Eleanor Choo
@eleanorchoo.bsky.social
She/her | @SWWDTP funded PhD candidate | @UniofExeter and @BathSpaUni | Environmental History of Submarine Telegraph Cables | Gutta-Percha Conservation 1850 - 1939 |
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Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington. n.pr/3MxdoMW
A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here's a look inside
Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington. n.pr/3MxdoMW
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dikeman cherries, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1898
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
dikeman cherries, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1898
Today's casual reading while waiting at the laundrette. It is absolutely absurd and hilarious, despite a plot involving a nuclear bomb, Apartheid, anarchists, and statelessness. I feel the latter half goes on a smiiidge too long, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. #leisureread #phdlife
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today's casual reading while waiting at the laundrette. It is absolutely absurd and hilarious, despite a plot involving a nuclear bomb, Apartheid, anarchists, and statelessness. I feel the latter half goes on a smiiidge too long, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. #leisureread #phdlife
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🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
(More of a dissonantly aspirational vibe)
(More of a dissonantly aspirational vibe)
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
(More of a dissonantly aspirational vibe)
(More of a dissonantly aspirational vibe)
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"Underwater radiated noise – sound energy that ships emit through their hulls, propellers and machinery – is disrupting marine life."
+surveys for oil and gas exploration pollute
#SoundPollution
#envhist
#CetaceanHabitat
#WildlifeConservation
#SilentEclassVessel
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
+surveys for oil and gas exploration pollute
#SoundPollution
#envhist
#CetaceanHabitat
#WildlifeConservation
#SilentEclassVessel
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Underwater radiated noise – sound energy that ships emit through their hulls, propellers and machinery – is disrupting marine life."
+surveys for oil and gas exploration pollute
#SoundPollution
#envhist
#CetaceanHabitat
#WildlifeConservation
#SilentEclassVessel
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
+surveys for oil and gas exploration pollute
#SoundPollution
#envhist
#CetaceanHabitat
#WildlifeConservation
#SilentEclassVessel
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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The Dutch did not leave many loanwords in Taiwan, but those they did leave are super interesting. You'd think that the word for cabbage, gaolicai 高麗菜, means 'Korean vegetable'? Nah. Say it in Hokkien: Ko-lê(-tshài), from Dutch 'kool' (Ger. Kohl, engl. cole) XD 😁
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Dutch did not leave many loanwords in Taiwan, but those they did leave are super interesting. You'd think that the word for cabbage, gaolicai 高麗菜, means 'Korean vegetable'? Nah. Say it in Hokkien: Ko-lê(-tshài), from Dutch 'kool' (Ger. Kohl, engl. cole) XD 😁
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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There are some lovely snowflakes in Hooke’s Micrographia too:
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There are some lovely snowflakes in Hooke’s Micrographia too:
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Kali would like to remind everyone that this book exists before she goes to dance with her fellow witches in the woods tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Kali would like to remind everyone that this book exists before she goes to dance with her fellow witches in the woods tonight.
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Job – Tenure Track – Environmental History – BOKU University - Vienna
Apply by January 6th.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/02/j...
#envhist
Apply by January 6th.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/02/j...
#envhist
Job - Tenure Track - Environmental History - BOKU University
Tenure-track BOKU University - Vienna position seeks environmental history scholar with strong research, teaching, interdisciplinary methods, funding success, and socio-ecological expertise.
niche-canada.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Job – Tenure Track – Environmental History – BOKU University - Vienna
Apply by January 6th.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/02/j...
#envhist
Apply by January 6th.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/02/j...
#envhist
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The Greenhouse Christmas tree is now 120% better thanks to this new ornament. You can make your own! www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Greenhouse Christmas tree is now 120% better thanks to this new ornament. You can make your own! www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
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The Grand Banks of Newfoundland helped shape the history of Canada.
Many of Newfoundland's first communities were established thanks to the Grand Banks, where cod were said to be so plentiful they could be scooped up with a bucket.
This is the story of the Grand Banks.
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Many of Newfoundland's first communities were established thanks to the Grand Banks, where cod were said to be so plentiful they could be scooped up with a bucket.
This is the story of the Grand Banks.
🧵 1/12
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Grand Banks of Newfoundland helped shape the history of Canada.
Many of Newfoundland's first communities were established thanks to the Grand Banks, where cod were said to be so plentiful they could be scooped up with a bucket.
This is the story of the Grand Banks.
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Many of Newfoundland's first communities were established thanks to the Grand Banks, where cod were said to be so plentiful they could be scooped up with a bucket.
This is the story of the Grand Banks.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I just published a new article about turtles in Japanese folklore and culture including folktales, yokai, ghosts, and art. I really hope you enjoy it! 🐢
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
Turtles in Japanese Folklore and Culture
Folktales, yokai, symbolism and art
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I just published a new article about turtles in Japanese folklore and culture including folktales, yokai, ghosts, and art. I really hope you enjoy it! 🐢
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
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Some thoughts about hope:
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
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"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
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TO DRINK UP THE SEA
Islands of Weirdhope, the maritime expandalone to ECO MOFOS!!, by the fearsome pairing of David Blandy and Daniel Locke, is currently crowdfunding.
Scant hours left! The Backerkit campaign ends...
slowlorispress.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some thoughts about hope:
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.
Not any more, I guess."
slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...
1/
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Memories are like smoke
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Memories are like smoke
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My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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My amazing colleagues Lena Foljanty and Zülâl Muslu have launched a new blog on global legal history, "Areas, norms, time entangled" (ant-e). I have had the honour of coordinating the first colloquy with posts about the Balkans, Thailand, and Ethiopia. Have fun reading!
ante-blog.univie.ac.at
ante-blog.univie.ac.at
anteblog
ante-blog.univie.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My amazing colleagues Lena Foljanty and Zülâl Muslu have launched a new blog on global legal history, "Areas, norms, time entangled" (ant-e). I have had the honour of coordinating the first colloquy with posts about the Balkans, Thailand, and Ethiopia. Have fun reading!
ante-blog.univie.ac.at
ante-blog.univie.ac.at
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#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
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Excitingly, this programme includes an IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship, inviting applications from people working on one of the following:
1) Cultures of Natural History
2) Collecting Video Game Heritage
More details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #histSTM📜
1) Cultures of Natural History
2) Collecting Video Game Heritage
More details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #histSTM📜
Webinar: IASH Fellowship applicants for 2026-27, on Monday 15 December at 13:00 GMT. Find out about our programmes, and ask any questions you may have.
Register free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdfeb...
Please sign up even if you can't attend, as a recording will be circulated afterwards.
Register free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0fdfeb...
Please sign up even if you can't attend, as a recording will be circulated afterwards.
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
events.teams.microsoft.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Excitingly, this programme includes an IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship, inviting applications from people working on one of the following:
1) Cultures of Natural History
2) Collecting Video Game Heritage
More details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #histSTM📜
1) Cultures of Natural History
2) Collecting Video Game Heritage
More details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa... #histSTM📜
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ICOHTEC 2026: Call for Proposals is now open!
The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace.
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#histtech
The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace.
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#histtech
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
ICOHTEC 2026: Call for Proposals is now open!
The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace.
Thread: 1/4
#histtech
The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace.
Thread: 1/4
#histtech
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My special issue on gardens and plants as laboratories of premodern science is out on @royalsocietypublishing.org #notesandrecords #nrrs #histplants #histsci #vegscilif #envhist with articles by me, Luzzini on minerals, @johedesan.bsky.social on Guy de La Brosse, Jalobeanu on Bacon, and Benharrech🌱
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My special issue on gardens and plants as laboratories of premodern science is out on @royalsocietypublishing.org #notesandrecords #nrrs #histplants #histsci #vegscilif #envhist with articles by me, Luzzini on minerals, @johedesan.bsky.social on Guy de La Brosse, Jalobeanu on Bacon, and Benharrech🌱