Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
Medhist=medieval + medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on Global Health. Upcoming talk on 13 Jan: https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/online-lectures/infectitious-disease-histories/
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Infectitious Disease Histories - CSMBR
In this lecture, Monica Green explores how pathogen palaeogenetics, through ancient microbial genomes, is transforming our understanding of the evolution and global circulation of premodern infectious...
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
Registration is now open for my 13 Jan 2026 public lecture, "The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories: Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses," csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... Sponsored by @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social. #histmed #aDNA #PandemicThinking
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Because the job of journalism is apparently to keep inventing new euphemisms to avoid having to call greed, corruption or lawlessness by their name…
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Because the job of journalism is apparently to keep inventing new euphemisms to avoid having to call greed, corruption or lawlessness by their name…
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Trump is the first US president to bomb 7 countries in one year.
Based on verified reports from Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, and CBC, the seven countries targeted by US strikes under Trump in 2025 are: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
Based on verified reports from Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, and CBC, the seven countries targeted by US strikes under Trump in 2025 are: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Trump is the first US president to bomb 7 countries in one year.
Based on verified reports from Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, and CBC, the seven countries targeted by US strikes under Trump in 2025 are: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
Based on verified reports from Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, and CBC, the seven countries targeted by US strikes under Trump in 2025 are: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
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… Patty Murray statement: “… What the President has done is unconstitutional, reckless, and will have far-reaching effects well beyond last night’s strikes….”
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Senator Murray Responds to Trump’s Illegal Military Operation, Address to the Nation - Senator Patty Murray
Senator Murray: “It is outrageous for a President who is tanking our economy here at home to suggest that the American taxpayer spend a fortune to ‘run’ another country while doing nothing to make lif...
www.murray.senate.gov
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
… Patty Murray statement: “… What the President has done is unconstitutional, reckless, and will have far-reaching effects well beyond last night’s strikes….”
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Happy to have found this mini-podcast notice of a piece I & @fancynahyan.bsky.social published nearly a year ago. At 7:37-10:02, there's notice of evidence we gathered for the presence of plague in Mongol-Mamluk regions some 90 years before the Black Death www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/....
Audio News for February 16th through the 22nd, 2025
The news of the week in audio, compiled from daily news updates gathered by the news site Archaeologica.
www.archaeologychannel.org
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Happy to have found this mini-podcast notice of a piece I & @fancynahyan.bsky.social published nearly a year ago. At 7:37-10:02, there's notice of evidence we gathered for the presence of plague in Mongol-Mamluk regions some 90 years before the Black Death www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/....
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FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
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US military operations in Venezuela are upending travel in the Caribbean just as many vacationers are trying to get home from their winter breaks.
Flights Canceled Across Caribbean After US Raid in Venezuela
US military operations in Venezuela are upending travel in the Caribbean just as many vacationers are trying to get home from their winter breaks.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
US military operations in Venezuela are upending travel in the Caribbean just as many vacationers are trying to get home from their winter breaks.
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Timeline cleanser
Aretha Franklin’s tribute to Carole King at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015.
Aretha Franklin's awesome tribute to Carole King: Kennedy Center Honors 2015
Absolute Legend, who thankfully is still with us.
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Timeline cleanser
#MedievalSky #histSTM #histmed CFP: “The Science of Natural Properties: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice
(6th – 15th century)” (Bologna, June 17-19, 2026). Transportation to Bologna is covered for speakers of accepted papers. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026. www.academia.edu/145294551/Ca...
(6th – 15th century)” (Bologna, June 17-19, 2026). Transportation to Bologna is covered for speakers of accepted papers. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026. www.academia.edu/145294551/Ca...
Call for Papers: The Science of Natural Properties Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice (6 th -15 th century), Bologna, 17-19 June 2026
The conference will explore how theoretical and technical knowledge of natural properties was shaped through transmission, translation, and adaptation, as well as the impact of its practical applicati...
www.academia.edu
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#MedievalSky #histSTM #histmed CFP: “The Science of Natural Properties: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice
(6th – 15th century)” (Bologna, June 17-19, 2026). Transportation to Bologna is covered for speakers of accepted papers. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026. www.academia.edu/145294551/Ca...
(6th – 15th century)” (Bologna, June 17-19, 2026). Transportation to Bologna is covered for speakers of accepted papers. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026. www.academia.edu/145294551/Ca...
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I would not recognize it either - I search for duplications, and genAI images are unique.
May 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I would not recognize it either - I search for duplications, and genAI images are unique.
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BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
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Happy New Year!
To all new Bluesky users: the emojis and/or hashtags that I frequently add to my original posts, notably to (re-)share scientific papers of mine and other researchers, are not for decoration, but are tags for Bluesky feeds. Here is a 🧵 with a few examples of feeds and tags. 👇🏻
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To all new Bluesky users: the emojis and/or hashtags that I frequently add to my original posts, notably to (re-)share scientific papers of mine and other researchers, are not for decoration, but are tags for Bluesky feeds. Here is a 🧵 with a few examples of feeds and tags. 👇🏻
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January 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Happy New Year!
To all new Bluesky users: the emojis and/or hashtags that I frequently add to my original posts, notably to (re-)share scientific papers of mine and other researchers, are not for decoration, but are tags for Bluesky feeds. Here is a 🧵 with a few examples of feeds and tags. 👇🏻
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To all new Bluesky users: the emojis and/or hashtags that I frequently add to my original posts, notably to (re-)share scientific papers of mine and other researchers, are not for decoration, but are tags for Bluesky feeds. Here is a 🧵 with a few examples of feeds and tags. 👇🏻
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Turns out you can sign in using a google account and can get access to
January 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Turns out you can sign in using a google account and can get access to
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@anniemcdonough.bsky.social:
"Yellow cab driver Richard Chow was on hunger strike for medallion debt relief with Zohran Mamdani a little over four years ago.
Today, he drove now Mayor Zohran Mamdani to City Hall for his inauguration in his taxi."
Chow's brother killed himself over his debt.
"Yellow cab driver Richard Chow was on hunger strike for medallion debt relief with Zohran Mamdani a little over four years ago.
Today, he drove now Mayor Zohran Mamdani to City Hall for his inauguration in his taxi."
Chow's brother killed himself over his debt.
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
@anniemcdonough.bsky.social:
"Yellow cab driver Richard Chow was on hunger strike for medallion debt relief with Zohran Mamdani a little over four years ago.
Today, he drove now Mayor Zohran Mamdani to City Hall for his inauguration in his taxi."
Chow's brother killed himself over his debt.
"Yellow cab driver Richard Chow was on hunger strike for medallion debt relief with Zohran Mamdani a little over four years ago.
Today, he drove now Mayor Zohran Mamdani to City Hall for his inauguration in his taxi."
Chow's brother killed himself over his debt.
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![How Mamdani's 15-Day Hunger Strike In 2021 Paved Way For His Mayoral Win
In 2021, Mamdani stood at City Hall Park and announced he would fast to push city officials for debt relief for New York City taxi drivers.
Edited by:
NDTV News Desk World News
Nov 05, 2025 18:59 pm IST
[Photo of Mamdani at a microphone.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreibcwxkj2qjhvcwrus5rwszvzeo5pv5z53uyywtxl4zxl4hau7bpdi@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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A motorcade of taxis. Yellow cab drivers adore Zohran Mamdani like a brother. He spent 45 days camped outside of City Hall with them. He took all of his meetings and calls from the protest site. And, spent 15 days on a water-only hunger strike with them. They won and saved lives.
Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A motorcade of taxis. Yellow cab drivers adore Zohran Mamdani like a brother. He spent 45 days camped outside of City Hall with them. He took all of his meetings and calls from the protest site. And, spent 15 days on a water-only hunger strike with them. They won and saved lives.
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"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
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No, I don't, but I'll amplify to see if somebody else does.
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
No, I don't, but I'll amplify to see if somebody else does.
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do you have a non-paywalled link?
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
do you have a non-paywalled link?
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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Why is an article on an important subject that needs wide public support behind a paywall?
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Why is an article on an important subject that needs wide public support behind a paywall?
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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"The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable & most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him." apnews.com/article/trum...
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable & most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him." apnews.com/article/trum...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM