Spooooky Suman Seth
@alltoosuman.bsky.social
Historian of science and medicine. Proponent of Postcolonial science studies. Author of Difference and Disease: Race, Medicine, and the 18th Century British Empire (Cambridge, 2018); Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory (MIT)
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Hi, new followers! I work on the history of race, science, and medicine, as well as Postcolonial science studies. Currently working on paleo anthropology and race. Trying to finish Clan of the Cave Bear.
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
Santa, I would like a completely New Democratic Party for Christmas.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Santa, I would like a completely New Democratic Party for Christmas.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
Mississippi Masala is happening.
something is happening
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mississippi Masala is happening.
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Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
The Mayor’s Mamdani, M A M D A N I
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Mayor’s Mamdani, M A M D A N I
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Two new polls out today for NYC mayor (including a Fox News poll) and both polls show Mamdani up 16 points. He is ahead on every major issue including crime. And in two way race with just Cuomo he beats him soundly. Let's do this NYC voters.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Two new polls out today for NYC mayor (including a Fox News poll) and both polls show Mamdani up 16 points. He is ahead on every major issue including crime. And in two way race with just Cuomo he beats him soundly. Let's do this NYC voters.
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Every day, I discover people having talents I did not know were a thing. Please enjoy this performance!
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Every day, I discover people having talents I did not know were a thing. Please enjoy this performance!
I’m giving a talk at UPenn on Monday. Philly folks want to come say hi?
October 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’m giving a talk at UPenn on Monday. Philly folks want to come say hi?
No Kings is also true of your workplace.
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
No Kings is also true of your workplace.
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I hate the clocks going backwards and forwards. When I was young, we didn’t even have clocks. If we got hungry, we ate each other. We were poor, but we were happy. Good times. Not that we had time. It hadn’t been invented. We had to make our own time out of string and cholera.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I hate the clocks going backwards and forwards. When I was young, we didn’t even have clocks. If we got hungry, we ate each other. We were poor, but we were happy. Good times. Not that we had time. It hadn’t been invented. We had to make our own time out of string and cholera.
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Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
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My forthcoming book, Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale, has been selected for JStor’s Path to Open scheme where it’ll be made fully open access.
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My forthcoming book, Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale, has been selected for JStor’s Path to Open scheme where it’ll be made fully open access.
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At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
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Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.
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Happy pub day to @shirleyinithaca.bsky.social who’s Haunted by the Civil War from @princetonupress.bsky.social just dropped!
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy pub day to @shirleyinithaca.bsky.social who’s Haunted by the Civil War from @princetonupress.bsky.social just dropped!
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If you are at #SHOT2025 and want to talk about a book project, feel free to reach out...I co-edit a history of technology book series for JHUP 🤠
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October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you are at #SHOT2025 and want to talk about a book project, feel free to reach out...I co-edit a history of technology book series for JHUP 🤠
www.press.jhu.edu/books/series...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/series...
Who has two thumbs and is an academic machine? This guy!
Wrote 5 rec letters, read a thesis, had two meetings, went for a walk with a lovely former undergrad, and started reading a long-sought archival source. Easily the most productive day in yonks.
Wrote 5 rec letters, read a thesis, had two meetings, went for a walk with a lovely former undergrad, and started reading a long-sought archival source. Easily the most productive day in yonks.
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Who has two thumbs and is an academic machine? This guy!
Wrote 5 rec letters, read a thesis, had two meetings, went for a walk with a lovely former undergrad, and started reading a long-sought archival source. Easily the most productive day in yonks.
Wrote 5 rec letters, read a thesis, had two meetings, went for a walk with a lovely former undergrad, and started reading a long-sought archival source. Easily the most productive day in yonks.