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The Network in Canadian History & Environment. NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.

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Our editor Jamie Murton chose "Tropical Disease in Untropical Places: Thinking of Malaria in Canada" by @gabtm.bsky.social as our latest Editor's Pick!

niche-canada.org/2024/05/29/t...

#envhist #histmed #cdnhist #wetlands

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I'll pass this feedback along to the AI Crew. This is still very new to us!

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Today we have "Crimes Against Nature: Stories of Takatāpui and the Wilderness in Wairarapa" by Jamie Ashworth

The 2nd post in our Succession III: Queering the Environment series edited by @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, Estraven Lupino-Smith & Addie Hopes
#envhist

niche-canada.org/2024/07/10/c...

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther's avatar Dr. Genevieve Guenther @doctorvive.bsky.social
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Today is pub day for *THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS*!

MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya says: "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it."

Buy it here👇or wherever books are sold 💚
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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July 10th, 1913:

The heat at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California reached 134° Fahrenheit. The measurement is recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

wmo.asu.edu/content/worl...

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Ontario Science Centre’s abrupt closing prompts a wave of nostalgia and treasured memories: Beyond losing a space housing treasured childhood memories, parents lost an institution that ignited a love of learning in their kids and made leading-edge science accessible to everyone

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NEW EPISODE: "John Forester and Vehicular Cycling, Part 1."

John Forester's influence shaped bicycle safety in the U.S. for decades. We take a deep dive into his 1976 book, Effective Cycling, and the idea that cyclists should "act like drivers of vehicles."

thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/1...

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If you think we need to flesh this out more. I will let the AI-policy committee know.

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This may be a problem with the TLDR version that I crafted. Images that incorporate AI must include a watermark, following the disclosure model also required for written text that uses AI-assisted research.

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Will pass along this query to the AI policy committee.

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Anna Meier's avatar Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.

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Jason Heppler's avatar Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 4/20

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt's avatar Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
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We've had an onslaught of AI-generated submissions as of late. It wastes my time, which I don't like. It also wastes a lot of resources needlessly, which I hate. Anyways, if you submit AI essays, whether bot or real human, you will not be receiving a response. Delete and move on.

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alisonborealis (she/her)'s avatar alisonborealis (she/her) @alisonborealis.bsky.social
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Walked around the block looking for the source of the smoke flowing into my windows (it's not here or it's a tenant with heinous weed)...

Found a lagomorph instead.

#BunAlert!

I think it's one of our beloved white-tailed jackrabbits.
... in need of shedding.

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Evaluating submissions to our website lately ... Is this a real person who used AI badly and unethically or an actual full-on bot?

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Animesh Chatterjee's avatar Animesh Chatterjee @electricpunkah.bsky.social
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A different kind of weathering: Illustration accompanying a Bengali poem on the environmental carnage a man's (Bhishmalochan Sharma's) bad singing can cause. From "Sandesh" (1915), a monthly Bengali magazine for young readers. #envhist #envhum

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Jamie Bradburn's avatar Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social
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As an LCBO strike looms, a pair of stories I wrote for TVO about booze in Ontario.

1) A look at the LCBO's history and how it tried making buying booze a depressing experience.
www.tvo.org/article/buzz...

2) A failed attempt to put booze in corner stores in the 1980s.
www.tvo.org/article/when...

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Jen Donohue's avatar Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social
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today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.

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CFP: 49th Albert Reed & Thelma Walker Maritime Symposium "Resurface" - Maine Maritime Museum.

PROPOSALS DUE JULY 15th.

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Dr Samuel McLean's avatar Dr Samuel McLean @canadianerrant.bsky.social
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Last year people were very generous, I just want to thank everybody for their support for my website- @Slopclothes and @sarahmpicks.bsky.social and I couldn't make it work without the support of others.

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