Tomorrow it's 15 years since the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns struck Japan. In today's Aftenposten, I'm writing about my visits to Fukushima and what the possible lessons for Norway today are.
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Tomorrow it's 15 years since the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns struck Japan. In today's Aftenposten, I'm writing about my visits to Fukushima and what the possible lessons for Norway today are.
Wahrheit zum internationalen #Frauentag 2026.
"When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite."
— Sergio Leone.
everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine
We've raised nearly $6800 for this utterly essential organization (see thread).
Can you help us get to $7500 today?
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The front cover of the book "Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex" by Angela Chen
Just finished the book ACE: What Asexuality reveals about desires, society, and the meaning of sex. High recommend anyone and everyone 10/10. My biggest realisation from this book is that I am one very ignorant girly😭
At least now I am a bit less ignorant now👍
#asexual #asexuality
Book Spotlight: Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics by Daniel Worden
Gerald L. Coleman comes through once again with a comprehensive collection of Black Fantastic fiction to check out for Black History Month and beyond. Please share.
geraldcoleman.com/beginners-gu...?
Am 31. März darf ich auf Einladung des Leibniz-Instituts für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa die Oskar-Halecki-Lecture 2026 halten, in der ich über Nationalstaatsbildung, Latinität und ungleichen Vorstellungen von Rumänischsein sprechen werde. Details unten, Vortrag wird aufgezeichnet.
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 9: A Song that feels underrated
Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!
Durch eine Kollegin entdeckt. Sehr spannend und ermutigend, die vielen Kurzportraits zu lesen. wirsindderosten.de/wir-sind-der...
1st pub this year. Open access handbook entry. Please share! ✍🏻
#AcademicPublishing #EnvHum
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Once again proving the profound unpopularity of…Brett Ratner.
👏👏👏
If you have concerns about the production of your book manuscript or how a publisher is engaging with AI, *please* ask your dealbreaker questions well before you are holding a contract in hand. You will lose months if not years if you wait until after peer review (and likely won’t get what you want)
2026 mascot just dropped 🐴🤔
A landmark chronicle of queer Black lives, movements, and desires across US history.
Huge kudos to Ideas on Fire authors C. Riley Snorton @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost on the publication of A Black Queer History of the United States, out now from @beaconpress.bsky.social! 🎉
www.beacon.org/Black-Queer-...
#IoFAuthors
ILU MSP!! ❤️
(alt text: You can't kill us all/ We're always watching you/
Get the fuck out of our state/ All power to the people)
I dislike when people reduce important, history-making moments in modern life to pop culture references.
But also fuck it, this is a super great time to rewatch Andor.
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
thank you minnesota. death to fascism
Pencil lovers, we've made a wallpaper for your phone.
Event poster titled "Definitions Matter." It announces a "Coffee" with a Clinician session on how ME/CFS and Long COVID are clinically defined. Scheduled for Wed, Jan 14 at 10 am MST, featuring Lucinda Bateman, MD, and Lily Chu, MD, MSHS.
☕ Coffee with a Clinician (Jan)
How were the clinical definitions of ME/CFS and Long COVID developed, and why do they matter?
With no single diagnostic test, diagnostic criteria are used to guide care, communication, and research.
Wed, Jan 14 | 10 am MST
Free & virtual: https://bit.ly/3JCHAFq
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?