Great to see David Herzberg and Joseph M. Gabriel, 2 of the 3 editors of the new book, Dealing with Drugs at the AAHM conference! Learn more about the book in the latest episode of the Humanities in the World podcast 👉 buff.ly/XLYAyAm #HistMed @dhbuffalo.bsky.social @jmgabriel.bsky.social

They also took out the Unitarians

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

Not sure I agree, but this is an important argument to think seriously about I don't have the skills to do what Caraballo describes doing in the thread. That's a problem. I think. I guess I'm not sure.

This was an exciting project to work on, and I am incredibly grateful to @nilskessel.bsky.social and @dhbuffalo.bsky.social for including me on the team. And, of course, to all our amazing authors for their fascinating chapters. I'm really proud of the result. #histmed #histsci #drugs #pharma

This thread, and the many thoughtful comments in it, are really worth reading through My basic takeaway? Please build and maintain infrastructure, and support those who do

some day I will successfully post without making a single typo. But today is not that day

#histmed friends - Nate Holdren's work is great and you should be familiar with it if you are not already

the richest man in the world gets a property tax exemption

Bought a used kayak for my birthday and went out on the Wascissa River. It was really beautiful. Lots of birds, alligators, jumping fish. We even saw some otters

I did a podcast #histmed #histsci #drugs #pharma #publichealth

Florida finally did something good

This part, right here.

PSA: If you are involved in litigating this issue please consider asking a historian of medicine to write an amicus brief. We know a lot and would be happy to do so! The same goes for a lot of other issues. We can help! And we want to!

Apparently QAnon can be defeated with, like, Scrabble? I always forget the power of hobbies.

Sex is great, but have you tried mowing the lawn in the summer in North Florida? The gnats flying up your nose feel *amazing*

Here in North Florida we are in the middle of tomato season. Here's my most recent harvest. Time for some ratatouille! 🌱

Statement from Historians for Peace and Democracy about actions by the AHA Council's Executive Committee www.historiansforpeace.org/2026/05/29/h...

It's not copyright. But this would almost certainly violate the right of publicity laws of all 50 states(which provide commercial rights to name, image, and likeness).

We need legislation to make this shit illegal

I’d never really experienced it much before but holy shit now I know what people mean when they say Wizards of the Coast has a capitalism problem

At this point I don't see how I could in good conscience advise any graduate student or academic researcher with other options to take up a position in the United States.

‘Faith in AI pairs with a business incentive. Without inspiring awe, a lack of control over a technology makes it a shoddy system. That creates an uneasy distance between industry players and the products they sell.‘ By @eryk.bsky.social

website that picks the Rothko closest to how the weather feels in your location (by Joonas Virtanen) rothko.joonas.wtf

This is North Korea level bullshit, and a total fucking disaster for science and for the United States alike. It doesn't matter whether it fails to pass; this kind of thinking is already penetrating NIH, NSF, NASA, etc and causing severe harm. NASEM, AAAS, AAUP, etc must condemn unequivocally.

Spent most of the afternoon on my super secret "destroy my enemies" project

this is incredible

well, they escalated by CC'ing The Person In Charge so I guess I'll fill out that form after all

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

The Pope has weighed in: AI isn't magic. It's currently produced by a deeply exploitative, extractive supply chain. It challenges human dignity; could fuel a new colonialism. And among the greatest challenges of our time will be to redirect its path of development. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Underrated advice plus, read them adult books

As a reminder Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric COVID vaccine months before there was a pediatric COVID vaccine. Fitting that his ending would be to copy Wakefield.

I worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor for three years in my teens. This is spot on. Non-paywalled version gcaptain.com/drowning/

My son Jacob is interning with the Jeremy Matlow campaign for Mayor of Tallahassee. Here's a picture of him with Jeremy and a group of volunteers (he's the tall one in the back directly left of Matlow). He spent all day canvassing. I'm very proud of him!

Elon Musk is a mass murderer

“This is today’s distraction,” Newsom said. “This is the debate the White House wants—to talk about violent immigrants and attack judges, rather than face a real discussion about tariffs and their economic consequences.” lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2025...

Gardening is good for your mind and body even though it won't make you self sufficient. even better is learning how to safely store food, pressure canning being my favorite method. buying in bulk and storing when food is in season and cheap

#histmed #histsci

We need a second, separate internet.

If the Pope tells me that Claude has a soul I am going to lose my shit

That moment when you realize a very influential argument made by your mentor is wrong

What? I'm going to have to pay $35 per year to own my used plugin?

I’m the managing editor of a scientific journal. Feeding a manuscript into a generative AI is breaking the confidentiality of peer review.

it's actually true that you cannot fund good government entirely by taxing the rich, which is why slopulist proposals to gut the tax base are a bad idea but taxing the rich at punitive levels is a goal in and of itself, billionaires are simply too dangerous to public policy to exist

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

These fucking losers think that if they keep telling everyone that its inevitable they will make it true

Anyways instead of paying attention to what Trump says about America 250 we should really pay attention to what Fredrick Douglass said about America 75, and what Anna Julia Cooper said about America 100, and what Ida B Wells said about America 125 and what Du Bois said about America 150 and…