Marie VC, PhD
@marievc.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher (elle/she) • Social & Climate Justice • Internet & Cultural Studies • Arts & Crafts • Gardening • Brussels Sprouts Appreciation Society • FR/EN (Belgium/Luxembourg)
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Hell as in Hellenic (and also: issues of travel expense reimbursement have been around for a long time).
Hell as in Hellenic (and also: issues of travel expense reimbursement have been around for a long time).
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Search your camera roll for hell.
Hell as in Hellenic (and also: issues of travel expense reimbursement have been around for a long time).
Hell as in Hellenic (and also: issues of travel expense reimbursement have been around for a long time).
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Plaques matter. A few yrs ago for @hyperallergic.com, I wrote on the import of museum labels. hyperallergic.com/can-art-muse... The reports on the new plaques written by Trump for the presidential portraits are worrying—but the political silence is even scarier 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Presidential History, According to Trump
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December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Plaques matter. A few yrs ago for @hyperallergic.com, I wrote on the import of museum labels. hyperallergic.com/can-art-muse... The reports on the new plaques written by Trump for the presidential portraits are worrying—but the political silence is even scarier 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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History will be made and space will become a little more inclusive TODAY when my friend Michi Benthaus will become the first ever wheelchair user to leave our planet’s atmosphere (and only the second German woman to do so).
Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37
Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
History will be made and space will become a little more inclusive TODAY when my friend Michi Benthaus will become the first ever wheelchair user to leave our planet’s atmosphere (and only the second German woman to do so).
Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37
Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37
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Maybe everyone who's still working tomorrow can have a big email party where we do all of our emails and then pull some crackers or something and get a good star to celebrate.
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Maybe everyone who's still working tomorrow can have a big email party where we do all of our emails and then pull some crackers or something and get a good star to celebrate.
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me, every time i write “ontological and epistemological”,
“heeehee, v smart, instant complexity. must remember to look up what they mean again”
“heeehee, v smart, instant complexity. must remember to look up what they mean again”
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
me, every time i write “ontological and epistemological”,
“heeehee, v smart, instant complexity. must remember to look up what they mean again”
“heeehee, v smart, instant complexity. must remember to look up what they mean again”
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So, have any historians here used Retool as a front end for data entry into a PostgreSQL database?
Not sure what the right #DigitalHumanities # are, but perhaps #DigHum #DH 🗃️
Not sure what the right #DigitalHumanities # are, but perhaps #DigHum #DH 🗃️
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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18th-century, French, Newtonian physicist, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet who was born on 17 December 1706 #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
A feminist Newtonian
Any major new scientific theory experiences a period of reception after publication in which it is examined, questioned, subject to criticism and put to the test. During this period, which can and …
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December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
18th-century, French, Newtonian physicist, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet who was born on 17 December 1706 #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/a...
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I was so moved by the Amy Sherald show at the Whitney—her work is beautifully composed & rendered. Watching a film about her in a packed gallery, I felt very emotional & was grateful to have the opportunity to encounter her artistic vision with others. I was reminded of how much art matters now.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was so moved by the Amy Sherald show at the Whitney—her work is beautifully composed & rendered. Watching a film about her in a packed gallery, I felt very emotional & was grateful to have the opportunity to encounter her artistic vision with others. I was reminded of how much art matters now.
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Enfin, cet article fait partie d'un superbe numéro intitulé
"La datafication de la société : un état des lieux des études critiques sur les données"
Dirigé par @florencemillerand.bsky.social , @melmillette.bsky.social et Lucie Delias! Vous y trouverez 13 (!) autres supers articles :)
"La datafication de la société : un état des lieux des études critiques sur les données"
Dirigé par @florencemillerand.bsky.social , @melmillette.bsky.social et Lucie Delias! Vous y trouverez 13 (!) autres supers articles :)
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Enfin, cet article fait partie d'un superbe numéro intitulé
"La datafication de la société : un état des lieux des études critiques sur les données"
Dirigé par @florencemillerand.bsky.social , @melmillette.bsky.social et Lucie Delias! Vous y trouverez 13 (!) autres supers articles :)
"La datafication de la société : un état des lieux des études critiques sur les données"
Dirigé par @florencemillerand.bsky.social , @melmillette.bsky.social et Lucie Delias! Vous y trouverez 13 (!) autres supers articles :)
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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📣Come and be my colleague! We are hiring two new Assistant Profs in the Dept. of Phil. at Trinity College Dublin: in Value Theory, and in Hist., Phil., and Ethics of Science. I can’t recommend working here enough! Please share with anyone interested – any questions, do get in touch. Ads below!
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📣Come and be my colleague! We are hiring two new Assistant Profs in the Dept. of Phil. at Trinity College Dublin: in Value Theory, and in Hist., Phil., and Ethics of Science. I can’t recommend working here enough! Please share with anyone interested – any questions, do get in touch. Ads below!
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still looking for a fluent Bulgarian speaker
hello do you speak fluent Bulgarian or know somebody who does? I could use your help. This is an earnest request
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
still looking for a fluent Bulgarian speaker
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Please do not miss the flipping bow window, that was not easy to do in this building material.
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Please do not miss the flipping bow window, that was not easy to do in this building material.
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They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street.
*me
*me
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street.
*me
*me
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I want to help my Manchester (UK) based friend who is very down on his luck get an e-bike for Christmas as it helps him a lot with his mental health and gives him a lot of freedom.
Anyone know anyone who does long term low cost no cost bike loans
@andyburnham.bsky.social
Anyone know anyone who does long term low cost no cost bike loans
@andyburnham.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I want to help my Manchester (UK) based friend who is very down on his luck get an e-bike for Christmas as it helps him a lot with his mental health and gives him a lot of freedom.
Anyone know anyone who does long term low cost no cost bike loans
@andyburnham.bsky.social
Anyone know anyone who does long term low cost no cost bike loans
@andyburnham.bsky.social
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#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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Never trust a medical Dr if he's nervous around philosophers 😭
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Never trust a medical Dr if he's nervous around philosophers 😭
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Watching The American President tonight in honor of Rob Reiner.
But playing this first. Baby Jess loved this movie, since it showed a love of politics and public service in a way that helped me understand what I wanted to do when I grew up.
But playing this first. Baby Jess loved this movie, since it showed a love of politics and public service in a way that helped me understand what I wanted to do when I grew up.
OST The American President (1995): 01. Main Title
YouTube video by Classic Soundtracks 📻
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December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Watching The American President tonight in honor of Rob Reiner.
But playing this first. Baby Jess loved this movie, since it showed a love of politics and public service in a way that helped me understand what I wanted to do when I grew up.
But playing this first. Baby Jess loved this movie, since it showed a love of politics and public service in a way that helped me understand what I wanted to do when I grew up.
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Social scientist 🙋🏻♀️
Natural science, licks the rock
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
While measuring brown sugar today, I noticed a dis-colored mass and culled it. Washed it off and it looked like a rock. "How did a rock get in there?"
Later, in the name of Science! I licked the rock.
It was sweet. I decided it's probably a solid crystal of sugar that had escaped the crusher.
Later, in the name of Science! I licked the rock.
It was sweet. I decided it's probably a solid crystal of sugar that had escaped the crusher.
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Social scientist 🙋🏻♀️
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Practicing peace is hard. It means practicing justice and it means not indulging an understandable desire for revenge. This is hard. But practicing peace is practicing survival for our species and our ecosystems.
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Practicing peace is hard. It means practicing justice and it means not indulging an understandable desire for revenge. This is hard. But practicing peace is practicing survival for our species and our ecosystems.