Sarah Pickman
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
Historian of exploration, extreme environments, material culture + outdoor gear. Hist. sci & med PhD, editor at Endeavour, History of Anthropology Review, and Global Maritime History. I unpack packing. She/her. www.sarahmpickman.com
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Sarah Pickman
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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I have a bunch of new followers (yay!) so I’m going to do some shameless promotion and tell you that I’m Associate Editor at the history and philosophy of science journal Endeavour. I would love to hear your pitches! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ende...
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Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
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#envhist
Building Anew: Ephemerality and the Igluvigaq (Igloo)
Snow architecture enabled Inuit placemaking, memory, and renewal, while Europeans misread its ephemerality to erase Indigenous history and justify imperial claims.
niche-canada.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
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The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
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The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
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Today we have "Curating with dis/comfort" by @katieionecraney.bsky.social
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/13/c...
#envhist #envhum
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
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#envhist #envhum
Curating with dis/comfort
Katie Ione Craney's Arctic art exhibition explored how comfort and discomfort shape identity, belonging, colonial legacies, and lived experiences in Northern environments.
niche-canada.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today we have "Curating with dis/comfort" by @katieionecraney.bsky.social
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/13/c...
#envhist #envhum
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
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#envhist #envhum
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Trump raped countless children and the NYT had all the receipts and photographs but the REAL problem for our country according the Times was the trans 7th grade girl on the volleyball team in Wisconsin.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Trump raped countless children and the NYT had all the receipts and photographs but the REAL problem for our country according the Times was the trans 7th grade girl on the volleyball team in Wisconsin.
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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Huh? Second largest public university in New Jersey. R2 level doctoral research university.
Montclair State is getting rid of its humanities departments. 🤬🤬🤬
Sign the Petition
Montclair State is Eliminating All Humanities Departments
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Huh? Second largest public university in New Jersey. R2 level doctoral research university.
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It's very simple. The next film should be about four Bonds: a cyborg one, a bloke in a suit of armour with a big hammer, a teenage one who's cloned from the DNA of Bond and Blofeld, and a fascist one that's secretly an artifact from Bond's homeworld.
Then the real one should come back with a mullet.
Then the real one should come back with a mullet.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's very simple. The next film should be about four Bonds: a cyborg one, a bloke in a suit of armour with a big hammer, a teenage one who's cloned from the DNA of Bond and Blofeld, and a fascist one that's secretly an artifact from Bond's homeworld.
Then the real one should come back with a mullet.
Then the real one should come back with a mullet.
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Today we have "Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819" by Oliver Aas
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
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#envhist #arctic #envhum
Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819
Henry Aston Barker's 1819 Arctic panorama introduced immersive Arctic imagery to Britain, blending exploration, art, and translation to shape public understanding and imagination.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today we have "Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819" by Oliver Aas
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t...
#envhist #arctic #envhum
Has anyone written about the term "breaching containment" in fandom? Asking for my footnotes 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Has anyone written about the term "breaching containment" in fandom? Asking for my footnotes 🙏
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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One of the few people acquitted at Nuremberg was the first Nazi Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht - whose full name was implausibly Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht because his parents were fans of the American abolitionist.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of the few people acquitted at Nuremberg was the first Nazi Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht - whose full name was implausibly Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht because his parents were fans of the American abolitionist.
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Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
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Lydia Pyne on Yvette Borup Andrews' photographs from the American Museum of Natural History’s First and Second Asiatic Zoological Expeditions of the 1910s: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/yvette-borup-andrews-photographing-central-asia
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lydia Pyne on Yvette Borup Andrews' photographs from the American Museum of Natural History’s First and Second Asiatic Zoological Expeditions of the 1910s: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/yvette-borup-andrews-photographing-central-asia
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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These cases are nightmares. Many people had removal proceedings “administratively closed” for years; the case is off the docket and the person can stay indefinitely.
Now, suddenly, ICE is restarting them. And if they miss a physical letter, they might get ordered deported without their knowledge.
Now, suddenly, ICE is restarting them. And if they miss a physical letter, they might get ordered deported without their knowledge.
Hundreds of immigration cases in San Francisco have been closed for years, even decades, often b/c they are not an enforcement priority.
Many involve victims of crime & abuse.
This summer, Trump attorneys tried to bring them back.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-i...
Many involve victims of crime & abuse.
This summer, Trump attorneys tried to bring them back.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-i...
Hundreds of S.F. immigration cases were paused for decades. Trump tried to revive them.
Federal attorneys tried reviving some 2,000 deportation cases in San Francisco, many involving alleged victims of crime and abuse.
missionlocal.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
These cases are nightmares. Many people had removal proceedings “administratively closed” for years; the case is off the docket and the person can stay indefinitely.
Now, suddenly, ICE is restarting them. And if they miss a physical letter, they might get ordered deported without their knowledge.
Now, suddenly, ICE is restarting them. And if they miss a physical letter, they might get ordered deported without their knowledge.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
This is the stuff I’m here for
Today, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'"
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
Finding Environmental History in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad immortalized the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, linking Great Lakes industry, Indigenous history, environmental change, and enduring cultural memory.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is the stuff I’m here for
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Uhh.. Did we ever get a follow-up on this? And were Jewish Americans even informed about it?
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Uhh.. Did we ever get a follow-up on this? And were Jewish Americans even informed about it?
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No Noise November. everybody shut up
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
No Noise November. everybody shut up
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📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
