Medhist=medieval + medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Focusing on Global Health. Open-access: The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta, https://works.hcommons.org/records/n3h76-6dg78.
This petition to stop the redundancies at University of Exeter is still open for signatures: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
Sign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeterwww.change.orgAbsolutely essential reading on why AI cannot "do" history.
Sonja Drimmer“AI has become a blunt instrument in the enterprise to impose precisely this form of sanctioned ignorance about America’s past...Taken together, [Trump’s & Musk’s] plans amount to a one-two punch, history in the hands of the corporate state.” My latest on AI & history: www.salon.com/2026/07/28/t...
Glad to see representation of midwives in @statnews.com. "It was during a prenatal appointment in 2021 that I first encountered this growing movement: patients planning to refuse blood transfusions unless the donor could be confirmed as unvaccinated." www.statnews.com/2026/07/27/m...
How midwives like me can help fight medical misinformation“I have come to believe that changing a mind is rarely the point. Planting a seed is,” writes nurse-midwife Mara Evans.www.statnews.comI hope people reading & debating Emily Wilson's review of Nolan's *Odyssey* (open-access here: web.archive.org/web/20260727...) will read it in conjunction w/ Carlos Noreña's essay redefining "the ancient world" (aeon.co/essays/uncov...). Engaging w/ the Humanities in a new way is already possible.
aeon.coListen to the whole interview. "this is just only going to get worse until we have reached net zero. And then it's not going to get better; we can just prevent it from getting worse."
Prof. Stefan RahmstorfWatch my BBC World News interview of today on the record wildfires in France. youtu.be/9nGUMen7m7I
#GiftLink What Trump's cuts have done to one of the most successful public health interventions of the past 50 years. Remember: w/o prevention/treatment, HIV/AIDS is still lethal. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds (Gift Article)New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.www.nytimes.comMy father used to fly for Floyd Dominy when he was Commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation in the '60s. So this whole canyon-dam system (& its current collapse) has powerful resonance for me. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... #ClimateChange
Colorado River states suggest mediation as water supplies near crisisFederal water managers are planning to reveal a short-term river management plan this summer, but states say they need long-term certainty.www.azcentral.com