Christos Lynteris
@visualplague.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Anthropology (University of St Andrews, Scotland) researching zoonosis, plague, epidemics, colonial medicine, biopolitics, multispecies relations, and medical visual culture https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl12
"The analysis finds that this reactivation of pathogens is linked to especially intense bouts of COVID-19 and to the development of long COVID" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
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𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄. 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚 Fabrizio Bigotti - John Wilkins youtu.be/c-tiFtvaVjg?... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Galen #Galenicals
GALEN'S REMEDIES BEYOND THE RENAISSANCE - F. Bigotti (CSMBR) and J. Wilkins (Exeter)
YouTube video by CSMBR Pisa
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Geography and Sustainable Development lectureship at St Andrews (specialisms in coastal environments encouraged): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK679/l...
Lecturer in Geography and/or Sustainable Development - AC2883 at University of St Andrews
Apply for the Lecturer in Geography and/or Sustainable Development - AC2883 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Are you interested in developing genuinely interdisciplinary piece of research? Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4y9wiwJ
“All of the speculation and hype around A.I. is hiding the fact that the technology isn’t just large language models or agents or data centers. It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological innovation.”
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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Der Ebola-Ausbruch in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo ist inzwischen der zweitgrößte, den die Welt je gesehen hat. Was passiert da? Und warum ist dieser Ausbruch anders als viele die es vorher gab? Wir haben in den letzten Wochen genau darüber berichtet: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/p... 🧪
Ebola | Beim 17. Mal ist alles anders
Podcast Episode · Pandemia · 29 May · 56min
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🎞️ Le 2 août 1976, le réalisateur autrichien décédait à l'âge de 85 ans. Un demi-siècle plus tard, l'imaginaire ultra-futuriste de "Metropolis" (1927) ou encore le traitement philosophique de ses personnages continuent d'inspirer des histoires. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/vvE
Great to see that this volume is now Open Access: penn.manifoldapp.org/projects/cov...
COVID Studies | Manifold Scholarship
<b>A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines</b> <P> <I>COVID Studies</I> is a “state of the field” collection of essays...
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Christos Lynteris@visualplague.bsky.social · 4w agoVery happy to see that "Covid Studies: A Reader" has been published @pennpress.bsky.social. @monicamedhist.bsky.social @steerewilliams.bsky.social and I have contributed a co-authored chapter on "Epidemic Origins and Geographies of Blame in the Time of COVID-19" www.pennpress.org/978151282949...
Since #COVID & pandemic handling is in the news, I want to recommend the brand new COVID Studies: A Reader: www.pennpress.org/978151282949... This is a fantastic collection of essays based in SSH fields. It is available to read #openaccess for free too.
In late 2023, the Society spent a day with Hertfordshire’s historians. We saw the quality, creativity and distinctiveness of teaching, research and engagement. We were told by a (now departed) senior manager that History was ‘a portfolio the university will guard very carefully’. bit.ly/4hLediN
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d agoSo it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
L’IA Act entre en vigueur en Europe : peut-on encore contrôler et encadrer l’intelligence artificielle ? www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
L’IA Act entre en vigueur en Europe : peut-on encore contrôler et encadrer l’intelligence artificielle ?
Anne-Laure Ligozat, co-directrice de l'Observatoire sur l’impact environnemental de l’IA à l’ENS, Alexei Grinbaum, président du Comité opérationnel pilote d'éthique du numérique du CEA, Amélie Cordier...
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I never thought that I would have to write this piece about my university. But after weeks of demonstrating privately to senior managers that their case is based on a false prospectus, that their data are inaccurate and their claims misleading, there was little choice. substack.com/@lucasamin/n...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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Thinking through the unedifying, un-evidence-based rush to an undefined, apparently unmodelled paradigm of 'specialisation, what's being lost/threatened? Herts History was an excellent example of performing to a top standard in REF, but also much more than that. Questions to think with include: 1/4
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d agoSo it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
Emile Chabal, The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian - @harvardpress.bsky.social, August 2026 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... Interview about writing the book www.hup.harvard.edu/features/who...
The Age of Hobsbawm — Harvard University Press
An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth cent...
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The #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC's Ituri province is now the 2nd largest in known history, having overtaken the 2018-2020 outbreak in North-Kivu & Ituri in a matter of 2.5 months. Hard to say how big this one will get. Can't see it ending anytime soon.
A longer post in this weekly series - a tribute to Carlo Ginzburg, and his approach of the historian as a detective, with a particular focus on his important essay 'Clues'. "The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’" progressivegeographies.com/2026/08/02/t...
The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’
A few years ago, after one of the presentations I’d given on reconstructing Émile Benveniste’s movements during the Second World War through various archives, one audience member said to another: “…
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‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
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Greenhouse #envhum book talk Episode 201: Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social will discuss his book How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026), Monday, 7 September 2026, at 4pm Central European / 3pm in UK. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Unionized workers at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) East Storehouse have voted unanimously to strike over alleged “Amazon-style” working practices, including be allegedly “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”
V&A Storehouse Workers Vote to Strike Over “Amazon-Style” Conditions
Staff members allege they were “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”
hyperallergic.com
Pleased to hear this piece from September 2025 was useful - Pierre Bourdieu and Erwin Panofsky: Architecture, Scholasticism and the Concept of Habitus progressivegeographies.com/2025/09/14/p...
Pierre Bourdieu and Erwin Panofsky: Architecture, Scholasticism and the Concept of Habitus
In 1967, Pierre Bourdieu translated Erwin Panofsky’s 1951 book Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism into French. The German-born Panofsky is best known for his work in art history, and f…
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Christos Lynteris@visualplague.bsky.social · 4d agoFound a copy of the original edition recently. Big thanks for this very illuminating blog post - incredibly helpful in putting Bourdieu's long & complex postface in perspective
Wonderful news! OSIRIS, vol. 41: Histories of Science and Childhoods is FINALLY out! The hope is that this is just initial steps, sparking further research into and engagement with the intricately interwoven worlds of the child and science. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/osiris/2...
Osiris | Vol 41, No null
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Looking forward to this exhibition on medical knowledge at the IMA starting in mid-September: La grande aventure du savoir médical www.imarabe.org/fr/agenda/ex...
La grande aventure du savoir médical
Aventure de l’homme pour l’homme, la médecine passe d’une civilisation à l’autre, malgré les guerres et les conflits, malgré les vicissitudes politiques et économiques, au-delà parfois des réserves re...
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Free #Edinburgh exhibition If you're in town for #EdFringe check out our exhibition Rag. Exploring the history of blood from transfusions to menstruation 📍 Physicians’ Gallery, 11 Queen Street, EH2 1JQ 📅 Mon – Fri, 10am – 4.30pm Find out more 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/rag...
19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively Illustrate the Inner Workings of the Human Body www.openculture.com/2026/07/japa...
19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively Illustrate the Inner Workings of the Human Body
Folks with a passing knowledge of ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodblock print art form popular in the 17th through 19th centuries, will be familiar with its landscapes, as well as its portraits of courtesan...
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The #Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in NE DRC was likely underway for months before it was formally detected in mid-May. That's often the way with Ebola outbreaks, but the scale of the missed cases seems ... extraordinary. Terrific reporting by @kakape.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected
A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says
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Follow the Plants, new book edited by Madeleine Collie & Yvonne Billimore, traces "impacts of monocultures on the lively socialites of plant human communities & extends the enquiry with newly commissioned essays, invitations, scores & visual contributions" www.onomatopee.net/product/foll...
📄🦠Happy to share our latest paper, which highlights how non-invasive methods can advance parasite and disease ecology research.✨ www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=...
First, this is fantastic. Second, it gives the lie to the idea that people need to “learn” how to use AI given that it’s become compulsory. What lurks behind the notion that people need tutorials in it is that AI “education” is just a how-to in avoiding its hazards. The real education is this ⬇️
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d agoI work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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