Reposted by Alisa BokulichRUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New paper on why we we are still so limited in predicting cancer risk. By @sergeishevchenko.bsky.social #hps #philsci #hpbio 183
Reposted by Alisa BokulichWill Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In today's AIP History Weekly Edition, we look at a new volume on the long history of efforts to measure the effects of general relativity. It showcases extraordinary efforts to secure high-precision measurements and adds to our understanding of GR's acceptance, neglect, and renaissance. #HPSaip.orgBook spotlight: Testing EinsteinAIP History Weekly Edition: October 2, 2026 0115
Reposted by Alisa BokulichJackie Sullivan @jackiesullivan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This paper, co-authored with Saher Panjwani, is part of the EJPS topical collection on The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences edited by @ennofischer.bsky.social and @alejandrofabregastejeda.com. #philsci 062
Reposted by Alisa BokulichEuthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Do hard things. Go to the ocean. Repeat. 2282
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🎀 The Eiffel Tower lit up in pink to mark the launch of Pink October, the awareness month dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. 🎀 0195
Reposted by Alisa BokulichLeeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History & Philosophy of Science, Work-in-progress seminars, Autumn 2026-27 All these weekly informal seminars take place in Botany House Room 1.03, Tuesdays 12-1pm during term-time. There is also recurrent TEAMS link here for online/remote participation. Open to all, with an hour for socializing…hpsleeds.wordpress.comHistory & Philosophy of Science, Work-in-progress seminars, Autumn 2026-27All these weekly informal seminars take place in Botany House Room 1.03, Tuesdays 12-1pm during term-time. There is also recurrent TEAMS link here for online/remote participation. Open to all, with an hour for socializing 1-2pm in the same venue - bring your own lunch along! SCHEDULE of seminars (NB may be revised during the term - check back here for updates) 0104
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎀 About 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer; it's 2nd leading cause of cancer death in women (www.cancer.org/cancer/types...). BC death rates have been decreasing steadily since 1989 due to increased awareness, earlier screening, & better treatments.cancer.orgKey Statistics for Breast CancerRead the American Cancer Society’s latest statistics for breast cancer in women in the United States. 1101
Reposted by Alisa BokulichEuthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Me and my extremely dense breasts are heading out for a mammogram. Almost certainly I’ll be flagged for additional imaging but this year the goal is to not freak out. That’s just how these girlies are. Reminder to get your boobs checked! 1303
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History Dept @ University of Texas Austin invites applications for a TT assistant professor, specializing in modern history of science, technology, & medicine. Committee will consider applicants who specialize in any scientific practice in any part of the world since 1600. Deadline Nov 30 #HPSnetworks.h-net.orgThe University of Texas at Austin - Assistant Professor (TT) – History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | H-NetPreferred qualifications include research and teaching records that will complement one or more of the department’s strengths including: African History, Asian History, British History, Digital Humanities, Latin American History, U.S. History, and related fields. 33131
Reposted by Alisa BokulichH.K. Andersen @hkandersen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Shout out to recent SFU grad Fengyuan Liu, whose work stemming from his MA pro paper was accepted for the UPSS session at #PSA2026! Really interesring case study about local knowledge, involving measurement, agriculture, and conflicting explanatory systems #sfu 091
Reposted by Alisa BokulichRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders." Everyone struggles with impostor syndrome sometimes, including Charles Darwin who scrawled this in a letter to Charles Lyell #OTD in 1861. 🧪 www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId... 29321
Reposted by Alisa BokulichGavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not only are the flat earthers wrong, they are getting wronger by the day. 635871
Reposted by Alisa BokulichPaul L. Franco @loadofbunk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Saw a large boulder the size of a large boulder on a hike yesterday. 1314
Reposted by Alisa Bokulichclaudia-cristalli.bsky.social @claudia-cristalli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m going to try using BSky (also) to share some Peirce quotes out of context. Here is today’s: “Pure femininity can be conceived in a general way, but it cannot be realized even in consistent imagination. As for pure masculinity, it is an absurdity and nonsense, vox et praeterea nihil.” 131
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAdrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Max Dresow has done wonderful stuff with Extinct! His problematica series has been unfailingly fascinating, historically-informed and brilliantly written #philsci www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026...extinctblog.orgProblematica x50 — ExtinctIn which Max has compiled all 50 of his “Problematica” essays for your long-reading enjoyment 0126
Reposted by Alisa BokulichPhila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🧬 🧫 Looking forward to participating in the "Harnessing African Genetic Diversity as a Global Resource for Public Health" meeting. I will be discussing the risks, benefits, and limitations of genomics for health in this context. More info here: www.icgeb.org/african-gene... 041
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay! ☕️ What are your favorite coffee roasters? (Bonus if they ship to Boston...) 4100
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Happy to see Drew Faust join as one of the new trustees of Boston University @bostonu.bsky.socialbu.eduBoston University Trustees Elect Five New MembersFour accomplished alumni and a former Harvard president add to the board’s expertise 050
Reposted by Alisa BokulichMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026we know the sea to be an everlasting terra incognita 214433
Reposted by Alisa BokulichWill Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The video is now available from Fara Dabhoiwala's lecture at AIP last week—an account of a Jamaican prodigy, his failed nomination to the Royal Society, and the only known depiction of the first return of Halley's comet. A story almost lost to history recovered from clues hidden in a small painting!youtube.com“Black Genius: Race, Science, and the Extraordinary Portrait of Francis Williams”YouTube video by AIP History 075
Reposted by Alisa BokulichRudy Lerosey-Aubril @cambrianlife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026503 million-year-old leanchoiliid arthropod (Alalcomenaeus sp.) from the Wheeler Formation in the House Range of Utah. Specimen collected by Valentin Jamart. 0157
Reposted by Alisa BokulichMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As an astrobiologist, I never thought I’d see my name on a cancer paper...but here we are 😮academic.oup.comExploring tumorigenesis as a process of phenotypic state-space exploration and selective funnelingAbstract. Tumorigenesis is widely studied within evolutionary frameworks, yet integrating genetic, non-genetic, spatial, and collective tumor-level dynamic 1213
Reposted by Alisa BokulichThe Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are you interested in the past, present & future of Artificial Life (ALife) as a scientific field? 🚨 We are hosting an interdisciplinary minisymposium this December, so send us your work & come along! Please share widely! 🔗 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #academicsky #evobio #AI #HPS 13824
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Such a cool project and collaboration www.bu.edu/articles/202...bu.eduFragile Manuscripts Hold Hundreds of Years of African and Islamic HistoryBoston University researchers have digitally preserved more than 52,000 pages of Arabic and Ajami West African literature 0228
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm honored to deliver the 2027 Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh. Across 6 lectures, On Science, Technology, and Social Values, I will work through the claim that what we build and how we put it to use carry commitments about who counts and what matters in collective life cahss.ed.ac.uk/news-events/... 011026
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A writeup abt the special issue of Studies in HPS which @martinkusch.bsky.social and I edited based on a 2022 conference held @crasshlive.bsky.social & @kingscollege.bsky.social The standard of articles is high, my own submission got rejected! So I poured my heart into the introduction. Have a readhps.cam.ac.uk 23114
Reposted by Alisa BokulichBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you missed this year's BSPS annual conference, fear not! By the power of technology, we bring you Eleanor Knox's keynote talk, 'The Scale (and Context) Relativity of Spacetime Structure' youtu.be/pAQVXHcZXiY #philsci #philskyyoutu.beEleanor Knox, 'The Scale (and Context) Relativity of Spacetime Structure'Keynote address delivered in July 2026 at the annual conference of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science #philsci 0158
Reposted by Alisa BokulichOUGS Social Media @ougeolsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thermohaline circulation drives oceanwater circulation - ocean currents. Salty water sinks, cold, fresh water floats. Inextricably linked to world climate. How many minerals can say that. Vote #halite in the #MinCup26 semifinal 0219
Reposted by Alisa BokulichPeter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My article "Women of the world: teaching women thinkers in pre-modern global philosophy" is available open access - it offers a syllabus on the topic with discussion of my thinking in putting it together. Hope it will prove useful! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky #philosophytandfonline.comWomen of the world: teaching women thinkers in pre-modern global philosophyThis paper reflects on experiences teaching courses on women thinkers from antiquity and the medieval period. The discussion is built around a proposed syllabus (similar to one used in teaching at ... 03917
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The gorgeous history-inspired, decorative-icing biscuits (cookies) from the super-talented @ellamchawk.bsky.social are back! 🤩 Look at that exquisite detail, and such a cool research project too... 🗃️ 🍜 0418
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAnya Plutynski @plutynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bsky.app/profile/ucph... 0105
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A beautiful fall photo from my son today 629824
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 28/09/2026This is the fifteenth contribution to the TC on the pursuitworthiness of experiments that @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have been editing for the EJPS. Find discussions of the geosciences, biology, physics, neuroscience & much more in the 📄s that have been published: link.springer.com/collections/...link.springer.comThe Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the SciencesThe concept of pursuitworthiness has garnered considerable attention in the philosophy of science in recent years. However, philosophical reflections on the ... 072
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 28/09/2026In their 🆕📄, @alisabokulich.bsky.social & @mattbrewer.bsky.social argue that targeted observation practices in the #geosciences owe much to Peirce’s views on the economy of research, which are better understood as an account of the pursuitworthiness of #data 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS 13411
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Looks like not everyone's sailboat faired well in the Nor'easter (& not getting lifted at high tide either)😬⛵️ 2190
Reposted by Alisa BokulichSabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Want to make data and AI systems more resilient, sustainable, responsible? Want to think about what “research commons” may mean today? Join us in person or online in London next Monday! ethicaldatainitiative.org/2026/08/11/b... @edinitiative.bsky.social @researchdataall.bsky.social #philsciethicaldatainitiative.orgBringing Ethics to the Global Research Commons: The EDI Stakeholder Forum at the RDA P27 - The Ethical Data InitiativeAs data-driven research reshapes global science, industry, and governance, a critical question remains: how do we ensure that the infrastructures we build are both technologically robust and socially ... 0103
Reposted by Alisa BokulichKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 115722
Reposted by Alisa BokulichAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9552803260
Reposted by Alisa BokulichLydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you're in the Boston area, or want to join by Zoom, I'll be talking about Lydia Maria Child and Jane Addams on pacifism Monday 9/28 12:00 EST at Harvard--really looking forward to it! #philsky #womeninphilosophy cswr.hds.harvard.edu/research-pro... 083
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Nor'easter here in Boston is winding down finally, but looks like our sailboat Tango will need her boom repaired. At least she is floating & hasn't broken free from her mooring! 😅 💨 🌊⛵️ 5260
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Congratulations Peter on HoPWAG episode 500 🥳🍾🙌 and filling in a gap with an episode on Sappho! #philsky 🏺 #AncientBluesky 0316
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Lamarck contributed a subtle yet crucial change of emphasis: these mountains weren’t just made from the remains of marine organisms...[they] were made by living things. The original source of the mountains was not dead organisms, but the incessant activity of living ones." -Jessica Riskin #HPS 🧪 🦑 1329
Reposted by Alisa BokulichPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wonderful to see that Helen De Cruz has won the International Society for Science & Religion's General Readership Book Prize for her work, Wonderstruck! This illuminating book reveals how wonder and awe are catalysts that can help us reclaim what makes life worth living. Learn more: buff.ly/IYNfe0Q 112543
Reposted by Alisa BokulichGreg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962. “[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” 🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM 07437
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Eldest just sent me this lovely pic of Lake Champlain where his team is racing this weekend. ⛵️ 0341