New mini-view on the newsletter: 5 Questions with Author Rachel Kolb on her forthcoming debut! buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

Just out! Article with Elsher Lawson-Boyd on safe care and holding space with people who live with suicidality, and especially chronic suicidality. Message me if you don't have access. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Quebec City 2029! In July, ISHPSSB's general assembly voted in favour of Université Laval hosting the 2029 ISHPSSB conference. The co-organizers will be Pierre-Olivier Méthot, Fac. Philosophy, and me, Dept. of Anthropology in the Fac. of Social Sciences. Looking forward to seeing you here! #ISHPSSB

Reading @rachelrkolb.bsky.social's Articulate (www.harpercollins.ca/978006337518...). How deafness manifests differently in different sites: "The ways we seek voice can lead us into dead ends— or vaster possibilities for articulating ourselves." It's hard to put down once you pick it up.

"En France, un chercheur d’environ 35 ans touche autour de 3 600 euros brut par mois (primes et heures supplémentaires incluses). En comparaison, un postdoctorant (un chercheur en tout début de carrière) à l’université Stanford perçoit environ 6 000 euros par mois." www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Oh you mean “reality.”

New TT position in Indigenous Studies in my department, Anthropology, Université Laval! We've had lots of new hires in the past 5 years, the department is dynamic and a great place to work. Deadline 14 February. Please contact me for any questions! www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/9...

"“Cars are not welcome here” - oh cool, so no disabled people then. That's certainly a Nordic tradition, I guess, though maybe a more awkward one than the hygge and the communal eating.

Hostile reminder that Chat GPT (and others) is still completely fabricating source citations. Tech bros keep saying this is fixed, but friend of mine just had a book made up and attributed to her yesterday.

Mate if you're worried about picking up a respiratory virus what with holiday travel, I have an UNBELIEVABLE hack for you

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Turns out that not vaccinating your kids has consequences, and not just for your kids either. “The outbreak is the largest the province has seen in more than 30 years, with more than 80 per cent of the cases diagnosed in people under the age of 19”

Reference copies of the latest volume in our book series have arrived, David Redvaldsen’s A History of British Eugenics since 1865. Looks good! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I just posted a column deploring Scientific American's loss of its courageous, progressive editor, Laura Helmuth. This is a sad day for science journalism. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...

New Job! Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance at #YorkU (Canada). Deadline 20 December 2024. #STS #law #AIgovernance More details about the role are contained in the job ad: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... Working with myself, @tdagne.bsky.social & Rob Gehl

#Vient_de_sortir Heureux de contribuer au volume collectif "Epigénétique en écologie et évolution" dirigé par Christoph Grunau et Stéphane Maury avec un chapitre consacré à l'épigénétique dans la presse francophone, cosigné avec mes collègues C.Guaspare et S.Louvel.

Most recent co-authored manuscript focuses on issues related to comparison groups by hearing status in deaf-focused research. Written with @lealaholcomb.bsky.social @jascott.bsky.social and Wyatte Hall. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

Ooooh my second book, ECHOES OF CARE (MQUP) is now available for pre-order! This book explores the complex legacy of medicalization of deafness and its profound implications for deaf history, culture, and lived experience. #histSTM #DisabilityHistory #DeafHistory www.amazon.com/Echoes-Care-...

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Roundtable on interdisciplinary research in DOHaD: past, present & future directions of biosocial collaboration w Elizabeth Roberts, Ruth Müller, Georgia Samara, @profrichardson.bsky.social, Emily Emmott, Taylor Riley & Evangeline Tabor. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interdisci...

Print copies out now of The Promise of Reversibility in Neuroepigenetics Research on Traumatic Memories with @handle.invalid & Chani Bonventre in The Handbook of DOHaD and Society: Past, Present, and Future Directions of Biosocial Collaboration (eds M Pentecost, J Keaney, @handle.invalid, M Penkler)

ICYMI: I wrote an essay for @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s Disability Visibility Project on chronic pain, hustle culture and the idea that we “all have the same 24 hours in a day” disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/11/03/n...

This beautiful boy will be available in paperback, February 2025. Available in all the usual places.