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Joanna L. Pearce, PhD.

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Disability-based historian. I defended my dissertation and now I'm not sure what to do with myself. I guess publish it. Ask me about my dogs.

  1. I can't wait to read this! People study such fascinating things!

    My first peer-reviewed article is out! “A Sloth in the First French Colony in the Americas” is a good summary of my research on André Thevet’s observations of a 3 toed sloth which are one of the key singularities in his “Singularitez”. doi.org/10.1080/0082... #earlymodern #histsci #hps

    This article seeks to understand how the French colony of Fort Coligny appeared to the inhabitants the Brazilian Atlantic Forest upon its construction in 1555 by following the story of a three-toed...

    A Sloth in the First French Colony in the Americas

    This article seeks to understand how the French colony of Fort Coligny appeared to the inhabitants the Brazilian Atlantic Forest upon its construction in 1555 by following the story of a three-toed...

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  2. The first time a person came into the apartment after I'd had Footnote for around ten months she was so overwhelmed she just stared without moving for five minutes.

    Then she decided people were the best thing ever, right after vets who she also loves madly.

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  3. Deleting 1,000 emails would have a carbon benefit of about five grams CO2e. Using a laptop for 30 minutes to delete those emails would emit about 28 grams of CO2e.

    Destroying the corporations responsible for climate collapse would be so much more fun and effective.

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