Frederico Freitas
@fredericofreitas.org
Historian NC State. DH, Environment, LatAm. PhD: Stanford. BA: USP. Book http://www.cambridge.org/9781108844833. Brasileiro e Paulista. New project on Brasília (PT and EN)
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O bico do carcará muda de cor conforme o estado de espírito. Quanto mais calmo, mais amarelo. Quanto mais irritado ou estressado, mais chega perto do vermelho.
Esse aí tá claramente irritado vendo como carioca dirige.
Esse aí tá claramente irritado vendo como carioca dirige.
🐦 UMA AJUDINHA NO MONITORAMENTO DA CIDADE
Às 13h30 deste sábado (24/01), um carcará pousou na câmera da Prefeitura e ajudou o COR-Rio a monitorar o trânsito na Linha Vermelha.
Um belo e curioso flagrante dessa integração com a natureza!
#CORInforma #viasexpressas
Às 13h30 deste sábado (24/01), um carcará pousou na câmera da Prefeitura e ajudou o COR-Rio a monitorar o trânsito na Linha Vermelha.
Um belo e curioso flagrante dessa integração com a natureza!
#CORInforma #viasexpressas
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM
O bico do carcará muda de cor conforme o estado de espírito. Quanto mais calmo, mais amarelo. Quanto mais irritado ou estressado, mais chega perto do vermelho.
Esse aí tá claramente irritado vendo como carioca dirige.
Esse aí tá claramente irritado vendo como carioca dirige.
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gah look at this! Look at the photos! and then read the interview because it's also amazing: globalvoices.org/2026/01/08/w...
Where myth turns to form and fragility to power: An interview with Turkish artist Melis Buyruk
“Porcelain lives in our collective memory — we grow up with it in our homes and daily rituals — so it already carries meaning before I touch it.”
globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
gah look at this! Look at the photos! and then read the interview because it's also amazing: globalvoices.org/2026/01/08/w...
Reading tea leaves here but it’s starting to look like sectors of the Venezuelan government have struck a deal with Trump, making it easier to capture Maduro and allowing the future entry of multinational oil companies in exchange for staying in power during this so-called “transition” period.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Reading tea leaves here but it’s starting to look like sectors of the Venezuelan government have struck a deal with Trump, making it easier to capture Maduro and allowing the future entry of multinational oil companies in exchange for staying in power during this so-called “transition” period.
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“No vemos ningún intento, ni siquiera un tema de debate, el desmantelamiento de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana. Esto sería una tarea mucho más difícil para Estados Unidos. Realmente parece que Trump solo quería atrapar a una persona, Maduro,” le digo a @eldiario.es
El exasesor de Sanders para América Latina analiza la operación en Venezuela: "El interés de Trump es el petróleo, no la democracia"
El analista y profesor de la Virginia Commonwealth University Michael Paarlberg cree que el escenario más probable es que el chavismo no caiga, sino que elija a un sucesor. "No parece haber ningún int...
www.eldiario.es
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“No vemos ningún intento, ni siquiera un tema de debate, el desmantelamiento de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana. Esto sería una tarea mucho más difícil para Estados Unidos. Realmente parece que Trump solo quería atrapar a una persona, Maduro,” le digo a @eldiario.es
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
1. Yes, this is Ginzburg’s evidentiary paradigm. It is a great way for thinking what makes the historian’s craft an unique way of knowing. But it is not the only way historians do their craft.
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
1. Yes, this is Ginzburg’s evidentiary paradigm. It is a great way for thinking what makes the historian’s craft an unique way of knowing. But it is not the only way historians do their craft.
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What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
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Brannstrom notes that @fredericofreitas.org and Blanc are among the most recent scholars to focus on the dynamics of sertão, concept in Brazil’s historical geography, and welcomes their endeavor to better understand the relations beyond Brazil’s coastal settlements.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Brannstrom notes that @fredericofreitas.org and Blanc are among the most recent scholars to focus on the dynamics of sertão, concept in Brazil’s historical geography, and welcomes their endeavor to better understand the relations beyond Brazil’s coastal settlements.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures (with Emine Saner for the @theguardian.com; #photography, #skystorians). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures (with Emine Saner for the @theguardian.com; #photography, #skystorians). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Berlin this afternoon.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Berlin this afternoon.
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#workshop: "Teaching on Latin America and the Environment" Online Pedagogy Workshop, org. Emily Wakild & Frederico Freitas (RECSLAC)
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Call for Participants: Teaching on Latin America and the Environment - Online Pedagogy Workshop | H-Net
Registration is open for a one-day, online pedagogy workshop on integrating Latin American and Caribbean history of science and environmental history into teaching in adjacent fields.
networks.h-net.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#workshop: "Teaching on Latin America and the Environment" Online Pedagogy Workshop, org. Emily Wakild & Frederico Freitas (RECSLAC)
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
Deadline for registration: October 10, 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
@fredericofreitas.org
#envhum #envhist #pedagogy #ecocriticism #teaching
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Acabei de sair do ato dos 35 anos da abertura da Vala de Perus:
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
Devolver a voz aos mortos da ditadura
Pádua Fernandes escreve sobre os 35 anos da descoberta da vala clandestina de Perus, usada pela ditadura para enterrar suas vítimas: “Os remanescentes ósseos constituíram mais uma inegável pr…
blogdaboitempo.com.br
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Acabei de sair do ato dos 35 anos da abertura da Vala de Perus:
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
blogdaboitempo.com.br/2025/09/04/d...
#DesarquivandoBR
Recebi salário em três moedas diferentes.
Entregue sua idade citando uma operação financeira que já fez: eu já dei cheque pré-datado. Mais de um, mais de uma vez.
August 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Recebi salário em três moedas diferentes.
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I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life.
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
August 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life.
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.
Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”
Choice bits 🧵
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Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Application deadline is August 7.
Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇
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New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here, we argue the idea of “fortress conservation,” used to criticize the exclusion of people from national parks from the US to Tanzania cannot be easily applied to Latin America, where people were at times ignored, tolerated and even invited to parks.
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here, we argue the idea of “fortress conservation,” used to criticize the exclusion of people from national parks from the US to Tanzania cannot be easily applied to Latin America, where people were at times ignored, tolerated and even invited to parks.
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
#envhist #envhum #skystorians #ecocrit
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America
This article analyzes the changing relations between national parks and people in Latin America between the 1930s and the present. In this region, conservation policies initially showed flexibility...
www.tandfonline.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New article written with Emily Wakild and Claudia Leal:
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
"Porous Conservation: The Complex History of Residents in National Parks in Latin America”
Published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, you can access it on the link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ASVKY...
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NEW: Researchers have created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
Researchers remap the world's rivers to improve flood modelling |
A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and
www.ox.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
NEW: Researchers have created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
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Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @fredericofreitas.org @andrespertierra.bsky.social @pochoaespejo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social @idreesahmad.bsky.social @alybatt.bsky.social @avramalpert.bsky.social, with art by the brilliant @thetolerantweft.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Watching The Eternaut, based on the 1950s post-apocalyptic comics by Argentine author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, later ‘disappeared’ during the 1970s military dictatorship. I love that they didn’t move the story to NY, London, or LA—kept it in Buenos Aires and in Spanish.
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
Transformando Buenos Aires | El Eternauta | Netflix España
YouTube video by Netflix España
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching The Eternaut, based on the 1950s post-apocalyptic comics by Argentine author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, later ‘disappeared’ during the 1970s military dictatorship. I love that they didn’t move the story to NY, London, or LA—kept it in Buenos Aires and in Spanish.
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
youtu.be/h_KwvrGZVow?...
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A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
April 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
