Thank you for the reminder to call my pediatrician!

This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

As paper titles involving TB go, this one using the rhyming Fc is not bad... (also a good synopsis of an important paper) #IDSky #TBSky #immunosky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

That’s why #Andor was so good; no one at Disney watched it.

My first academic article was on the dictatorship of Uzbekistan inventing a group called "Akromiya" that did not really exist but which they used to arrest anyone with whom they disagreed under the pretext of "terrorism". Just bringing this up for no reason whatsoever!

If you're on LinkedIn, you'll probably want to switch this toggle to 'off'.

For the second year in a row our #Delta companion ticket will go to waste because of their massive restrictions on how you can use it. I pay a fee to #Amex for this "perk."

I'm getting my updated vaccine next week. There is so much denial in the US about this situation! Thanks to Mike Hoerger PhD. #COVID #publichealth #vaccine

Today is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), here surrounded by plants & a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet & model of the universe. One of my most popular prints this year! 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci #histmed Her writings preserve not only her own knowledge & 🧵

Robert Redford (RIP) survived a childhood bout of polio though bedridden for 2 weeks In 2014, he directed a short film on the architecture and mission of La Jolla's Salk Institute—honoring founder Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine that has saved countless lives, and architect Louis Kahn

In 2018, Robert Redford recalled contracting polio as a child: “it was severe enough to put me in bed for two weeks. And because in those days, polio, before the Salk vaccine was discovered, what hung over your childhood was always the fear of polio because all you saw were people in iron lungs.”

My new blog post is about great books on TB! A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books communities.springernature.com/posts/a-plag...

the worst soda is a surprise pepsi when you think it’s coke and it’s not close

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

"The media will continue to “both sides” the issue. Democrats absolutely should not." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

There are very, VERY few people who are equipped to talk about this shooter correctly given the brainrot written on the shell casing. You have to understand so much of online culture to get it and also understand how that culture is both connected to and separate from real world ideological spaces

In case my academic friends are looking for another example to show their students of generative AI being bad...

I live in New York State and was able to get my COVID vaccine at CVS today. I booked the appointment online and had to self attest to a long list of pre-existing conditions, but otherwise no problems! 💉

The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo! histmed.org/buffalo-2026/

This came up in my department and when I inquired with the University they said that since NY is a “one party consent” state, there is no policy on students recording lectures.

As the admin of a department of 16 research active faculty at an R1, who also teaches herself, it is definitely not easy. It's not as isolating but you also have a lot less autonomy.

Nursing Clio is seeking three new staff members: one Book Reviews Editor and two new Editors! We are a volunteer-run, open access, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to current political, social, and cultural issues related to gender and medicine. Please share widely!

“The study authors asked GPT 4o-mini to evaluate the quality of 217 papers. The tool didn’t mention in any of the reports that the papers being analyzed had been retracted or had validity issues. In 190 cases, GPT described the papers as world leading, internationally excellent, or close to that”

I read somewhere, if marriage benefited women, it would have been taken away from us by now.

Listen here my good bitch.

This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.

Daughter: Mom, when is it going to get cooler? Me: Oh, maybe a month or so, why? Daughter: I want to wear long sleeves again. Me: Oh, you and me both girlie.

🚨🚨SERIES PITCH CALL: Maintaining CertAInty. We are looking for articles that address: How AI is affecting the practices of history, health and/or medicine Challenges you’re facing in the classroom or in public conversations thanks to ambiguous data Alternative views provided by AI And more!

What happens to service dogs when disability itself is under attack? In the era of “MAHA,” eugenics-driven polivies threaten the visibility and support or disabled people—including acdess to service dogs. #disabilityrights #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/08/06/s...

I just had my first experience with an AI chatbot and it went about how you would think: me: i need to cancel an order bot: you need to contact customer support me: how do I contact customer support bot: I'm sorry, I don't know how to answer that question

Hear me out parents: "Golden" makes a great teeth brushing song for 5 (and 49) year olds. #kpopdemonhunters

Scary to think that a polio outbreak might be what gets people’s attention.

I mean, c'mon!

The good news: our enrollments are up! The bad news: I hear that's a leading indicator of recessions...

And here I am just feeding my sourdough by vibe: 1st Workshop on Computational Gastronomy (CoGamy): Data Science for Food and Cooking 12th November 2025 Half-day In-person Workshop at ICDM 2025.

Did I mention.... Say No to Substack. That means writers AND readers. Even if you are not a paid subscriber.

When you money off Substack, they take a % of your take, and they use that % to profit transphobes, nazis, and their investors, who then use that profit to further their own interests. But for once, you ACTUALLY have the power to opt out of a portion of the ecosystem that is destroying us.

Our book comes out September 9!! You can pre order your copy using the link shared ⬇️

syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.

👑 A crown is waiting for its Queen on the #TDFF2025! #WatchTheFemmes 🎨 monacostudio.de

I'm having A Week™ and the Tour is the only thing keeping me sane.

The NWS is doing a test run of using Bluesky. www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

As you work on those fall syllabi... The AHA has released this cheat sheet for the history of deportation.

RFK Jr. is going to end the vaccine program in the United States in order to make money for himself by suing companies that make them. He wants to end the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which means that vaccine manufacturers will stop making vaccines in the U.S. 1/5

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K. thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

Drumroll please🥁🥁 For announcement of the SSHM Roy Porter Essay Prize 2024/5 winning essay! Congratulations to Charlotte Stobart, studying at University of Manchester @manchstm.bsky.social (1/2) #histmed #histSTM @rebeccawynter.bsky.social

Streaming the Tour de France on Peacock and AirBnB has an ad about "authentic experiences" while traveling but are using AI generated images of these encounters. Really instills confidence.