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Richard C. Keller, PhD

@richardckeller.bsky.social
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Chair of MedHist/Bioethics at UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Author of Fatal Isolation from the University of Chicago Press (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/c…). Bicycles/dogs. Views mine. He, him, his.

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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 11h
I would argue that higher ed is failing students when named professors close ranks around an abusive colleague instead of supporting students, and when someone describes a tenure-track position at Boston University as a "starter job."
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Big advocate for Equipoise™
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI generated obit or eulogy
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tumbling Dice is right up there. Also Home at Last, and honorable mention for Jesus, etc.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Legend
Judy Leavitt's office door at UW-Madison. There is a poster for World Health Day-Safe Motherhood from 7 April 1998 on the door.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Theo looks so much like our long lost cat from 20 years ago
A cat sits on a bed
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And that’s *French* butter
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I only have so much time
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You should come! We're having @richardivanjobs.bsky.social and some graduate students
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I will gladly be a heretic
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry you can't make it! Une autre fois, évidemment !
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I had guessed you might suggest that. Rosie approves
A beagle mix pup showing solid mlem game
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I will take that as a yes!
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the gratin in question in case that helps. moule-a-patisserie.fr/voici-le-gra...
moule-a-patisserie.fr
Voici le gratin dauphinois de Joël Robuchon qui divise les chefs
Découvrez la recette polémique du gratin dauphinois selon Joël Robuchon qui intrigue les chefs étoilés et passionne les amateurs de cuisine
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Darth we are having some people for dinner on Saturday and are trying to decide whether to do a potato gratin or just to roast some potatoes under the chicken. Any thoughts?
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I lived in the rue Saint-Antoine, which turns into the rue de Rivoli a few blocks past my apartment, in 1998-1999, and we couldn't open the window because of the diesel fumes and traffic noise. A world of difference today.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Considering it's just a short distance from Ithaka, I'm guessing Circe is involved in this somehow.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Also: one of my colleagues in Engineering hires TAs from the English department every year to help his students learn how to write.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I teach the history of science and medicine. MOST of my students come from the sciences.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey! We have to take what we can get man!
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh, we’ll never forget her, that’s for sure.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No, she didn't make the shortlist
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Darth we zoom interviewed a French woman for an assistant professor position a few years ago and she actually got up and left to go make tea and then came back to tell us she had no questions for us. Legend behavior.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fantastic, thank you!
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Heading to FL in a few days and eager to get in on this--what are the critical toppings? Like how do I order this to maximize the experience?
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At my son's school the co-ed bathrooms in the dorms have adjacent showers with a partition that *share a drain*. And it's no big deal.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
😂
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APHA @apha.org · 23/09/2026
The U.S. just experienced its hottest summer on record. Plan for the next extreme heat event with this virtual training by APHA and Climate for Health (@ecoamerica.bsky.social): vist.ly/5jm3w
A graphic has a photo of diverse young people gathered in a classroom and talking over books. Below the photo is text that says, "Work Together to Protect Your Community from Extreme Heat. Extreme Heat: Strategies for Prevention and Action. Host a free group training for your team to prevent and respond to the health impacts of extreme heat."  A yellow box  has text that says, "3 free continuing education credits." In the bottom right corner are logos for APHA and Climate for Health.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks, you have no idea how old this makes me feel @rpanchasi.bsky.social @richardivanjobs.bsky.social @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just another morning commute in Montreal
Members of the German national cycling team in a bike lane stopped at a light in Montreal
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
L'affaire est ketchup
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Undefeated, never lost
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Arguably even more: it's far hotter for far longer, and they can't leave confinement for cooler environments. Just a gross take overall.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You are me, trying to figure out how to generate an aesthetically pleasing timeline in Keynote.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My mother's 2003 champagne Corolla is still crushing it.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Badger games have valet bike parking at Camp Randall Stadium. We have a 1964 Schwinn Twinn tandem in red and white that we ride to at least one game a year--the valets love it because it's in Badger colors. They also hate it because it weighs about a hundred pounds.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Madison West. Go regents!
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same for people who "write" letters for promotion this way.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I literally expected to see him tied to the chair based on this language.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Important update: Rosie likes the new storm door.
A beagle mix is lying in a vestibule looking out a new storm door, checking out the world outside.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
😢
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rosie is pulling for both of you
A beagle mix sitting on the grass in front of a man’s legs in cutoffs and flip flops by a park bench
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm with you here
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What blows me away is how Parisians do this as well. Like on a late August morning the scarves and mittens come out.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Gary Oldman: We're Not So Different
Alt: Gary Oldman: We're Not So Different
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oof. I did my brother's (insolvent) estate two years ago and it was a complete mess. I'm executor for my mother and I've spent that time tying up as many loose ends as possible in advance.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
no, but I did just see the Scarlet Knights absolutely blow a 4th and 1 that would have put them in place to take the lead over BC about three minutes ago.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Agreed!
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Extreme heat researcher here. This is exactly right, especially as Iowa rescheduled a number of other (untelevised) competitions due to safety concerns.
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Richard C. Keller, PhD @richardckeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Darth I hope you're locking it up securely--having your bike stolen is the worst!
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