Reposted by Angela CassidyTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13hA thread in 20 photographs, telling the story of the long and fraught road of a novel that came back from the dead... 122550
Reposted by Angela CassidyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16hThey are under investigation for possible misconduct (www.science.org/content/arti...)science.orgControversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegationsResearchers say they couldn’t find complete data for 10 trials that together enrolled tens of thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau 34414
Reposted by Angela CassidyLaura Watts @laurawatts.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/20264S is Solarpunk #ShortFilm Did you miss this at #4SToronto? Short film made for Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 40th Anniversary celebrations. I was asked to make film set in 2076, looking back at 4S and Science & Technology Studies #STS and what they could become… […]wandering.shopOriginal post on wandering.shop 184
Reposted by Angela CassidyGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 11/10/2026Well now we know why Spider-Noir was actually cancelled. 14210
Reposted by Angela CassidyDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'd like to see a lot more heat - naming and shaming - on the Danish researchers here. the USians involved are a lost cause, but I hope we are still able to resist this grossness spreading in Europe. 16018
Reposted by Angela CassidyLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 61102403023
Reposted by Angela CassidyProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette have been quietly incorporating AI tools into their publishing processes without public disclosures or author consent” 😨😨😨 2127
Reposted by Angela CassidyAdrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Science of Lost Worlds is out! OA! illustrations by the magnificent Jim Robins, audiobook feat the amazing Boo Jackson as Prof Ichthy. Delicious paleontological #philsci for your reading/listening pleasure. So many people helped me make this - much greatful ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978... 02511
Reposted by Angela CassidyChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 09/10/2026As expected, the Prime Minister's promise to sort out the mess of funding for Jodrell actually meant nothing - it seems the government would like it to be some sort of heritage theme park when you can go and see where we used to do science. 🔭 16232102
Reposted by Angela CassidyUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Day 10 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh, over major job cuts, worsening terms & conditions, and the continued financial mismanagement of the senior leadership. Scenes from the picket lines reveal how we continue to fight. In this image, members of our UCUE leadership ... 12311
Reposted by Angela CassidyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you care about the British Library, consider applying to join the Board! apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9596?n...apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk Appointment details – British Library up to x7 Board Members – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK 1714
Reposted by Angela CassidyDr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Request: Do you know of any oral history projects with relevance to covid-19? Context: I'm doing a mapping exercise for my new job at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social on covid commemoration. I have a pretty solid list but I know there are more out there! Please share! 275357
Reposted by Angela CassidyPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 07/10/2026Yes this! Also who's out here writing a book so EXACTLY INTERCHANGEABLE with another author's book that a reader would, in theory, only buy one of the two? Nobody! Books books books delicious books Nothing more delicious than a book I want ALL writers to write more books for me 822838
Reposted by Angela CassidyNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat... 4358199
Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just twigged this means you have New Job, and with awesome @britishlibrary.bsky.social Congratulations! 140
Reposted by Angela CassidyMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A lot of excitement on here about the article in Science summarising the discoveries of @alistairsponsel.bsky.social and Brian Sutton, just published in the Journal of the History of Biology. Some people have asked, so here is what I think they show, and what are the implications:link.springer.comPhotograph 49 is the Key to Understanding the History of Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Photograph 51 - Journal of the History of BiologyThis essay, co-authored by a historian of science and an X-ray crystallographer, sheds new light on Rosalind Franklin’s Photograph 51. We refute the infamous claim that, unlike James Watson, Franklin ... 4276148
Reposted by Angela CassidyNathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 06/10/2026It's easy enough to walk past Devon hedge banks covered in moss and forget that they were made by people, until the moss parts and you see the stone-facing peeping out like exposed bones. 0253
Reposted by Angela CassidyUniversity of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the badgers, for today is their special day! To celebrate National Badger Day, here is an illustration of a badger from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #NationalBadgerDay #BadgerDay #RareBooks 03313
Reposted by Angela CassidyMatthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Responders should be able to swarm a place when its first few infections appear, tracing contacts, engaging communities before transmission takes off… “Putting out small fires isn’t possible, you end up with massive fires everywhere” @jasongale.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comEbola Spreads ‘Like Wildfire’ as Health Workers Battle ExhaustionExperts in the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to keep up as the virus spreads to new areas, stretching the human and financial resources available to fight it. 043
Reposted by Angela Cassidyhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Second week on strike with UCU Edinburgh. We will be on strike for five weeks - taking out the entire first half of term, up to the first assessments - but we could be back in the classroom tomorrow if management withdrew the threat of compulsory redundancies. 17628
Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Looks like Edinburgh have pulled that resource, do you know of another good one? 100
Reposted by Angela Cassidywill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i wrote about this last year www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p...history-uk.ac.uk‘Doing the Readings’Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press… 15718
Reposted by Angela CassidyNathaniel Comfort @nccomfort.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Most histories take the double helix as the obvious goal of xrc on DNA fibers. If we want to honor Franklin, we need to stop trying to explain her work as almost getting the double helix. We need to understand her on her own terms. The Sponsel and Sutton paper takes us a good step in that direction 25516
Reposted by Angela CassidyJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins. 502625643
Reposted by Angela CassidyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.timeshighereducation.comNottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affectedLanguages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans 8267199
Reposted by Angela CassidyMax Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#CfA: The MPIWG is offering First Research Article #Fellowships for 📑 doctoral students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions, to publish their first English article on 📚 history of science, technology, and medicine, or #STS 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 02032
Reposted by Angela CassidyGregg Mitman @greggmitman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Outbreak risk is "critically a question about inequality, about who is most likely to get sick, and why, and who can access healthcare, diagnostics and treatment at the point when they’re most needed.”forbes.comFar From A Hospital, Even A Deadly Outbreak May Go UndetectedNew research on 58,319 infection records finds the geography of emerging disease tracks healthcare access more than deforestation or climate change 062
Reposted by Angela CassidyAngela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As an academic, occasional archival researcher, and Library Rep, I'm delighted to read this. My semi-reg reminder that Libraries are the last bastions of non-commercial social interaction offering safe "third spaces", respite from sensory overload/co-work, warmth to unhoused folk. 💜 your library! 061
Reposted by Angela CassidyJose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Happy to announce a 3-year #postdoc opening in our research group on Aquatic #STS at the University of @oulu.fi Position is linked to the amazing SAFIRE interdisciplinary research programme. Get in touch if you have any question! Deadline 15.10.26. oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/job...oulunyliopisto.varbi.comPostdoctoral Researcher, Science and Technology Studies (STS) and aquatic restoration in the Nordic and Arctic regionsWe are looking to hire highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Department of Anthropology, in the History, Culture and Communications Unit at the Faculty of Humanities, the University of 11517
Reposted by Angela CassidyBritish Society for the Philosophy of Science @thebsps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another exciting announcement for BSPS Open: they've released their fifth book, The Science of Lost Worlds by Adrian Currie! Get your OA copy here: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... BSPS Open is our monograph series. If you're writing a phil sci monograph, get in touch! www.thebsps.org/bsps-open/press.ucalgary.caScience of Lost WorldsAdrian Mitchell Currie and the fantastical professor Ichthyosaurus explore the epistemology of the historical sciences with a focus on strategic perspectivalism. 1219
Reposted by Angela CassidyUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 05/10/2026UCU members at Edinburgh uni are on strike today. Over 400 film and TV professionals, including Alan Cumming, Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery, back their call to reinstate three creative programmes. Cuts are hitting universities across the UK: educationitsours.org.uk/map/ 03426
Reposted by Angela CassidyHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A statement from the head of the @boell.de Foundation, the political foundation behind the German Green Party. 👇 213248
Reposted by Angela CassidyProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else. 3278162
Reposted by Angela CassidyDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Exciting job for #envhum postdocs! Project "Tolerating Urban Animals. Techno-moral perspectives on killing and caring for other species" (U Copenhagen) is looking for 2 postdocs to work on use of technologies for managing undomesticated/feral urban animals in 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴. employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...employment.ku.dkTwo Postdoctoral positions in Ethnology at the Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen 01321
Reposted by Angela CassidyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Big election today and a real crisis decision for Brazil. And the world.bbc.co.ukWhat to know about Brazil's election pitting Lula against Flávio BolsonaroPolls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival. 26416123
Reposted by Angela CassidyNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/10/2026talked about this before and again, i'm speaking as a third generation journeyman trades worker, but working in trades is not something that any of the people who write these pieces, or honestly most of you, respect at all. It's perceived as something you do when all the "good" options are gone. 2791171
Reposted by Angela CassidyNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/10/2026sorry i get fired up about this but like once a month the "why doesn't everyone become [trade]" conversation picks up despite very few of you actually knowing what it feels like to be one (also i would love if someone who actually knows what it's like to work like that wrote about it.) 037647
Reposted by Angela CassidyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Universities cannot expect researchers to take risks if they are repeatedly at risk of redundancy while losing professional services support, grappling with the gratuitous vagaries of home and international student number swings and both teaching and assessing in an age of unregulated AI. 520877
Reposted by Angela CassidyThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're delighted to share that Guy Baxter (Head of Archive Services) will become our new Director from the end of October. Guy succeeds Kate Arnold-Forster, whose retirement concludes an exceptional career. merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-views/g…merl.reading.ac.ukLeadership changes: Guy Baxter becomes our new DirectorGuy Baxter becomes the new Director of the University of Reading's Museums and Collections, as Kate Arnold-Forster and Isabel Hughes depart. 41577
Reposted by Angela CassidyDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lovely story here for those who need one. 🐿️ 2275
Reposted by Angela CassidyMatheus Duarte @alvesduarte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My research team is organising a reading group once a month on the history and anthropology of human and animal health. If you would like to join, send me a message The meetings will be hybrid, online and at the Dep of Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London. 0105
Reposted by Angela CassidySteve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yesterday, the Secretary to the University of Edinburgh emailed all staff (many on strike) about UoE's Dignity and Respect policy: "offensive and personal attacks are never acceptable". Meanwhile, a student received this response from THE PRINCIPAL to their email supporting the strike. 0137
Reposted by Angela CassidyPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Doctor Who has described the BBC's new AI-generated director general as "pretty good", and suggested that the technology now enabled the creation of content "at the standard of an unimaginative man who spent years working at McKinsey then Google". 112136
Reposted by Angela CassidyBecca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If I were running a university where staff spent weeks and weeks of time putting grant proposals together only for UKRI to feed them into LLMs without informed consent—effectively theft of the time and work—I’d be taking serious action to defend those staff. But I’m not running a university, so 823188
Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh Sophia, I'm so sorry. Remember #TerryAndJuneland well. Take care x 010