Perhaps 5? friends have sent me this clip abt #raccoons in the #Philly airport (I lived there for 15 yrs, the city I mean, not the airport):
https://6abc.com/philadelphia-international-airport-raccoon-video-baggage-claim-at-phl/13551792/

Also including this great #STS #EnvHum piece "Encounters in Borderlands: Borderlining Animals and Technology at Frankfurt Airport":
https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/11/2/247/140796/Encounters-in-BorderlandsBorderlining-Animals-and

#AnimalStudies @sts

Spotted on the till at my local middle eastern supermarket - seems more an expression of wry frustration than anything else. To be fair, they do sell great tomatoes... #Photos #animalstudies

Fascinating article about the abandoned horses of coal country #envhist #animalstudies #mininghistory https://sundaylongread.com/2023/04/08/saving-the-horses-of-our-imagination/

New episode; video version available! — “Hawks, Falconry, and Women in the Middle Ages”: Guests Dr. Sara Petrosillo and falconer Kelly Martello of the Michigan Hawking Club join us in exploring these fantastic birds in the Middle Ages. Kelly's hawk Vesper joins us. https://apple.co/3NxHa1c or for a video version, https://youtu.be/FOCQL72Zd-k Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #hawks

In this video game, you’re a cat in a post-human world. #envhum #animalstudies https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/in-this-portland-designed-video-game-you-play-as-a-cat-in-a-post-human-world-peace-island-maine-gaming-technology-tech-entertainment/97-94561666-c1d1-41e2-aad9-f73e2da224c4?fbclid=IwAR2TPnXUuXmtpMUQ32BdzwbgNc5V17ywEmVP4enTTNYVc7GT6LNpu2Fj0KQ_aem_th_AQLApMVgH2oxaf1k7k--e53el7wjmNwvdPt8LylOHume11sBNcQ_TfSEiYd1xyxNgSo&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#liywcwv52sza6fs7t2h

New episode — “Good Cat - Bad Cat”: From loveable companion for monks to toxic witch's familiar, we trace the fantastic history of the cat from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. https://apple.co/43S9EJj Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #cats

New episode — “Tigers in Bengal”: Two expert guests, Jane Buckingham and Samayita Banerjee help us understand the pre-modern tiger in India, with special attention to Bengal.https://apple.co/43wANl8 Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #tigers

Fascinating discussion of how products can earn the label “bear resistant” along with the challenges—including the fact that West Yellowstone’s bears are experiencing the same thing that my my college students are at the end of the semester: “testing fatigue.” #animalstudies #envhum https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/bear-burnout-officials-expand-bear-resistant-products-program-as-grizzlies-tire-of-testing/article_329fd14e-f015-11ed-8b40-c3baffa9fa99.html

New episode — “Renaissance Bees”: Guest experts Keith Botelho and Joe Campana regale us with fantastic tales of bees in the Renaissance.. https://apple.co/423wpsM Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #beeswax

Wondering what #EnvironmentalHumanities and #AnimalStudies folx make of #SweetTooth on Netflix. It's pretty on the nose but would be an interesting teaching text.

#TV #EnvHum #anthropocentrism #MoreThanHuman #ethics

#OilBeach podcast alert! 🛢️ 🏖️ 🎧

Had a lovely conversation with Dave O'Brien about all (well, some) things #wildlife & #infrastructure for the #NewBooksNetwork:

https://newbooksnetwork.com/oil-beach

#AnimalStudies #energy #Podcast #NewBooks #STS #EnvHist #California @geography

#OilBeach podcast alert! 🛢️ 🏖️ 🎧

Had a lovely conversation with Dave O'Brien about all (well, some) things #wildlife & #infrastructure for the #NewBooksNetwork:

https://newbooksnetwork.com/oil-beach

#AnimalStudies #energy #Podcast #NewBooks

New episode — “A Bug of Another Color”: We investigate the most fantastic bugs of all, #kermes and #cochineal. These little creatures not only gave us many of our words for red but also famous symbols from British redcoats to the U.S. flag. https://apple.co/3mBRhZi Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #crimson

FWIW what I'm basically looking for is to chat with and across a mix of #sts #histm #histmed #envhist #histech #scipol #animalstudies #Conservation #OneHealth folks. I study #interdisciplinary collaboration and magpie across disciplines myself.

New episode — “International Unicorn Day”: Here's a chance to explore the search for the real unicorn, leading to its ultimate discovery in the seventeenth century. https://apple.co/3Up4sta Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #unicorns

New episode — “Adam’s Tape Worm”: We explore the fantastic caterpillars and worms of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. https://apple.co/3KsaS7s Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #animalstudies #invertebrates

本週主題是從動物大腦到人類大腦。
雖然動物研究尤其是對靈長類動物的研究是對人腦研究的重要途徑，不然會有更加可怕的人體試驗的發生。
可是我看見那些被用來做研究的猴子還是覺得很可憐。
在目前的歐洲，動物倫理和福利要好很多，而在中國和印度，這些有許多原生猴子種群，卻沒多少道德約束的地方，真的是災難…

#scienceethics #animalstudies

New episode — “Marvels and Tranimals”: Guest experts Asa Mitman and Holly Dugan explore two fantastic beast manuscripts, one from the Middle Ages, one from the Renaissance. https://apple.co/3Ju0j1W Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #monsters #animalstudies #tranimals

New episode — “Chinese Dragons”: We continue our exploration of dragons with guest Winston Kyan, medieval Chinese art historian at the U of Utah. https://apple.co/41NUlBa Join the conversation or subscribe at realfantasticbeasts.com #dragons #animalstudies

🐅 Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene by Nayanika Mathur

"Big cats—tigers, leopards, & lions—that make prey of humans are commonly known as “man-eaters.” Mathur reconceptualizes them as cats that have gone off the straight path to become “crooked.” This groundbreaking work places crooked cats at the center of the ? of how we are to comprehend a planet in crisis"

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo85902176.html

#NewBooks #AnimalStudies #Anthropology #Anthropocene #ClimateChange #BigCatsOfMastodon