Alice Hunt · Out of Rehab: Two Kings or One? The 400th anniversary of James VI and I’s death has been marked by several new approaches to the reign that gave us...

‘In the right circumstances, a popular rebellion against an unfit king would be an act of virtue. James never accepted this. Instead, he believed that tyranny had to be suffered “without resistance, but by sobs and tears to God”.’

Alice Hunt on James VI and I.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Animal Architecture: In Conversation An animal studies scholar talks with an architect and an architecture writer about designing for, and with, nonhuman species.

“We have a responsibility to think about a future where we’re not centered; there’s an optimism in that. Human beings are irresponsible. If I think about us controlling everything in the future, that feels sad.” —Joyce Hwang

IN CONVERSATION w/ @slaydok.bsky.social & @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social:

In Her Nature | Australian Women's History Network Commissioning Editor Ruby Ekkel launches a new VIDA series, exploring the intersections of environmental and women’s history.  ‘Make the back-yard the embryo of your future desires. As a country we ar...

VIDA is excited to announce Ruby Ekkel's (@rubyekkel.bsky.social) new series on environmental history and gender 🌿🏕️💃

You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...

BREAKING NEWS: Dennis!!

BREAKING NEWS: Look at this otter.

Yep

Coming out next year with Ohio University Press!

Cover of Empire of Rags and Bones with an image of a waste pile and two carts stacked with waste materials

Next Greenhouse #envhum book talk:
Anne Berg will discuss her book Empire of Rags and Bones: Waste and War in Nazi Germany (Oxford UP, 2024) on Monday, 17 February 2025, at 4pm Central European time / 10am Eastern time.

Join the live talk!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
#envhist

Steve goes undercover.

An amazing organization that I have had the honor to work with and observe first hand its many contributions. Americans doing some of its best work for our global neighbors that benefited Americans directly (eg farm aid) and indirectly through global security and encouraging development that discourages international migration.

Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.

Folks, this is a very big deal to have political appointees in charge of every government check. Maybe Dems have more to say about this? Might be a good time to raise the roof.

Politics All the Way Down - Boston Review Critics are right: the algorithms that increasingly run the world can be dangerous. Are human systems always better?

www.bostonreview.net/articles/pol...

Blood Ties - Boston Review The real story of pain in America.

This is a powerful piece www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...

Adam Tooze · Trouble Transitioning: What energy transition? An honest account of energy history would conclude not that energy transitions were a regular feature of the past, but...

‘It is a rich-world conceit to imagine that firewood is obsolete. In Kinshasa, which is projected to become the world’s largest city by 2075, an estimated 4.8 million cubic metres of wood fuel and charcoal are used each year.’

@adamtooze.bsky.social on energy: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...