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Edward Guimont

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Historian, focus on science, colonialism, and pseudoscience. Co-author of When the Stars are Right: H. P. Lovecraft and Astronomy (Hippocampus Press, 2023) Be on the lookout for The Power of the Flat Earth Idea, out soonish from Palgrave Macmillan

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Giving a new meaning to the phrase "whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop nyaaaaaah"

03.03.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rocky Mountain Martian | History Colorado Rocky Mountain Martian - At the height of the Civil War, an international (and interplanetary) humbug straight out of science fiction dazzled the world.

My article about the Rocky Mountain Martian hoax of 1864-5. A real hoot! www.historycolorado.org/story/2025/0...

15.10.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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QAnon vs. Infowars, Part One | Mike Rothschild Get more from Mike Rothschild on Patreon

Yesterday was crazy, so you might have missed my newest Patreon piece, on Alex Jones and the early days of QAnon. This one is free, but subscriptions are always welcome!

www.patreon.com/posts/151479...

25.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Darwin and the Monsters: The Long History of Cryptozoology Regal tells the story of the engagement of philosophers, naturalists and scientists in what we now call cryptozoology, a much longer history than most appreciate. Most believe cryptozoologyβ€”the study ...

My next book getting closer to being released.

www.routledge.com/Darwin-and-t...

16.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ha ha Hancock! Things keep getting redacted...

Two papers related to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis by the Comet Research Group have been retracted after the journal editors found fundamental problems with the core evidence and interpretation.

15.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Walked by here by complete chance a few weeks ago in Boston.

14.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Science under Siege /w Peter Hotez and Michael Mann Science Counterpunch - Episode 1

Our inaugural episode of Science Counterpunch with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social is out now: www.protagonist-science.com/p/science-un...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4PF...

Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/s...

Full convo πŸ”½

Some highlights below:
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13.02.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

While not in NYC, there's also the location of the house Sonia lived in in Elmira, NY (815 John Street) before moving to NYC, though today there are modern condos at the location.

10.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Auchincloss is below-replacement-level. A smart guy who somehow can't think his way out of a paper bag. #mapoli

27.01.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saucers, Spooks and Kooks Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks is a journey through the lesser-known history of the UFO narrative, exploring its origins and evolution β€” a story that continues to shape how we perceive the current UFO phe...

The moment many have been waiting for has arrived as the fantastic documentary 'Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks,' based on Adam Gorightly's excellent book of the same name, is now available to rent or buy. Check it out!

saucersspooksandkooks.vhx.tv

22.01.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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BoA Revival - Ep 108 - Robert Skvarla

This week on BoA: The Revival, writer Robert Skvarla joins us for an enlightening conversation about Havana Syndrome, a wild story involving the CIA and Credence Clearwater Revival, conspiracy culture, paranormal conventions, and a whole bunch more. open.spotify.com/episode/4p6T...

21.01.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's an old saying from Ron Paul - I know it's in Lenin, probably in Ron Paul - that says there are decades where weeks...uh... and there are weeks where, uh...it's happening

21.01.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 2208 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 4
black and white illustration, in the style of a Victorian periodical. A reimagining of a shot in Jurassic Park, where Alan Grant confronts the T-Rex holding a flare, next to the upturned jeep with the kids inside, and the broken fence. here, a Victorian gentleman in long coat and hat holds a lamp, illuminating our favourite Megalosaurus, and an upturned horse-drawn carriage, with two children peering out the back. a breached cast iron gate completes the scene

black and white illustration, in the style of a Victorian periodical. A reimagining of a shot in Jurassic Park, where Alan Grant confronts the T-Rex holding a flare, next to the upturned jeep with the kids inside, and the broken fence. here, a Victorian gentleman in long coat and hat holds a lamp, illuminating our favourite Megalosaurus, and an upturned horse-drawn carriage, with two children peering out the back. a breached cast iron gate completes the scene

please allow us to share one our all time fave bits of Crystal Palace Dinosaur art: β€œJurassic Park 1854”, by the amazing @jedtaylorartist.bsky.social

back then, Richard Owen wrote that Megolasaurus β€œprobably waged a deadly war against its less destructively endowed congeners and contemporaries”

10.12.2024 19:29 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Title section of a journal article: The Legend of Ea-Nasir: How a Babylonian
Businessman Became an Internet Meme. By Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, g.moshenska@ucl.ac.uk 
https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/view/30204
https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.30204

Title section of a journal article: The Legend of Ea-Nasir: How a Babylonian Businessman Became an Internet Meme. By Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, g.moshenska@ucl.ac.uk https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/view/30204 https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.30204

Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺

15.01.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 540 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11
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Living Pterosaurs ​NOTE

New in my library: The book chapter from 1930 that gave rise to the modern myth of living pterosaurs hiding in the American West, now public domain and published online for the first time. www.jasoncolavito.com/living-ptero...

12.01.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1950-something

08.01.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1594 πŸ” 359 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 18
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Our upcoming research seminars in 2026 – ECLAS ECLAS holds monthly open research seminars on the intersection of science and faith.

Our first research seminar of the new term is next Thursday, when @eguimont.bsky.social will be talking about the history of Flat Earth beliefs.

You can check out our other upcoming seminars and register for email invitations here - online and open to all: www.eclasproject.org/our-upcoming...

08.01.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i just found out trump can't do all that stuff cuz it's illegal

04.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1683 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 10

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

03.01.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 9507 πŸ” 2231 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 66
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A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.

Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...

02.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 653 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 33
Endeavour | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Read the latest articles of Endeavour at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

Happy New Year! Excited to announce that as of January 1, @sarahmpicks.bsky.social and I are the new co-editors-in-chief of the Endeavour history and philosophy of science journal. If ever you had an idea for an article in that realm, now is the time to pitch it to us!

01.01.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Avi Loeb y los cientΓ­ficos que se pasan al β€˜lado oscuro’: cuando el enemigo de la razΓ³n duerme en casa Figuras como el fΓ­sico de Harvard, que defiende que los cometas interestelares podrΓ­an ser naves alienΓ­genas, erosionan la credibilidad de la ciencia desde dentro. Sus perfiles prosperan en un ecosist...

Buenos dΓ­as. Se me lean ustedes esto, por favor πŸ˜‰Avi Loeb y los cientΓ­ficos que se pasan al β€˜lado oscuro’: cuando el enemigo de la razΓ³n duerme en casa www.eldiario.es/1_c3aebe?utm...

14.12.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 17
Auchincloss is bought by AIPAC

Auchincloss is bought by AIPAC

Hey @aipac1.bsky.social , Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District includes 35 municipalities. That's Brookline and Newton β€” but also Fall River, the largest city in the district, along with Taunton, Attleboro, and dozens of working-class communities you seem to have forgotten exist.

17.12.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie? A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.

NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the β€œspacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

25.11.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 33

Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.

19.11.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 2313 πŸ” 577 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 40
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Got a Black Hebrew Israelite history book at the airport bookstore on the way to #HSS2025

15.11.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity by Georgia L. Irby. As for specific examples, not sure what sources go into them best, but Porphyrios the Byzantine whale, and the story of Alexander the Great's bathysphere and his fight with a sea monster.

12.11.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone recommend a good text / source for sea monsters and imagined marine life in early modern period? Niche request. Cheers!

12.11.2025 08:54 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope Alexandra Pelosi makes a documentary about this that I can hear @willsloanesq.bsky.social talk about some day.

10.11.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."

10.11.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 4641 πŸ” 1137 πŸ’¬ 1117 πŸ“Œ 1296