Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 1hExcited to see how this develops. The loss of old Twitter was, from my perspective, a pretty enormous loss for a certain kind of academic social interaction and I'm glad to see efforts to not just recapture but improve on it 060
Reposted by Brad BolmanKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 20hI wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521797593
Reposted by Brad BolmanJohn M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My review of @brad.bolman.com's terrific (and terrifically disturbing) book on lab dogs in the JAH! A tough but powerful read -- check it out if you want to learn about the tortured history of beagles and science. Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles academic.oup.com/jah/article-...academic.oup.comLab Dog: What Global Science Owes American BeaglesIn his provocative new book Lab Dog, Brad Bolman reveals a world rarely glimpsed by nonscientists: the kennels, breeding colonies, and laboratories—affilia 131
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 27/09/2026I think a not-insignificant reason for this is the repeated confusion these folks make between “life is easy because I’m extremely rich by any reasonable standard” and “life is easy because I use AI tools a lot” 030
Reposted by Brad BolmanBrian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Amazingly, the hurricane drought continues with nothing in the foreseeable future. No hurricane season has gotten this far along without a hurricane in the past century, and during the more reliable satellite era (mid-1970s), the previous record latest first hurricane formation was September 11.bmcnoldy.blogspot.comSeptember will end and still no hurricane this seasonUpdates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes. 23112
Reposted by Brad BolmanTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity. 213355823
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 24/09/2026Really encourage people to read this piece in the latest New Yorker on Netanyahu and Qatargate www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comIsrael’s Qatargate ScandalDid Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power? 000
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 24/09/2026The state’s approach to wrongly convicted individuals down here (there are a lot!) is unconscionable 000
Reposted by Brad BolmanLongreads @longreads.com · 22/09/2026"Perhaps it’s easier for some to imagine relocating humanity to Mars than relocating sediment to save New Orleans." @brad.bolman.com for @pioneerwork.bsky.social: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/we...pioneerworks.orgWhere Cities and Oceans Meet | BroadcastIn New Orleans, water is coming. What should we do with the time we have left? 034
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 22/09/2026Really good new essay on what makes China’s unique economic “machine” so essential to renewables in @the-breakdown.bsky.social www.break-down.org/the-machine/...break-down.orgThe MachineIs China's green technology revolution a model—or a warning? 032
Reposted by Brad BolmanWilliam Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 22774337
Reposted by Brad BolmanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/09/2026As Alex notes in this thread, AI doesn't "democratize" science. Rather, it compels scientists to rely on anti-egalitarian means of directing their attention. 322363
Reposted by Brad BolmanBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...billmckibben.substack.comHold my (warm) beerIt’s Existential Crises Week! 10347178
Reposted by Brad BolmanProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 13/03/2026Between 39–51% of American Indian/Alaska Native peoples live on or within 10 miles of reservations, but 73% of deaths from police violence in this group occurred on or near reservations. The authors call for a public health response to these deaths. In PNAS: ow.ly/ziOi50YtsP8 057
Reposted by Brad BolmanKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/09/2026If I end my innings with a tenth of Joe's record in fighting for climate action, I'll be totally satisfied. What a bloody legend, and what a wealth of stories from his extremely spirited and clever career to celebrate One small one from me: working w/ him on dodgy carbon offsets......... 414028
Reposted by Brad BolmanJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681406
Reposted by Brad BolmanMary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 825688
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 16/09/2026I wrote about what it means, and feels like, to live in a disappearing place for PW Broadcast pioneerworks.org/broadcast/we...pioneerworks.orgWhere Cities and Oceans Meet | BroadcastIn New Orleans, water is coming. What should we do with the time we have left? 100
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 16/09/2026We’re now on iOS 27 and you still cannot have multiple email signatures in Mail to easily switch between 010
Reposted by Brad BolmanChristos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Really sad to hear of the death of the great cinematographer Patricio Guzmán whose documentaries illuminated the horrors of the Chilean dictatorship and the hopes of overcoming its legacy www.france24.com/es/cultura/2...france24.comMuere el documentalista Patricio Guzmán, narrador de la memoria de ChileEl documentalista chileno Patricio Guzmán falleció en la madrugada de este martes en un hospital de París debido a un paro cardiorrespiratorio a los 85 años, confirmó este martes 15 de septiembre la… 13720
Reposted by Brad BolmanJon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is excellent. Nathan Ensmenger was one of the first historians to call attention to the hidden environmental consequences of computing, back when it was indeed obscure. Now (w/data centres) it is open and politically contested. But, he argues, we need to choose words and targets carefully.. 352
Reposted by Brad BolmanJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It’s astonishing to see this, even though we saw it coming months ago. White = 10°F + above normal in the El Niño regions. Its immense! In the air, a regional warming of 10° is no big deal. But in the ocean it’s immense! Think about how hard it is/ how long it takes to cool/ heat your pool. 1/ 611524699
Reposted by Brad BolmanMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO 241789536
Reposted by Brad BolmanAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 08/09/2026Interesting 📰 @theguardian.com by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social on non-neural cognition: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... Confronted with this polarizing debate, @philosobio.bsky.social & I wrote a balanced take on basal #cognition from an #evobio lens 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPStheguardian.com‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligenceThe long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place... 45023
Reposted by Brad BolmanBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Wonderful new review of The Celluloid Specimen (@ucpress.bsky.social) from @brad.bolman.com over at @jcmsjournal.bsky.social. Brad is careful and judicious in his read of the book, as well as where it could be expanded. Really appreciated this final paragraph (though Ingagi's title is misspelled). 2153
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 05/09/2026One day we will look back on this era and it will be incomprehensible that there were so many who supported or turned away from these atrocities www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.com‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikeExclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic 000
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 03/09/2026A punishingly depressing piece, but still somehow a joy to read 052
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 01/09/2026There's a very pretty and interesting new issue of Aperture guest edited by Hiroshi Sugimoto and I have a little essay on light and science in it 120
Reposted by Brad BolmanW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused. 4049192535
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 26/08/2026Reposting this because having really good colleagues is important to me 010
Reposted by Brad BolmanBrad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is quite literally an extinction level event for graduate education in several fields in the United States. 301551529
Reposted by Brad Bolmanertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026🚨🚨🚨JOB ALERT: The HSS Department at Penn is hiring a tenure-track or tenured professor in the history of data/info science, computing, or AI. Please share widely! apply.interfolio.com/192132apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 02636
Reposted by Brad Bolmanamulya.bsky.social @amulya.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this. 10999314
Reposted by Brad Bolmanlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/08/2026the fact that there's a 🫑 emoji and an 🧅 emoji but no celery emoji shows as a society we still have a long way to go until cajun cooking is normalized in this country 381816208
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 19/08/2026This is an absolutely excellent rejoinder—and funny! Worth a read 075
Reposted by Brad BolmanMadeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Former Bates history and Africana professor Andrew Baker finds Tyler Austin Harper’s account of elite liberal racism familiar but argues he misunderstands the connection between anti-racism and campus labor politics. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...newsletter.thedriftmag.comRacism and labor at Bates: the other side of the storyAndrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper 0167
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 19/08/2026It could not be clearer at this point that “anti-Trump moderate“ is not a meaningful electoral coalition www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comDemocratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate raceNixon bested Alexander Vindman to win Democratic nomination and now faces Republican Ashley Moody in November 000
Reposted by Brad BolmanBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A wild story that sums up so much about this moment. Rare books bought up by a hyperscaler, driven across the country by truck, scanned and fed into the woodchipper by low wage workers so the rich can build and own systems that squeeze, surveil, and automate labor and control knowledge generation. 9488228
Reposted by Brad BolmanBrad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 17/08/2026Tulane History is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of History and Political Economy. It's a joint appointment with Tulane's Murphy Institute and we're excited to continue our department's growth. Please share widely! tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comDepartment of History and the Murphy Institute Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) in History and Political EconomyShort Position Description 114
Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 17/08/2026Tulane History is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of History and Political Economy. It's a joint appointment with Tulane's Murphy Institute and we're excited to continue our department's growth. Please share widely! tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comDepartment of History and the Murphy Institute Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) in History and Political EconomyShort Position Description 114
Reposted by Brad BolmanBike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It’s a pretty telling signal to how dangerous a location is if the ghost bike of someone who was killed there also gets hit 212228
Reposted by Brad BolmanSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026With Russell Westbrook announcing his retirement today, reminder that he recently became a very public climate and clean air advocate. I caught up with him last month: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/athletes-n...climatecoloredgoggles.comThese athletes refuse to stay silent about global warmingRussell Westbrook is not down with climate hushing. 4476108
Reposted by Brad BolmanJohn Palfrey @palfrey.org · 13/08/2026A democracy tax in support of science | an op-ed in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.orgscience.orgA democracy tax in support of scienceOver the past 19 months, the devastating effects of federal cuts to science funding in the United States have become plain: Young researchers are leaving scientific fields. Labs are struggling to fund... 12210
Reposted by Brad BolmanJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dangerous referencing like this is endemic to heavily AI-assisted peer reviewed papers. Allowing the publication of LLM-generated scholarslop (to use @berrydm.bsky.social's term) is destroying science. It's an epistemic carcinogen, as @glenberman.bsky.social wrote. doi.org/10.1007/s001...doi.orgClient Challenge 16014