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benbradleyca.bsky.social
cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.
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kicking horse river and canadian pacific railway mainline, between field and golden bc, maybe interwar period? #bchist #cdnhist

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worrisome to see #congressh 2026 go seriously sideways after a couple stumbles the last few years. presumably this has been announced as theres no possibility of recovery for 2026. a chance for @cndhistassoc.bsky.social to have its next conf at banff or some similarly exotic, university-less locale?

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The back of this says “Mom and Bitsy”. Photo from my collection, no documented date or other info.

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Archival footage of homes being moved by barge, low-bed and bulldozer due to the Keenleyside hydro-electric dam that flooded the Arrow Lakes valley in the 1960's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcUu... #envhist #cdnhist #waterhistory #envirotech #energyhistory

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Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

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New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic

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cominco smelter and columbia river at trail bc, 1940s? #bchist #cdnhist

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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

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status: helping conservation and police find a bear just near bcit

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Lots of urban coyotes come here looking for wifi.

submitted 10 days ago • 177 comments

what you should expect at my bc studies talk on saturday:

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what you should expect at my bc studies talk on saturday:

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by chance, came across my printout of the 2003 bc studies conference at my parents house today! #bchist #cdnhist #bcs2025

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bcit

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reworking student evals to ask whether students would recommend the past to a friend

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the 2025 bc studies final program is set, and the conference starts on may 2nd! the event has grown to unprecedented size, with 6 concurrent sessions running for 3 days! check the program: blogs.ubc.ca/bcsconferenc... and then register: blogs.ubc.ca/bcsconferenc... #bchist #bcpoli #cdnhist

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