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Project looking at water and the ways people interact with it in history, society, and culture
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@waterways-project.bsky.social
· Feb 17
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"The practice of goldsmithing, like many of our Mandaean rituals, is fading into history. The craft that had once flowed through the veins of our family like a confluence of streams, canals and waterways is now about to dry up."
The Weight of Gold: A Mandaean Journey Through Exile
Cut off from the society that nourished their way of life, the followers of this ancient Gnostic religion are slowly disappearing
newlinesmag.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"The practice of goldsmithing, like many of our Mandaean rituals, is fading into history. The craft that had once flowed through the veins of our family like a confluence of streams, canals and waterways is now about to dry up."
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As Twain wrote, the Mississippi River is well worth reading about. If you agree—and you should—check out @boyceupholt.bsky.social's book THE GREAT RIVER, which I had the pleasure of reviewing for H-environment.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As Twain wrote, the Mississippi River is well worth reading about. If you agree—and you should—check out @boyceupholt.bsky.social's book THE GREAT RIVER, which I had the pleasure of reviewing for H-environment.
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🗃️ #EnvHist
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"Why would people still want to work at the mine? Practically speaking, this was more a question of home, and people wanting to stay living in the community where their families had lived, worked, and died for generations." - @historiamagoria.bsky.social
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The Town (Once) Called Asbestos
Local and familial understandings of place and risk are unique and personal. For that to change requires time and, to some extent, mourning.
niche-canada.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Why would people still want to work at the mine? Practically speaking, this was more a question of home, and people wanting to stay living in the community where their families had lived, worked, and died for generations." - @historiamagoria.bsky.social
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To answer the obvious question yes we do cover the waterways filled with poop
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
To answer the obvious question yes we do cover the waterways filled with poop
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What resource comes to mind when you think of the Persian Gulf?
If you're the worst merchant in Ur, probably copper
A sheltered sea, the Gulf has long served as a mini-Mediterranean permitting seaborne trade
In 1750 BCE, that trade included Sumer and Dilmun, where Ea-Nasir got his subpar copper
If you're the worst merchant in Ur, probably copper
A sheltered sea, the Gulf has long served as a mini-Mediterranean permitting seaborne trade
In 1750 BCE, that trade included Sumer and Dilmun, where Ea-Nasir got his subpar copper
February 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What resource comes to mind when you think of the Persian Gulf?
If you're the worst merchant in Ur, probably copper
A sheltered sea, the Gulf has long served as a mini-Mediterranean permitting seaborne trade
In 1750 BCE, that trade included Sumer and Dilmun, where Ea-Nasir got his subpar copper
If you're the worst merchant in Ur, probably copper
A sheltered sea, the Gulf has long served as a mini-Mediterranean permitting seaborne trade
In 1750 BCE, that trade included Sumer and Dilmun, where Ea-Nasir got his subpar copper
The Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, *and* the Persian Gulf
We're tired. So tired.
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The Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, *and* the Suez Canal.
WTF is it with these people and waterways?
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May 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, *and* the Persian Gulf
We're tired. So tired.
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“our multitude of #rivers is another powerful image that represents what #Wales is about – connection, and people, and politics, and the use of resources, and where history is remembered and legends are made."
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Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers
Arachne Press says Afonydd (Rivers) was inspired by success of A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“our multitude of #rivers is another powerful image that represents what #Wales is about – connection, and people, and politics, and the use of resources, and where history is remembered and legends are made."
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Did you know there was a sixth Great Lake for three weeks?
In 1998, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy passed a law naming Lake Champlain a Great Lake so Vermont could get money to study it under a Great Lakes program
An uproar from Midwest senators quickly reversed the move, but Vermont kept the money
In 1998, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy passed a law naming Lake Champlain a Great Lake so Vermont could get money to study it under a Great Lakes program
An uproar from Midwest senators quickly reversed the move, but Vermont kept the money
March 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know there was a sixth Great Lake for three weeks?
In 1998, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy passed a law naming Lake Champlain a Great Lake so Vermont could get money to study it under a Great Lakes program
An uproar from Midwest senators quickly reversed the move, but Vermont kept the money
In 1998, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy passed a law naming Lake Champlain a Great Lake so Vermont could get money to study it under a Great Lakes program
An uproar from Midwest senators quickly reversed the move, but Vermont kept the money
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It may look cute, but did you know the North American river otter is kind of a dick?
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
May 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It may look cute, but did you know the North American river otter is kind of a dick?
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
It may look cute, but did you know the North American river otter is kind of a dick?
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
May 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It may look cute, but did you know the North American river otter is kind of a dick?
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
Native to Canada and the US, it's a trickster in many Indigenous cultures
In an Ojibwe story, the otter tricked the bear into losing its tail by saying it could catch fish by sticking its tail into freezing water
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Is Lake Superior actually a lake, or a sea pretending?
It's a lake in English, but it's “Ojibwa’s Great Sea” in Ojibwe, an apt name given it's the world's largest freshwater body
Superior's sea-ness has made it useful for shipping, with lakers like the Edmund Fitzgerald hauling Minnesota iron ore
It's a lake in English, but it's “Ojibwa’s Great Sea” in Ojibwe, an apt name given it's the world's largest freshwater body
Superior's sea-ness has made it useful for shipping, with lakers like the Edmund Fitzgerald hauling Minnesota iron ore
January 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Is Lake Superior actually a lake, or a sea pretending?
It's a lake in English, but it's “Ojibwa’s Great Sea” in Ojibwe, an apt name given it's the world's largest freshwater body
Superior's sea-ness has made it useful for shipping, with lakers like the Edmund Fitzgerald hauling Minnesota iron ore
It's a lake in English, but it's “Ojibwa’s Great Sea” in Ojibwe, an apt name given it's the world's largest freshwater body
Superior's sea-ness has made it useful for shipping, with lakers like the Edmund Fitzgerald hauling Minnesota iron ore
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Unbelievably on brand for Faneuil Hall to be built on trash lmao
Boston almost certainly has more reclaimed land than any other city in North America
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Boston's History of Made Land | Inundation District | Clip | Local, USA
YouTube video by WORLD
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May 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Unbelievably on brand for Faneuil Hall to be built on trash lmao
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I was today years old when I learned this. HOLY CRAP.
Boston almost certainly has more reclaimed land than any other city in North America
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Boston's History of Made Land | Inundation District | Clip | Local, USA
YouTube video by WORLD
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May 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was today years old when I learned this. HOLY CRAP.
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Did you know the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize modern Boston?
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
April 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize modern Boston?
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
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This reminds me of how I just learned on a @fullstorybaltimore.tours tour that Water Street in Baltimore is named Water Street because it just to be the street that abutted the water before they filled it in and created the land that is now south of there.
Did you know the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize modern Boston?
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
April 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This reminds me of how I just learned on a @fullstorybaltimore.tours tour that Water Street in Baltimore is named Water Street because it just to be the street that abutted the water before they filled it in and created the land that is now south of there.
We have updated our Waterwork Tier rankings to include Maori Agricultural Adaptations, the Dambuster Raid, and Boston's Land Reclamations
What do you think?
What do you think?
May 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We have updated our Waterwork Tier rankings to include Maori Agricultural Adaptations, the Dambuster Raid, and Boston's Land Reclamations
What do you think?
What do you think?
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Brb fixing the Bay area’s housing problem by filling in the bay and building houses there
Boston almost certainly has more reclaimed land than any other city in North America
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Boston's History of Made Land | Inundation District | Clip | Local, USA
YouTube video by WORLD
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Brb fixing the Bay area’s housing problem by filling in the bay and building houses there
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Boston almost certainly has more reclaimed land than any other city in North America
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Boston's History of Made Land | Inundation District | Clip | Local, USA
YouTube video by WORLD
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Boston almost certainly has more reclaimed land than any other city in North America
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
Here's historian Nancy Seasholes explaining how the city used trash and large chunks of Beacon Hill to fill in Back Bay and other areas of the city
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this looks like a map of the Forbidden Sector of Boston, uninhabitable to baseline humans since the Calamity. none know the horrors that may be breeding within its unknown depths, but we keep watch day and night from outposts on the harbor, ever vigilant against its fell threat
April 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this looks like a map of the Forbidden Sector of Boston, uninhabitable to baseline humans since the Calamity. none know the horrors that may be breeding within its unknown depths, but we keep watch day and night from outposts on the harbor, ever vigilant against its fell threat
Did you know the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize modern Boston?
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
April 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize modern Boston?
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
Located on the Shawmut Peninsula, 1700s Boston was almost an island
Land reclamation in the 1800s changed the city's coastline, filling in the location of the Boston Tea Party and creating the entire Back Bay neighborhood
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Did you know the Vikings made swords from swamp water?
Groundwater from a spring carries dissolved iron; when this water reaches a bog, acidity and certain bacteria can turn it into iron oxide
Sifting this out, one gets ore to make "bog iron", the main source of iron in Scandinavia until ~1300 CE
Groundwater from a spring carries dissolved iron; when this water reaches a bog, acidity and certain bacteria can turn it into iron oxide
Sifting this out, one gets ore to make "bog iron", the main source of iron in Scandinavia until ~1300 CE
March 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know the Vikings made swords from swamp water?
Groundwater from a spring carries dissolved iron; when this water reaches a bog, acidity and certain bacteria can turn it into iron oxide
Sifting this out, one gets ore to make "bog iron", the main source of iron in Scandinavia until ~1300 CE
Groundwater from a spring carries dissolved iron; when this water reaches a bog, acidity and certain bacteria can turn it into iron oxide
Sifting this out, one gets ore to make "bog iron", the main source of iron in Scandinavia until ~1300 CE
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Did you know Star Wars' Death Star attack was inspired by exploding dams?
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know Star Wars' Death Star attack was inspired by exploding dams?
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
At least it didn't have a nuclear bomb on it this time
A $60 million US Navy fighter jet was lost at sea after it fell overboard from an aircraft carrier.
US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier | CNN Politics
A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement o...
www.cnn.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At least it didn't have a nuclear bomb on it this time
Did you know Star Wars' Death Star attack was inspired by exploding dams?
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know Star Wars' Death Star attack was inspired by exploding dams?
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope
During WWII, the RAF launched Operation Chastise, which used 'bouncing' bombs to destroy Germany's Möhne and Eder dams
The raid was subject of the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters,' which inspired the climax of 1977's A New Hope