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Alisa Bokulich

@alisabokulich.bsky.social

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Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone. Webpage: https://bokulich.org/

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19m

My dahlia plant is still blooming strong

Closeup of a magenta, pink, & white dahlia blooming late into fall.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 11h

#Philjobs #philsci #philtech

Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 11h

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

jobs.sjsu.edu

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 OCTOBER 18 🚨
www.nokings.org
No need to RSVP 👇
Plenty of need to show up

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 16h

A golden sun on the horizon across the bay & reflected in the water, viewed between trees whose leaves of green & red are illuminated by the soft golden light.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 17h

#EduSky 🍎

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 17h

🎉 We’re excited to announce the WHOI Ocean Learning Hub! ✨🌊

Explore ocean knowledge, from in-depth articles to bite-sized facts, and peek below the surface into dynamic imagery and in-depth explainer videos 🤩.

So start exploring—and let us know what you think! 👇

go.whoi.edu/OLH

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 17h

Save the date:The next biennial Society for the Study of Measurement (SSM) conference will be held at the University of Edinburgh June 22-25, 2026.
Calls for conference papers, posters, & workshops will be posted soon ⤵️
measurementsociety.org
#HPS #STS #metrology #statistics #data #science #philsci

The Society for the Study of Measurement

measurementsociety.org

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic news--congratulations! 🎉🙌

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's full moon rise over Moon Island

A full moon rising over a small rounded island at sunset looking east with the pastel pink "belt of Venus" haze in the sky & reflected in the smooth sea. In the foreground is a sandbar made mostly of black pebbles & dark mussel shells with a few dots of white clam & oyster shells mixed in like stars in a night sky.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

#Philosophy Graduate Student Conference CFP:
American Philosophy and Philosophy in the Americas: Past, Present, Future, April 3 – 4, 2026
Submit papers suitable for a 45-minute presentation including Q&A (roughly 6000 to 8000 words) to [email protected] by December 28, 2025
#philsky

BU Graduate Student Philosophy Conference

April 3 - 4, 2026

buphilgradconference.wordpress.com

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

Happy International Geodiversity Day! ⚒️ 🧪 #PhiGeo

@geodiversityday.bsky.social

youtu.be/LtFzkDMsYtI?...

www.geodiversityday.org/what-is-geod...

Geodiversity: Biodiversity's Silent Partner

YouTube video by Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d

"Don't give up" and more encouraging words; and also a list of people to yeet into space, to their doom.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

A tangerine colored sunset sky with a glowing sun sitting on the horizon over the sea. The viewer is standing on the edge of a curvaceous shoreline, with wine-dark waves undulating in and out along the beach. Cape Cod tonight

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

Twilight orange sky tonight on a dark sandy beach with light & dark ripples and a meandering stream left by the tide retreatung out to sea. A silhouette of a woman's figure is visible with the wet sand reflecting the orange sky behind her. Cape Cod

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to be on the RealOrganic podcast, with #DaveChapman.
Left, right, or center, we should all be concerned about the monopolization of food, and its relation to pesticide overuse, exploited labor, climate change. (Not to mention food that just tastes like crap...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZz...

Naomi Oreskes | The True Cost Of Doubt | 243

YouTube video by Real Organic Project

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 2d

🔌 What’s a wuzzle? To #WHOI engineers, it’s a mess of tangled cords and wires. While it doesn’t hold an official spot in the dictionary, experts say it originated as a verb meaning “to jumble…”

📲 Learn more about its origins from waywordradio.org: go.whoi.edu/www-wuzzle

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

Silhouette of a kid, ankle deep in the shallows of a bay just after sunset with a deep golden twilight sky. The child is surrounded by concentric water ripples emanating out & their arm is raised having just tossed a pebble towards the setting sun.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

#TikkaTheKitten is trying to guard the strawberry patch, but while one bird distracts her, another bird has slipped in behind her & gotten the strawberry
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2d

#Philjobs #philsci

Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d

Opening here at the LMU: a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. The position combines research in philosophy with a strong focus on didactics.

Application deadline: 15 November 2025

job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...

Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education

job-portal.lmu.de

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing @astrokatie.com’s succinct explanation of why it’s good and humane to fund basic research, please indulge me re-posting this thread.

We do science because we’re human, but there are plenty of justifications for folks who need to hear different arguments.

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Dec 4

I’ve seen some posts recently, about the value of basic research, in light of funding cuts and demands that research have immediate economic justification.

Let me collect some info here, in a thread, about why it’s a bad idea to attach those sorts of demands to funding. 🧵 🧪 ⚛️

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 3d

Boston skyline silhouetted against a halloween orange sky & reflected in the mirror smooth water of Pleasure Bay.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight's sunset walk

Twilight gold, orange, & blue sky with pink condensation trails reflected in smooth waters of Pleasure Bay, with Boston skyline silhouetted in distance.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #Caturday! #TikkaTheKitten

A gray & white & beige tabby-esque kitten looking to the side with a William Morris Strawberry Thief pillow behind her.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 4d

If you write the book, the cover photo is yours! 😂

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 4d

A clear pastel sunset sky and a wide empty sandy beach with sea and islands in the distance.

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