Dale Stahl
@dalestahl.bsky.social
Historian: enviro, sci/tech, Middle East; professor, U of Colorado Denver. Obsessed with mountains (mtb, skiing) and rivers. Cat dad.
dalestahl.github.io
New book in 2025 => Two Rivers Entangled: An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
dalestahl.github.io
New book in 2025 => Two Rivers Entangled: An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
I have an idea. How about we fix our immigration system with laws like a real democracy, instead of building concentration camps in Cuba like a fascist dictatorship?
February 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I have an idea. How about we fix our immigration system with laws like a real democracy, instead of building concentration camps in Cuba like a fascist dictatorship?
The only thing that will bring lasting peace to the Palestine-Israel conflict is the only thing that hasn’t been tried: an independent Palestinian state.
January 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The only thing that will bring lasting peace to the Palestine-Israel conflict is the only thing that hasn’t been tried: an independent Palestinian state.
A gratuitous terrorism charge is the “tell” that the crime has revealed the injustice of the economic system.
www.hrw.org/news/2019/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2019/11...
Targeting Environmental Activists With Counterterrorism Measures is an Abuse of the Law
Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup ...
www.hrw.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A gratuitous terrorism charge is the “tell” that the crime has revealed the injustice of the economic system.
www.hrw.org/news/2019/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2019/11...
“Our rivers are dying and I think for women in particular—for everyone of course—but women, children, minorities, this has severe consequences.” -Elif Shafak
Great interview with the author on CBC:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Great interview with the author on CBC:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2024 at 12:21 AM
“Our rivers are dying and I think for women in particular—for everyone of course—but women, children, minorities, this has severe consequences.” -Elif Shafak
Great interview with the author on CBC:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Great interview with the author on CBC:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Finished B. Kingsolver’s _Demon Copperhead_ last night. I started it after the election. The novel offers more truth about our social moment than any political analysis or punditry I’ve read this year.
December 10, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Finished B. Kingsolver’s _Demon Copperhead_ last night. I started it after the election. The novel offers more truth about our social moment than any political analysis or punditry I’ve read this year.
Anytime someone calls for “increasing the U.S. military presence,” replace U.S. with the British or French Empire and see how you feel about it.
Most of the time it will feel wrong—and it should.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Most of the time it will feel wrong—and it should.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Opinion | Assad’s Syria Was Brutal. Will What Comes Next Be Better?
It is hard not to worry that Syrians’ sense of deep relief today could be followed by a new set of horrors tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Anytime someone calls for “increasing the U.S. military presence,” replace U.S. with the British or French Empire and see how you feel about it.
Most of the time it will feel wrong—and it should.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Most of the time it will feel wrong—and it should.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...