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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
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Historian at the University of Chicago. Co-editor of The Journal of Modern History. New projects: Pandora's Box: The First Fossil Fuel Economy (Princeton UP, 2027). And with Moritz von Brescius, The Long Acceleration 1500-1950. .. more

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson is a historian at the University of Chicago. He is the Author of Enlightenment's Frontier: The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism and the coauthor of Green Victorians: The Simple Life in John Ruskin's Lake District. He currently serves as the co-editor of The Journal of Modern History. .. more

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Aug 13
With @mbrescius.bsky.social I am very happy to announce the launch of a major new project in #Anthropocene history. The Long Acceleration brings together more than 20 scholars to consider the planetary emergency. Many thanks to Moritz and the Institute for European Global Studies for hosting us.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d
You thought it was just Carney in Beijing this January?

The West wants an 'outside option' from US bullying....
"new world order" is about building the material basis of their sovereignty: ppl's wellbeing, energy, tech & the future
@katemac.bsky.social & I:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · 4d
Yes, they work beautifully for an undergraduate seminar-style course focused on close reading of classic texts. Baker's volume is especially good but the medieval selections also teach really well

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · 4d
We still use them in the History of European Civ to this day...

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 4d
A few of us got together for a forum on degrowth in
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
It’s the Economy, Stupid | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 1
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 5d
An open letter to @theguardian.com about their article last week about the Crown’s Silence, requesting that the Black scholar of Caribbean heritage who did the years of archival research behind this claim, and published it in 1979, Roger Norman Buckley, be acknowledged as the source of this reveal:
OPEN LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN Dear Editors, We write in reference to a recent article published in the UK online edition of The Guardian on Friday, 23 January 2026, which carried the following misleading headline: "British crown was world's largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals." The article in question, by Chris Osuh, showcases a new book by Dr. Brooke Newman, The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy (Harper Collins, 2026). But Newman's book is not the original source of that claim. That claim derives from earlier scholarship, the painstaking archival work of a Black historian of Caribbean heritage: the late Roger Norman Buckley. It is unfortunate that the silencing of his original scholarship appears in the profiling of a book advertised as uncovering silences. While it is great to see public attention brought to the history of the Crown's involvement in slavery through the new book and its profiling in The Guardian, the headline compromises The Guardian's efforts to address the legacies of slavery generally and its own institutional links when it extracts and reframes earlier work by a Black scholar as a revelation new to this book. The relevant passage in The Crown's Silence draws on original scholarship by Roger Norman Buckley in Slaves in Red Coats: The British West India Regiments, 1795-1815 (1979). Dr. Brooke Newman repeats Buckley's figures, which she cites (referencing page 55 of Buckley's book, see attached) while changing his "British government" to "Crown." She then converts his careful "perhaps the largest individual buyer" to a more conclusive claim, changing his "British government" to "king" but without citing Buckley for that claim which is on page 56 of his book (see attached) and which, uncited in Newman's book, is the Guardian headline. There is room for popular histories that rely largely on the secondary scholarship of other historians. But other historians have not been silent. Page from Buckley’s 1979 book 2nd page from Buckley’s 1979 book

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 6d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 7d
'Cross Tracks (across a cold landscape)'
Charcoal & Oil Paint Sketch

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 8d
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. “Today, we demand accountability. “In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. “Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 8d
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d
“They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are killing citizens to create disruption so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office and suffer criminal sanctions for the crimes they are now committing”

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 9d
On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.
dmbmeg.bsky.social Dumb Megan @dmbmeg.bsky.social · 9d
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10d
Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.

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D'Argento Alexandro @dargentoalexandro.bsky.social · 10d
Camera in hand.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10d
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 18d
Today, the high seas treaty becomes law - the first legally binding ocean governance instrument that covers the international waters outside of any country's national jurisdiction, more than 80 countries have now ratified share.google/JVG19PNv0eNQ...
A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. Here's Why It's a Big Deal.
The United Nations Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJA) – nicknamed the 'High Seas Treaty' – comes into force on January 17, a massive milestone in efforts to conserve marine li...
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Alison Anastasio @aeastasio.bsky.social · 24d
palate cleanser: read about curious nerds, slow science, and the Chicago slag barrens among gorgeous photos in the golden hour at #MarianByrnesPark.

#WildCalumet #GreatNearby

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The beauty of slag
Maybe it’s not just a brownfield or a wastescape. Maybe it’s a novel ecosystem.
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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 28
Post-growth perspective gaining traction among climate policy specialists theconversation.com/idea-of-gree...
Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals
According to a survey of almost 800 climate researchers, 73% are sceptical of the idea of green growth. Instead, approaches such as agrowth and degrowth are gaining ground.
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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · Dec 26
"Swaths of the Permian Basin appear to be on the verge of geological malfunction."

An unfolding disaster, shielded by centrist pundits who tell us to "support America's oil & gas industry."

Here's an idea: The oil & gas industry should support America, not wreck our land, air, & water.
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
www.wsj.com

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Dec 24
Letter to the editor, December 2010

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
A letter to the London Review of Books magazine, reading: 'I recently told the following joke to a rather unreceptive audience and was advised that it was ‘more of a London Review of Books sort of joke’. So I humbly offer it to you. Q: What do you call Santa’s little helpers? A: Subordinate clauses. Jerry Beere'

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 22
I am finding a high rate of errors and hallucinations. Trust in AI only seems possible if we double check it constantly, which makes me wonder what the bloody point is.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · Dec 22
Here's a 🧵 on how I came to write the article I'm working on right now, and you can decide for yourself whether AI was ever going to go in this direction:
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · Dec 21
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 19
Me too. Excellent in every way

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 19
Congrats Holly! Looking forward to reading it. Mine is also finally on the way with Princeton

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Dec 17
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com

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Steven Medema @spydermed.bsky.social · Dec 16
The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:

hope.econ.duke.edu

Come join us!
Front Page | Center for the History of Political Economy
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · Dec 15
Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk

2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
Screenshot of search for 'petition' on the BL's Archives and Manuscript catalogue

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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · Dec 15
#ornithology
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eBirding on Christmas Bird Counts - eBird
Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season is here! For three weeks each year (14 December to 5 January), teams of birders participate in cooperative efforts to count birds and help document changes in bird po...
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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 13
My kind of religion. The 2006 acoustic versions are also powerful - an older man looking back at the follies of youth.

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 9
My pleasure Matthew.

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Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social · Dec 9
I warmly recommend The Women Who Saved the English Countryside by @matthewjkelly.bsky.social. Through four vivid case studies we get a typology of environmental activisms, each located in a distinct ecology and landscape. My students really enjoyed thinking with this book.