Sarah Pickman
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
Historian of exploration, extreme environments, material culture + outdoor gear, fashion. Hist. sci & med PhD, editor ar Endeavour, freelance writer. I unpack packing. She/her. www.sarahmpickman.com
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I’m excited to be teaming with @eguimont.bsky.social as the new Editors-in-Chief of Endeavour, a journal for the history and philosophy of science. Get in touch if you’d like to pitch full-length articles, short pieces, or reviews of books, exhibits, or films! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ende...
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Buried in this article is the astonishing news that "Across the state Democrats have recruited candidates to run in all 150 state House districts, 16 state Senate districts and every other state and federal contest on the ballot". G-d bless Texas, get on their level.
Breaking: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset.
Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Buried in this article is the astonishing news that "Across the state Democrats have recruited candidates to run in all 150 state House districts, 16 state Senate districts and every other state and federal contest on the ballot". G-d bless Texas, get on their level.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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As a great grandson of a woman who survived the genocide in Turkey, they will come for you next.
January 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
As a great grandson of a woman who survived the genocide in Turkey, they will come for you next.
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🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The ghost of Roald Amundsen would like a word
wake up babe an italian guy is doing phrenology about norweigans bsky.app/profile/zack...
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The ghost of Roald Amundsen would like a word
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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College money well spent and needed.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
www.chron.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
College money well spent and needed.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Ugh
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Ugh
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This store was bought by employees like three months ago too. What a way to introduce yourselves.
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This store was bought by employees like three months ago too. What a way to introduce yourselves.
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Latest podcast! We talk to Simone Kenyon, choreographer + artistic creator of the place-sensitive performance piece Into the Mountain, inspired by the lyrical & embodied prose of Nan Shepherd’s 1974 book.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Latest podcast! We talk to Simone Kenyon, choreographer + artistic creator of the place-sensitive performance piece Into the Mountain, inspired by the lyrical & embodied prose of Nan Shepherd’s 1974 book.
shorturl.at/ac6QE
@graemewarren.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social
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Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
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Bovino has gone but the DHS leadership is unchanged. They just got the message about kinder and gentler sm posts. ICE is still fubar.
Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
More ICE door-to-door operations are taking place in Blaine, Minnesota, on 1/28/26.
January 28, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Bovino has gone but the DHS leadership is unchanged. They just got the message about kinder and gentler sm posts. ICE is still fubar.
Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to block ICE funding
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Bari Weiss Claims Ideological Diversity Begins And Ends With Her
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Bari Weiss Claims Ideological Diversity Begins And Ends With Her
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The Horrors persist but so do--
The Horrors persist but
The Horrors
The Horrors
*sucks air through teeth* Man, that's, like, a lot of Horrors. A lot more Horrors than normal. I was led to expect that-- less Horrors, in general, you know? Is there, uh-- a bathroom? No? Oh, this is gonna be bad.
The Horrors persist but
The Horrors
The Horrors
*sucks air through teeth* Man, that's, like, a lot of Horrors. A lot more Horrors than normal. I was led to expect that-- less Horrors, in general, you know? Is there, uh-- a bathroom? No? Oh, this is gonna be bad.
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The Horrors persist but so do--
The Horrors persist but
The Horrors
The Horrors
*sucks air through teeth* Man, that's, like, a lot of Horrors. A lot more Horrors than normal. I was led to expect that-- less Horrors, in general, you know? Is there, uh-- a bathroom? No? Oh, this is gonna be bad.
The Horrors persist but
The Horrors
The Horrors
*sucks air through teeth* Man, that's, like, a lot of Horrors. A lot more Horrors than normal. I was led to expect that-- less Horrors, in general, you know? Is there, uh-- a bathroom? No? Oh, this is gonna be bad.
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All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued
Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of
goodereader.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
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Honoured guests, I believe we have found The Worst Answer to the Higher Education crisis.
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Honoured guests, I believe we have found The Worst Answer to the Higher Education crisis.
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Probably the most successful piece of legislation in US history, measured by social benefit generated per dollar spent. Also wildly popular, across demographics.
Without any public discussion or consultation of Congress, the Trump administration has effectively killed it.
Without any public discussion or consultation of Congress, the Trump administration has effectively killed it.
The Trump administration has “virtually stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act,” lodging just one consent decree in a relatively small case since Trump’s inauguration, compared with 26 in the first year of Trump's first term, & 22 in Biden’s first year. peer.org/under-epas-z... 1/
Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death
Department of Justice Civil Pollution Settlements Plummet to Record Lows
peer.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Probably the most successful piece of legislation in US history, measured by social benefit generated per dollar spent. Also wildly popular, across demographics.
Without any public discussion or consultation of Congress, the Trump administration has effectively killed it.
Without any public discussion or consultation of Congress, the Trump administration has effectively killed it.
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Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
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Thank Judges and Lawyers for Standing Up for Democracy
These brave professionals need to know that the public is behind them
A federal judge told us that the postcards were a much appreciated reminder that they are not alone.
Learn the details at our blog: buff.ly/tLdMURD
These brave professionals need to know that the public is behind them
A federal judge told us that the postcards were a much appreciated reminder that they are not alone.
Learn the details at our blog: buff.ly/tLdMURD
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Thank Judges and Lawyers for Standing Up for Democracy
These brave professionals need to know that the public is behind them
A federal judge told us that the postcards were a much appreciated reminder that they are not alone.
Learn the details at our blog: buff.ly/tLdMURD
These brave professionals need to know that the public is behind them
A federal judge told us that the postcards were a much appreciated reminder that they are not alone.
Learn the details at our blog: buff.ly/tLdMURD
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In this latest addition to the JHI Blog’s Forum on political economy, Arielle Xena Alterwaite turns to C.L.R. James’s classic reading of Moby-Dick to reflect not solely on the substance of intellectual history and political economy, but also on the various styles in which this history can be told.
“Spread a Rainbow Over His Disastrous Set of Sun”: The Comedy of Colonial Enlightenment
by Arielle Xena Alterwaite
This essay is part of a JHI Blog forum, "The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History."
web.sas.upenn.edu
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
In this latest addition to the JHI Blog’s Forum on political economy, Arielle Xena Alterwaite turns to C.L.R. James’s classic reading of Moby-Dick to reflect not solely on the substance of intellectual history and political economy, but also on the various styles in which this history can be told.
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"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
If you're feeling helpless watching the news coming out of Minnesota, please check out this vetted list ⬇️
www.standwithminnesota.com
We stand with Minnesota.
United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
If you're feeling helpless watching the news coming out of Minnesota, please check out this vetted list ⬇️
www.standwithminnesota.com
We stand with Minnesota.
United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."
If you're feeling helpless watching the news coming out of Minnesota, please check out this vetted list ⬇️
www.standwithminnesota.com
We stand with Minnesota.
United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
If you're feeling helpless watching the news coming out of Minnesota, please check out this vetted list ⬇️
www.standwithminnesota.com
We stand with Minnesota.
United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
Take note, fellow skincare aficionados!
The Ordinary's subreddit has a massive thread to find dupes of their products because nobody wants to support William Lauder's Greenland ambitions
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Take note, fellow skincare aficionados!
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
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Bill Kristol is making a clearer case for what Democrats can and should do in the minority than Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries ever has
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Bill Kristol is making a clearer case for what Democrats can and should do in the minority than Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries ever has