My daughter, Euphemia, was born this April with a pretty large whole in her heart. Her delivery and subsequent NICU stay is at one of the best pediatric cardio depts in the nation (2hrs from my home). I have not been home since she was born

New on the Archive: Baxter, Janella (2026) From the Elephant to Butyric Acid Bacterium – it is [Not] all the Same! How the Genetic Code is Not Universal (with apologies to Albert Jan Kluyver). [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28372/

@laurennross.bsky.social I am teaching your paper Multiple Realizability from a Causal Perspective to my philosophy of biology students this week. I'm using it to help them answer the question: why is there diversity in the life sciences? It's been a pleasure to prepare lecture. It is so clear!

I feel like Americans are so desperate for wholesome, mundane news that Mamdani's NYC weather briefings have become top views on Youtube this weekend.

A long-time shero to me and many feminist scholars, Elizabeth Spelman, has passed away. She was one of several feminist philosophers who inspired me as an undergraduate. Our community has lost a tremendous scholar. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

Mayor Mamdani visited a pre-k school with Ms. Rachel and it is the best of humanity. Check it out if you need a few moments of happiness.

I love how my Philosophy of Biology syllabus features so many women authors! It's so lovely.

My new Gould paper is out today in Paleobiology (OA)! It is, in effect, a synthesis of some of my historical work on Stephen Jay Gould’s early career, which explores the curious position of punctuated equilibria in his early vision for evolutionary paleontology www.extinctblog.org/palaeonews/2...

Max’s New Gould paper — Extinct

My new paper in Paleobiology (OA), on some lesser known aspects of the early history of punctuated equilibria, is available to read online. It is, in effect, a synthesis of some of my older work on ...

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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

Following the brilliant @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social: I've been performing small acts of resistance by holding on to hope, practicing empathy, and finding levity in times of darkness. There is hope.

#philsci at a meeting where an upper administrator is telling us there's no problem of scientific funding when there's plenty of private funding to go around...

It's always a great day when I get to cite Jonathan Harwood's work. #philsci

Hello bluesky community! I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics. Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position. Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS #histsci #histmed #envhist networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...

@matthewcobb.bsky.social I'm working on a paper on the frozen accident, nonstandard genetic codes, and the great man history that surrounds Crick. I have some questions about the influence work of Sonneborn (1965) and Zuckerkandl & Pauling (1965) had on Crick's 1968 paper.

The HOPOS 2026 website is up. Detailed call for papers coming soon. Keynotes by Peter R. Anstey and Heather Douglas. hopos2026.dryfta.com #philsci

HOPOS 2026

Paper and symposium proposals for HOPOS 2026 can now be submitted through this web site. For detailed instructions, plea

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Check out our newly released special issue, "Reproductive Objects"! Through a collection of stellar articles, it traces the material "stuff" that constitutes the uneven tapestries of power, authority, and knowledge making around human reproduction. www.press.jhu.edu/journals/bul...

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

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Nemik's manifesto from Andor. There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.

Postdoc opportunity w/ @rachelankeny.bsky.social & philosophy group at Wageningen University on topics such as philosophy of science & technology, philosophy of biology, agricultural & food ethics, human-animal relations for 2026-27. For full consideration, application draft by 30 August #philsci

New special issue in HPLS! Rethinking the History of Microbiology, edited by Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva & Mathilde Gallay Keller. link.springer.com/collections/... #hps #philsci

3 year postdoc in STS of health (“health” and “STS” construed broadly) here at Egenis! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#philsci arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin

The letter is modeled after the NIH director’s controversial “Great Barrington Declaration.”…

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Williams College declines federal research funding because of the Trump administration insistence on omitting DEI language www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language

Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

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It seems like an opportune time to plug this excellent book: www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosoph...

The Philosophy of Protest

Protest is a critical part of the contemporary political landscape. Despite the prevalence of protest as a real-world practice, most liberal political theory li…

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The NHGRI and its historical archive of genomics research at the NIH is an invaluable asset to our public memory and ongoing research (including my own!). I send my friends at the NHGRI all my love. I stand with you.

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD@profdasgupta.bsky.social · last yr.

“Do you remember the Human Genome Project? I’m not sure the Trump administration wants you to.” apple.news/AeMEl6icdQha...

When nonstandard genetic codes were first discovered in mitochondrial DNA, their significance was minimized for various reasons. My favorite: "all sorts of nefarious genetics" are possible in the strange and mysterious organelle (Niels Lehman "Molecular Evolution: Please Release me, Genetic Code")

Only a few days left to apply for the postdoc position in the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Deadline 9 June.

Call for Applications: Open PostDoc-Position

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#philsci Texas, not to be outdone by Utah, has passed SB37 -- a bill that imposes significant political/administrative oversight of college curriculum and has the power to eliminate programs with a small number of majors -- i.e., my own department. www.texastribune.org/2025/05/24/t...

Bill to give political appointees more oversight over Texas universities wins final passage

The latest version of the proposal eliminates language that would have required university curricula not to advocate that “any race, sex, ethnicity or religious belief is inherently superior to anothe...

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#philsci

Peter Gleick@petergleick.bsky.social · last yr.

Just released. My Nature piece: "Never before has the USA seen such an anti-intellectual, anti-science assault... History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists... rdcu.be/eo3Hb

If you are interested in hearing some thoughts about the so-called dire wolves resurrected from extinction, here is an interview I did. #de-extinction #publicphilosophy