Aadita Chaudhury
@aadita.bsky.social
PhD. Researcher on fires, arts, eco-technosocial imaginaries/futures. Co-travelling with poetry, sound, science, nature/cultures, ceremony and embodied knowledges.
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www.aaditachaudhury.com
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Aadita Chaudhury
@aadita.bsky.social
· Aug 16
I'm on the job market! I'm seeking interesting places, projects and opportunities at the intersection of STS, political ecology, and environmental humanities. My areas of interest and research so far span these areas and as well as arts-based research and sound studies!
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The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
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The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
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"Despite repeated assurances to Washington that it would not arm Sudan’s belligerents, the UAE has continued these transfers, as confirmed by the Biden administration in one of its last acts as well as by members of Congress.”
www.commondreams.org/news/sudan-a...
www.commondreams.org/news/sudan-a...
After Horrific Massacres in Sudan, Lawmakers Call for US to Stop Funding 'Arms Dealers' in UAE | Common Dreams
"We must do everything in our power to stop this genocide, including cutting off all weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
www.commondreams.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Despite repeated assurances to Washington that it would not arm Sudan’s belligerents, the UAE has continued these transfers, as confirmed by the Biden administration in one of its last acts as well as by members of Congress.”
www.commondreams.org/news/sudan-a...
www.commondreams.org/news/sudan-a...
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not sure if it’s obvious by now but i’ve got orders to monitor ICE activity and, as usual, i’d appreciate any help bsky has to offer. if you gotta tip, my signal account is in my bio.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
not sure if it’s obvious by now but i’ve got orders to monitor ICE activity and, as usual, i’d appreciate any help bsky has to offer. if you gotta tip, my signal account is in my bio.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
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This is why 'polycrisis' is a useful way of looking at the world right now (2023)
This is why 'polycrisis' is a useful way of looking at the world right now
Coined in the 1970s, ‘polycrisis’ has been popularized by the historian Adam Tooze to describe the interaction of multiple crises at once. Here’s what you need to know.
www.weforum.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is why 'polycrisis' is a useful way of looking at the world right now (2023)
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"If you destroy the systems that measure harm and appoint corrupt functionaries to invent your desired figures, you destroy the evidence of your responsibility. If you make truth unknowable, accountability becomes impossible." www.thenation.com/article/poli...
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"If you destroy the systems that measure harm and appoint corrupt functionaries to invent your desired figures, you destroy the evidence of your responsibility. If you make truth unknowable, accountability becomes impossible." www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This was such a fun way to reflect on and unpack my very meandering PhD journey! Thanks to @tungohan.bsky.social for making space for my interdisciplinary and any-disciplinary ways!
For @academicaunties.com , @aadita.bsky.social & I chat about the difficulties of supporting projects that break academic norms even in interdisciplinary environments. We also talk abt research undertaken outside the academy & why it can be more cutting edge! www.academicaunties.com/episodes/col...
Colouring Outside the Lines
Academia likes to put people into a box. The pressure to stay within disciplinary boundaries is strong. For those who reject these disciplinary regimes,...
www.academicaunties.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This was such a fun way to reflect on and unpack my very meandering PhD journey! Thanks to @tungohan.bsky.social for making space for my interdisciplinary and any-disciplinary ways!
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doomscroll break
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
doomscroll break
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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New on Peatpedia - an attempt to demystify #peatland carbon stores, sinks, and other gassy issues!
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
Peatland carbon – the facts
Demystifying peatland carbon stores, carbon sinks, and other gassy issues
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
New on Peatpedia - an attempt to demystify #peatland carbon stores, sinks, and other gassy issues!
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
I’m listening to the favourite album I had when I was 14 - The Doors by The Doors, because this is who I was at the time and I am cringing through it and I think that’s growth? But I did put myself through it in its entirety. This vulnerable secret is now out. It has no power over me.
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m listening to the favourite album I had when I was 14 - The Doors by The Doors, because this is who I was at the time and I am cringing through it and I think that’s growth? But I did put myself through it in its entirety. This vulnerable secret is now out. It has no power over me.
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James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
This post-phd void is like the summer between high school and university except I have no idea what I will be doing next
October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This post-phd void is like the summer between high school and university except I have no idea what I will be doing next
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You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.
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Everyone needs to take a good hard look at the demographics of everyone writing think pieces and theses and breathless social media posts about how our current situation couldn’t have been predicted in full.
Because the demographics are glaring.
Because the demographics are glaring.
Even a passing knowledge of Black history will make clear that not only was this level of destruction possible, it was inevitable. “Did you know they’d shut down US AID?” I mean these are the same people who closed all public schools in a county rather than desegregate. Yes. Yes I did.
I don't think the people expressing surprise about things the Trump administration is doing understand how absolutely fucking crazymaking each of your posts is for Black and Indigenous folks who called *all of this* and sat through people talking about "respecting norms" for years
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Everyone needs to take a good hard look at the demographics of everyone writing think pieces and theses and breathless social media posts about how our current situation couldn’t have been predicted in full.
Because the demographics are glaring.
Because the demographics are glaring.
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The children are the future
A growing constellation of groups, mostly led by young people, are advocating for reduced reliance on technology. I went to a rally to learn more.
I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z smashed iPhones and questioned everything. Here's what I learned.
A growing constellation of groups, mostly led by young people, are advocating for reduced reliance on technology. I went to a rally to learn more.
www.businessinsider.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The children are the future
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"shifting societal views & values is key. Recognizing the interconnectedness of people & nature through education, communication, & social movements can reshape norms & behaviors. Curricula that... help to educate new generations that are prepared to create & thrive in a
just & sustainable world"
just & sustainable world"
Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible
Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often appears overwhelming. This Perspective highlights the key messages from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and how everyone can be ...
journals.plos.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"shifting societal views & values is key. Recognizing the interconnectedness of people & nature through education, communication, & social movements can reshape norms & behaviors. Curricula that... help to educate new generations that are prepared to create & thrive in a
just & sustainable world"
just & sustainable world"
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"hostile sexism is associated with a combination of misinformation and overconfidence" @salilb.bsky.social and @mirya.bsky.social on sexism's link to climate attitudes link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hostile sexism and overconfidence shape the public’s views of climate change - Climatic Change
Even as scientists overwhelmingly agree on the existence and human origins of climate change, public endorsement of misinformation about global warming remains stubbornly persistent. Recent research points to system justifying beliefs as a core obstacle to correcting misinformation, particularly sexism and racism. In this article, we examine the relationship between hostile sexism and climate meta-ignorance, or the endorsement of climate misinformation while believing one knows more than experts. We use data from the American National Election Study and an original survey to show hostile sexism is associated with a combination of misinformation and overconfidence. In turn, sexism and this meta-ignorance are correlated with opposition to climate policy action. We discuss the implications for support for decarbonization policies and demand-side mitigative actions.
link.springer.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"hostile sexism is associated with a combination of misinformation and overconfidence" @salilb.bsky.social and @mirya.bsky.social on sexism's link to climate attitudes link.springer.com/article/10.1...
That’s Dr. Aadita Chaudhury for you.
September 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
That’s Dr. Aadita Chaudhury for you.
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🇮🇱's "minister of interior, rightwing settler Itamar Ben Gvir, delivered a speech over the podium of Israel's Knesset. The main theme of this speech was the goat.... I reflect on the real properties of 🐐s + on the role that they have played in the political making of the natural landscape of 🇵🇸-🇮🇱" 🔒
The goat speech: Ecofascism in Palestine-Israel - Irus Braverman, 2025
One hundred and seventeen days into Israel's war on Gaza, the country's minister of interior, rightwing settler Itamar Ben Gvir, delivered a speech ov...
journals.sagepub.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🇮🇱's "minister of interior, rightwing settler Itamar Ben Gvir, delivered a speech over the podium of Israel's Knesset. The main theme of this speech was the goat.... I reflect on the real properties of 🐐s + on the role that they have played in the political making of the natural landscape of 🇵🇸-🇮🇱" 🔒
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Can’t explain it but of course they want to take away one of the only painkillers that’s safe for pregnancy, a condition that causes weird and unusual pains. these people WANT pregnancy to be a punishment and handicap. they want to control.
'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children
In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...
news.ki.se
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Can’t explain it but of course they want to take away one of the only painkillers that’s safe for pregnancy, a condition that causes weird and unusual pains. these people WANT pregnancy to be a punishment and handicap. they want to control.
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A Brazilian drug raises hopes of reversing spinal cord injury. Scientists in São Paulo have developed a treatment based on the protein laminin. In animal trials, it reactivated dormant nerve pathways, restoring movement and sensation after paralysis. buff.ly/Jcj1euy
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Groundbreaking Brazilian Drug, Considered Capable of Reversing Spinal Cord Injury, Presented in São Paulo
Patients regained movement in the experimental phase of polylaminin, capable of regenerating the spinal cord in people who suffered organ rupture
buff.ly
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A Brazilian drug raises hopes of reversing spinal cord injury. Scientists in São Paulo have developed a treatment based on the protein laminin. In animal trials, it reactivated dormant nerve pathways, restoring movement and sensation after paralysis. buff.ly/Jcj1euy
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