Congratulations to my colleague Rebecca Charbonneau @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social on winning the 2027 Osterbrock Prize from the American Astronomical Society's Historical Astronomy Division! aas.org/posts/news/2...

Wanted to share my excitement about a small workshop on the history of scholarly evaluation that we hosted in Leuven over the last couple of days. The atmosphere was great and it was very productive! Here's a photo of the participants brainstorming. 1/3

Navigating the academic job market is always stressful, and doing so as a couple raises the stakes. Toni Feder spoke to couples about their strategies and experiences, what help institutions provide, and what sorts of solutions they’ve found—including when it’s time to walk away. #careersissue

Navigating academia as a dual-career couple

Myriad solutions emerge in the stressful process of balancing professional ambition and personal happiness.

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A carryout on 12 St. NE in Brookland has recently blown up on social media for its innovative menu and snappy videos. @ecwilliams.bsky.social tried Today's Pizza's viral oxtail pie:

Behind the scenes at DC's viral oxtail pizza carryout

For the team at Today's Pizza, it's always been bigger than the pies.

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The American Institute of Physics history program now has a reorganized website. Whether you know nothing, a little, or a lot about our work, take a look around and see if you find anything new to you! www.aip.org/history

Hey @sadbeige.bsky.social I hope you're getting royalties on this since they've clearly mistaken your satire for recommendations.

Mollz (ballz)@dopestatistics.bsky.social · 3w ago

NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

"In Referees We Trust" will be open access and available October 13 -- but for those who prefer physical books, Barnes and Noble is running its preorder deal again! Members can get 25% off all preorders with code PREORDER25 through September 11. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-referee...

On October 13, my book will officially be out into the world! Available open access from MIT Press, made possible in part by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205474...

🚨🚨🚨JOB ALERT: The HSS Department at Penn is hiring a tenure-track or tenured professor in the history of data/info science, computing, or AI. Please share widely! apply.interfolio.com/192132

Pope to Catholic Legislators: “Sadly, we are presented with a subtle form of domination when algorithms decide who is seen, who remains invisible, when digital platforms shape public discourse without accountability, and when the dignity of workers is subordinated to the optimization of systems.”

Everyone is wondering, so: yes, Bernard Derrida, awarded this year’s Dirac Medal for his work on statistical mechanics, is the cousin of Jacques Derrida, famous problematizer of binary oppositions. www.ictp.it/news/2026/8/...

@alondra.bsky.social mentions her work on manifestos meaning @adambecker.bsky.social gets to trash on one of his most hated manifestos from the tech world! #ai #datmpodcast #future #aiethics #science #marcandreessen @multitudeshows.com

Wait you can do this?!

Sharon "Screams in Perimenopause" Z@sharonz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Learning that Duck Duck Go let's you block specific sites from search results is a game changer for when you are looking for things and you don't want the first 10 results to be Amazon.

Great reading for the weekend! Kate Salen Tekinbas writes in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social about how we can manage online spaces for children. In well-designed play environments, safety is not achieved by eliminating risk but by designing for it. sciencepolitics.org/2026/07/17/o...

Online Spaces for Children Don’t Have to Be Outlawed. They Just Have to Be Safe Enough. - Science Politics

In well-designed play environments, safety is not achieved by eliminating risk but by designing for it.

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The AI-written emails telling me that my book is already a failure 3+ months before publication are something else. (Don't worry, if I pay the emailer a hundred bazillion dollars they can un-fail my book.)

We need merch @nickseaver.website

Nick Seaver@nickseaver.website · 3mo ago

My book is coming out in October and will be available open access! However, for those who prefer physical copies, Barnes & Noble is currently running a preorder sale for members. Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off the paperback! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-referee...

In Referees We Trust?: How Peer Review Became a Mark of Scientific Legitimacy

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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We are hiring for a science policy news editorial director here at AIP. This position will coordinate coverage across our renowned FYI science policy news service and Physics Today. This is a new and exciting thing, and if this is your wheelhouse, take a look! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

If human editors can’t control who reviews science, it’s no longer peer review — it’s a rubber-stamp machine designed for volume and profit, not quality. I have no intention of attaching my name to it. So I’m out.

Court holds Google liable for false claims in AI Overviews. Seems significant. "A regular search engine just points to outside websites. But AI overviews generate 'independent, new, and substantive statements' by evaluating and combining content from various third-party sites" the-decoder

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

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Physics Today is hiring! They're looking for a Senior Editor with a graduate degree in physics (PhD preferred) and 8+ years of science writing and editing experience. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

🚨New Issue Alert🚨 Volume 56 Issue 3 is out now with essays by Karin Nickelsen and David Kaiser, as well as a book review by John DiMoia. online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...

Volume 56 Issue 3 | Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences | University of California Press

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If your business requires me to download yet another app to use it, odds are pretty good at this point I am not going to use your business. It's like a part-time job at this point. Enough.

We are closing this call on May 31, but would still very much like to see more proposals from periods pre-1800 and regions outside the US and Europe! Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions.

Melinda Baldwin@mbaldwin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Special Section Call for Proposals for @hsnatsci.bsky.social ! My co-editor Dominik Huenniger and I are seeking short essays (800-1000 words) on the theme of "Revisiting Classics and Major Influences." More below.

I AM AT INBOX ZERO. I do not expect this situation to last more than 2 hours but I am going to enjoy it.

The whole AI-to-make-graduation- efficient is bizarre. The most efficient way to award diplomas is by mail; there’s no logical need for ceremonies. The whole reason they exist is for the human touch & so people can celebrate each other. AI for “efficiency” here is nonsensical (& doesn’t even work🫠)

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

Extremely proud to say that my new @physicstoday.aip.org feature article is live. In it, I explore the history and context of the rare interviews with J. Robert Oppenheimer recently made public by @aiphistory.bsky.social. physicstoday.aip.org/features/opp...

Oppenheimer reflects on his early career

Interviews now available to the public bring the famed physicist’s lesser-known early years to life.

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