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Hist Sci/Med/Tech at George Washington University #histsci
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A fluff piece for Mechanical Turk “robots” “the technician spoke for Neo and remotely guided its hands via a virtual reality headset and two wireless joysticks. Robots are still learning to navigate the world on their own. And they need a lot of help doing it” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/t...

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newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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Office of @raskin.house.gov provided a letter template to officially request your federal personal data from DOGE in accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d)(1) and this could be interesting jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

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New from me: radleybalko.substack.com/p/three-thin...

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Out a bit late for the 50th Anniversary of #Asilomar-- my #openaccess article on its local resonances in the Greater Boston Area and its impact on the development of #biotechnology. Come for the orange eyed monsters, stay for the financial engineering. #histSTM #STS link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The first issue of History of Social Science (brand new journal with @pennpress.bsky.social) is published in free access. Please share widely! muse.jhu.edu/issue/54109

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First issue of the brand-new journal History of Social Science. Decompartmentalising the history of social science is a really good thing. Lots of great-looking articles! Long live this new journal : muse.jhu.edu/issue/54109

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For some reason the Chicago author of this “heterodox” doesn’t mention economics in the list of fields that used their specialized knowledge and overreach inquisitivemag.org/articles/the...

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McKnight Foundation stands up for core values - this is how its done! mailchi.mp/mcknight/com...

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Don't forget to register for the Yale Gilder Lehman Center's conference next week on Universities + the Histories of Race, Science + Medicine. I'm speaking, along with @ayahnerd.bsky.social, @jowiph.bsky.social, Carolyn Roberts, David Blight + more! macmillan.yale.edu/glc/2025-ann...

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The National Academies have scrubbed their action plan for diversity equity and inclusion. For archival purposes, does anyone have a pdf?, nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2691...

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Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

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From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

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Look, I'm hardly one to defend DEI, but this is an incredibly poorly-reasoned article that bases its prescriptive argument on *incredibly* flimsy grounds. www.vox.com/politics/399...

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BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH indirect costs rate cap issued Friday as applied to states that sued over the act this morning. Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I am beyond excited to announce the imminent arrival of my book. Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Brief chapter summaries below (1/10)

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