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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Aug 25

New mini-view on the newsletter: 5 Questions with Author Rachel Kolb on her forthcoming debut! buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

5 Questions with Author Rachel Kolb

Hi friends. Times are bad, books remain good. I'm really excited to share this mini-interview with friend and deaf writer and scholar Rachel Kolb regarding...

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Aug 19

CMP has offered a free link to access the full text - thanks to the journal! rdcu.be/eBeou

A Bit Damaged, But Not Broken”: Seed Containers, Care, and Safe Spaces for Suicidality

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just out! Article with Elsher Lawson-Boyd on safe care and holding space with people who live with suicidality, and especially chronic suicidality. Message me if you don't have access. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Bit Damaged, But Not Broken”: Seed Containers, Care, and Safe Spaces for Suicidality - Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry

The provision of care for suicidal and, perhaps especially, chronically suicidal people walks a fine line: between acknowledging a person’s suffering and their desire to die, and trying to accompany t...

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Aug 13

Quebec City 2029! In July, ISHPSSB's general assembly voted in favour of Université Laval hosting the 2029 ISHPSSB conference. The co-organizers will be Pierre-Olivier Méthot, Fac. Philosophy, and me, Dept. of Anthropology in the Fac. of Social Sciences. Looking forward to seeing you here! #ISHPSSB

Image of Stephanie and Pierre-Olivier standing on stage presenting their bid to host ISHPSSB 2029. A powerpoint image in the background shows an image of Quebec City in the evening.

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Reading @rachelrkolb.bsky.social's Articulate (www.harpercollins.ca/978006337518...). How deafness manifests differently in different sites: "The ways we seek voice can lead us into dead ends— or vaster possibilities for articulating ourselves." It's hard to put down once you pick it up.

Articulate - Rachel Kolb - Hardcover

A deaf writer’s exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate—and her journey to reclaim her voiceRachel Kolb was born profo...

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Michel Dubois @ejsmdubois.bsky.social · Apr 15

"En France, un chercheur d’environ 35 ans touche autour de 3 600 euros brut par mois (primes et heures supplémentaires incluses). En comparaison, un postdoctorant (un chercheur en tout début de carrière) à l’université Stanford perçoit environ 6 000 euros par mois." www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Accueillir les chercheurs américains en France , « une ambition louable, mais irréaliste »

TRIBUNE. L’universitaire Théo Besson rappelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », que le manque criant d’investissement ainsi que le niveau des salaires dans la recherche française interdisent de fantasme...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jan 24

Oh you mean “reality.”

However, with all these smart and capable AI agents coming, “do we immediately solve all of the world’s problems?” Amodei asked rhetorically. The implied answer is no. He said the two main hurdles to AI advancing rapidly, which one could currently see in the struggles to develop a fully self-driving car, is the physical world and bureaucracies from human institutions.

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Jan 20

New TT position in Indigenous Studies in my department, Anthropology, Université Laval! We've had lots of new hires in the past 5 years, the department is dynamic and a great place to work. Deadline 14 February. Please contact me for any questions! www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Indigenous Studies

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Dec 10

"“Cars are not welcome here” - oh cool, so no disabled people then. That's certainly a Nordic tradition, I guess, though maybe a more awkward one than the hygge and the communal eating.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hostile reminder that Chat GPT (and others) is still completely fabricating source citations. Tech bros keep saying this is fixed, but friend of mine just had a book made up and attributed to her yesterday.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · Nov 25

Mate if you're worried about picking up a respiratory virus what with holiday travel, I have an UNBELIEVABLE hack for you

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Nov 21

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:

Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · Nov 20

Turns out that not vaccinating your kids has consequences, and not just for your kids either.

“The outbreak is the largest the province has seen in more than 30 years, with more than 80 per cent of the cases diagnosed in people under the age of 19”

New Brunswick measles outbreak spreads to 44 people, mostly unvaccinated children

The outbreak is the largest the province has seen in more than 30 years, with more than 80 per cent of the cases diagnosed in people under the age of 19

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · Nov 20

Reference copies of the latest volume in our book series have arrived, David Redvaldsen’s A History of British Eugenics since 1865. Looks good!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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John Horgan @jhorganism.bsky.social · Nov 15

I just posted a column deploring Scientific American's loss of its courageous, progressive editor, Laura Helmuth. This is a sad day for science journalism. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...

Scientific American Loses Its Bold Leader — John Horgan (The Science Writer)

HOBOKEN, NOVEMBER 15, 2024. Well before Scientific American ’s editor vented her despair over the election, social in justice warriors were bashing the magazine for its political views. Critics in...

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · Nov 19

New Job! Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance at #YorkU (Canada). Deadline 20 December 2024.

#STS #law #AIgovernance

More details about the role are contained in the job ad: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-...

Working with myself, @tdagne.bsky.social & Rob Gehl

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Michel Dubois @ejsmdubois.bsky.social · Nov 18

#Vient_de_sortir Heureux de contribuer au volume collectif "Epigénétique en écologie et évolution" dirigé par Christoph Grunau et Stéphane Maury avec un chapitre consacré à l'épigénétique dans la presse francophone, cosigné avec mes collègues C.Guaspare et S.Louvel.

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Stef G-W @stefgwalsh.bsky.social · Nov 14

Most recent co-authored manuscript focuses on issues related to comparison groups by hearing status in deaf-focused research.

Written with @lealaholcomb.bsky.social
@jascott.bsky.social and Wyatte Hall.

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Challenging the “norm”: a critical look at deaf-hearing comparison studies in research

Abstract. This study critically examines the biases and methodological shortcomings in studies comparing deaf and hearing populations, demonstrating their

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Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com · Nov 14

Ooooh my second book, ECHOES OF CARE (MQUP) is now available for pre-order!

This book explores the complex legacy of medicalization of deafness and its profound implications for deaf history, culture, and lived experience.

#histSTM #DisabilityHistory #DeafHistory

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Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society): Virdi, Jaipreet: 9780228023654: Amazon.com: Books

Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) [Virdi, Jaipreet] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society)

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Nov 15

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)
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Assistant Professor - Social Sciences and Digital Technologies

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Nov 15

I wasn't able to join in on this part of the conversation... but next time!

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Nov 15

Roundtable on interdisciplinary research in DOHaD: past, present & future directions of biosocial collaboration w Elizabeth Roberts, Ruth Müller, Georgia Samara, @profrichardson.bsky.social, Emily Emmott, Taylor Riley & Evangeline Tabor. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interdisci...

Interdisciplinary research in DOHaD

Interdisciplinary research in DOHaD: past, present, and future directions of biosocial collaboration

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Nov 14

Print copies out now of The Promise of Reversibility in Neuroepigenetics Research on Traumatic Memories with @handle.invalid & Chani Bonventre in The Handbook of DOHaD and Society: Past, Present, and Future Directions of Biosocial Collaboration (eds M Pentecost, J Keaney, @handle.invalid, M Penkler)

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Anna Ham-o-ween 🎃👻 @annaham.bsky.social · Nov 4

ICYMI: I wrote an essay for @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s Disability Visibility Project on chronic pain, hustle culture and the idea that we “all have the same 24 hours in a day” disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/11/03/n...

No, we don’t all have the same 24 hours in a day: On chronic pain and freelancing in an unreliable body

No, we don’t all have the same 24 hours in a day: On chronic pain and freelancing in an unreliable body Anna Hamilton One of the (supposedly) hot tips for creative people is that “we …

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Nov 11

This beautiful boy will be available in paperback, February 2025. Available in all the usual places.

The paperback cover of the book The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow by Des Fitzgerald. The cover image shows a modern city in grayscale, overlain with brightly coloured flowers and a butterfly.

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