Adele Guyton
@adeleguyton.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow of the FNRS (Belgium) interested in speculative fiction since c. 1890 and especially its material culture. Singer, sewist, pun-lover. Made in the US for immediate export. She/her.
Exciting topic for this year's BSLS Winter Symposium organised by Marijke Valk!
The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 3w agoCfP: BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium 'Occult Science: Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and the Persistence of Wonder' 29 January 2027 - Online More Info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/bsls...
Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo
Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales
Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis
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In 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum under ash. In a villa, a library of papyrus scrolls was buried. For 2,000 years they’ve been unreadable. Researchers with the Vesuvius Challenge have read an entire scroll without opening it. buff.ly/WSjPmXf #ShareGoodNewsToo
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.
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"By shortening the time between asking a question+getting an answer these tools are actually undermining curiosity — + paradoxically threatening our ability to understand the world. Curiosity requires a gap between what you want to know+what you find out." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t Know to Ask
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I have a friend who says surrealism is realism but in Belgium. Can't wait for my passport full of smurfs to come through (application is in, after seven years in this pleasantly absurd land) :D
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 3mo agoOne thing that's tricky to appreciate about Belgians is that they have a real love of the absurd, which you would, if you lived in Belgium.
One thing that's tricky to appreciate about Belgians is that they have a real love of the absurd, which you would, if you lived in Belgium.
James Nalton@jdnalton.bsky.social · 3mo agoBelgium players mocking the US and Trump's meddling in the World Cup by doing the Trump dance after scoring the 4th goal against the USMNT
I find these stories and this now well refinded research so intriguing when coupled with the rapidly aging demographics in areas populated by resolute monolingual, anti-interculturalists They point to the accuracy that is the death wish of rampant anti-migrationism
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoLearning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say
Who cares about D&D novels anyway? Some thoughts on why scholars of fantasy probably should, and a bunch more people, too. This is the first essay in my forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons reading series.
Who Cares about Dungeons & Dragons Novels Anyway?
A manifesto or sorts for why scholars of literary, cultural, and genre history should care about D&D novels.
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This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
My book comes out next month and I'd love to talk to your research group/seminar series/PGRs about it! Potential talk topics: Why do we think natural history museums are for kids? How public are our public museums? Truth and fiction in the museum Looting: empire in the museum...
Hello all, could somebody with a NYT subscription please send me a gift link for this article? I'm writing a related thing... Thank you 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w...
China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder
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How does a small group of agents shape our sense of what counts as literary? How come there are so many debut novelists but so few careers in writing? Why is the short story so important even if it doesn’t sell nearly as well as the novel? ALL THIS AND MORE IN… press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Middlemen
A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to today
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The BSLS Want to help keep the BSLS running smoothly? Ahead of the 2026 annual conference, we are seeking expressions of interest and nominations for two positions on the executive committee: Treasurer and Book Reviews Editor. Interested? More info here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/bsls...
BSLS Executive Committee: Call for nominations and expressions of interest – The British Society for Literature and Science
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These are the questions that we should be asking, with curiosity, mixed-methods, empathy, systematic scrutiny, inclusivity and an awareness of how organisations (for example, universities) and humans (for example, students, academics and professional services staff) actually work.
Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.
Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.
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Absolutely endorse, totally recommend. The genius we all need today. 🤣
erin rose glass@glass.bsky.social · 6mo agolong story but i just founded an AI education platform. if you want to join the board or contribute to the blog, hit me up. just submitted a conference talk on "surveillance as care" to ELO. wish me luck!!!! puregenius.education
Working on book revisions and another footnote sacrificed to the word count: "One of Parkner’s more quetionable assertions is that sea water on Mars is salty (153). This of course enhances the analogy between Mars and Earth, but is hilarious from an empiricist standpoint."
New Position: Associate or Full Professor in Cultural Studies at Maastricht University. We are looking for a senior colleague who is capable and enthusiastic to take on management roles. Please share widely. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3589...
Associate or Full Professor in Cultural Studies
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, we value cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field that examines how culture shapes and is shaped by power, media, identities, economie...
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Writing is realizing that in 1903, car dealerships springing up all over the Midwest were outfitted with dozens of charging stations because so many cars were electric. The racing news reported Carl Fisher's custom 1000 hp engine car (weighing 2600 lbs) would run on gasoline bc that wasn't a given.
A couple days late because it's been BUSY, but I had such a great time doing the BSLS Winter Symposium with the wonderful @lejhouston.bsky.social on Friday! I can only echo what they say: many thanks to all the speakers, especially Aanchal and Francesca for their excellent plenaries.
Lloyd Meadhbh Houston@lejhouston.bsky.social · 8mo agoHad a fantastic time running yesterday's @thebsls.bsky.social winter symposium on "Alternate Histories of the Body" with the indefatigable @adeleguyton.bsky.social. Our thanks to our fabulous keynote, Aanchal Vij, and Francesca Young Kaufman of Beatha Coaching for a fabulous workshop on embodiment.
A year ago Elon Musk tweeted that he had fed USAID "into the wood chipper." It was an act that killed people. We don't know most of their names, but we know 27. I've listed them below. Much like with Renee Good + Alex Pretti, we should also remember these lives taken by the cruel men who lead us
What's important to remember about BRIDGERTON is that all of the characters are actually crew members on the USS Voyager, killing time during a long warp haul with a holo-novel programmed by Neelix (who did several whole hours of research about ancient human society and mating customs)
"Alternate Histories of the Body" is next week! I'm highlighting our workshop, "Experiencing Academia Through the Body" by Francesca Young Kaufman (11:15 AM GMT). Join us if you're interested in neuroscience-based tools for managing academic stress. The workshop is free and online. #AcademicSky 1/4
BSLS Winter Symposium: Alternate Histories of the Body
Alternate Histories of the Body is the 2026 British Society for Literature and Science Winter Symposium
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Registration is open for the @thebsls.bsky.social Winter Symposium "Alternate Histories of the Body" on January 30! It's free and online, and we're re-evaluating the human body, the stories we tell about it, and their impact. Come check it out! Full programme here: drive.google.com/file/d/18kep...
BSLS Winter Symposium: Alternate Histories of the Body
Alternate Histories of the Body is the 2026 British Society for Literature and Science Winter Symposium
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