Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place. Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.

Only 4 days left to go in this year’s Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar — reflections on a different coastal word each day, gradually building up a ‘coastal lexicon’ as we get nearer to Christmas🎄 🌊You can catch up on Days 1-20 in the post below — many thanks to everyone who has got involved so far!

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Wishing you all a very Happy Solstice! 🎉

And now, the #Pope, in an apostolic letter on … the importance of #archaeology: "It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

ISHPSSB 2027 will be in Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd week July. #HPS ishpssb.org/meetings

#PhilJobs 2x 3-year #Postdoc Fellowships in Geneva Symmetry Group (part of Philosophy Dept) @ University of Geneva. Candidates must have a track record in independent research in philosophy of physics #philsci Dossier sent to Prof. Christian Wüthrich @ [email protected] by 20 January 2026

Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That: tinyurl.com/bdh393s4

Excellent opportunity at @rotmanphilosophy.bsky.social #philsci #sts

#PhilJobs #HPS TT Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin AOS: History, Philosophy & Ethics of Science philjobs.org/job/show/30601 Great this job ad explicitly mentions *geosciences* as one of areas of sciences of interest. (I have asked PhilJobs to include a box in this area)

Call for Papers for “The Epistemology of Medicine Conference” hosted by LMU Munich June 25-26 2026. @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social Talk/paper submission deadline is January 31, 2026! Speakers: Enno Fischer, Ina Jäntgen, Ulrich Mansmann, Lauren Ross Jacob Stegenga & Jon Williamson #philsci #philsky #hps

Tonight's sunset walk down to the sandbar

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Looking for some last minute gift ideas? Add these Native-run stores to your holiday shopping list and buy Native this holiday season! Eighth Generation eighthgeneration.com Cherokee Copper cherokeecopper.com Copper Canoe Woman www.coppercanoewoman.com

History and Philosophy of Science conference in Hong Kong (June 2026), at which I will be one of the keynotes www.shanyafeng.com/hps26 #HPS, #&HPS

Welcome to Bsky T.J. and congrats in new paper! You can follow the Philosophy of Science Feed, which picks up posts with #philsci tag bsky.app/profile/did:... & Anthropology/Archaeology feed picks up vase emoji 🏺 bsky.app/profile/did:... Using feeds & their tags helps not missing posts here 😊

This morning's sunrise

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We got the PhilPapers feminist philosophy of science category philpapers.org/browse/femin... moved up from "miscellaneous" to "general philosophy of science" proper 🎉 Combatting disciplinary marginalisation and recognising the strength of feminist work on sciences! #philsky

Paper on pragmatic understanding and Ian Hacking, with @henkderegt.bsky.social, now out! We develop new views on pragmatic understanding in science, arguing that pragmatic understanding develops through methods in styles of reasoning and skill in experimentation. academic.oup.com/monist/artic...

Now on Bluesky: @darwin-online.bsky.social. Give 'em a follow! #HPS #histsci

Bonus #artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), who published the first computer program. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🧮 #histsci She worked together with Charles Babbage, the inventor of the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine (the first computers), correcting his notes on how to 🧵

Postdoc: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) is offering 3-year postdoc for a Historian of Life Sciences at its Center for Humanities & the History of Modern Biology. #HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ www.schooljobs.com/careers/cshl...

Philosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Position is in the Philosophy (PHI) group led by @rachelankeny.bsky.social Deadline is 12 January 2026 www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a... #philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio

Come work with us! We are looking for a postdoc in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living & nonliving systems www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #academicsky #philjobs #HPS #evosky

“If you encounter ICE, these are the things every New Yorker should know” This man and his team are, in addition to their manifold other talents, such good *educators*

Hello- I am looking for friends with non-profit experience in the UK who might be willing to have a chat about cic v cio v cooperative org structures. Please DM if you are that person. Thanks!

Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecords essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM

Pleased to endorse the AI Civil Rights Act, comprehensive legislation to prevent companies from using AI for biased and discriminatory life outcomes, ensure algos are tested before and after deployment and increase transparency of algorithms used for critical decisions. #AIBillofRights

Bumped into our neighborhood juvenile red tailed hawk today 🪶🦅

Do I know anyone on here who might be able to get me a digital image of a page (or a few) of a manuscript in the Library of Ahmed III (in Istanbul)? The library doesn’t appear to have digitized much (or any) of the collection? 🗃️

Postmodernist was hailed for designs of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. on.wsj.com/3Mhb9NT

A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace!

Some good news on a very chilly day...this weekend brings our earliest sunsets Slowly they start moving later again next week Latest sunrises don't occur until early January. #wbz

My friend and mentor, the wonderful philosopher Jim Bogen, has died. #HPS #Philsci dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...

Nice write-up on the new article on a volcanic eruption in 1345 and Black Death. But as @monicamedhist.bsky.social states in this piece: the study helps explain why the BD happened when it did, but that it could happen is because of an existing "plague infrastructure" ... 1/2 #histmed

Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago. You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/

Xmas tree up!

For those applying to the visiting fellow or postdoctoral positions and unable to access our site, the direct links to apply can be found below. Visiting Fellow - https://ow.ly/uIna50XBrjT Postdoctoral Fellow - https://ow.ly/uc9T50XBrjU Please email us at [email protected] with any questions.

TT #PhilJobs in Philosophy Dept joint w/ Bouvé College of Health in Ethics & Health @ Northeastern University, Boston. Ph.D. in #Philosophy, #HPS #STS, #Bioethics To apply northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... Review of applications begins December 15 til position is filled.

Reminder that the CSU system is spending $17 million on ChatGPT.

Could be a solid step toward getting people pissed off enough to demand that surveillance pricing and surge pricing stop for good.

Next in our Institute's Colloquium series 2025/26 "Rethinking #Time in the History of Science": @profemmakowal.bsky.social on "Freezing Time: A Decade of #Cryopolitics" ❄️🕰️ 🗓️ Jan 27, 2025 (14:00 CET) 📍 Harnack Haus, Berlin 🔗 bit.ly/48w3WAR #HistSci #Anthropology @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Shout out to Crash Course for doing Indigenous history with some incredible free episodes already (starring Lily Gladstone no less!) youtu.be/Dj8EjBQJD84?...

AI is automating injustice. From housing loans to job offers, critical decisions must be free from AI-powered discrimination. That’s why today I reintroduced the AI Civil Rights Act with @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social. No bias, no exceptions. youtube.com/shorts/eAfyP...

Tony Burnetti and I recorded this super fun podcast in which we rank evolution's craziest adaptations. I think it turned out great! I might make this an exercise for one of my final evolution lectures next time I teach (dynamically rank / debate in class!). www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSum...