Vox populi, vox Dei? No.

"Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit."

"And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness."

#voxdei #voxpopuli #elonmusk

One of the world’s longest-running experiments has been going for 143 years!

In 1879, botanist William Beal wanted to find out how long seeds could remain viable underground. So he buried bottles with different kinds of seeds in a secret spot somewhere on the Michigan State University campus, knowing the experiment might outlive him.

It did! Every 20 yrs, a small group scientists still dig up the bottles and seeds continue to germinate 🌱 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/science/beal-seeds-experiment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science

An #introduction for all #histodons around here.

I'm a professor of history of colonial America at UFF (Brazil) and I've been working with themes related to capitalism and slavery over the last couple of decades.

More recently, I've been increasingly interested on the environmental history of capitalism and the broader debate on the climate crisis.

You can find some of my publications here: https://uff.academia.edu/LeonardoMarques

Finally, I worship Fernand Braudel.

What's it with people reporting every single person they dont like..  

Please, stop with that.

This is not #Twitter. Please use features like mute or block if you don't like people but stop reporting otherwise I'll start banning people who keep reporting for nothing  

I'm trying to keep things running with so many new people and it's such a waste of time to hear whatever you don't like

Otherwise go waste Elon's time, not mine

I thought I'd do a Mastodon #introduction to find the right communities on this platform. I'm a Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law at UCL.

My research interests include: #WorkersRights #PrisonLabour #MigrantWorkers #StructuralInjustice #WelfareConditionality #Privacy #ModernSlavery #PrecariousWorkers

I have a book coming out soon with OUP on Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights.