Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
Medhist = medieval + medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on Global Health. Latest: https://www.history21.com/owit-module/the-black-death-the-medieval-plague-pandemic/
Pinned
A new #OpenAccess resource for teaching world/global history is almost ready. The module "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta," is in final editing & should be "live" by the beginning of September. A preview here: www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2025/07...
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The failure to fight back then — when this was happening in 2023 — harms us today.
The lesson is: Pick Big Fights. When you’re on the right side, fight!
The fight draws attention, which is essential in today’s media environment.
The lesson is: Pick Big Fights. When you’re on the right side, fight!
The fight draws attention, which is essential in today’s media environment.
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The failure to fight back then — when this was happening in 2023 — harms us today.
The lesson is: Pick Big Fights. When you’re on the right side, fight!
The fight draws attention, which is essential in today’s media environment.
The lesson is: Pick Big Fights. When you’re on the right side, fight!
The fight draws attention, which is essential in today’s media environment.
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It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
look at what this leadership did with oversight powers of SCOTUS in the middle of multiple devastating scandals for the conservatives. look at the half assed impeachments and half-assed oversight during the teens.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Dear senators @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov, as an MD constituent, I'd like to express strong support for a change in the leadership of the Dem. Senate caucus. Senator @schumer.senate.gov has now demonstrated time & again that he is not equal to the task in this moment of need.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Dear senators @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov, as an MD constituent, I'd like to express strong support for a change in the leadership of the Dem. Senate caucus. Senator @schumer.senate.gov has now demonstrated time & again that he is not equal to the task in this moment of need.
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Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
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This never should have been a question, but today the Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that the right to love who you love isn't up for debate.
It is the law of the land.
It is the law of the land.
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This never should have been a question, but today the Supreme Court sent a powerful reminder that the right to love who you love isn't up for debate.
It is the law of the land.
It is the law of the land.
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Chuck @schumer.senate.gov should step down
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Chuck @schumer.senate.gov should step down
Latest in "Misreading the news in Trump 2.0."
@jfallows.bsky.social newsletter on air traffic slowdowns: "Everything they’ve said about federal troops in American cities involves concern about supposedly runaway crime."
Me (misreading): "And now they've invented 'runway crime', too?"
@jfallows.bsky.social newsletter on air traffic slowdowns: "Everything they’ve said about federal troops in American cities involves concern about supposedly runaway crime."
Me (misreading): "And now they've invented 'runway crime', too?"
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Latest in "Misreading the news in Trump 2.0."
@jfallows.bsky.social newsletter on air traffic slowdowns: "Everything they’ve said about federal troops in American cities involves concern about supposedly runaway crime."
Me (misreading): "And now they've invented 'runway crime', too?"
@jfallows.bsky.social newsletter on air traffic slowdowns: "Everything they’ve said about federal troops in American cities involves concern about supposedly runaway crime."
Me (misreading): "And now they've invented 'runway crime', too?"
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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From a global low of 5,000 individuals in the 1960's, their numbers today are 135,000 globally.
That's an astonishing recovery driven by research, regulation and public support that led to international cooperation on whaling bans.
Take a victory lap, whale supporters!
That's an astonishing recovery driven by research, regulation and public support that led to international cooperation on whaling bans.
Take a victory lap, whale supporters!
a humpback whale is jumping out of the ocean
Alt: a humpback whale is jumping out of the ocean, then splashes a big splash.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
From a global low of 5,000 individuals in the 1960's, their numbers today are 135,000 globally.
That's an astonishing recovery driven by research, regulation and public support that led to international cooperation on whaling bans.
Take a victory lap, whale supporters!
That's an astonishing recovery driven by research, regulation and public support that led to international cooperation on whaling bans.
Take a victory lap, whale supporters!
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
Reminder
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR
This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
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“These are entities + individuals who largely operate under the delusion that, bc they have managed to gather the largest shares of the value that natural human systems in the US have generated, they are also the source of that value, which would be like a 🐿️ believing it is the source of peanuts ….”
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
www.the-reframe.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“These are entities + individuals who largely operate under the delusion that, bc they have managed to gather the largest shares of the value that natural human systems in the US have generated, they are also the source of that value, which would be like a 🐿️ believing it is the source of peanuts ….”
" ... and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame." Yes.
“These are entities + individuals who largely operate under the delusion that, bc they have managed to gather the largest shares of the value that natural human systems in the US have generated, they are also the source of that value, which would be like a 🐿️ believing it is the source of peanuts ….”
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
www.the-reframe.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
" ... and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame." Yes.
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“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
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Anyway I’m glad that even if James Watson outlived Sharon Begley, he didn’t outrun her.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Anyway I’m glad that even if James Watson outlived Sharon Begley, he didn’t outrun her.
This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
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👋🏿 Next week is my VERY LAST in person lab exam and I'm $905 short of the coin needed to get me there/back cause Oct. gigs were iffy.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Oh Hai 👋🏿
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
👋🏿 Next week is my VERY LAST in person lab exam and I'm $905 short of the coin needed to get me there/back cause Oct. gigs were iffy.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
Thank you for rocking with me through 2.5 yrs of continuous calamity. This is the last 13.8% of this campaign. Every bit helps.
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Some of Britain’s biggest investment groups including Schroders, the state-backed Nest pension platform and the giant universities retirement scheme voted against Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay packet, it emerged on Friday
Elon Musk’s ‘bleak’ $1trn pay deal opposed by UK investment managers
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some of Britain’s biggest investment groups including Schroders, the state-backed Nest pension platform and the giant universities retirement scheme voted against Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay packet, it emerged on Friday
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They were ready to use bayonets on Black citizens.
The photo is good to remind some* people how Black folks fought for rights that some so carelessly relinquished.
And how that bravery and sacrifice is being eraced.
The photo is good to remind some* people how Black folks fought for rights that some so carelessly relinquished.
And how that bravery and sacrifice is being eraced.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They were ready to use bayonets on Black citizens.
The photo is good to remind some* people how Black folks fought for rights that some so carelessly relinquished.
And how that bravery and sacrifice is being eraced.
The photo is good to remind some* people how Black folks fought for rights that some so carelessly relinquished.
And how that bravery and sacrifice is being eraced.
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That is reporting by the press, not making the analytic data available to the scientific community. The point is that only through seeing how certain mutations and clusters of mutations are spreading and accumulating can you handle on what is the next meaningful wave.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
That is reporting by the press, not making the analytic data available to the scientific community. The point is that only through seeing how certain mutations and clusters of mutations are spreading and accumulating can you handle on what is the next meaningful wave.