Faye Getz
@fayway.bsky.social
Ill-tempered Auntie now haunting EG, Rhode Island. Wrote books etc. on history of science/medicine, mostly medieval. Always in trouble for something. Old. Hangs with prof who writes lots on global capitalism and science. Multinational. F’ing bitch.
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Useful life hack of the day
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Useful life hack of the day
It never stops.
"The British Olympic Association... is understood to be relaxed that Kenworthy has given a personal opinion on a subject that sits outside the Games." www.thetimes.com/sport/winter...
GB skier avoids censure for writing ‘F*** ice’ in snow ‘with urine’
Gus Kenworthy, whose Instagram account boasts 1.2million followers, will not face disciplinary action for message about US immigration officials
www.thetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It never stops.
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Fondly remembering the timt Harvard's STS program had Thiel as an invited lecturer in their "Science & Democracy" series
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Fondly remembering the timt Harvard's STS program had Thiel as an invited lecturer in their "Science & Democracy" series
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I don't have enough hands to facepalm myself hard enough to forget I ever saw this headline
There isn't a sigh hard enough for these dumbass headlines. Warriors were a SOCIAL GROUP, and later a legal classification. Gender was not relevant to whether one was part of a warrior group/family/etc. You might as well write: THIS JUST IN: WOMEN EXISTED! www.the-independent.com/asia/japan/b...
Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking exhibition at British Museum says
‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class
www.the-independent.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I don't have enough hands to facepalm myself hard enough to forget I ever saw this headline
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Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
RFK Jr said during his Senate confirmation hearings that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines." Documents obtained by @us.theguardian.com and @apnews.com undermine that testimony. Details here, by me and @aliswenson.bsky.social ⬇️
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
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Latin sentence of the day:
"Towards the end of the party, some, with a drunken heaving, were throwing up their whole dessert; while others, unable even to go home due to the sluggishness of their step, torn away from the punch bowls, were lying down on my bed."
Benningh's Satyricon, early 17th c.
"Towards the end of the party, some, with a drunken heaving, were throwing up their whole dessert; while others, unable even to go home due to the sluggishness of their step, torn away from the punch bowls, were lying down on my bed."
Benningh's Satyricon, early 17th c.
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Latin sentence of the day:
"Towards the end of the party, some, with a drunken heaving, were throwing up their whole dessert; while others, unable even to go home due to the sluggishness of their step, torn away from the punch bowls, were lying down on my bed."
Benningh's Satyricon, early 17th c.
"Towards the end of the party, some, with a drunken heaving, were throwing up their whole dessert; while others, unable even to go home due to the sluggishness of their step, torn away from the punch bowls, were lying down on my bed."
Benningh's Satyricon, early 17th c.
Almost anything one might say about this story is subject to interpretation as double entendre. Scandaloso!
The Winter Olympics has long been a battleground for marginal gains.
Thursday, however, took things to a new level in Milan Cortina.
Thursday, however, took things to a new level in Milan Cortina.
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Almost anything one might say about this story is subject to interpretation as double entendre. Scandaloso!
More male skiers’ genitalia in the news.
Times article has an incredible illustration
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
More male skiers’ genitalia in the news.
Truth.
they deserve to be exponentially more widely hated than they are, and I believe we can make this happen together
All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Truth.
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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
No kidding.
18 U.S. Code § 592 makes it a crime punishable by 5 years in prison to deploy federal troops to polling places
Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites
The Trump ally was one of few GOP voices to support the president’s push to nationalize voting.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
No kidding.
‘Aroused controversy?’ Sorry darlings. Auntie’s been into the Dubonnet again.
Reports that Olympic ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to improve performance on jumps have aroused controversy
These Olympic Athletes Are Reportedly Doing WHAT To Their Penises For A Competitive Edge?
The Olympics haven't officially begun, but a report that ski jumpers may be using penis injections before competition is already arousing controversy.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
‘Aroused controversy?’ Sorry darlings. Auntie’s been into the Dubonnet again.
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Sigh.
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Sigh.
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Not content to be merely a viral tradwife, she set out to also be a bacterial one
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Not content to be merely a viral tradwife, she set out to also be a bacterial one
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We just dropped the trailer to OVERBURDEN. Looking forward to getting this film out in the world. A huge thanks to the entire team involved, spanning four continents. overburdenfilm.com
#biodiversity #mining #ConvivialConservation #envhist #liberia
#biodiversity #mining #ConvivialConservation #envhist #liberia
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
We just dropped the trailer to OVERBURDEN. Looking forward to getting this film out in the world. A huge thanks to the entire team involved, spanning four continents. overburdenfilm.com
#biodiversity #mining #ConvivialConservation #envhist #liberia
#biodiversity #mining #ConvivialConservation #envhist #liberia
When Auntie was young, ‘dirty old men,’ as they were called, used to leer and whisper that at young women who dared to occupy space on this planet. Plus ça change…
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
When Auntie was young, ‘dirty old men,’ as they were called, used to leer and whisper that at young women who dared to occupy space on this planet. Plus ça change…
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This table may seem odd in that there is a foot and four ears on it - but in fact the whole table top is made of petrified human remains. It was made by Efisio Marini and gifted to Napoleon III in 1867, and it can now be seen in the Musée de l’histoire de la médecine in Paris.
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This table may seem odd in that there is a foot and four ears on it - but in fact the whole table top is made of petrified human remains. It was made by Efisio Marini and gifted to Napoleon III in 1867, and it can now be seen in the Musée de l’histoire de la médecine in Paris.
Can confirm.
Every person in front of you at a drive-through ATM has never used an ATM before
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Can confirm.
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in addition to chomsky, Dershowitz, and Nowak
Nine More Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files
Through coffees, phone calls and private flights, at least nine more academics are linked to Jeffrey Epstein in the latest disclosure of documents from the Justice Department.
www.insidehighered.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
in addition to chomsky, Dershowitz, and Nowak
Ancient History at Humboldt University.
Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
forbetterscience.com/2026/02/02/m...
forbetterscience.com/2026/02/02/m...
Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
A history professor remains a valuable peer even if credibly accused of sexual harassment. And even of plagiarism? Will they still defend him with their letters?
forbetterscience.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Ancient History at Humboldt University.
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TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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Sadly, this is NOT satire.
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Sadly, this is NOT satire.
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Delightfully degenerate household: cares of the world hang overhead but everyone (esp. duck) is relentlessly having a jolly time because it’s Jan Steen. Today is his day.
February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Delightfully degenerate household: cares of the world hang overhead but everyone (esp. duck) is relentlessly having a jolly time because it’s Jan Steen. Today is his day.