How metallurgists of West African origin in Jamaica (free, enslaved, Maroon) helped spark the industrial revolution. Their innovation to reuse iron was ripped off and patented by an embezzling Briton: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton
The original article by Jenny Bulstrode (UCL) is quite a read, deep historical and cultural detail at each point of the Atlantic triangle https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07341512.2023.2220991
#STS #Jamaica #History #Africa #colonialism #copyright #innovation
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1186550169/cellphone-exhibit ahhh I've been hearing about the development of this exhibit for years, so excited it's opened!!
My friend Emily Drabinski is the incoming president of the American Library Association. She has been named by the Montana State Library Commission as the reason they are withdrawing Montana from the American Library Association. This is bullshit.
The ALA issued a statement about this which is all about ALA. Emily deserves our support. Please join me in signing this letter in solidarity with her and her work. Thank you.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fgz9ITvekfCCtVspicgbaCM0Go2YzkaSrYGtR6s9lHo/edit?usp=sharing
Exclusive: The Associated Press has reached a two-year deal with OpenAI to share access to select news content and technology.
It's one of the first official news-sharing deals between a major U.S. news company and an AI firm.
https://t.co/AFbIj2iTlu
Lots of anti-bird posting on my TL today. Need I remind you that
• RAVENS will take pieces of bark and literally WIND-SURF on thermal updrafts in the mountains
• HONEYGUIDES are so named because they will guide humans to beehives containing DELICIOUS HONEY
• GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULLS can swallow a WHOLE RABBIT without chewing
All this (and more) just goes to show that birds are
• cool as hell
• helpful and friendly
• but most importantly, if YOU choose to mess with them, they CAN and WILL fuck you up
So please think twice before you disrespect birds on this federated verse! 🙏
I made a new zine all about how ICT climate politics look productively different if we focus less on green consumer behaviours and more on opposing infrastructure expansions. It's quite fun, and written with a non-academic audience in mind!
https://emmlab.info/Resources_page/Data%20Center%20Fights_digital.pdf
Oh hey our book is now out in open access! Download a free pdf of our thoughts on the intersections between (digital) media studies and the energy humanities! We're very proud of it!
Oh no the storefront next door is available to rent and what if I rented it and ran a print studio out of it!!
These are ideas for a person with money Ingrid, sigh
Update I am hanging out in bed with Kitty instead of pushing myself to work some more, please clap
Metallic-green Tanager
Small tanager found in Andean subtropical zone from Colombia to Peru. Unique seafoam green color, often appearing fairly dull. Greener than Golden-naped Tanager and lacks the spangled appearance of Beryl-spangled Tanager. Also note small black mask, black nape, and black wings with thin green edges. Buffy undertail coverts and vent only visible at some angles. Sexes alike. A fairly common member of mixed flocks from around 1,300–2,300 m, in cloud forest and edges.
Link: https://ebird.org/species/megtan1
Photo Location: Ecuador