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Spooooky Suman Seth

@alltoosuman.bsky.social

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Historian of science and medicine. Proponent of Postcolonial science studies. Author of Difference and Disease: Race, Medicine, and the 18th Century British Empire (Cambridge, 2018); Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory (MIT)

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hi, new followers! I work on the history of race, science, and medicine, as well as Postcolonial science studies. Currently working on paleo anthropology and race. Trying to finish Clan of the Cave Bear.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 2d

Also used in Buffy.

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 3d

If you are at #SHOT2025 and want to talk about a book project, feel free to reach out...I co-edit a history of technology book series for JHUP 🤠

www.press.jhu.edu/books/series...

Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

Among the most influential and longest-running series at the Press, Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology features books with a global scope that showcase diverse topics and approaches al...

www.press.jhu.edu

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 3d

I formally and fully retract my former statement. Thank you for the correction.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. Powered through. Maybe that’s cheating: I was 50 pages in this morning.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 3d

Who has two thumbs and is an academic machine? This guy!

Wrote 5 rec letters, read a thesis, had two meetings, went for a walk with a lovely former undergrad, and started reading a long-sought archival source. Easily the most productive day in yonks.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 3d

Yesssss!!!! Come join me at the back of the auditorium!

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 4d

Heading back home from a great visit to WashU. The book talk continues!!!

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 7d

I worry that they’d have more.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 7d

Didn’t love One Battle After Another. Politics felt remarkably conservative.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 8d

Can I help? Happy to set some shit up.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 12d

Oh no!!!! Solidarity, friend.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 12d

Pack it up, pack it in, go ahead and begin.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 14d

We’re not making a good case in support of our existing in 100 years with this sort of thing.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 14d

It’s not great at Cornell right now. See also: www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

GUEST ROOM | AAUP Letter to Kotlikoff on "Fighting Antisemitism"

The executive committee of the American Association of University Professors Cornell Chapter writes to President Kotlikoff in response to his office's recent statement, "Fighting Antisemitism and Prot...

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 14d

Great song.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 15d

Better yet would’ve been firing them a year ago. But late is better than never.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 15d

Happy birthday, old friend!

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 17d

It is! Also Australian, with Indian parents, so missing the game!

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 18d

Cricket?

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 19d

I still vividly remember the first time I heard someone pronounce it correctly. I’d been saying it wrong for years.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks for your service, Mr. yankovic

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 22d

In miserable times, people ask: what can I possibly do as an individual?
The answer: not a lot, except join other individuals. Solidarity is where power is to be found. Join a union. @cornellaaup.bsky.social

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 22d

Underrated phenomenon is so many people were already looking for streaming services to cut and Disney basically helped them figure it out.

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 22d

Goddammit.

Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 23d

Here’s a thought. Cancel Disney+ and put half of the $200 you’ll save per year into causes that work against the fascists killing democracy. Buy something else nice with the other half.