> Anthropic does not produce science. They produce propaganda that's CSS formatted to look science-y. You can go to their website and load things that look like papers, but they have not been submitted anywhere, will not be submitted anywhere, because Anthropic think they are above all that.
Informative and infuriating.
tbh, i haven't seen fist fights over toilet roll in my local morrisons for a while, probably about time
The BSLS
Want to help keep the BSLS running smoothly? Ahead of the 2026 annual conference, we are seeking expressions of interest and nominations for two positions on the executive committee: Treasurer and Book Reviews Editor.
Interested? More info here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/bsls...
Researchers in Museums: Collections and Archives Workshop Series. Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds. 13 May; 18 June; 9 July; 1-4pm. I am delighted to be working with Thackray Museum of Medicine to host three workshops for ‘Researchers in Museums’. These interactive workshops offer early career researchers an opportunity to learn about the potential of museum collections to enrich their research. Each workshop will include: ‘Cancer in the Collections’: a unique insight into how one researcher, Dr Claire Turner (Durham University) uses Thackray’s extensive collections and archives to support her own research. Stores Tour: an exclusive guided tour of Thackray’s stores by its Collections Team, with the opportunity to learn more about the history of the museum and the objects, books, and archival materials it holds. Research Room Time: a chance to look in greater depth at books, objects and archival materials drawn from the museum’s collections. Personal Research: option to request and view an object related to your own research. Each session can accommodate up to 8 attendees, each of whom will receive a £20 bursary towards travel to the workshop. To be eligible to attend, you must be: An early career researcher (MA, PhD, or within two years of finishing the PhD) Working broadly within the field of medical humanities Expressions of interest should include a short summary of your research, how you meet the workshop criteria, and your preferred workshop date (max 250 words). All EOIs should be submitted to claire.o.turner@durham.ac.uk by 5pm on Friday 17 April.
I'm delighted to finally share details of a workshop series I'm hosting with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social! 'Researchers in Museums' is open to a wide range of early career researchers and offers the opportunity to go 'behind the scenes' in a fantastic medical museum. Please share widely!
The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.
Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.
Uranium glass no less!
Make this two journal articles and a book contract!
Things have been a little stressful recently, and yet I have somehow managed to pull together 2 forthcoming journal articles! Both deal with the politics of knowledge literature for popular audiences, amid 19c tensions about who gets to participate in the making of scientific knowledge-and why 📚 🔭 🐛
Well now we know what they did with all that work of ours our publishers/ academia dot edu sold to Big AI without our consent...
Watch this space for more soon!
Things have been a little stressful recently, and yet I have somehow managed to pull together 2 forthcoming journal articles! Both deal with the politics of knowledge literature for popular audiences, amid 19c tensions about who gets to participate in the making of scientific knowledge-and why 📚 🔭 🐛
I use Il Makilage Foundation/ concealer - it lives up to the hype completely and they have primer and eyeshaow ranges too
Council of Nicaea v Council of Bayarea
(I'll show myself out)
Also 👂🎧👂 when you have a few mins! Oral history is a powerful means for learning from emotions & experiences, critical for building bridges and collaborating beyond disciplines. Drawing on lived memories of RELU, Valuing Nature, STEPS research & beyond #HistSTM #envhums #STS #sustainability #scipol
Welp. What was wrong with Latin?
Do you want to get another schism? Because this is how you get another schism
To celebrate the publication of 'Science, Religion and the Human Future' you can grab a limited time 30% discount - so get our new book for £13.99 ($17.50) here:
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My lightbulb moment with Long Covid "brainfog" was when they noticed it was substantially similar to "chemo brain"& I wish there were more research into it. I've experienced both, and while I've experienced the long-term effects shapeshift they are so little taken account of, I feel, in both cases.
📚 No bruises, just brains—dive into the medieval art of fencing with this online course. medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/fenc... #HEMA
And more from @theconversation.com - dismantled federal programs that combat such hostile campaigns&defunded research efforts to study them; X has cut off researchers’ easy access to the data that'd make it possible to detect&monitor these kinds of manipulation." theconversation.com/swarms-of-ai...
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
Deal!
the book or the paper? 😁
You can get a preview of some of the issues we'll touch on in this - there is conveniently even a discount code ;) bsky.app/profile/fran...
Thrilled HSS/ESHS have accepted my paper "In science we trust?: Hagiography, and the ethics of trust in constructing the public scientist" on our proposed session "Trust, Distrust, Faith and Disbelief" - who else is going to Edinburgh? #histsci #scicomm
I was once told that the Book of Revelation (shortened to "Revelation" in footnotes) was actually "RevelationS" & a work called the "Principles of Psychology" ought to be spelled "Principals" (this person was a native speaker, and they were adamant). I imagine your person's reviews are like that...
This is why humanities students *read* conference papers& write essays with ChatGPT: b/c they're anxious about being judged for something dumb like that that's absolutely no reflection on their intellectual capabilities, and actually an insult to them.
Feedback like that serves absolutely no one.
