Rocío Gomez
@historyrocio.bsky.social
Historian of Latin America + Historian of the Environment 🍃, Science and Medicine 🧪💉, and Extraction ⛏️.
Also, cheese consumer, cyclist, dog expert, and linocut novice on the side.
Also, cheese consumer, cyclist, dog expert, and linocut novice on the side.
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What does Indonesia’s nickel boom mean for women living on its frontlines? Our new multimedia report and short film, “Busy Surviving: Women on Indonesia’s Nickel Frontier,” shares women’s stories of harm to their health, livelihoods, and cultural traditions.
cri.org/story/busy-s...
cri.org/story/busy-s...
"Busy Surviving" - Climate Rights International
Women on Indonesia's Nickel Frontier
cri.org
October 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
What does Indonesia’s nickel boom mean for women living on its frontlines? Our new multimedia report and short film, “Busy Surviving: Women on Indonesia’s Nickel Frontier,” shares women’s stories of harm to their health, livelihoods, and cultural traditions.
cri.org/story/busy-s...
cri.org/story/busy-s...
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I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon.
I didn't think it would be TODAY.
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Hold on to your butts.
I didn't think it would be TODAY.
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Hold on to your butts.
www.ag.state.la.us
September 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon.
I didn't think it would be TODAY.
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Hold on to your butts.
I didn't think it would be TODAY.
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Hold on to your butts.
A workshop after my own heart....
CFP: Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities, Online Workshop 11 December 2026.
shorturl.at/wnsS8
#Mountains #EnvHist #EnvHums #HistGeog #IndigenousKnowledge #AnimalHist #NewAnimism #NewMaterialism #AssemblageTheory #Posthumanism
shorturl.at/wnsS8
#Mountains #EnvHist #EnvHums #HistGeog #IndigenousKnowledge #AnimalHist #NewAnimism #NewMaterialism #AssemblageTheory #Posthumanism
September 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
A workshop after my own heart....
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Bison have returned to Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert. 44 bison were released at Coahuila’s El Santuario reserve late last year, followed by 29 more into Sonora’s Cuenca Los Ojos region in February 2026, where the herd produced 10 calves within months. Yucatán Magazine buff.ly/0SEucl3
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
The Return of the Bison to Mexico's Chihuahua Desert
A species lost for over a century is once again shaping northern Mexico's landscape.
buff.ly
September 25, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Bison have returned to Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert. 44 bison were released at Coahuila’s El Santuario reserve late last year, followed by 29 more into Sonora’s Cuenca Los Ojos region in February 2026, where the herd produced 10 calves within months. Yucatán Magazine buff.ly/0SEucl3
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
At least it's not sports related?
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
September 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM
At least it's not sports related?
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Dr. Kerry Kelly discusses how 9/11 responders and survivors have developed illnesses linked to toxic dust and debris that have caused lasting health effects 25 years after the attacks.
September 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Kerry Kelly discusses how 9/11 responders and survivors have developed illnesses linked to toxic dust and debris that have caused lasting health effects 25 years after the attacks.
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Consorting with the enemy (and it’s delicious)
September 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Consorting with the enemy (and it’s delicious)
That's no "fox head"!
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
Been working on this story for a couple weeks, and it's got everything: surprisingly valuable antiques, the plight of the thylacine, and bad taxidermy.
www.sciencealert.com/antique-fox-...
www.sciencealert.com/antique-fox-...
Antique 'Fox Head' Bought at Auction Wasn't a Fox at All. It Was a Long-Extinct Species.
With its googly eyes, lumpy forehead, and awkward almost-smile, the strange, taxidermied fox head at the antique market was funny enough to throw down 50 quid on. When the buyer later sold it at auct...
www.sciencealert.com
September 5, 2026 at 7:37 AM
That's no "fox head"!
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
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The Mute Thread option is a glorious thing.
August 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The Mute Thread option is a glorious thing.
The Mute Thread option is a glorious thing.
August 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The Mute Thread option is a glorious thing.
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We've got a book for that!
Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh
Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh
August 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We've got a book for that!
Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh
Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh
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Questions for former and/or current department chairs 🪑:
1. Did you manage to stay on top of your research/writing? If so, how??
2. Did you find the experience worthwhile in the long run?
3. What advice would you offer to new chairs?
4. Would you do it again?
1. Did you manage to stay on top of your research/writing? If so, how??
2. Did you find the experience worthwhile in the long run?
3. What advice would you offer to new chairs?
4. Would you do it again?
Woman falls out of chair
Alt: Woman falls out of chair
static.klipy.com
August 25, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Questions for former and/or current department chairs 🪑:
1. Did you manage to stay on top of your research/writing? If so, how??
2. Did you find the experience worthwhile in the long run?
3. What advice would you offer to new chairs?
4. Would you do it again?
1. Did you manage to stay on top of your research/writing? If so, how??
2. Did you find the experience worthwhile in the long run?
3. What advice would you offer to new chairs?
4. Would you do it again?
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A massive influx of plastic has reached even remote Xinca villages in Guatemala, where people lack garbage services and burn plastic to get rid of it, releasing toxic fumes. I went to investigate w/nurse-scientist @lisamthompson.bsky.social and her team and @michaelkodas.bsky.social. A thread /1
Empowering Guatemalan Villagers Plagued by Plastic - Inside Climate News
Indigenous Xinca villagers burn plastic to dispose of it and stoke cooking fires, unwittingly exposing themselves, their children and environment to deadly pollutants. An ambitious project aims to cha...
insideclimatenews.org
August 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A massive influx of plastic has reached even remote Xinca villages in Guatemala, where people lack garbage services and burn plastic to get rid of it, releasing toxic fumes. I went to investigate w/nurse-scientist @lisamthompson.bsky.social and her team and @michaelkodas.bsky.social. A thread /1
I finally got my hands on Caroline Fraser's "Murderland." She repeatedly mentions the I-90 Mercer Island floating bridge w/ reversible lanes. The bridge was an infrastructure nightmare that claimed many lives over decades. This video shows a bit of that disaster:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvd...
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I finally got my hands on Caroline Fraser's "Murderland." She repeatedly mentions the I-90 Mercer Island floating bridge w/ reversible lanes. The bridge was an infrastructure nightmare that claimed many lives over decades. This video shows a bit of that disaster:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvd...
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Federal litigation has concluded over toxic contamination at a now-closed Florida migrant detention site for children. The children were exposed to arsenic and lead, among other harms, according to documents released as part of the litigation.
Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site - Inside Climate News
The contamination is detailed in documents made public as part of federal litigation over the now-closed facility. Advocates say it fits a pattern of migrant incarcerations in harmful environments.
insideclimatenews.org
August 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Federal litigation has concluded over toxic contamination at a now-closed Florida migrant detention site for children. The children were exposed to arsenic and lead, among other harms, according to documents released as part of the litigation.
Inspired by the summer film and Discourse, some freshman are going to show up to register for classes in Ancient Greek and Ancient History only to find that those courses and faculty no longer exist.
August 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Inspired by the summer film and Discourse, some freshman are going to show up to register for classes in Ancient Greek and Ancient History only to find that those courses and faculty no longer exist.
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Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities. A good article with a good list of resources at the end of it.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Learn about this flag.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabil...
#DisabilityPride
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Learn about this flag.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabil...
#DisabilityPride
July 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities. A good article with a good list of resources at the end of it.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Learn about this flag.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabil...
#DisabilityPride
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Learn about this flag.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabil...
#DisabilityPride
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"Lost" manuscript which is cataloged, digitized, and available for anyone to read just sitting around on the open internet: archives.yale.edu/repositories...
July 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
"Lost" manuscript which is cataloged, digitized, and available for anyone to read just sitting around on the open internet: archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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Centennial of a Metaphor: July 23, 1926. Shot in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Real train, real fire, real river, real bridge, real funny. #BusterKeaton #TheGeneral #NoAI
July 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Centennial of a Metaphor: July 23, 1926. Shot in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Real train, real fire, real river, real bridge, real funny. #BusterKeaton #TheGeneral #NoAI
Just had a version of this conversation with @hpsvanessa.bsky.social. In short, the "future is agrarian" is nice, but has caveats like time, labor, money, knowledge transfer, space/land, predictable weather patterns, able backs/knees, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kQ...
This Is a Gardening Show | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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July 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Just had a version of this conversation with @hpsvanessa.bsky.social. In short, the "future is agrarian" is nice, but has caveats like time, labor, money, knowledge transfer, space/land, predictable weather patterns, able backs/knees, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kQ...
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"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
July 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras
😱😭JONAS!😱😭
🇫🇷 #TDF2026
Jonas Vingegaard has been forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after crashing towards the end of Stage 15. We will provide an update on his condition as soon as more information becomes available.
Jonas Vingegaard has been forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after crashing towards the end of Stage 15. We will provide an update on his condition as soon as more information becomes available.
July 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
😱😭JONAS!😱😭
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Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
July 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley