Sean D Lawrence
@seandlawrence.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. European History. Germans, Ottomans, environment, political economy. Cinephile.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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A bit about Ollie's human. I am a Professor of Modern European History with a focus on German history. With the rise of fascism in this country, I started a blog.
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T R E Paddock
All Progress is incremental, unless you are a pug.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A bit about Ollie's human. I am a Professor of Modern European History with a focus on German history. With the rise of fascism in this country, I started a blog.
trepaddock.wordpress.com
trepaddock.wordpress.com
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The Economics of Optimism. Great article by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social - have a read... #EconSky
I’ve written for @financialtimes.com about the need for belief in the future to get things built on.ft.com/47cO3Qs Why optimists build better infrastructure
Why optimists build better infrastructure
History credits the Victorians for their grand — and enduring — schemes but we need our eyes on the future to emulate them
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October 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Economics of Optimism. Great article by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social - have a read... #EconSky
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New experimental Phenakisto score for Lucius J. Henderson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912).
#experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm #horrorfilm #silentfilmscore #drjekyllandmrhyde #silentmovie #horrormovies #robertlouisstevenson
youtu.be/6MgryPVoQOo
#experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm #horrorfilm #silentfilmscore #drjekyllandmrhyde #silentmovie #horrormovies #robertlouisstevenson
youtu.be/6MgryPVoQOo
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) - Phenakisto score | Silent Horror Film
YouTube video by Matt Barry
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October 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New experimental Phenakisto score for Lucius J. Henderson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912).
#experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm #horrorfilm #silentfilmscore #drjekyllandmrhyde #silentmovie #horrormovies #robertlouisstevenson
youtu.be/6MgryPVoQOo
#experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm #horrorfilm #silentfilmscore #drjekyllandmrhyde #silentmovie #horrormovies #robertlouisstevenson
youtu.be/6MgryPVoQOo
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🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🐝 Urban plants prefer to live alongside rich people! Result of surveys from around the world. #BUC2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🐝 Urban plants prefer to live alongside rich people! Result of surveys from around the world. #BUC2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today we have "Board Appeal: Curating Environmental Game Collections for the Public" by Sherri Sheu
This is the fourth article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/10/17/b...
#envhist #envhum #games
This is the fourth article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/10/17/b...
#envhist #envhum #games
Board Appeal: Curating Environmental Game Collections for the Public
Environmental board games from the 1970s onward reflect shifting ecological concerns; curating them at SHI revealed their educational, historical, and interactive museum value.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today we have "Board Appeal: Curating Environmental Game Collections for the Public" by Sherri Sheu
This is the fourth article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/10/17/b...
#envhist #envhum #games
This is the fourth article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/10/17/b...
#envhist #envhum #games
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Hey #EnvHum folks and #archaeologists! Are you involved in archaeological research into the history of forests? Then this call for papers might be of interest to you. Take a look:
projektwald.hypotheses.org/527
#WoodStory #ProjektWald #Forstgeschichte #Archaeology #Archäologie
projektwald.hypotheses.org/527
#WoodStory #ProjektWald #Forstgeschichte #Archaeology #Archäologie
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hey #EnvHum folks and #archaeologists! Are you involved in archaeological research into the history of forests? Then this call for papers might be of interest to you. Take a look:
projektwald.hypotheses.org/527
#WoodStory #ProjektWald #Forstgeschichte #Archaeology #Archäologie
projektwald.hypotheses.org/527
#WoodStory #ProjektWald #Forstgeschichte #Archaeology #Archäologie
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Our editor, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social, examines "The Erie Canal at 200."
"Designing the Erie’s liquid route required amassing knowledge of local landscapes and ecological conditions."
niche-canada.org/2025/10/26/t...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
"Designing the Erie’s liquid route required amassing knowledge of local landscapes and ecological conditions."
niche-canada.org/2025/10/26/t...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
The Erie Canal at 200
Erie Canal’s 200th: engineering success, reshaped settlement, boosted trade, harmed Indigenous lands and ecosystems, linked U.S.–Canada waterways, now mostly recreational.
niche-canada.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Our editor, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social, examines "The Erie Canal at 200."
"Designing the Erie’s liquid route required amassing knowledge of local landscapes and ecological conditions."
niche-canada.org/2025/10/26/t...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
"Designing the Erie’s liquid route required amassing knowledge of local landscapes and ecological conditions."
niche-canada.org/2025/10/26/t...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
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Check out Elizabeth Bennett's review of Bob Wyss's "Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal," published in 2025 by @ucpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #energy
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Check out Elizabeth Bennett's review of Bob Wyss's "Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal," published in 2025 by @ucpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #energy
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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the environmental law prof reply all-debate about what exactly we are supposed to be teaching continues
“With this move, they’re taking away the practical and material capacity of the federal government to do the basic elements of climate policymaking”
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the environmental law prof reply all-debate about what exactly we are supposed to be teaching continues
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No money for nature coming from the Climate & Nature Fund! The Government have completely undermined what this fund was about.
The new National Development Plan proposals released today represent yet another retreat from real #ClimateAction by the government
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#NDP @hazelchu.bsky.social @rodericogorman.bsky.social @pidgeon.ie
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#NDP @hazelchu.bsky.social @rodericogorman.bsky.social @pidgeon.ie
Government's abandonment of climate ambition can be seen in revised NDP allocations | Green Party
A huge bait-and-switch: Government's abandonment of climate ambition can be seen in revised NDP allocations
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July 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
No money for nature coming from the Climate & Nature Fund! The Government have completely undermined what this fund was about.
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Historisches Gutachten Int.Gerichtshof: Länder gesetzlich verpflichtet (nicht nur durch Pariser Abkommen) gegen Klimawandels vorzugehen u Schäden zu beheben. Auch Stopp neuer Öl-/Gasfelder u fossiler Subventionen. Risiko vor Gericht zu verlieren nun deutlich höher.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
IGH-Gutachten: Völkerrecht verpflichtet Staaten zu Klimaschutz
Der Internationale Gerichtshof verlangt von Staaten mehr Einsatz gegen den Klimawandel: In einem Gutachten hat er eine "saubere, gesunde und nachhaltige Umwelt" als Menschenrecht bezeichnet. Geschädig...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Historisches Gutachten Int.Gerichtshof: Länder gesetzlich verpflichtet (nicht nur durch Pariser Abkommen) gegen Klimawandels vorzugehen u Schäden zu beheben. Auch Stopp neuer Öl-/Gasfelder u fossiler Subventionen. Risiko vor Gericht zu verlieren nun deutlich höher.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
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Das ist historisch! Einstufung einer sauberen Umwelt als Menschenrecht durch den Internationalen Gerichtshof 👏👏
Jetzt gilt umso mehr: Wenn die Bundesregierung ihre Ziele beim Klima- und Naturschutz nicht deutlich nachbessert, handelt sie klar völker- und menschenrechtswidrig.
Jetzt gilt umso mehr: Wenn die Bundesregierung ihre Ziele beim Klima- und Naturschutz nicht deutlich nachbessert, handelt sie klar völker- und menschenrechtswidrig.
July 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Das ist historisch! Einstufung einer sauberen Umwelt als Menschenrecht durch den Internationalen Gerichtshof 👏👏
Jetzt gilt umso mehr: Wenn die Bundesregierung ihre Ziele beim Klima- und Naturschutz nicht deutlich nachbessert, handelt sie klar völker- und menschenrechtswidrig.
Jetzt gilt umso mehr: Wenn die Bundesregierung ihre Ziele beim Klima- und Naturschutz nicht deutlich nachbessert, handelt sie klar völker- und menschenrechtswidrig.
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Glad my graduate alma mater cut 60 degree programs in subjects that require people to think so that they could offer this. Looking forward to living in a world full of Prompt Engineers.
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Glad my graduate alma mater cut 60 degree programs in subjects that require people to think so that they could offer this. Looking forward to living in a world full of Prompt Engineers.
Getting on a flight to Istanbul, apparently everyone with Global Entry on the Turkish Airlines flight have had their TSA PreCheck invalidated. When I asked if it was normal to have PreCheck ignored for no reason, explanation was "there is a reason, you just don't know what it is..."
July 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Getting on a flight to Istanbul, apparently everyone with Global Entry on the Turkish Airlines flight have had their TSA PreCheck invalidated. When I asked if it was normal to have PreCheck ignored for no reason, explanation was "there is a reason, you just don't know what it is..."
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So good to see the FT finally call out the Conservative Party for its reckless non-sense on climate:
on.ft.com/451lwfr “How magical thinking came for net zero critics”
on.ft.com/451lwfr “How magical thinking came for net zero critics”
How magical thinking came for net zero critics
Badenoch shows the temptation of just putting all this climate unpleasantness behind us
on.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So good to see the FT finally call out the Conservative Party for its reckless non-sense on climate:
on.ft.com/451lwfr “How magical thinking came for net zero critics”
on.ft.com/451lwfr “How magical thinking came for net zero critics”
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I will never take anyone seriously who says we need to raise the birth rates or face human extinction but it’s especially sickening now that the oligarchs have chosen to hoard even more resources by cutting off aid and killing millions of kids in the process
July 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I will never take anyone seriously who says we need to raise the birth rates or face human extinction but it’s especially sickening now that the oligarchs have chosen to hoard even more resources by cutting off aid and killing millions of kids in the process
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The rise of Lyme disease in the Northeast US can be traced back to 18th and 19th century deforestation, followed by reforestation without predator recovery. A history professor explains: buff.ly/PKYbODV
By @seandlawrence.bsky.social, West Virginia University
By @seandlawrence.bsky.social, West Virginia University
June 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The rise of Lyme disease in the Northeast US can be traced back to 18th and 19th century deforestation, followed by reforestation without predator recovery. A history professor explains: buff.ly/PKYbODV
By @seandlawrence.bsky.social, West Virginia University
By @seandlawrence.bsky.social, West Virginia University
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Happy Juneteenth, to those who celebrate.
Double Happy Juneteenth to those who don't.
Good morning. 🙂
Double Happy Juneteenth to those who don't.
Good morning. 🙂
June 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy Juneteenth, to those who celebrate.
Double Happy Juneteenth to those who don't.
Good morning. 🙂
Double Happy Juneteenth to those who don't.
Good morning. 🙂
Write a piece for The Conversation on the environmental history of tick-human interactions. Check it out theconversation.com/ticks-carry-...
Ticks carry decades of history in each troublesome bite
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Write a piece for The Conversation on the environmental history of tick-human interactions. Check it out theconversation.com/ticks-carry-...
Since LLMs are trained on mass language use on the internet, the lesson here is that, as it turns out, most of what people say and write most of the time is bullshit.
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Since LLMs are trained on mass language use on the internet, the lesson here is that, as it turns out, most of what people say and write most of the time is bullshit.