Gerard Fitzgerald
@gfitz.bsky.social
Military-Environmental History, #envhist Department of Engineering and Society, UVA, Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities U. Stavanger, History of Airborne Disease, Technology, Chemistry, Biology, Senses, CW & BW… and ships and railroads.
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A couple weeks ago at Halloween I was talking about the costumes my mom made, and I mentioned that she also made an outfit for me for the Bicentennial. I just realized I have a picture.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A couple weeks ago at Halloween I was talking about the costumes my mom made, and I mentioned that she also made an outfit for me for the Bicentennial. I just realized I have a picture.
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Harmful algal bloom (HAB) spread across 20,000 km2 & resulted in the deaths of millions of marine animals, from at least 550 species
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Harmful algal bloom (HAB) spread across 20,000 km2 & resulted in the deaths of millions of marine animals, from at least 550 species
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
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November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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If he’s not guilty why is he acting so very very very very very very very guilty.
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If he’s not guilty why is he acting so very very very very very very very guilty.
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This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
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Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
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Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
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mafia president
corrupting the DOJ
“…the only offer on the table was that I needed to
resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA…If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block 100s of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate.”
corrupting the DOJ
“…the only offer on the table was that I needed to
resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA…If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block 100s of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate.”
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
mafia president
corrupting the DOJ
“…the only offer on the table was that I needed to
resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA…If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block 100s of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate.”
corrupting the DOJ
“…the only offer on the table was that I needed to
resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA…If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block 100s of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate.”
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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15 November 1919 | A Czech Jew, Hanuš Jiří Kohn, was born in Plzeň.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He perished in #Dachau on 24 January 1945.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He perished in #Dachau on 24 January 1945.
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
15 November 1919 | A Czech Jew, Hanuš Jiří Kohn, was born in Plzeň.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He perished in #Dachau on 24 January 1945.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 September 1944. He perished in #Dachau on 24 January 1945.
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Moby Dick swam swiftly round and round the wrecked crew; sideways churning the water in his vengeful wake
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Moby Dick swam swiftly round and round the wrecked crew; sideways churning the water in his vengeful wake
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It seemed not a whale; and yet is this Moby Dick?
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It seemed not a whale; and yet is this Moby Dick?
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“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
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Scientists are primed to see society's challenges as technical problems - if we can just get more information, we can fix it
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
🚨Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate actions
In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵
🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵
🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Scientists are primed to see society's challenges as technical problems - if we can just get more information, we can fix it
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
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Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor, by Andreas Malm, Kristoffer Ekberg, Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Grønkjær, Martin Charlier, Olivia Medin and Ståle Holgersen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor, by Andreas Malm, Kristoffer Ekberg, Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Grønkjær, Martin Charlier, Olivia Medin and Ståle Holgersen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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ALL RISE (AGAIN).
Aaron Judge has been named the AL MVP, the third of his career.
Aaron Judge has been named the AL MVP, the third of his career.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ALL RISE (AGAIN).
Aaron Judge has been named the AL MVP, the third of his career.
Aaron Judge has been named the AL MVP, the third of his career.
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You know that’s right!
Aaron Judge is your 2025 AL MVP, winning 17 of the 30 first-place votes.
Aaron Judge is your 2025 AL MVP, winning 17 of the 30 first-place votes.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
You know that’s right!
Aaron Judge is your 2025 AL MVP, winning 17 of the 30 first-place votes.
Aaron Judge is your 2025 AL MVP, winning 17 of the 30 first-place votes.
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I was a faculty member at IU in 2016, and after the election that year, I had to change the way I taught my 200+ student Intro Sociology class, because a handful of students started flooding the class whiteboard app by posting "MAGA" over and over again.
"The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the 'Make America Great Again' slogan as an example of white supremacy."
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was a faculty member at IU in 2016, and after the election that year, I had to change the way I taught my 200+ student Intro Sociology class, because a handful of students started flooding the class whiteboard app by posting "MAGA" over and over again.