Alisa Bokulich
@alisabokulich.bsky.social
Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone.
Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
An epic Pure Dead Brilliant fiddle concert last night with this brilliant performance by Scottish Fish & Mike Block on cello
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scottishfishband on Instagram: "so much fun. thank you @blockcello 🧞♂️ #folk #fiddle #band"
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February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
An epic Pure Dead Brilliant fiddle concert last night with this brilliant performance by Scottish Fish & Mike Block on cello
www.instagram.com/reel/DUtQ9lM...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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📣 CFP for a topical collection containing selected papers from the *EPSA25* conference:
philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci
philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
📣 CFP for a topical collection containing selected papers from the *EPSA25* conference:
philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci
philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci
"This is not only about "data privatization." It is a struggle over who gets to know, in detail, how climate risks are distributed and changing—and therefore who gets to prepare, to profit, and to decide" #philsci 🧪
Today's post:
reckoningscience.org/lineages-of-...
reckoningscience.org/lineages-of-...
Lineages of Science in a Warming World: Who Owns Climate Knowledge?
Science is often spoken of as if it were a single institution: what science says, what science has shown. In practice, it is a tangle of labs, companies, contracts, grants, and norms that fall, broadl...
reckoningscience.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"This is not only about "data privatization." It is a struggle over who gets to know, in detail, how climate risks are distributed and changing—and therefore who gets to prepare, to profit, and to decide" #philsci 🧪
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Of course, the politicians and pundits who push homeschooling as a path to security (or salvation) don't care about mixing up correlation and causation. They only care about dismantling public infrastructure and forcing women to be our safety net instead.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Of course, the politicians and pundits who push homeschooling as a path to security (or salvation) don't care about mixing up correlation and causation. They only care about dismantling public infrastructure and forcing women to be our safety net instead.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
The Science of Racial Slavery in the British Empire
An academic panel featuring Dr. Brittany Merritt Nash, Dr. Elise A. Mitchell, and Dr. Kyle Prochnow
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:30-6:30pm
The Bear’s Den
Ursinus College
An academic panel featuring Dr. Brittany Merritt Nash, Dr. Elise A. Mitchell, and Dr. Kyle Prochnow
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:30-6:30pm
The Bear’s Den
Ursinus College
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databas...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy birthday to Lydia Maria Child--a woman so fierce in her pursuit of racial justice, so progressive in her enlightened patriotism, and so inspiring in her activism that when I discovered her, I had to write a book about her. Happy birthday LMC! #19C #womenshistory #otd #womeninphilosophy
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Happy birthday to Lydia Maria Child--a woman so fierce in her pursuit of racial justice, so progressive in her enlightened patriotism, and so inspiring in her activism that when I discovered her, I had to write a book about her. Happy birthday LMC! #19C #womenshistory #otd #womeninphilosophy
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Had a blast speaking to curler and geologist Derek Leung about the geology of curling rocks. 🥌 🧪
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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I will give a public talk in the Smithsonian series Science in the City, co-sponsored by American Institute of Physics. Joining me will be Teasel Muir-Harmony and Sara Grossman, on DC and Science. Register below.
Feb 26, 6 p.m.
American Institute of Physics
555 12th Street NW, Suite 250
Feb 26, 6 p.m.
American Institute of Physics
555 12th Street NW, Suite 250
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
How did Washington, D.C. become a center of scientific thought, innovation, and influence? From the founding dreams of George Washington to the rise of the Smithsonian and other federal science instit...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I will give a public talk in the Smithsonian series Science in the City, co-sponsored by American Institute of Physics. Joining me will be Teasel Muir-Harmony and Sara Grossman, on DC and Science. Register below.
Feb 26, 6 p.m.
American Institute of Physics
555 12th Street NW, Suite 250
Feb 26, 6 p.m.
American Institute of Physics
555 12th Street NW, Suite 250
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Valerie Thomas invented the patented illusion transmitter, a 3D imaging technology.
A strong advocate for science education, she has worked to expand opportunities in STEM for women and underrepresented students.
https://awis.org/historical-women/valerie-thomas/
#WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth
A strong advocate for science education, she has worked to expand opportunities in STEM for women and underrepresented students.
https://awis.org/historical-women/valerie-thomas/
#WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth
February 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Happy SuperbOwl Sunday! 🦉
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Happy SuperbOwl Sunday! 🦉
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“Returning to where we were means going back to a state of affairs that was manifestly unsustainable. To borrow from the architect of the Democratic Party’s most enduring platform, any recovery that simply restores things will see us all right back where we are now.” @rauchway.bsky.social
We need reconstruction, not restoration—as FDR knew.
Eric Rauchway responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
www.bostonreview.net
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“Returning to where we were means going back to a state of affairs that was manifestly unsustainable. To borrow from the architect of the Democratic Party’s most enduring platform, any recovery that simply restores things will see us all right back where we are now.” @rauchway.bsky.social
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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My department is hiring!! Philosophy and ethics of environment. Please spread the word. The turn around is a short! #philsky #philsci #philtrch #moralphil
philjobs.org/job/show/30842
philjobs.org/job/show/30842
TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington
- PhilJobs:JFP
TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
My department is hiring!! Philosophy and ethics of environment. Please spread the word. The turn around is a short! #philsky #philsci #philtrch #moralphil
philjobs.org/job/show/30842
philjobs.org/job/show/30842
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For this Black History Month, given the regime’s vile smearing of Ohio’s Haitian population, I think it’s a good time to remember a literary giant of Haitian descent, Alexander Dumas, père
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
Alexandre Dumas - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
For this Black History Month, given the regime’s vile smearing of Ohio’s Haitian population, I think it’s a good time to remember a literary giant of Haitian descent, Alexander Dumas, père
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
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Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...
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It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
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It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
Call for Contributions: Histories of Weather & Weathering
Call for Contributions: A Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering (working title) Editors: Rebekah Higgitt, Tamara Caulkins and Lotta Leiwo We invite contributions to this planned open a…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...
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It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
Full details linked and here teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
Delighted to share the news that my wonderful #HPS colleague @miguelohn.bsky.social has been appointed the next Director of the BU Center for Philosophy & History of Science, beginning July 1st. Congrats Miguel!
www.bu.edu/cphs/about/
www.bu.edu/cphs/about/
About | Center for Philosophy & History of Science
www.bu.edu
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Delighted to share the news that my wonderful #HPS colleague @miguelohn.bsky.social has been appointed the next Director of the BU Center for Philosophy & History of Science, beginning July 1st. Congrats Miguel!
www.bu.edu/cphs/about/
www.bu.edu/cphs/about/