There needs to be more content on here that is not just screenshots of tweets or expressions of relief at being away from twitter. Not a sustainable basis for a social media site in the long-term in my considered opinion.

Great photo. End of the Cold War in Europe writ large!

Visited the former open cast uranium mine in Ronneburg/Thuringia which has been turned into a lovely park about a decade ago. It’s always uncanny to see these kinds of landscapes. They did a great job in showing some of the scars and violent history. #envhist#landscape

"the U.S. government purchased all of South Korea’s tungsten production in 1953, which accounted for 73.3 percent of South Korea’s gross exports of all goods"

This looks interesting: newly published article on tungsten mining in South Korea and the US war economy. The US triggered a mining boom by buying all the tungsten the country produced: academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

Mineral for Empire: U.S. Mining of South Korean Tungsten, 1945–1954*

In 1952, the Bank of Korea published a booklet describing the mania for tungsten in South Korea with an eye-catching headline: “Don’t ever mine a thing—unl

The thing about T&F is that their business model for books is increasingly based on high volume, low editorial/production input and pushing work onto academics where possible. Even AI aside, there are so many university presses and non-commercial publishers who will take better care of your work.

DSsmittermeier.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 8:07am

Working with Taylor & Francis is simply unethical by this point. It’s unfortunately difficult to have AI use revoked from existing contracts but at least try, complain, if you have a book with them. And otherwise do not even consider.

Some 37% of Israel’s crude oil is supplied by just three African states, according to new research by Oil Change International. Gabon provides 22% of Israel’s crude supplies, followed by Nigeria (9%) and the Republic of Congo (6%).

Three African countries are fuelling Israel’s war

Together, Gabon, Nigeria and the Republic of Congo are the largest supplier of crude oil to Israel. Critics warn this may make them complicit in genocide.

Encompassing a state-sanctioned friendly society from the era of General Ludd, mid #19thcwarwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

A quick reminder that there are lots of great labour historians to follow in our #LabourHistory#StarterPackgo.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

Some fresh book reviews for @urbanhistory.bsky.social@mininghistory.bsky.socialcambridge.org/core/journal...