Preprint: specific subtypes of epistemic injustice where academic science interfaces with Indigenous knowledge in the BC area, targeted by epistemic transformative justice in 3 "the future looks better than the past" case studies. Great coauthors here #philsci #philsky #sfu philpapers.org/rec/ANDIEI

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

Call for Abstracts #HPS of Biodiversity April 30 — May 2, 2026 Copenhagen, Denmark Abstracts of 200-500 words should be submitted through: tinyurl.com/hpsbio. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 7, 2025. Co-organized by @federicabocchi.bsky.social

I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.

CFP on Recent Work in Philosophy of the Historical Sciences special issue Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Abstract 500 words to [email protected] & [email protected], by October 1, 2025. Accepted abstracts full papers due July 1, 2026 pencelab.be/en/events/rp... #HPS #paleosky

Are you at the beginning of your career and interested in environmental history? This is the best way to get involved 👇

@aaup.org has prepared materials for faculty who face these threats and harassment. 6/ www.aaup.org/issues-highe...

"Strong belief that AI is a powerful force for good which will also destroy humanity" 😂

Q. Who aligns the aligners? A. alignmentalignment.ai Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Adrian Research Fellowship, a 3-4 year paid Postdoc in any area of philosophy at Darwin College, Cambridge U, invites applications if w/in 3 yrs PhD. Submit app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/dar... by 3 October 2025. www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/ www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #PhilSci #PhilJobs

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt

Here’s a 🧵 on key points in Judge Burroughs’ order in the AAUP/Harvard AAUP’s lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for ideological funding cuts at Harvard: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is a wiiiiiiild system! Iberian harvester ant queens clone ants **of a different species** to maintain a supply of their sperm. “They then mate with those ants to produce hybrid workers that take care of the colony... In effect, M. ibericus has domesticated M. structor and its genome”

My paper "Models and Analogies in the Reconstruction of Extinct Life" is also out now in this volume dedicated to Hesse ⬇️ #HPS #PaleoSky #Philsky ⚒️ link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

What was antibiotic resistance like before we ever used antibiotics? How did we change what antibiotic resistance genes looked like over 100 years? Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

A couple of #histSTM #histsci #philsci positions opening up: Asst Prof in Philosophy of Science & Technology (TT) at University of Toronto, apps due Oct 15 (including letters of rec). jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is looking for its next President/Executive Director. www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0...

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

New paper with Steve Elliott! "How Open Science organizations generate epistemic oppression" in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science. We focus on the importance of organizational policies in driving cumulative (dis)advantages among groups #philsci link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Authors: If you think your books have been scraped to train AI models, you might want to join this class action suit! (This is just an intake, if they determine you're a member of the class you'll get more info later.) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

US colleagues in #philsci #sts #histsci #histmed, please encourage your students to consider the Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Deadline for US residents is October 15th. They need to first apply for admission to the Department of HPS for MPhil or PhD (2026 entry) www.hps.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Call for Papers! 🧵 The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy a Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Editors: Alondra Nelson (IAS) and Jenny Reardon (UC, Santa Cruz) Abstract Deadline: Sept 19 www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pub...

New from 404 Media: Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia could use AI. Wikipedia's editors aren't exactly thrilled about that, showed Wales that a ChatGPT-reviewed article was full of mistakes www.404media.co/jimmy-wales-...

#philsci 👀

So... I have a new paper on the problem of classifying the Ediacaran biota, which includes a (very selective) historical narrative and some philosophical reflections, as well as a comparison with the problem of Burgess problematica www.extinctblog.org/palaeonews/2...

Did you know that chemosensitive motile E. coli can efficiently explore nontrivial mazes in times much shorter than a no-memory (Markovian) walk would predict, and can collectively escape from a fractal topology? Now you do. Amazing! #ComplexSystems 🦠🧪🌐💡 journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

Excited to read this new book #philsky #philsci www.google.com/books/editio...

In the spirit of syllabus season, here’s a link to an extinction studies course of the #envhist #envhum variety. From the dodo to dire wolves...Please borrow, adapt, share! drive.google.com/file/d/1SzKp... cc: @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!

@amandahoover.bsky.social nails "Brain rot summer" www.businessinsider.com/brain-rot-su...

2. It's this: "The Director shall revise the Uniform Guidance and other relevant guidance to streamline application requirements and to further clarify and require all discretionary grants to permit termination for convenience"

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Wild case of ChatGPT almost killing a guy by telling him to substitute sodium bromine for table salt (sodium chloride) #medsky www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025. More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1... Please share with others who might be interested :)

Greg Radick takes over as the new editor-in-chief of journal Metascience (thanks to Greg for this service)! And ICYMI, Metascience now has a Bluesky account ⬇️ @metasciencejournal.bsky.social Welcome to Bsky Metascience & congrats on the great new editor! #HPS link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A new #OpenAccess resource for teaching world/global history is almost ready. The module "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta," is in final editing & should be "live" by the beginning of September. A preview here: www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2025/07...

“While larger and reasoning-enabled models achieve higher accuracy, up to 84.9%, they also incur substantially higher emissions… abstract domains such as Abstract Algebra consistently demand more computation and yield lower accuracy” www.frontiersin.org/journals/com... 🧪

American science and innovation should not be subject to the political winds of the day. Find out how the Trump administration’s grant terminations are affecting your school, your community, and your future. www.americanprogress.org/article/mapp...

Remember when Google's CEO argued last year that people would actually click through AI links more, despite that not making any sense or being supported by any data? Turns out he was wrong 2024: www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ceo-a.... Today: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

#philbio cool new paper on how to generalize Price's equation! elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

2 tenure-track Asst or Assoc professor jobs in History/Anthropology of Science, Technology & Medicine at Carnegie Mellon U to begin in August 2026. Tech & social change or environmental & social impacts of STM; time period & geographic specialization open. #HPS #HistSTM #STS Deadline: Sep 15, 2025

Cool preprint on #OpenScience in #ecoevo led by @GaltierNicolas https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9659/ Thread on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nicolasgaltier.bsky.social/post/3lu5f3rvaec24

Priceless! 😆 For all you #paleobiology parents.

Hey #DataRescuers and #NationalParks fans, anyone visiting these locations and able to #SaveOurSigns? - www.nps.gov/subjects/jap... - www.nps.gov/subjects/civ... Thanks to a community member for highlighting these spots!

🚨 Very, very big news. Today, a global coalition - including members of the IPCC, IPBES, and WHO expert advisors, as well as independent virologists, epidemiologists, and lawyers - started the process of creating an "IPCC for Pandemics." 🔓 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵 Five things to know 👉

3-year Postdoc in philosophy of biology w/ @lucielaplane.bsky.social in Paris on cell lineages; interdisciplinary project w/ mathematicians & biologists. Conceptually-minded historians & social scientists also welcome to apply. Project start in early 2026. Application opens soon #HPS #hpbio #STS