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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 3d

18.10.2004 R.I.P.

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 5d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · 12d

I love how the National Taiwan University Library Special Collections brochure looks like a menu. And they do have delicate stuff, I can tell you that...

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · Sep 9

Michel Foucault says hi! [especially if we also include aspects of knowledge creation associated with colonialism in the equation]

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy

www.theguardian.com

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cthulhu is not amused...

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · Aug 25

Black Religion in the Madhouse
Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake nyupress.org/978147982978...

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Finally, there is a comprehensive database for the victims of biomedical research under National Socialism, including the cases of brain samples shamelessly used by psychiatrists and neurologists well after 1945. Never forget!

ns-medical-victims.org

Victims of Biomedical Research under National Socialism

ns-medical-victims.org

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 18

“I knew nothing about my family history until then...Nobody ever spoke about it.” But that day, she explains, she knew she wanted to find the truth, no matter how dark and shameful.

📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...

‘I tracked down the family of the estate my Nazi great grandparents looted. Here’s what I told them’

After discovering a hidden family history – and some stolen furniture – one woman was determined to make amends

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

thenextweb.com

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · May 29

Here's another example of a "secular relic:" a lock of Sir Isaac Newton's hair at the Royal Society of London.

Interestingly, during the exhumation, a sample of hair was taken. Scientists discovered that he also had 15x the normal range of mercury in his body.

A mahogany box with the lid open. Inside are several stands of light colored hair. The box has an plaque that reads: "Lock of Sir I. Newton's Hair presented by Henry Garling Esq. Oct 26 1847."

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · Apr 8

From Arthur Kleinman: 'Medicine on a Larger Scale is ... a step forward in imagining a counter-biomedicine that can better connect social suffering and healing with interpretive social science, post-colonial imaginings, and some of the more serious problems of the world. Impressive!’

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Prof Rhonda Wilson RN CMHN PhD @rhondawilsonmhn.bsky.social · May 12

Some Florence truth-telling… 🙏 to these deadly sisters ❤️💛🖤 #FirstNations #Nurses www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

No more Nightingale

Published in Contemporary Nurse (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · May 12

Please consider donating to the fantastic volunteers at www.changesforwomen.at
They support unwanted pregnant women with abortions and are the only organisation in Austria that takes on this important task!

Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · May 12

Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · May 12

Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · May 7

apologies for the broken link. For details on the lecture follow: www.josephinum.ac.at/veranstaltun...

„Das kolonialisierte Gehirn – Zum Verständnis psychischer Krankheit im historischen Wandel“

www.josephinum.ac.at

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Bernhard Leitner @bmleitner.bsky.social · May 7

Save the date! I am thrilled to announce our first Neuburger Lecture in 2025, at the Josephinum @meduniwien.ac.at on June 2nd in Vienna. Andreas Heinz (Charité Berlin) will give a talk on "The Colonised Brain" [in German]. www.josephinum.ac.at/.../max-neub...
#histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Apr 29

#InverteFest jellyfish

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Dec 7

#artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 🧵

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Apr 22

Race is a social construct. But what does that mean, and why do we say this? An explainer, in the wake of Trump being racist and wrong (pt 675)

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.

www.bbc.com

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · Apr 21

Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Axel Gelfert @agelfert.bsky.social · Apr 22

Early-modern version of keeping multiple tabs open... #bookwheel

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Apr 15

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Dietmar Pichler @dietmarpichler.bsky.social · Apr 14

For anyone who believes that Russia was “provoked” into launching the full-scale invasion—or thinks that Biden and Zelensky started the war:
read my text "The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine." Please share it in the U.S.

www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/c3...

The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine — Inved-Insight

Happy Russia Day," Medvedev wrote in 2024 on his official Telegram channel, showing a map of Russia that included the entire territory of Ukraine

www.inved-insight.eu

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · Apr 10

If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio

The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hello! We are a collaborative philosophy group, led by Grant Ramsey, interested in the life sciences—esp. #evobio, paleoanthropology, and the behavioral & cognitive sciences. We will share our research updates and highlight exciting work across philosophy & science! #philsci #HPbio #CogSci #philsky

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Apr 9

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

www.timeshighereducation.com

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