Huge PhD Opportunity - the Catholic Church and Environmental History in South Africa!

Love to see it!

As the guy said: life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I mean. Maybe for grunge album?

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Wonderfullest news!

(PDF) zombieZoology PDF | de-extinction, extinction, quagga, animal history | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Stellenbosch Forum Lecture: Zombie Zoology: the end of extinction? (Prof Sandra Swart) YouTube video by Division for Research Development (DRD)

On international zebra day I feel honour bound to post this story of de-extinction the quagga and remind us of when I tried to invent the expression “zombie zoology”. It was WILDLY unpopular!

youtu.be/7DoipvEeU8g

My mate Catherine once panic bought a barometer. It was a great price.

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GRRRRRRRREAT!!!! Richly deserved!

Oooooh I must talk to you about this!

Digging how this dude explains why horse riding is fun. The orcas were a surprising but welcome addition.

Digging how this dude explains why horse riding is fun. The orcas were a surprising but welcome addition.

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Beginning to get a visceral reaction of disgust when reading ChatGPT emails and tweets. It’s the uncanny valley effect, I guess. But also a disgust at the person who didn’t put the effort in to BE A PERSON. #ChatGPT

ChatGPT goes for broke!

My origin story.

Barkinson’s Law: Jack Russells expand to fill all available space

Would you like to see a visual representation of Parkinson’s law?

Had a blast with Marco remembering how much fun we had with @eseh.bsky.social and some of you get sneaky mentions!

Call for Papers: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations." The conference will take place in Basel, Switzerland, in August 2026, and the submission deadline is 11 January. There are plenty of panels for #EnvHist scholars:
africanperspectives.ch/call-for-pap...

I’m so tired of being asked if I’m a robot. Does it even matter any more ? #ChatGptWon

Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
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I said GOOD DAY SIR

Now we’re sucking diesel!

Beautiful way to reflect and remember.

Locked together by their horns in turf battle, two kudu bulls died of exhaustion.

There has to be a metaphor for one’s academic enemies in this?

As a part of ESEH NEXTGATe, I am glad that we are once again organizing a writing support program for early-career scholars! Credits to my colleague Mona Bieling for organizing this together with Andrea Gaynor. Although an ESEH initiative, we also accept applicants from other parts of the world.

This is a local bonfire for local people. We’ll have no trouble here…

Make coffee. Breathe out. Look.