Eva Molina Flores
@evamolinaflores.bsky.social
i write about science + culture + everything else. phd candidate in the history of science @Princeton. she/her/hers. otherannapurnas.substack.com
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Another strange find in the Scoresby collection... a blank map? This chart appears to have been prepared for Elisha Kent Kane's Second Grinnell Expedition (1853-1855), which searched for Franklin's lost expedition. The chart was never filled in, perhaps due to Scoresby and Kane's deaths in 1857.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Another strange find in the Scoresby collection... a blank map? This chart appears to have been prepared for Elisha Kent Kane's Second Grinnell Expedition (1853-1855), which searched for Franklin's lost expedition. The chart was never filled in, perhaps due to Scoresby and Kane's deaths in 1857.
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John Tresch on the mysteries and symmetries of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/still-farther-south #EdgarAllanPoe
June 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
John Tresch on the mysteries and symmetries of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/still-farther-south #EdgarAllanPoe
huge news: my mom just accidentally attended the guerilla lorde concert
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
huge news: my mom just accidentally attended the guerilla lorde concert
sorry what’s that last one again
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
sorry what’s that last one again
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Nashville area folks, I'm giving a talk on SATURDAY at the Vanderbilt Museum of Art! Come out to hear all about my experience with @terrorcamp.bsky.social & the joys of community research — and we'll be workshopping methods of incorporating fandom approaches into heritage outreach 🤩
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nashville area folks, I'm giving a talk on SATURDAY at the Vanderbilt Museum of Art! Come out to hear all about my experience with @terrorcamp.bsky.social & the joys of community research — and we'll be workshopping methods of incorporating fandom approaches into heritage outreach 🤩
Concerned by how this is largely being framed as “Antarctica makes you crazy!” while burying the lede: the alleged incident was sexual assault.
A group of scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base with a team member who has become violent.
Read more: www.newsweek.com/antarctica...
Read more: www.newsweek.com/antarctica...
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Concerned by how this is largely being framed as “Antarctica makes you crazy!” while burying the lede: the alleged incident was sexual assault.
Today in dissertation writing: chasing a two-sentence footnote digression all the way back to the 4th century BC and cracking open Strabo + Polybius for the first time in years. I am a historian of modern Britain (allegedly).
March 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Today in dissertation writing: chasing a two-sentence footnote digression all the way back to the 4th century BC and cracking open Strabo + Polybius for the first time in years. I am a historian of modern Britain (allegedly).
It is in your best interest to read this intensely moving, meticulously researched piece on queer Edwardian lives and love in the wake of tragedy. Thank you @tchotchke.bsky.social for breaking this story!
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to the South Pole captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived. From @tchotchke.bsky.social, it's Atavist no. 160:
magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...
magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...
The Love Story Hiding in a Legendary Tragedy
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to Antarctica captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.
magazine.atavist.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It is in your best interest to read this intensely moving, meticulously researched piece on queer Edwardian lives and love in the wake of tragedy. Thank you @tchotchke.bsky.social for breaking this story!
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full house last night at the New Canaan Public Library for the girl band of polar exploration history aka me + @evamolinaflores.bsky.social + @sarahmpicks.bsky.social ‼️ (we are ON TOUR please book us at your library or community center)
February 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
full house last night at the New Canaan Public Library for the girl band of polar exploration history aka me + @evamolinaflores.bsky.social + @sarahmpicks.bsky.social ‼️ (we are ON TOUR please book us at your library or community center)