Erica Mukherjee, PhD

I write histories of mud & property in Bengal. Environment, (#envhist), South Asia, imperialism, & railways. Also here for #sustainability & #StreetsforPeople

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TIL: Cattle and sheep are commonable beasts, whereas swine are uncommonable.

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Under Cool Biz, office workers don short-sleeved shirts in the summer as offices are kept above 82F to save energy.
https://t.co/rE4un890qx

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The flooding in Derna is a harrowing example of how built infrastructure can collide with the climate and geography to turn a storm into a disaster.

https://t.co/hZSnOnMNbT

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“The cheapest fossil fuel infrastructure to shut down is the one you haven’t built yet. The cheapest agricultural system to clean up is the one that was regenerative from the start.”

-James Irungu Mwangi, a Kenyan entrepreneur

#Climate #ClimateCrisis

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These Tech Companies Think They Can ‘Solve’ the Wildfire Crisis https://t.co/RgRETozalr via @motherboard

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Looking forward to premiering our new tour!

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Use this headline when your Dean is talking about cutting the History Department budget. https://t.co/7ttzTVxW64

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@RailStory 😂

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@LitAgentKelly I order I regular slice or a regular pie from my local pizza place in Brooklyn.

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Stone time in action at the Grand Canyon.
https://t.co/81NysDW2VY

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An early modern cat organ. The idea being that one depresses a key and rather than the hammer hitting a spring to produce a tone, the hammer hits a cat to produce a well-tuned yowl.

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“All energy sources have their negatives,” Jacques Hymans, a global energy expert at the University of Southern California, told me. “But when you compare the negatives of #geothermal to other energies, it seems like a good bet.”

-NYTimes Climate Forward newsletter

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Check out this article from @nytimes. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/Rp1B9KsgAH

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"Katharine Hayhoe, a #climate scientist, uses the analogy of a fever: Think about how much worse you feel when you run a fever of 101.3 degrees Fahrenheit, 2.7 degrees above normal. That fever is the equivalent of what the planet is facing." -NYTimes Climate Forward Newsletter

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'Til the ‘lambslide’ brought me down…⁣’
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Ewe got this. Time will make them bolder, as they get older.

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Most squirrel bites originate at the front, or “bitey end,” of the squirrel.

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Helen warned Beatrice to be careful near the edge, but she also had been admiring Beatrice’s new shawl ever since they arrived at the park.

📸: Viewing the Yawning Chasm at the Grand Canyon, 1925.

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As I age into my personality, I have now reached the stage where I have definite opinions about different conductors' interpretations of Western classical music. Like, what is up with your use of brass Nézet-Séguin? Mozart isn't marching band.
https://t.co/CriTlesPfN

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There is less fungus in my current environmental humanities syllabus than before, but there is not no fungus in it. Fun new supplementary reading: https://t.co/hPWw0snLnd

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3 March 1724

Dear hiring committee for the Society of Apothecaries,

I am writing to apply for the position of Demonstrator of Plants. I feel I am uniquely qualified for this position because of my ability to simultaneously point at plants and say their names.

Sincerely, etc.