awmerck
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Historian by training. she/her/ma'am. personal account
anyway here's "the ugliest statue in DC," a memorial to the temperance movement.
June 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
anyway here's "the ugliest statue in DC," a memorial to the temperance movement.
This is the front page of my hometown paper. This was a place where I had to be registered Republican just to vote in primary elections because no Democrats were running as late as 2006. The fact that protests happened here, in this place, more than anything else, gives me hope in this dark time.
June 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the front page of my hometown paper. This was a place where I had to be registered Republican just to vote in primary elections because no Democrats were running as late as 2006. The fact that protests happened here, in this place, more than anything else, gives me hope in this dark time.
Posting the preface of Robert Wiebe's "The Search for Order: 1877-1920" for absolutely no reason at all
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Posting the preface of Robert Wiebe's "The Search for Order: 1877-1920" for absolutely no reason at all
It's not showing up anymore but yesterday Google Maps had "Tropical Storm Helene" as a marker on the map, with instructions to emergency services. It was cool and seemed helpful. But because Google Maps is Google Maps, it also gave me the option to get driving directions back *to* the storm 🤦🏻♀️
September 28, 2024 at 1:10 PM
It's not showing up anymore but yesterday Google Maps had "Tropical Storm Helene" as a marker on the map, with instructions to emergency services. It was cool and seemed helpful. But because Google Maps is Google Maps, it also gave me the option to get driving directions back *to* the storm 🤦🏻♀️
Extremely surreal to see the photos coming out of western NC. I was literally in a cabin in Franklin on Thursday.
September 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Extremely surreal to see the photos coming out of western NC. I was literally in a cabin in Franklin on Thursday.
Last day of work at the STEPS Center! 🌿 I won't be working on phosphorus sustainability in a few hours, but it's an important topic that more people should know and care about, especially #envhist and historians 🗃️ a short 🧵👇
September 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Last day of work at the STEPS Center! 🌿 I won't be working on phosphorus sustainability in a few hours, but it's an important topic that more people should know and care about, especially #envhist and historians 🗃️ a short 🧵👇
April 11, 2024 at 12:44 PM
April 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
For #PWeek2024, I experimented with what Midjourney would do when prompted to generate images of scientists who study phosphorus sustainability. ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/11/v...
April 11, 2024 at 1:24 AM
For #PWeek2024, I experimented with what Midjourney would do when prompted to generate images of scientists who study phosphorus sustainability. ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/11/v...
For #PWeek2024 -- How do you visualize the "phosphorus paradox," or the concept that phosphorus is both essential for life and, in too much quantity, a toxic pollutant? ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/10/v...
April 11, 2024 at 1:20 AM
For #PWeek2024 -- How do you visualize the "phosphorus paradox," or the concept that phosphorus is both essential for life and, in too much quantity, a toxic pollutant? ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/10/v...
I'm back on my AI-generated images for #PWeek2024. ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/10/v...
April 11, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I'm back on my AI-generated images for #PWeek2024. ashtonwmerck.com/2024/04/10/v...
I understand there's a major celestial event going on but over at my job we're celebrating phosphorus, the 15th element, for the 15th week of the year. #PWeek2024
April 8, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I understand there's a major celestial event going on but over at my job we're celebrating phosphorus, the 15th element, for the 15th week of the year. #PWeek2024
niche standards content but i think i've concluded that IAPMO and ICC are both SDOs that use voluntary consensus processes to develop model plumbing codes and i hope this is as confusing for the actual plumbers as it was for me
January 31, 2024 at 3:25 AM
niche standards content but i think i've concluded that IAPMO and ICC are both SDOs that use voluntary consensus processes to develop model plumbing codes and i hope this is as confusing for the actual plumbers as it was for me
going through my scans from 1950s poultry trade journals and this image cracks me up every time because this man is absolutely dressed like a vampire
January 23, 2024 at 2:37 AM
going through my scans from 1950s poultry trade journals and this image cracks me up every time because this man is absolutely dressed like a vampire
No idea!!! The actual bottle is long gone but icloud has preserved this image in our text thread for eternity:
January 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
No idea!!! The actual bottle is long gone but icloud has preserved this image in our text thread for eternity: