I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Happy birthday to Maria Salomea Skłodowska, the first scientist, male or female, awarded two Nobel prizes. She & husband Pierre were the first husband & wife both awarded Nobel prizes. Daughter Irène & her spouse were second. She & Irène are the first & only mother & daughter to win a Nobel prize.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Happy birthday to Maria Salomea Skłodowska, the first scientist, male or female, awarded two Nobel prizes. She & husband Pierre were the first husband & wife both awarded Nobel prizes. Daughter Irène & her spouse were second. She & Irène are the first & only mother & daughter to win a Nobel prize.
As neuro-meditation technologies merge spirituality with digital optimization, new ethical and philosophical questions arise. Can meditation remain transformative when it becomes measurable? Read more in AI & Society: bit.ly/47VtTuv. @omerchomski.bsky.social #sts #histSTEM #philsci
Optimizing the immeasurable: a critical examination of neuro-meditation commodification - AI & SOCIETY
Meditation has been a cornerstone of Buddhism for millennia, yet its adoption in Western culture increasingly intertwines spirituality with digital technologies. Neuro-meditation devices, which employ neurofeedback and brain stimulation to enhance meditative states, are now promoted as tools that democratize meditation by flattening its learning curve and enabling real‐time progress tracking. However, these innovations raise profound epistemic and ethical concerns about redefining meditation’s purpose and meaning. This paper employs Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis to examine neuro-meditation technologies as computational artifacts embedded within complex social, political, and economic contexts. By analyzing the interplay among products, developers, and users, the study situates these devices within the broader trend of digital self-representation, particularly the emergence of human digital twins that mediate real-time biometric data. The analysis interrogates how framing meditation as an optimized, quantifiable process aligns more with Lean Startup logic that prioritizes efficiency and scalability than with Buddhist teachings. In contrast to traditional contemplative practices rooted in introspection and transformative insight, such commodification risks reducing meditation to an exercise in brainwave regulation. Drawing on critiques of Technological Solutionism, McMindfulness, the Quantified-self, and the Neuronal-Self, this paper critically evaluates the implications of this shift, arguing that while neuro-meditation devices may offer immediate gratification and accessibility, they may also undermine the profound, immeasurable dimensions of spiritual experiences. Ultimately, the study calls for a more nuanced integration of technology and spirituality—one that preserves meditation's transformative essence while engaging thoughtfully with digital innovations.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As neuro-meditation technologies merge spirituality with digital optimization, new ethical and philosophical questions arise. Can meditation remain transformative when it becomes measurable? Read more in AI & Society: bit.ly/47VtTuv. @omerchomski.bsky.social #sts #histSTEM #philsci
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
‘Conversion Therapy’ and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983 - University of Birmingham
Between c.1966 and 1983, the University of Birmingham employed researchers who orchestrated so-called 'conversion therapy' for same-sex love
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
Heading out to the The 24th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science. As president of the society I am grateful to the Herculean work of the program committee. A rich day ahead of us! #hps #sts #histSTEM #philsci www.ishps.org.il/november-202...
נובמבר 2025 כנס האגודה השנתי | ISHPS
The 24th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for the History, Philosophy, and sociology of Science
www.ishps.org.il
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Heading out to the The 24th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science. As president of the society I am grateful to the Herculean work of the program committee. A rich day ahead of us! #hps #sts #histSTEM #philsci www.ishps.org.il/november-202...
The first page of my copy of an unpublished, c. 1930s letter by Einstein on Fasci*m in America translated by Ruth Norden, who also translated his letter, ‘Einstein Hopeful for Better World addressed to inhabitants of Earth 5,000 years in the future’ for the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
#histsci
#histsci
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The first page of my copy of an unpublished, c. 1930s letter by Einstein on Fasci*m in America translated by Ruth Norden, who also translated his letter, ‘Einstein Hopeful for Better World addressed to inhabitants of Earth 5,000 years in the future’ for the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
#histsci
#histsci
And UCI has a very robust STS community outside of the history department; you can find them in tons of departments #histSTEM
And and Endowed Chair in History of Technology (nice salary) at UC Irvine, due Dec 1.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09897
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09897
History Of Technology
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And UCI has a very robust STS community outside of the history department; you can find them in tons of departments #histSTEM
A post for #SciArtSeptember day 28: scientific art is not just biological (imo). There is beauty in this depiction of the trajectory of a comet by American astronomer David Rittenhouse based off his 1770 observations.
From my 1789 copy of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 🔭
From my 1789 copy of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 🔭
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A post for #SciArtSeptember day 28: scientific art is not just biological (imo). There is beauty in this depiction of the trajectory of a comet by American astronomer David Rittenhouse based off his 1770 observations.
From my 1789 copy of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 🔭
From my 1789 copy of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 🔭
BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 Winner 🎉
Congratulations to Renée Bergland as the winner of the BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 for "Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science"
A brilliant book opening 19th-c histSTEM to a broader public📖✨
www.bshs.org.uk/the-winner-o...
Congratulations to Renée Bergland as the winner of the BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 for "Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science"
A brilliant book opening 19th-c histSTEM to a broader public📖✨
www.bshs.org.uk/the-winner-o...
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 Winner 🎉
Congratulations to Renée Bergland as the winner of the BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 for "Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science"
A brilliant book opening 19th-c histSTEM to a broader public📖✨
www.bshs.org.uk/the-winner-o...
Congratulations to Renée Bergland as the winner of the BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 for "Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science"
A brilliant book opening 19th-c histSTEM to a broader public📖✨
www.bshs.org.uk/the-winner-o...
The BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize celebrates outstanding public exhibitions. Open worldwide since 2012, it recognises both large and small exhibitions that creatively engage the public in HistSTEM topics.
Check out our most recent winners! 🎉
www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-exhibit...
Check out our most recent winners! 🎉
www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-exhibit...
BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize 2024 Winners Announced
BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize 2024 Winners Announced
The Exhibiting Excellence Prize recognises excellence in public exhibitions that address topics in the history of science, history of technolog...
www.bshs.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The BSHS Exhibiting Excellence Prize celebrates outstanding public exhibitions. Open worldwide since 2012, it recognises both large and small exhibitions that creatively engage the public in HistSTEM topics.
Check out our most recent winners! 🎉
www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-exhibit...
Check out our most recent winners! 🎉
www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-exhibit...
We added group dancing to our conference repertoire in Aberystwyth in 2024. It might be time for a HistSTEM musical!
September 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We added group dancing to our conference repertoire in Aberystwyth in 2024. It might be time for a HistSTEM musical!
Huge thank you to AIP (@aip.bsky.social) History and Rebecca Charbonneau (@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social) for spotlighting my latest article! 🤩 #ligo #physics #history #histstem
In this week's history newsletter from AIP, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social spotlights the new article by @tiffanynichols.bsky.social in Isis, digging into the rise and fall of an early proposal to site a @ligo.org detector in Maine's Blueberry Barrens.
Article spotlight: When LIGO might have been in Maine
AIP History Weekly Edition: August 22, 2025
www.aip.org
August 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Huge thank you to AIP (@aip.bsky.social) History and Rebecca Charbonneau (@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social) for spotlighting my latest article! 🤩 #ligo #physics #history #histstem
Finding sites for precision instruments, especially in LIGO's case, is no easy task. My article on LIGO's consideration of placing part of their broadband gravitational wave detector in the Blueberry Barrens of Maine is now available in @isisjournal.bsky.social! #histstem #hps #gravitationalwaves
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
August 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Finding sites for precision instruments, especially in LIGO's case, is no easy task. My article on LIGO's consideration of placing part of their broadband gravitational wave detector in the Blueberry Barrens of Maine is now available in @isisjournal.bsky.social! #histstem #hps #gravitationalwaves
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
TOMORROW in Cambridge!
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald
📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald
📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025
"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi
Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
TOMORROW in Cambridge!
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald
📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025
Don’t miss Sadiah Qureshi live, sharing insight on memory, knowledge & empire from her new book "Vanished".
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald
📍 David Attenborough Building | 6–10pm
🎟 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
#PublicLecture #histSTEM #BSHS2025
Just one week to go!
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With Helen Macdonald & Sarah Qidwai!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With Helen Macdonald & Sarah Qidwai!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi
Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just one week to go!
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With Helen Macdonald & Sarah Qidwai!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With Helen Macdonald & Sarah Qidwai!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
"Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction" by Sadiah Qureshi
Join us for a fantastic lecture by Prof Sadiah Qureshi with an introduction by Helen MacDonald at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Join us in Cambridge for Sadiah Qureshi’s public lecture "Vanished" — on extinction, race & the politics of memory.
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
📅 Wed 9 July, 6–10pm
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge
🎟 Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1395979053...
With an introduction by Helen Macdonald!
#BSHS2025 #histSTEM
Including a CFP of interest for #earlymodern #architecture #histsci #histSTEM
"Building Science: The City as a Site and Object of Knowledge-Making in the Early Modern Period"
"Building Science: The City as a Site and Object of Knowledge-Making in the Early Modern Period"
June 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Including a CFP of interest for #earlymodern #architecture #histsci #histSTEM
"Building Science: The City as a Site and Object of Knowledge-Making in the Early Modern Period"
"Building Science: The City as a Site and Object of Knowledge-Making in the Early Modern Period"
With Yelda Nasifoglu speaking on "Euclid for Architects" on Thursday afternoon! #earlymodern #histSTEM #architecture
It’s organised by Angela Axworthy and Thomas Morel @thomas-morel.bsky.social, and you can get the programme, abstracts and registration details at www.izwt.uni-wuppertal.de/en/events/ca... [didn't realise the poster would also appear here on the weblink!] (2/5)
Workshop: Euclid's Elements and Practical Mathematics in Early Modern Europe
www.izwt.uni-wuppertal.de
May 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
With Yelda Nasifoglu speaking on "Euclid for Architects" on Thursday afternoon! #earlymodern #histSTEM #architecture
⏳ Last chance!
For over 25 years, the BSHS has recognised books that bring the fascinating, weird, and important stories of #HistSTEM to a broader audience. Help us find the next milestone!
📅 Deadline: TOMORROW!
🔗 Apply now: www.bshs.org.uk/submissions-...
#BookAwards #ScienceWriting
For over 25 years, the BSHS has recognised books that bring the fascinating, weird, and important stories of #HistSTEM to a broader audience. Help us find the next milestone!
📅 Deadline: TOMORROW!
🔗 Apply now: www.bshs.org.uk/submissions-...
#BookAwards #ScienceWriting
Submissions open for 2025 Hughes Prize – Deadline 11 April!
Visit the post for more.
www.bshs.org.uk
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
⏳ Last chance!
For over 25 years, the BSHS has recognised books that bring the fascinating, weird, and important stories of #HistSTEM to a broader audience. Help us find the next milestone!
📅 Deadline: TOMORROW!
🔗 Apply now: www.bshs.org.uk/submissions-...
#BookAwards #ScienceWriting
For over 25 years, the BSHS has recognised books that bring the fascinating, weird, and important stories of #HistSTEM to a broader audience. Help us find the next milestone!
📅 Deadline: TOMORROW!
🔗 Apply now: www.bshs.org.uk/submissions-...
#BookAwards #ScienceWriting
Tell me about PhDs in the History of Science. Are they worth it? Rewarding? I've been contemplating one for years. (It would have to be a funded program.)
#historiansky #histsci #histstem
#historiansky #histsci #histstem
April 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tell me about PhDs in the History of Science. Are they worth it? Rewarding? I've been contemplating one for years. (It would have to be a funded program.)
#historiansky #histsci #histstem
#historiansky #histsci #histstem
Did you know? 🤓📚 Since 1997, the BSHS has celebrated books that make the brilliant, nerdy, and essential stories of #HistSTEM accessible to the wider world.
And now, it’s time for the next chapter! Submissions for the 2025 Hughes Prize are open.
📅 11 April 2025
And now, it’s time for the next chapter! Submissions for the 2025 Hughes Prize are open.
📅 11 April 2025
Submissions open for 2025 Hughes Prize – Deadline 11 April!
Visit the post for more.
www.bshs.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Did you know? 🤓📚 Since 1997, the BSHS has celebrated books that make the brilliant, nerdy, and essential stories of #HistSTEM accessible to the wider world.
And now, it’s time for the next chapter! Submissions for the 2025 Hughes Prize are open.
📅 11 April 2025
And now, it’s time for the next chapter! Submissions for the 2025 Hughes Prize are open.
📅 11 April 2025
📢 BSHS Hughes Prize 2025 – Submissions Open! Help us find the best accessible #HistSTEM 📚 out there!
🏆 Award for the best accessible book in #HistSTEM
📚 Published in 2023 or 2024? You’re eligible!
📅 Deadline: 11 April 2025
💰 Prize: £300 + Public Lecture
🏆 Award for the best accessible book in #HistSTEM
📚 Published in 2023 or 2024? You’re eligible!
📅 Deadline: 11 April 2025
💰 Prize: £300 + Public Lecture
Submissions open for 2025 Hughes Prize – Deadline 11 April!
Visit the post for more.
www.bshs.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Writings from children are central to this book - children were some of the earliest critics of ideas of giftedness, and fervently challenged biases in IQ testing, and assumptions that intelligence even mattered.
@histchildoxford.bsky.social #HistEd #HistSTEM #skystorians @shcy.bsky.social
@histchildoxford.bsky.social #HistEd #HistSTEM #skystorians @shcy.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Writings from children are central to this book - children were some of the earliest critics of ideas of giftedness, and fervently challenged biases in IQ testing, and assumptions that intelligence even mattered.
@histchildoxford.bsky.social #HistEd #HistSTEM #skystorians @shcy.bsky.social
@histchildoxford.bsky.social #HistEd #HistSTEM #skystorians @shcy.bsky.social
Karen Flynn, from the University of Illinois, presents her keynote speech on Caregiving during a pandemic: Black Nurses' praxis of Black Feminist Ethic of care.
#sahms2025 #histmed #histsci #histSTEM #medhums #nursing
More info: gws.illinois.edu/directory/pr...
#sahms2025 #histmed #histsci #histSTEM #medhums #nursing
More info: gws.illinois.edu/directory/pr...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Karen Flynn, from the University of Illinois, presents her keynote speech on Caregiving during a pandemic: Black Nurses' praxis of Black Feminist Ethic of care.
#sahms2025 #histmed #histsci #histSTEM #medhums #nursing
More info: gws.illinois.edu/directory/pr...
#sahms2025 #histmed #histsci #histSTEM #medhums #nursing
More info: gws.illinois.edu/directory/pr...