Andrew Popp
@andrewpopp.bsky.social
Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
Moral rearmament, you say? No, not that kind. Interesting, if likely unintentional, historical echo in this headline.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Moral rearmament, you say? No, not that kind. Interesting, if likely unintentional, historical echo in this headline.
Udsigt over Rosenborg Slot inde fra Davids Samling.
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Udsigt over Rosenborg Slot inde fra Davids Samling.
From Theodore Roethke's poem The Far Field:
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
From Theodore Roethke's poem The Far Field:
The world turns, the year grows, and the sun is again able to cast its light on the wall in the kitchen for a few minutes in the morning.
February 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The world turns, the year grows, and the sun is again able to cast its light on the wall in the kitchen for a few minutes in the morning.
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I wrote about enslaved people in Hamburg, flight attempts, and the city's free-soil law of 1837. It's an open-access publication: 🗃️
No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840 | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840
www.cambridge.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I wrote about enslaved people in Hamburg, flight attempts, and the city's free-soil law of 1837. It's an open-access publication: 🗃️
I know this is hardly news, but Newsom really is a complete tool.
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I know this is hardly news, but Newsom really is a complete tool.
They can repeal the endangerment finding, but they cannot repeal the danger. Stupid, arrogant, reckless.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
They can repeal the endangerment finding, but they cannot repeal the danger. Stupid, arrogant, reckless.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
I've been fascinated by/obsessed with this painting for a long time, but I've never seen it. Next month, that changes.
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I've been fascinated by/obsessed with this painting for a long time, but I've never seen it. Next month, that changes.
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The skills in negotiating has given the best possible result for Denmark. NATO decided to start the operation Arctic Sentry involving forces from NATO including the US.
This way protecting the Arctic against Putin and Greenland against Trump.
shape.nato.int/news-release...
This way protecting the Arctic against Putin and Greenland against Trump.
shape.nato.int/news-release...
shape.nato.int
February 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The skills in negotiating has given the best possible result for Denmark. NATO decided to start the operation Arctic Sentry involving forces from NATO including the US.
This way protecting the Arctic against Putin and Greenland against Trump.
shape.nato.int/news-release...
This way protecting the Arctic against Putin and Greenland against Trump.
shape.nato.int/news-release...
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Well hello there @dygottlieb.bsky.social! So excited to jump into this! Congratulations!
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Well hello there @dygottlieb.bsky.social! So excited to jump into this! Congratulations!
Why are/aren't you crying? Why do/don't you keep talking about your dead spouse? Why aren't you grieving more/less? Why are/aren't you dating yet? Why have you had/not had sex again yet? Are you going to steal my man/woman? When are you going to disappear so I don't have think about this again?
I carry precisely zero water for Erika Kirk and this post isn't about her. But the way I see people talk about her constantly recycles negative judgements and stigma attached to those widowed young. PSA: there is no right or wrong way, no normal way, to grieve when widowed young. #widowedyoung
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Why are/aren't you crying? Why do/don't you keep talking about your dead spouse? Why aren't you grieving more/less? Why are/aren't you dating yet? Why have you had/not had sex again yet? Are you going to steal my man/woman? When are you going to disappear so I don't have think about this again?
I carry precisely zero water for Erika Kirk and this post isn't about her. But the way I see people talk about her constantly recycles negative judgements and stigma attached to those widowed young. PSA: there is no right or wrong way, no normal way, to grieve when widowed young. #widowedyoung
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I carry precisely zero water for Erika Kirk and this post isn't about her. But the way I see people talk about her constantly recycles negative judgements and stigma attached to those widowed young. PSA: there is no right or wrong way, no normal way, to grieve when widowed young. #widowedyoung
The Glyptoteket (Copenhagen) just, four days ago, opened a new gallery showcasing its collection, primarily funerary statuary, from Palmyra. Highly recommended.
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Glyptoteket (Copenhagen) just, four days ago, opened a new gallery showcasing its collection, primarily funerary statuary, from Palmyra. Highly recommended.
"Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business" - this looks incredible. So excited to read it!
ToC down thread.
ToC down thread.
Our edited collection is officially in press!
Look for
Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History
Spring 2027
From the University of Pennsylvania Press
Look for
Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History
Spring 2027
From the University of Pennsylvania Press
a gorilla is standing in the woods surrounded by trees .
Alt: a gorilla is standing in the woods surrounded by trees looking interested
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business" - this looks incredible. So excited to read it!
ToC down thread.
ToC down thread.
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The #TransitCat of the day is warm and cozy.
There’s a “real feel” of -7c and several inches of fresh snow outside and I have to get on my bike to go teach an 8am class. Meanwhile, Leila gets to stay home.
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The #TransitCat of the day is warm and cozy.
No, it really isn't.
February 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
No, it really isn't.
There’s a “real feel” of -7c and several inches of fresh snow outside and I have to get on my bike to go teach an 8am class. Meanwhile, Leila gets to stay home.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
There’s a “real feel” of -7c and several inches of fresh snow outside and I have to get on my bike to go teach an 8am class. Meanwhile, Leila gets to stay home.
If we are to have data centres then let's put them to use. Btw. I love district heating! No boiler somewhere in the apartment that might breakdown or need maintaining. No boiler in the basement even.
70% of all Danish homes are connected to the district heating grid.
Datacentres are being connected to the district heating grid, so the waste heat is reused to heat homes.
This is just one example from Odense, the city of HCAndersen fairytales.
www.alfalaval.com/media/storie...
Datacentres are being connected to the district heating grid, so the waste heat is reused to heat homes.
This is just one example from Odense, the city of HCAndersen fairytales.
www.alfalaval.com/media/storie...
Waste heat from Odense data center to warm local community
The leading social media giant aims to minimize the energy, emissions, and water impact,
embracing the responsibility and opportunity to impact the world beyond their operations.
www.alfalaval.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
If we are to have data centres then let's put them to use. Btw. I love district heating! No boiler somewhere in the apartment that might breakdown or need maintaining. No boiler in the basement even.
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Thousands of Danish veterans and supporters protested today at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen after Donald Trump denigrated the role of allied NATO troops in Afghanistan. 🇩🇰🇺🇸
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Thousands of Danish veterans and supporters protested today at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen after Donald Trump denigrated the role of allied NATO troops in Afghanistan. 🇩🇰🇺🇸
Now ready for tasting. I think this has turned out to be the best sauerkraut I've made, sweet from the red cabbage and pungent with lots of black peppercorns.
Experimenting with making sauerkraut with red cabbage, seen here on day 4 of fermenting. Frankly, I would much rather be posting banal rubbish like this than being forced to scream endlessly into the void about Greenland (and everything else etc.). I'm also much better at posting banal rubbish.
January 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Now ready for tasting. I think this has turned out to be the best sauerkraut I've made, sweet from the red cabbage and pungent with lots of black peppercorns.
Here to boost @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social's new book, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics," from the University of Pennsylvania Press. More here:
www.pennpress.org/978151282857...
www.pennpress.org/978151282857...
Black Power, Inc. – Penn Press
Traces the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa On a cold January day in 1964, civil rights minister turned entrepreneur Rev. L...
www.pennpress.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Here to boost @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social's new book, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics," from the University of Pennsylvania Press. More here:
www.pennpress.org/978151282857...
www.pennpress.org/978151282857...
Nine years ago today, M was teaching our daughter to roll chapatis. She & her family arrived at our home hours before Trump's first travel ban came into effect, after years of living stateless and paperless in Sri Lanka. Now they are proud and successful Americans. #RefugeesWelcomeHere. Always.
January 30, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Nine years ago today, M was teaching our daughter to roll chapatis. She & her family arrived at our home hours before Trump's first travel ban came into effect, after years of living stateless and paperless in Sri Lanka. Now they are proud and successful Americans. #RefugeesWelcomeHere. Always.
One of my favourite buildings in the city, Maj 4 Kollegium, Frederiksberg, architect Hans Hansen, 1949-51. #midcentury
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
One of my favourite buildings in the city, Maj 4 Kollegium, Frederiksberg, architect Hans Hansen, 1949-51. #midcentury
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In fact, Hind Rajab died two years ago today, January 29th, 2024. I didn't realise this when we went to see the film last night.
Went to watch "The Voice of Hind Rajab." In many ways, it seemed to be a story about how we cloak ourselves in systems. Even if never designed to work, we can tell ourselves we have a system. And when it doesn't work, we can say the system failed. When it is we who failed. And a little girl died.
January 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
In fact, Hind Rajab died two years ago today, January 29th, 2024. I didn't realise this when we went to see the film last night.