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rmathematicus.bsky.social
Thony Christie
@rmathematicus.bsky.social
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Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in 16th century Nürnberg.
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eastasiascitech.bsky.social
I enjoyed learning about the beginnings of institutonalized dentistry training in colonial India through Sahara Ahmed's Harvard Science and Technology in Asia talk yesterday 🦷

Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histmed 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
rmathematicus.bsky.social
The rise of the scientific societies to discuss the new developments in natural philosophy in the 17th century #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
A suitably regal first Royal Society President, portrait of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker after Peter Lely
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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killgrove.bsky.social
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'Hot knives and brute force': King Tut's mummy was decapitated and dismembered after its historic discovery. Then, the researchers covered it up.
Irreversible damage was done to the pharaoh’s body.
www.livescience.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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angryalgonquin.bsky.social
An an author herself, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com definitely understands how to promote a book! Contact her for your own book trailer (No #AI!.) #BookSky 📚 💙
bschillace.brandyschillace.com Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1d
Hello #BookSky and #author friends. As host of a book livestream, I’ve been making book trailers for three years. Recently, friends have said getting a trailer done costs $$$$. It shouldn’t. If you need a trailer, let me know. I don’t use AI, I license everything. Some examples follow:
The Dead Come to Stay (book trailer)
YouTube video by Brandy Schillace
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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proenzacoles.bsky.social
In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
Grainy image of a woman in a high collared dress standing by a sofa.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
My manuscript after integrating all the peer-review comments: a rhino with panther patterns.
A rhino on a broadside of 1746: "Eigentliche Vorstellung/Des den 30stenOctob: Aô: 1746 in Wienn um 11 Uhr Vormittags auf ein mit 8. Pferden/bespanten Wagen unter Begleitung 8 (...)", 1746, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 186516, CC0 (https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/361747/)
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.

"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly released the following statement: "When / was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. / upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since / retired - which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents. "In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much. "Secretary Hegseth's tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President's posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
Economist cover from October 2024: The Envy of the World: America's Economy
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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acidlich.bsky.social
Hello, I was diagnosed with autism in the 80s. I was also told many times as a child by doctors that they only diagnosed extreme cases due to the stigma associated with things like autism and adhd. Hope that helps clarify why we suddenly have more (we don’t, they’re just being labeled now)
lutzfernandez.bsky.social Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2d
Next few paragraphs include some data but also lots of hyperbole and a shockingly dismissive tone that suggests lots of kids are suffering from made-up conditions.
A diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is practically a rite of passage in American boyhood, with nearly one in four 17-year-old boys bearing the diagnosis. The numbers have only gone up, and vertiginously: One million more children were diagnosed with A.D.H.D. in 2022 than in 2016. The numbers on autism are so shocking that they are worth repeating. In the early 1980s, one in 2,500 children had an autism diagnosis. That figure is now one in 31. Nearly 32 percent of adolescents have been diagnosed at some point with anxiety; the median age of “onset” is 6 years old. More than one in 10 adolescents have experienced a major depressive disorder, according to some estimates. New categories materialize. There is now oppositional defiant disorder, in addition to pathological demand avoidance.
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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rmathematicus.bsky.social
On 24 November 1639 the British astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree became the first observers to record a transit of Venus. #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a...
An important anniversary in the history of science.
The 24th of November is a very significant date in the history of science. On this date an event took place that would contribute to a major change in the way humanity viewed the world and its plac…
thonyc.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
rmathematicus.bsky.social
The man is a pathetic, prepubescent scumbag who never grew up
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2d
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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lemoustier.bsky.social
Thinking about UK, misinformation crisis & attempts to sow distrust in expertise...
#BBC should stop chasing big audiences and offering 24 hr news, and return to what it was long valued for: reliability.
- fact-checked reports vs instant reaction
- grown-up science & research vs. edutainment
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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brodiewaddell.bsky.social
Come along to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear @nailyas.bsky.social talk about her 'Global Libraries' project!
ihrscb.bsky.social IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 2d
Our final event of term is happening this Thursday (27 November) Dr Nailya Shamgunova @nailyas.bsky.social on 'English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700'. ✨📚 This talk will be in-person only at the IHR. You can sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700
This talk introduces the UKRI-funded Future Leaders project, The Global Library project.
www.history.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
Happy to chat with the administration about the Nuremberg tribunals.

Including about the crime of enforced disappearance and the limits of the defense of superior orders.
patdeklotz.bsky.social Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2d
Hey look POTUS calling for military tribunals
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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susanklaiber.bsky.social
The Werner Oechslin Library continues to organize stimulating events despite its precarious finances.

This #CFP for the Architectural Theory Colloquium next April focuses on "The 'Métier' and the Teacher ('Maestro')" - the contrast between #architects and craftsmen.

Deadline 19 December 2025
The image shows an 18th-century print of a fictive building site in ancient Rome. In the center, a leader dressed in military garb points to the right, where craftsmen are carving columns and capitals. At the left, a man traces plans with a compass on a slab placed on a table.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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alisabokulich.bsky.social
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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drannaclark.bsky.social
On the Origin of Species: landmark work published #OTD 1859 by Charles Darwin, influential English naturalist, geologist and pioneer of evolutionary theory.
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
rmathematicus.bsky.social
On 24 November 1639 the British astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree became the first observers to record a transit of Venus. #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a...
An important anniversary in the history of science.
The 24th of November is a very significant date in the history of science. On this date an event took place that would contribute to a major change in the way humanity viewed the world and its plac…
thonyc.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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guysechrist.bsky.social
This is a truly wonderful book! I was fortunate to write a review for Archives of Natural History here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩‍🔬
A color photo of Dr. Colwell at a lab bench, holding a Petri dish in her right hand and holding something else up to a bunsen burner with her left hand. Out-of-focus lab equipment is in the foreground. She wears a white lab coat, and is looking at the flame. Rows of glassware and other equipment line the shelves behind her.
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
Chemist Rachel Fuller Brown was born #OTD in 1898. She co-discovered the antifungal nystatin while doing research for the New York State Department of Health, hence the name. (1/2) 🧪 👩‍🔬

Image: Smithsonian Institution
Black and white photo of Rachel Fuller Brown. She is older in this photo, with her graying hair pulled back. She wears a white lab coat over black pants and a light colored blouse. She holds a round-bottom flask in each hand and stands in front of a lab bench. There are rows to test tubes, an Erlenmeyer flask, and a microscope on the bench in front of here. There is another bench along the wall behind her, and glass cabinets full of flasks and other equipment on the wall behind her.
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
rmathematicus.bsky.social
I think that I’m getting old, I find films that a shot almost entirely in the dark and slightly out of focus, I assume to create tension, simply tedious
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM