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ben bradley
@benbradleyca.bsky.social
cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.
gah, missed posting on second cstha session of the day! but now over lunch we are hearing from elizabeth griffin about her co-authored 2024 book “radio astronomy in canada”
#cdnhist #histsci
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
david michelson is now discussing the long-running challenges of modern communications in the canadian arctic. need to understand what has and (too often) hasnt worked in the past, to have a good picture of situation today and plan for future
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
david foord comparing the # and % data on canadian telegraph and telephone use, against advertising for the latter industry, to trace the transition and normalization of these technologies.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
very interesting talk on the materiality of north american telephony by @mfeagan.bsky.social! 🌲📞
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
hey my uncle was a faller for bell pole!
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
he is talking about some facets of this at CSTHA conference this weekend, too! 🌲📞
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"nautical but nice"
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
wonder who is funding it...
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
it recognizes cdns
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
will this be on zoom perhaps? (would be esp appropriate for the topic)
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
wasn't this an episode of "the windsors"?
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"extended remix"
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
doing frauds upon charities, or charities that conduct frauds themselves?
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM