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Michael F

@MrFeagan

He/him. PhD student at Western University studying the history of technology in Canada and the US. Follow me on 🟦 sky @mfeagan

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Joined September 2016
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NiCHE@NiCHE_Canada28 Oct 2024
Read some of Michael Feagan's work on our website! Here's "Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees" - niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/… #envhist #histtech #urbanhistory
Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees

Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees

Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.

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youtube.com/watch?v=XyDYkGzG… Excellent video on the importance of historians and studying history and the dangers of repeating historical myths.
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Got another code for 🟦 sky. Let me know if you'd want one.
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Interesting article reckoning with the phenomenon of marginalized people playing historical bad guys in games. goonhammer.com/goonhammer-hi…
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What an awful opinion to have of the region. I've often joked that this would be the fate of Niagara one day but I don't think we should be accelerating it or just rolling over and giving into it with no consideration of local representation.
Niagara This Week (@NiagarathisWeek) profile pictureNiagara This Week@NiagarathisWeek14 Sep 2023
COLUMN | CULIC: Trim the fat, merge until there’s only two cities left, writes James Culic niagarathisweek.com/opinion/…
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This is satire, right?
Niagara This Week (@NiagarathisWeek) profile pictureNiagara This Week@NiagarathisWeek14 Sep 2023
COLUMN | CULIC: Trim the fat, merge until there’s only two cities left, writes James Culic niagarathisweek.com/opinion/…
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Very much looking forward to teaching my new course in the Fall!
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So much love & support for precarious grad students at #WesternU. Come join us on UC Hill to show solidarity ✊🏾 Let’s #GetLoud and demand action!
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Image from TA/PD Union@ Western (@PSAC610)
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The more you eliminate labor, the more excited investors get!
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@GRDecter26 Jan 2023
BREAKING: BuzzFeed will use ChatGPT to create content instead of writers The stock is up 92% today
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Enough is enough. It's time to pay grad students at #WesternU a livable wage. For years, we have struggled to make ends meet, taking on other jobs and living off credit cards, all while @WesternU reports millions in excess revenues. Let's make some noise and demand action!
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A great example that all those people pearl clutching over the removal of J. A. Macdonald statues were not at all representative of what Canadians actually think of his legacy and was just culture war whining.
Éric Grenier (@EricGrenierTW) profile pictureÉric Grenier@EricGrenierTW23 Jan 2023
Who do Canadians think was their greatest prime minister? Pierre Trudeau is the nostalgic choice of Liberals. Stephen Harper is the modern choice of Conservatives. And a lot don't know. Full breakdown: thewrit.ca/p/best-pm-poll
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Something that Canadian Universities need to consider. universityaffairs.ca/career-…
The high cost of inadequate funding for grad students - University Affairs

The high cost of inadequate funding for grad students - University Affairs

A recent report on the future of the history PhD shows many students are living below the poverty line.

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Almost forgot to post about my recent review this year. I reviewed Schwoch's book "Wired Into Nature" for H-War. You can read it all for free here: networks.h-net.org/node/1284…
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PSAC 610 stands in solidarity with education workers across Ontario represented by @osbcucscso. We condemn the Ford government's Bill 28 legislation, which is a violation of the fundamental rights of workers in this province. Read our full statement here: psac610.ca/solidarity-with-e…
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📢 📢 📢 PICKET LINES Whether you’re an education worker or an ally, come out to a picket line to send the Ford Conservatives a message and to secure a real deal. Input your postal code to find the nearest picket line at DontBeABully.ca #OnPoli #OntEd #DontBeABully
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Some PSAC 610 members standing in solidarity with @CUPEOntario & @osbcucscso on the picket line today #39kIsNotEnough #CUPESolidarity
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Happy to see that my noise making about Bayfield Hall has gotten some traction with Western's BoG. westerngazette.ca/news/bayfi… @uwogazette
Bayfield units vacant as grad students struggle to find housing

Bayfield units vacant as grad students struggle to find housing

Western’s Board of Governors responded to critiques that units in the newly-converted Bayfield Hall residence are vacant while graduate students can no longer rely on the university for housing.

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Ever wondered why people used STOP instead of a period in telegrams? I have too! I'm a telegraph historian and I'm going to review the most common answers to this question I've found online and explain why they don't make sense. 🧵 @HistAndTech @SocHistTech #twitterstorians
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It's likely a form of telegraphese that spread through pop culture and ignorance about the telegraph after wider use in the 1920s and 30s and not from the telegraph industry.
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If any #twitterstorians knows anything about the use of the word STOP in telegrams and has any source I'd be interested to see it.
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