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Suman Seth is Mortal & Measuring

@alltoosuman.bsky.social

Historian of Science and Medicine. Author of Mortality and Measurement: Race-Medicine, Statistics, and Empire (Cambridge, 2027); Difference and Disease: Race, Medicine, and the 18th Century British Empire (CUP, 2018); Crafting the Quantum (MIT, 2010).

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Alisa Bokulich@alisabokulich.bsky.social · yesterday

#HPS #STS #HPBio Postdoc in history, philosophy & sociology of race & science at Stellenbosch University in South Africa working with fantastic @msimang.bsky.social

Phila M. Msimang@msimang.bsky.social · yesterday

Postdoc available in the RACES Initiative for those interested in working at the intersection of race and racism, science, and institutional culture. See the ad attached for more details. Applications close on the 30th of September 2026: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Historian of science Margaret Rossiter (d #OTD in 2025) coined the term #MatildaEffect (1993). Named after suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage, the Matilda Effect describes a systemic bias where women's scientific achievements are ignored, minimized, or directly attributed to their male colleagues. 1/3

A black-and-white photograph of the pathbreaking American historian of science, Margaret Walsh Rossiter (1944–2025), renowned for coining "the Matilda effect" and documenting the buried history of women in science. Seated in an indoor setting with a soft, blurred background, Rossiter is positioned from the waist up, facing forward with a warm, open smile. She has short, curly gray hair and wears dark, thick-rimmed glasses. She's wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt patterned entirely with small, dark polka dots. She holds a heavy, open book resting on her lap or desk, her left hand steadying the right-hand pages while her right hand rests on the left-hand pages, lightly gripping a pencil. The overall composition is intimate and studious, casting her as an approachable yet deeply focused scholar. The mood is intellectually vibrant and welcoming, reflecting a life dedicated to uncovering the truth.
Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. 4 or 5 2. When I can 3. Weekends, evenings, random office hours 4. Time and support, both of which I profoundly lack. 5. Learn to maximize the power of writing short pieces, writing in bursts, and accepting that you can't do everything well at once. If you're writing, something else is failing.

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Academics who write during term (i.e. while teaching): 1. How many classes do you teach per term? 2. How often do you write (e.g. once/wk, when you can, etc.)? 3. When do you write (e.g. weekend, morning, at night, etc.)? 4. What's the biggest barrier(s) to you writing? 5. Do you have any tips?

A scribe in a ruby tunic with a dark purple cloak over top is seated on a wooden chair, and focusing on the task of writing in a manuscript that is resting on a lectern. The scribe appears inside a large, illuminated letter E that is blue. Within the E the background is made up of small dark blue squares with a circle in each square, almost like the wall behind the clerk is a quilt. The background outside the letter E is similar to the background in the letter E, only it is made up of red squares instead of blue ones. Reference: Durham Cathedral Library MS A.II.3 f.279v
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

everyone remarking how mean that review of the film was; it could be so so much worse. Sometimes it's just a murder using your own tools. Feast your eyes on the greatest literary hatchet job of all time. onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/d...

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Renowned author Dan Brown woke up in his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house – and immediately he felt angry. Most people would have thought that the 48-year-old man had no…

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