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Kristin Hussey

@kristinhussey.bsky.social
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Historian of medicine, science and the environment. Lecturer in Environmental History at Newcastle University researching sleep and circadian rhythms. PI: The Night Shift 1850-present. Also sea swimming, museum-ing and mom-ing. Kristinhussey.co.uk

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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Stopped by BBC Newcastle today to talk to Anna Foster about Night Shift! Great to see so much public interest in the project - especially here in the North East where so many people do shift work.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
More than a bit surreal to get to share this - but I have been awarded a CDA from Wellcome for my project Night Shift! The idea is to see how history can help us to tackle the challenges of the present and improve the experience of hospital nights. Look out for job adverts for postdocs coming soon!
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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...
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Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Fortuitously timed - you can now read about @drhick.bsky.social and I's work teaching environmental history at the Great North Museum Hancock in the latest @bshsnews.bsky.social Viewpoint! Perhaps continuing some conversations about nature, colonialism and audiences. bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A visit to the anatomy theatre and museum at University of Edinburgh - has been on my bucket list for ages! #eshs-hss
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
On Wednesday I'll be giving my own paper on the physiology of night owls and early birds - and understand body temperature rhythms as habitual as a part of a three panel symposium on 'The Science and Medicine of Bodily Habits'. Would be great to see people there! (Over at the EFI) #hss-eshs #hss2026
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Excited for a few days of the history of science at HSS/ESHS Edinburgh! Kicking things off with @samhistsci.bsky.social and a whirlwind history of trying to record the temperature of the ocean. #hss2026
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In the British Library with a huge stack of books about chronobiology. Truly what could be better??
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#jobfairy lectureship (permanent post) in Modern (post-1800) British History at the University of Manchester, SHORT deadline 30 June 🗃️cc @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Fabulous for our work with the students and @northeastmuseums.bsky.social to be shortlisted for an Engagement and Place award this year! Fingers crossed we can develop this collaboration in the future @drhick.bsky.social
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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🥳The Routledge Handbook of Health and Environmental Humanities is published today! Ed. by the fab Amber Abrams, @victoriabates.bsky.social & @rothiotome.bsky.social. It also includes a chapter 'Research on the Move' by @draflint.bsky.social and me. (Probably one to ask your library to order tho' £)
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The Routledge Handbook of Health and Environmental Humanities
This handbook delves into the innovative intersection of health and environmental humanities, capturing its multidisciplinary creative spirit by showcasing key concepts and tools, on-the-ground applic...
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The best part of research is getting to collaborate with brilliant colleagues. Hannah Star Rogers and I have been talking about 'the lab' in our fields of medical humanities & STS. Some thoughts now on @the-polyphony.bsky.social and on @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels: 4sonline.org/news_manager...
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Between the Lab and the Clinic: Perspectives from Medical Humanities and Science and Technology Studies (STS)
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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2026/03/05/l...
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Between the Lab and the Clinic: Perspectives from Medical Humanities and Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Kristin D. Hussey and Hannah Star Rogers draw on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to think through how the ‘lab’ is being employed across the medical humanities.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
CFP for HSS/ESHS 2026 - The Science and Medicine of Bodily Habits. I am excited to be working with @wraggem.bsky.social to co-organise symposia on bodily habits from the medieval to modern periods. From sleeping to eating and urinating, how much do we control our bodies? Abstract deadline 21st Nov
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Colleagues doing very cool things! One for the labour, maritime and mining historians among you.
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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open! Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS #envhum #envhist
Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This has been so great to work on with @drhick.bsky.social and our students - reinterpreting the Great North Museum through the lens of environmental history. The trail is on until the end of September! @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 26/06/2025
We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist
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Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
⏰ the deadline is 30 June for this role with our new #Multispecies #Mutualisims project, generously funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social pls do get in contact if you have any questions ⬇️
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Fiona Johnstone @drfijohnstone.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward! mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
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Topic Collection: Visual Medical Humanities | Medical Humanities
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Calling all scholars of night work! I am organising a workshop on the night shift since 1900 this September at Newcastle. Looking for scholars across disciplines who think about working at night in critical context to give short working papers. More info here: kristinhussey.co.uk/research/34u...
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Really interesting interview with the fab historian @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social about her new book on the ethics and colonial legacies of extinction, and how we talk about that www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A billionaire will pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated being’: historian Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire
In her new book, Vanished, the history professor picks apart the political and philosophical dimensions of species loss
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Easter weekend begins with a trip to the Discovery Museum @northeastmuseums.bsky.social to check out their new under 5s area. But my daughter preferred the industrial heritage - naturally.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A great catch up at GNM Hancock to discuss an upcoming collaborative project on environmental history generously funded by @bshsnews.bsky.social. So much of academia is feeling really bleak right now so trying to enjoy the better moments.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
In the archives and it feels so goooood. Exploring the health trade union archives @mrcwarwick.bsky.social this last week - searching for elusive might shift experiences and finding plenty of other insights along the way.
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Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A wonderful opportunity to apply for a fully-funded collaborative PhD studentship in partnership with @royalsociety.org. "Weather Sceptics: Almanacs and the Making of Scientific Meteorology in Nineteenth-Century Britain". Deadline 6 May. See link for full details. #histsci @bshsnews.bsky.social
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - Weather Sceptics: Almanacs and the Making of Scientific Meteorology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Project opportunity - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - Weather Sceptics: Almanacs and the Making of Scientific Meteorology in Nineteenth-Century Britain at the University of Leeds
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle Uni @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Listen to historian Dr @kristinhussey.bsky.social discuss Patrick Manson, the founder of tropical medicine, on BBC Radio 4's Human Intelligence series with @naomialderman.bsky.social. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social Episode airs at 1.45pm today or you can listen here >> /bit.ly/41WduSu
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BBC Radio 4 - Human Intelligence, Travellers: Sir Patrick Manson
'Mosquito Manson' found a travelling parasite and unravelled a medical mystery.
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Job Klaxon: come and join us. We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project on the history of intensive care medicine, directed by @fcondrau.bsky.social in Zurich and me in Manchester. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate - Life Support: Technologies, Institutions and Experiences in the History of Intensive Care Medicine, 1945-2020:Oxford Road
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David Rooney @rooneyvision.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Museum job! The Clockworks is looking for an experienced curator to run its unique London museum: world-class objects, wonderful premises, stable funding, great people. Full-time, £45k. Interested? Find out more and come meet us! www.museumjobs.com/jobdetails.p...
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Curator - The Clockworks, London - MuseumJobs.com
Museum Jobs - Cultural Recruitment for Museums, Galleries, Libraries and Archives Worldwide.
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Jonathan Reinarz @reinarz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A film still from the first degree progression of University of Birmingham students to the Town Hall through Victoria Square. Medical students can be seen waving bones at the camera.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Treating PFAS contamination with bloodletting. £200,000 to treat 50 patients - someone catch some leeches! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination
The island’s private drinking water supplies were polluted by use of firefighting foams containing ‘forever chemicals’
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Say YES to collaborative history! Say YES to showing messy workings! Say YES to acknowledging the sticky fingers of everyone who shapes your work & your ideas! The only way we will survive this academic climate is by working with each other not in competition, building community and making space.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Less than a week until teaching starts and an email from the nursery to say they have cases of chicken pox and hand foot and mouth. This should be fun.
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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I promised you guys more of these. Here is one that I find particularly great. Materials: plastic, metal, wiring, and human tears. (See ALT text for full transcript of the sign).
Photo showing the corner of a printer, and an art-like label on the wall.
Label reads:

Konica Minolta (b. 2003). 

Title: Temperamental printer, 2019
Materials: plastic, metal, wiring, and human tears.

This stunning piece emulates a fully functioning printer. It is an interactive sculpture, which allows the viewers to engage in a deeper level, as the various episodes of operational failure that the viewer may experience confront them with their own frustrations. The piece calls us to engage with the mundane volatility that excuses within each of us.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Low tide treasure hunt with the little explorer
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Atmospheric Edinburgh wanders to chase away gloomy January
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Interested in the history of health, heating & hygiene? 🤒😷🔥🌡️🛀🧼 There's still time to APPLY for the funded PhD studentship on the 'Carbon Bodies' project. ⏰ Deadline 24th Jan ⏰ The project: wellcome.org/grant-fundin... The job: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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a cartoon of an astronaut looking through a telescope with the words " we 're hiring " below it
Alt: a cartoon of an astronaut looking through a telescope at a moon with the words "we're hiring" floating above in the dark sky
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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#histmed Postdoc at University of Edinburgh School of Law. Post is for a historian of medicine, esp. one interested in the history of emotions and/or the law. Modern (1750-present) focus. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chl...
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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
📢 We’re hiring! We are currently looking for a Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society to join our Department from Sept 25. For more info and to apply, please visit: bit.ly/41CTiXk Closing Date: 2nd March 2025 #medicine #health #society #science #technology #WeAreSTS
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We are looking for someone superb to join us as the PhD on 'Carbon Bodies' project. The project: wellcome.org/grant-fundin... The PhD: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Questions? Email us & then watch this silly coal advert as a reward! www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #JobKlaxon #HistMed
The image is screen grab from a History of Advertising Trust Solid Fuel Advisory Service advert. The image shows a lit wall mounted coal fireplace glowing orange with a glass door. The words 'Coal. The fuel of the Future' are written across the image.
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Lauren Kassell @laurenkassell.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Attention ECR #histmed #histsci. Tune in on 2 Dec for my talk—'Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine'—to promote @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Student Essay Prize sshm.org/portfolio/pr... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sshm-l...
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The SSHM Lecture 2024
Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Can you guess what I am teaching our master's students today? Clues in my ANT style network analysis 🐋
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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
📢 @jbhist.bsky.social & I are very pleased to announce that we are seeking a f/t 2-year Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History to join our major @ahrcpress funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Closes 6 December. Spread the word!!! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History
The Department of History at Lancaster University are seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History. We are looking for a talented scholar of Victorian culture to ...
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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
📢New online event📢 The SSHM Lecture 2024, 2 December Prof Lauren Kassel, 'Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine'. Registration👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sshm-l... #HistMed #HistSci #HistSTM #RoyPorterPrize #Skystorians 🗃
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The SSHM Lecture 2024
Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Since I have so many new followers - you might be interested to read this gorgeous comic about chronobiology that I made with Sofie Louise Dam during my time at University of Copenhagen. An adventure through time and science available open access! cbmr.ku.dk/outreach/chr...
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Are you around in Oxford next week? Join us at this very cool one day event on 'Conscious Sleep'. There will be talks from sleep scientists, historians like me, artistic happenings and even a DJ set. Free to attend but registration needed! oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/consci....
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Conscious Sleep Symposium Day - OXFORD iS
A unique day of diverse talks, panel conversations and creative activities from leading academics to creative practitioners, literary experts and DJ’s.
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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hello new followers! It looks like I've been included in some historian starter packs. I'm a historian of health, science and the environment based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Currently focusing on the history of sleep and circadian rhythms. Trying to balance academia and a toddler. Welcome!
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
#JobFairy Univ of Copenhagen looking for a #HistSTM 3 year post-doc in the history of physical sciences to work with the Niels Bohr Archive. employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
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Post-doctoral position in History of the Physical Sciences
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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
#HistSci / #EnvHist job! 12-month Lecturer post with us at King's in History of Science & the Environment www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/096146-... It essentially entails being me for a year while I'm on a Leverhulme Fellowship, and teaching & doing research in history of science and/or environmental history
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Lecturer in the History of Science and the Environment, 1800 - 2000
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures
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