says that’s how this species looks.
July 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Aracari, aracarier, aracariest! Wish I could credit my wilderness skills for this embarrassment of riches here, but it’s actually right on the property of the AirBnB where I’m staying, Gamboa has a bunch of excellent and affordable ones for birders. #panama #nature 🪶
No less than three Collared Aracari greet the morning from a perch high atop a mostly dead tree festooned with epiphytes and luxurious vines.
July 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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This morning in Gamboa. #hiking #nature #photography #panama 🪶
Butterfly making its escape, leaving my camera to focus only on the orange flower Slaty-tailed Trogon resplendent in turquoise and red hues. I was frantically wiping the condensation off of my camera lens—it’s very very humid here in Gamboa!
July 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM