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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · 1d

Ta! Charlotte found it (what would I do without that woman!!) - Tom had a special feeling for the book of Job and its engagement with science.

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · 1d

SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social

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Asif Siddiqi @historyasif.bsky.social · Sep 9

Heads up for this excellent special issue of BJHS edited by @actgeppert.bsky.social . Insightful contributions on the cultural construction of 'founding fathers,' 'prophets,' etc. of the space age, taking a very global approach w/ works on Clarke, Sarabhai, Qian Xuesen, etc. I have a small epilogue.

Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · Sep 9

It was such a pleasure to have you among the contributors, Asif. Here is the special issue 'Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age,' a special issue of the British Journal for the History of Science: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The British Journal for the History of Science: Volume 58 - Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - The British Journal for the History of Science - Volume 58 - Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age

www.cambridge.org

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Adam Mosley @handle.invalid · 13d

I'm pleased to share the news that I have recently begun a term as co-editor of the British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS), working together with the now editor-in-chief, the brilliant Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social.

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Dec 24

#IsaacAsimov's 'Sally' (1953) - about a retirement farm for autonomous cars with positronic brains. Unusual in that the Three Laws do not apply

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · Dec 24

Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Dec 9

We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY

Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · Dec 5

Online talk on #art and #ecology on Thursday December 5 by a wonderful curator who spent many years at Wave Hill—so she knows her plant matter and the broader nature/culture systems in which they exist. She certainly knows art! www.eventbrite.com/e/fertile-gr...

Fertile Ground: Collaborations in Art and Ecology

This PAX Talk will explore the work of artists and scientists who bridge the gap between science, art and activism.

www.eventbrite.com

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · Dec 4

Great news! In 2025, the British Journal for the History of Science will move to a Research Open publication model. From 13 August 2025, all research articles will be open-access - reaching more readers and free access to the newest research in HistSTEAM!

The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core

The British Journal for the History of Science - Dr Amanda Rees

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Dec 3

Looking for radical histories on Bluesky?

We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.

Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️

go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV

Radical Histories

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Dec 2

If you're looking for an excellent holiday gift, why not try this???

🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · Dec 2

Open Access Alert!!
Religion and AI: An Introduction. Read my new book for free! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

Religion and Artificial Intelligence | An Introduction | Beth Singler

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news or the public imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental

www.taylorfrancis.com

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 29

Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!

ECLAS Project @eclasproject.bsky.social · Nov 29

Shepherds, Sellafield, and citizen science: today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith has a bit of everything! It asks, how can the voices of those on the margins of society be included in scientific research? eclas.shorthandstories.com/advent/the-s...

The Shepherd, the Angel, and the Scientist

The angels entrusted ordinary people with the Christmas tidings. Slowly, researchers are also learning to trust ordinary people as participants in the making of scientific knowledge.

eclas.shorthandstories.com

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Nov 29

It's the last day to enter this Solarpunk Giveway! It includes:

- My collection Different Kinds of Defiance
- @susankayequinn.bsky.social's Halfway to Better
- Metaphorosis, by @gristnews.bsky.social
- Solarpunk Creatures, by World Weaver Press

brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/november-g...

November Giveaway: Solarpunk Starter Pack

Collections of Short Solarpunk Stories to Get You Through the Month

brightgreenfutures.substack.com

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 29

Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!

ECLAS Project @eclasproject.bsky.social · Nov 29

Shepherds, Sellafield, and citizen science: today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith has a bit of everything! It asks, how can the voices of those on the margins of society be included in scientific research? eclas.shorthandstories.com/advent/the-s...

The Shepherd, the Angel, and the Scientist

The angels entrusted ordinary people with the Christmas tidings. Slowly, researchers are also learning to trust ordinary people as participants in the making of scientific knowledge.

eclas.shorthandstories.com

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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · Nov 21

The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!

Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Heidi Colleran @heidicolleran.bsky.social · Apr 12

With the world turning away from diversity we need public anthropology more than ever. I’ve decided to do my bit to share what we know about cultures of reproduction & why they matter for human evolution. PEOPLE LIKE US coming in 2027 🙏🏻 @zcosini.bsky.social

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 28

(that was meant for the plausible charlatans line. Not the author of the post. Whose prose style obvs. rivals Milton's, any day of the week....)

Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 28

"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour!"

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 28

When is this thread going to become a book?

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 28

So pleased to have been involved with the publication of this award-winning article! Many congratulations both! #HistSci #EarlyModern #HSTM

Xinyi Wen (she/they) @xinyiwenhps.bsky.social · Nov 22

Last week, when the BJHS article by @cberiksen.bsky.social and I received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize at HSS Mérida, I wrote a 🧵 on X sharing our research process.

Now I'll redo it on BlueSky, this time with more images of our archival sources: 🗃️ #HistSci #EarlyModern

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Nov 25

The Music Instinct is about why we make and love music, how our brains make sense of it, how composers and performers engage the emotions, and why music is IMO one of the most profound products of the human mind.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...

The Music Instinct

Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound? These are questions that have, until recently...

www.penguin.co.uk

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks @deevybee.bsky.social for looking at Elon Musk's record through the lens of ethical conduct in research. Having him in the @royalsociety.bsky.social Fellowship reflects really poorly on the organization IMO and I'm glad Fellows are speaking up. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society

The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · Nov 13

In the run up to Advent, see our #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - dealing with #IVF, #CitizenScience #ReproductiveHealth, different ways of #stargazing, #BigData and, of course, Michael Faraday and the candle!

ECLAS Project @eclasproject.bsky.social · Nov 13

One of our ongoing research projects is #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith, vignettes from history which show how science and Christianity can work together.

Today we launch our new Advent series, six stories which offer a fresh perspective in the lead up to Christmas.

www.eclasproject.org/new-narrativ...

A composite image showing books, candles, and a stained glass window. Text reads 'Advent Stories of Science and Faith.'

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · Nov 12

We're approaching 100 historians/organisations in the maritime historians starter park 🥳 It's wonderful to see maritime history being so well represented here!

If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇

#MaritimeHistory

go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw

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