Dr. Penelope K Hardy
@pkhardy.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate professor of history. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
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H-SciMedTech Books for Review
Below are the books currently available for review with H-SciMedTech. Interested in reviewing one? Message Penelope Hardy @pkhardy on Twitter or @pkhardy.bsky.social, or send an email to phardy@uwlax...
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✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!
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#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies
✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!
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#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Hey thanks! 17 new submissions today!
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hey thanks! 17 new submissions today!
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out @schafferbc.bsky.social (@sc.edu)’s review of Steven C. Hahn (St. Olaf College)’s book _A Pirate's Life No More: The Pardoned Pirates of the Bahamas_, pub 2025 @ugapress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out @schafferbc.bsky.social (@sc.edu)’s review of Steven C. Hahn (St. Olaf College)’s book _A Pirate's Life No More: The Pardoned Pirates of the Bahamas_, pub 2025 @ugapress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out @schafferbc.bsky.social (@sc.edu)’s review of Steven C. Hahn (St. Olaf College)’s book _A Pirate's Life No More: The Pardoned Pirates of the Bahamas_, pub 2025 @ugapress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out @schafferbc.bsky.social (@sc.edu)’s review of Steven C. Hahn (St. Olaf College)’s book _A Pirate's Life No More: The Pardoned Pirates of the Bahamas_, pub 2025 @ugapress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out Patrick Gamez (@notredame.bsky.social)’s review of Aden Evens (Dartmouth College)’s book _The Digital and Its Discontents_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out Patrick Gamez (@notredame.bsky.social)’s review of Aden Evens (Dartmouth College)’s book _The Digital and Its Discontents_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out Patrick Gamez (@notredame.bsky.social)’s review of Aden Evens (Dartmouth College)’s book _The Digital and Its Discontents_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out Patrick Gamez (@notredame.bsky.social)’s review of Aden Evens (Dartmouth College)’s book _The Digital and Its Discontents_, pub 2024 @uminnpress.bsky.social
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Someone bought a bunch of the turkeys and hams at our local grocery in town and told the manager to make them available for free to folks that need them. There’s a whole freezer case with a sign on it that just says “If you need one take one, if you don’t then leave it for someone else.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Someone bought a bunch of the turkeys and hams at our local grocery in town and told the manager to make them available for free to folks that need them. There’s a whole freezer case with a sign on it that just says “If you need one take one, if you don’t then leave it for someone else.”
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
No, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism—Here’s the Proof Parents Need to See
Countless studies have shown no link between vaccines and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. But some parents still hold onto that belief.
www.parents.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
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Anyone local (somerville MA) who needs a bag of good dogfood (Purina Pro Plan Sporting Salmon) the dog can't have because she's on a diet or a fluffy dogbed that both my cat and dog hate?
Oh, also I've got at least one women's XL Landsend winter coat to get rid of.
Oh, also I've got at least one women's XL Landsend winter coat to get rid of.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Anyone local (somerville MA) who needs a bag of good dogfood (Purina Pro Plan Sporting Salmon) the dog can't have because she's on a diet or a fluffy dogbed that both my cat and dog hate?
Oh, also I've got at least one women's XL Landsend winter coat to get rid of.
Oh, also I've got at least one women's XL Landsend winter coat to get rid of.
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"White House has proposed shutting down HIV prevention and surveillance at the CDC."
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
America's most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump's first term.
19thnews.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"White House has proposed shutting down HIV prevention and surveillance at the CDC."
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Absurd question but....What are some key books for understanding the history of England/Great Britain c. 1820-1914?
I'm less interested in books about the British Empire...more keen on the social history of British life in this period.
I'm less interested in books about the British Empire...more keen on the social history of British life in this period.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Absurd question but....What are some key books for understanding the history of England/Great Britain c. 1820-1914?
I'm less interested in books about the British Empire...more keen on the social history of British life in this period.
I'm less interested in books about the British Empire...more keen on the social history of British life in this period.
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This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Come join the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine's #oceanhist #maritime group today 1-2:30 CT to discuss Sonya Schoenberger's draft "Enclosing the Sea: Marine Resource Sovereignty and the Rise of 'Large Ocean States' in the Postwar Pacific"
www.chstm.org/group/histor...
www.chstm.org/group/histor...
History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Come join the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine's #oceanhist #maritime group today 1-2:30 CT to discuss Sonya Schoenberger's draft "Enclosing the Sea: Marine Resource Sovereignty and the Rise of 'Large Ocean States' in the Postwar Pacific"
www.chstm.org/group/histor...
www.chstm.org/group/histor...
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New book review:
Sheehan-Dean on Smith, Adam I. P.: _Gettysburg_. Oxford University Press, 2025. Published by H-CivWar.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20132662
Sheehan-Dean on Smith, Adam I. P.: _Gettysburg_. Oxford University Press, 2025. Published by H-CivWar.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20132662
Smith, Adam I. P.. Gettysburg. Great Battles: Oxford University Press, 2025. 320 pp. $24.99 (cloth), ISBN 9780199671274. Reviewed by Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Louisiana State University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 2025) Commissioned by Patrick J. Doyle (Royal Holloway, University of London) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61973
networks.h-net.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New book review:
Sheehan-Dean on Smith, Adam I. P.: _Gettysburg_. Oxford University Press, 2025. Published by H-CivWar.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20132662
Sheehan-Dean on Smith, Adam I. P.: _Gettysburg_. Oxford University Press, 2025. Published by H-CivWar.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20132662
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Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread?
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread?
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
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A former jailhouse lawyer who was exonerated of a murder conviction, will be the next clerk of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans.
"He struggled for years to retrieve his own case records in his bid to prove his innocence." He campaigned on reforming records retrieval process.
"He struggled for years to retrieve his own case records in his bid to prove his innocence." He campaigned on reforming records retrieval process.
Truly an amazing story:
"Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner who was wrongfully incarcerated for nearly 30 years, won by a wide margin, besting Lombard, a veteran of the city’s courts, 68% to 32%."
Read Robert Stewart's report:
"Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner who was wrongfully incarcerated for nearly 30 years, won by a wide margin, besting Lombard, a veteran of the city’s courts, 68% to 32%."
Read Robert Stewart's report:
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A former jailhouse lawyer who was exonerated of a murder conviction, will be the next clerk of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans.
"He struggled for years to retrieve his own case records in his bid to prove his innocence." He campaigned on reforming records retrieval process.
"He struggled for years to retrieve his own case records in his bid to prove his innocence." He campaigned on reforming records retrieval process.
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I am delighted to share with you this picture of Fritz Schaudinn, one of the scientists who discovered the syphilis bacterium in 1905. Thanks, internet!
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am delighted to share with you this picture of Fritz Schaudinn, one of the scientists who discovered the syphilis bacterium in 1905. Thanks, internet!
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Bill Leslie & Bob Kargon's contribution to this volume is entitled "The Laboratory, the Studio & the Clinic." Leslie suggests that it serves as a de facto precis for a future book-length study looking at these sites in Philadelphia, Detroit, and other US cities. #HSS2025
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bill Leslie & Bob Kargon's contribution to this volume is entitled "The Laboratory, the Studio & the Clinic." Leslie suggests that it serves as a de facto precis for a future book-length study looking at these sites in Philadelphia, Detroit, and other US cities. #HSS2025
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"Why do we imagine innovation as geographically concentrated? The 19th century did not. Most of the 20th century did not. They focused on inventors, not places of invention." -Bob Kargon, reflecting on the importance of imagined geographies
#HSS2025
#HSS2025
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Why do we imagine innovation as geographically concentrated? The 19th century did not. Most of the 20th century did not. They focused on inventors, not places of invention." -Bob Kargon, reflecting on the importance of imagined geographies
#HSS2025
#HSS2025
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Good afternoon, #HSS2025! Apologies for the radio silence. I spent much of the afternoon on a behind-the-scenes tour of the National WWII Museum. (I'll share some pics later...)
For now, I'm in Napoleon C for a session exploring a forthcoming edited volume on spaces of inquiry, broadly construed.
For now, I'm in Napoleon C for a session exploring a forthcoming edited volume on spaces of inquiry, broadly construed.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Good afternoon, #HSS2025! Apologies for the radio silence. I spent much of the afternoon on a behind-the-scenes tour of the National WWII Museum. (I'll share some pics later...)
For now, I'm in Napoleon C for a session exploring a forthcoming edited volume on spaces of inquiry, broadly construed.
For now, I'm in Napoleon C for a session exploring a forthcoming edited volume on spaces of inquiry, broadly construed.