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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 12h

Here comes the population bomb again, this time from Paabo about Neanderthals. European scientists cant get over this obsession that there are just too many people. Oh the lost, pristine world...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit

english.elpais.com

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 21h

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean flip.it/kywOfO

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.

flip.it

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Karl Ittmann @kittmann.bsky.social · 19h

When I landed in England in 1984 and told the customs agent I was going to Bradford W. Yorks he said “why, it’s full of Pakis.” Got the same response from a cab driver spouting Reform lies this summer.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d

There’s...little evidence that graduates are significantly worse off now than in the past....the employment rate among 21 to 30-year-old graduates was 86.5% in 2024, much closer to before the financial crisis (86.9% in 2007), than during and after it (83.6% in 2009).' 1/2

Yes, today’s jobs market is tough for graduates – but AI ...

Figures show that while competition is tight, it’s the economy not tech that is the cause

observer.co.uk

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 4d

Health is Wealth

During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.

These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed

Poster advertising health meeting for women mill workers in Dundee, 1926:
'INDUSTRIAL HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL
"HEALTH IS WEALTH."
HEALTH MEETING
FOR WOMEN MILLWORKERS
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING in the
Y.M.C.A. HALL. Constitution Road, Dundee,
On THURSDAY, 14th JANUARY
AT EIGHT P.M.
Dr. MARGARET SCOTT DICKSON, Dundee,
will speak on "BARGAINS in HEALTH."
Mr. NORMAN BLACK, L.D.S., R.C.S., Broughty Ferry,
will speak on "TEETH in RELATION to HEALTH."
(ILLUSTRATED by LIME-LIGHT SLIDES)
There will also be shown a Film by the Dental Board on
"THE CARE OF THE TEETH."
Also a Film by the Ministry of Health on
"Dr. WISE ON INFLUENZA."
CHAIR to be taken by Mrs. KINNEAR, Dundee
ADMISSION IS FREE, and QUESTIONS are INVITED.

NOTE- This is the first of Seven Meetings, and the Mills are being grouped. This Invitation is to the WOMEN MILLWORKERS in the following Mills in the Eastern Area:—
Messrs. James Prain & Sons, Larchfield Works ; Messrs. J. N. Kyd & Co., Walton Works ; Messrs. James Robertson & Co., Logie Works ; Messrs. The Victoria Spinning Co., Queen Victoria Works ; Messrs. M. & C. Hill, West Dudhope Works ; Messrs. D. McMaster & Co., South Dudhope Works ; Messrs. Scott, Sons & Co., North Dudhope Works ; Messrs. Alex. Henderson & Sons, South Dudhope Works ; Messrs. John Sharp & Sons' Works ; Messrs. Gilroy, Sons & Co., Tay Works ; Messrs. Wm. Ferguson & Sons, Dudhope Works.'

Poster advertising health meeting for miners in Hamilton, 1926:
'Industrial Health Education Council
"HEALTH IS WEALTH."
MASS MEETING OF MINERS
and others interested in the Mining Community
IN
LA SCALA PICTURE HOUSE,
HAMILTON,
(By kind permission of the Magistrates and the Management.)
ON SUNDAY, 21ST FEBY.
At 3 o'clock p.m.
Dr. WILLIAM DENNESS, Bothwell,
Will speak on "Miners' Sicknesses and Diseases."
Dr. CHAS. READ, L.D.S., Glasgow,
Will speak on "Teeth in Relation to Health, and what X-Rays reveal on Teeth Decay."
There will also be shown Two Films, one by the Dental Board on "The Care of the Teeth." and one by the Ministry of Health on "Dr. Wise on Influenza."
CHAIRMAN, - - WILLIAM B. SMALL, ESQ.
All interested in the Mining Community invited --- including Ladies.
QUESIONS AT THE CLOSE. ADMISSION FREE.'

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Karl Ittmann @kittmann.bsky.social · 4d

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 4d

Health is Wealth

During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.

These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 5d

This is not an honor. It’s a lit bag of shit on your doorstep

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 5d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Karl Ittmann @kittmann.bsky.social · 5d

Of course next time we will ask you to do it again in writing.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 6d

Our Lancet viewpoint, 'Bioethics for the Planet', seems ever more timely. Caring for humans and all life forms demands we care also for the planet. Viewable with registration
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#climate #planetaryhealth #globalhealth #STS #ethics

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

A rent freeze is not the answer to New York’s housing crisis on.ft.com/4gQIjPr | opinion

A rent freeze is not the answer to New York’s housing crisis

If he is elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani should concentrate on expanding supply

on.ft.com

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Karl Ittmann @kittmann.bsky.social · 6d

Forgot steroids

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 7d

if you want an example of how US commentators don't bother to understand UK politics, this is a good example

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 7d

If you want an example of how an influx of upscale voters has turned center-left parties away from a politics of working class economic self interest, climate is far and away the most important example.

www.slowboring.com/p/the-left-i...

The left is right about the Democrats

They’re too focused on donors and not focused enough on working-class voters

www.slowboring.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d

'Our public libraries are free in three critical senses. Firstly, they cost nothing to join and to use. Secondly, they are open to all in our communities. We must also add a third concept of freedom: the freedom to read – to engage, without restraint, a diversity of knowledge and opinion'.

Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need...

The spirit of inquiry that led to Britain’s first public library opening its doors 173 years ago needs to be rekindled

observer.co.uk

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 7d

A great opportunity to shape, define research in n Philosophy of Science and enhance ones own research career. And it's in Vienna.

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 7d

#Postdoc at U. of Vienna in philosophy of science, with focus on scientific modeling, interdisciplinarity &/or philosophy of engineering, w/ Prof. Tarja Knuuttila. English & German language proficiency required.
Deadline: Oct 9th
#philsci

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University Assistant postdoctoral, in the research area of Philosophy of Science

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 7d

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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Karl Ittmann @kittmann.bsky.social · 7d

In Houston police, fire and debt service take up 75% of the annual budget.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 7d

In Nov 2024, Dallas residents passed Prop U with 50.4% of the vote. It amended the city charter to direct most revenue increases to police & fire pensions, up police salaries, & expand the police force.

The consequence: 2/3 of city's budget is spent on police/fire & public libraries are closing.

Skillman Southwestern Library bids farewell as closure looms Saturday

Skillman Southwestern Library will close permanently this Saturday after the Dallas City Council allocated most of the budget to public safety.

www.wfaa.com

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 7d

Early bird rates end today! Register today to take advantage of the early bird discount! #nacbs2025

TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 12d

Early bird registration for our annual meeting ends September 30. Register before Tuesday to take advantage of the discount! #nacbs2025

Registration info: www.nacbs.org/conference

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 7d

Archives, memory, representation & empowerment - and the gaps in the records...

We really enjoyed taking part in this event at @rshc.bsky.social, sharing stories around labour movement collections & records of resistance - from the MRC's origins to the NUM archives via the Spanish Civil War & Chile

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 8d

How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️

Changing The Record

How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social · 8d

Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 8d

This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.

Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 9d

Google deletes history:

Google just erased 7 years of our political history

Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for countless elections across 27 countries - is all gone. We had been told

www.thebriefing.ie

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8d

When I tell you, chief slumlord is slumlording with this?? Whew.

“The rule would allow local housing authorities and private landlords to impose work requirements and time limits in four major federal housing programs…”

Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 8d

The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers:

- full-time work requirements
- 2-year time limits
- stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

www.propublica.org

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 8d

When I was five years old, I snuck a frosting flower from my cousin's wedding cake and devoured it in one huge bite. Friends, it was the most awful, bitter thing I had ever tasted. Just horribly disillusioned.

These milkweed flowers, which look like delicious little candies, bring it all back.

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