Cyrus Mody
@ccmmody.bsky.social
historian of sci/tech/energy/enviro @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social; http://nanobubbles.hypotheses.org; http://managingscarcity.com; The Squares https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543613/the-squares/. Call me Cyrus or Cy or "hey, mister" but not Cirrus or Moody.
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Cyrus Mody
@ccmmody.bsky.social
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The oil spillover: prospecting for oil in innovation studies and the history of technology
Innovation studies scholars use the concept of ‘spillovers’ to explain how ideas and people move among firms and industries and how regions form industrial clusters. Historians of technology use di...
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for @nanobubbles.bsky.social colleagues, this 👇 sounds very analogous to the protein corona case, no?
In today's AIP History Weekly Edition, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social looks at a new issue of Centaurus examining what is and is not distinctive about the new era of "multi-messenger" astronomy.
📷IceCube Laboratory and South Pole Telescope, Moreno Baricevic, IceCube / NSF.
📷IceCube Laboratory and South Pole Telescope, Moreno Baricevic, IceCube / NSF.
Special issue spotlight: Shaping a multi-messenger universe
AIP History Weekly Edition: January 30, 2026
www.aip.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
for @nanobubbles.bsky.social colleagues, this 👇 sounds very analogous to the protein corona case, no?
have been looking forward to this series for a while, as Katharine Burr Blodgett has been someone I wanted to learn more about ever since I first started looking into the history of surface science, nanotech & corporate research. grateful they interviewed several real experts & also yours truly!
"She's 100% in command of her science. She is an inspiration, but for the duration of her career, Katharine Burr Blodgett worked in Irving Langmuir’s shadow."
Today's #histSTM & #WomenInSTEM lunchtime listen: The premiere episode of @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social's new season, Layers of Brilliance! 🗃️📜
Today's #histSTM & #WomenInSTEM lunchtime listen: The premiere episode of @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social's new season, Layers of Brilliance! 🗃️📜
Layers of Brilliance – Episode One: The Chemical Genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett
Born to a family with a tragic past, Katharine defies the expectations of her upbringing as an upper-middle class girl to make chemistry and physics the center of her life.
www.lostwomenofscience.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
have been looking forward to this series for a while, as Katharine Burr Blodgett has been someone I wanted to learn more about ever since I first started looking into the history of surface science, nanotech & corporate research. grateful they interviewed several real experts & also yours truly!
just a reminder - job opening in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, deadline February 8
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
just a reminder - job opening in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, deadline February 8
now @moneschleper.bsky.social is the new co-editor of @jhokjournal.bsky.social it's time to once again press the journal to adopt this magnificent bird as its mascot.
would work better if the journal were based at KU Leuven, but we can pretend the letters stand for "kennis uitgelegd" or some such.
would work better if the journal were based at KU Leuven, but we can pretend the letters stand for "kennis uitgelegd" or some such.
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
now @moneschleper.bsky.social is the new co-editor of @jhokjournal.bsky.social it's time to once again press the journal to adopt this magnificent bird as its mascot.
would work better if the journal were based at KU Leuven, but we can pretend the letters stand for "kennis uitgelegd" or some such.
would work better if the journal were based at KU Leuven, but we can pretend the letters stand for "kennis uitgelegd" or some such.
hi @nichecanada.bsky.social - any plans to follow up on this 👇? from what I can tell, 37 artificial islands were constructed in the Canadian Beaufort in the 70s by Gulf, Amoco & Imperial to support rigs & protect them from pack ice. a great Canadian #envhist topic!
niche-canada.org/2017/02/15/n...
niche-canada.org/2017/02/15/n...
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
hi @nichecanada.bsky.social - any plans to follow up on this 👇? from what I can tell, 37 artificial islands were constructed in the Canadian Beaufort in the 70s by Gulf, Amoco & Imperial to support rigs & protect them from pack ice. a great Canadian #envhist topic!
niche-canada.org/2017/02/15/n...
niche-canada.org/2017/02/15/n...
as a (sort of) 3rd-generation Texan living in the Netherlands, I fully endorse this graphic introducing yesterday's EenVandaag segment on US expats fretting about their homeland.
for those interested in watching, click below and go to the time marker in the graphic.
npo.nl/start/afspel...
for those interested in watching, click below and go to the time marker in the graphic.
npo.nl/start/afspel...
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 AM
as a (sort of) 3rd-generation Texan living in the Netherlands, I fully endorse this graphic introducing yesterday's EenVandaag segment on US expats fretting about their homeland.
for those interested in watching, click below and go to the time marker in the graphic.
npo.nl/start/afspel...
for those interested in watching, click below and go to the time marker in the graphic.
npo.nl/start/afspel...
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
tonight EenVandaag will air (note - obvs usually on NPO1 but b/c of skating today's show is moved to NPO2) a "kitchen table" interview w/ a group of Usonians living in Limburg & Brabant (myself included) ab/ our experience of Trumpism from afar. I'll post a link when it goes up.
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
tonight EenVandaag will air (note - obvs usually on NPO1 but b/c of skating today's show is moved to NPO2) a "kitchen table" interview w/ a group of Usonians living in Limburg & Brabant (myself included) ab/ our experience of Trumpism from afar. I'll post a link when it goes up.
ah, seems there's more chatter ab/ this than the last time I googled it a few yrs ago. this 👇 essay has it right - Whedon's claims that B7 didn't influence Firefly aren't credible. he was a 16 yr old boy (B7's demographic) living in UK when it was in first runs!
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ah, seems there's more chatter ab/ this than the last time I googled it a few yrs ago. this 👇 essay has it right - Whedon's claims that B7 didn't influence Firefly aren't credible. he was a 16 yr old boy (B7's demographic) living in UK when it was in first runs!
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
many thanks to everyone who attended the all @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social colloquium on Research in the Age of Trumpism yesterday & especially to panelists @mariellew.bsky.social @matthewarcher.bsky.social Eliza Steinbock & Arjun Sharma plus moderator @blenormand.bsky.social!
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
many thanks to everyone who attended the all @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social colloquium on Research in the Age of Trumpism yesterday & especially to panelists @mariellew.bsky.social @matthewarcher.bsky.social Eliza Steinbock & Arjun Sharma plus moderator @blenormand.bsky.social!
rewatched Firefly recently & struck again that AFAIK no one commented @ the time or since that it's just warmed-over Blake's 7! but now they're rebooting Blake's 7 surely someone will point out that it's just warmed-over Firefly 🤔?
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
Beloved '70s BBC sci-fi series from Daleks creator confirmed for reboot with Doctor Who director
This is not a drill!
www.radiotimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
rewatched Firefly recently & struck again that AFAIK no one commented @ the time or since that it's just warmed-over Blake's 7! but now they're rebooting Blake's 7 surely someone will point out that it's just warmed-over Firefly 🤔?
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
crazy that my former neighbor, a Danish admiral & proud NATO officer, may be preparing Greenland's defense against my current neighbor, a USAF pilot & proud NATO officer, while my FIL, a former US Army pilot & proud NATO officer, thinks this situation is fine!
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
crazy that my former neighbor, a Danish admiral & proud NATO officer, may be preparing Greenland's defense against my current neighbor, a USAF pilot & proud NATO officer, while my FIL, a former US Army pilot & proud NATO officer, thinks this situation is fine!
pro tip: if you gotta write an email during a meeting, the person at the other end of that email won't know you're typing emphatically, but everyone in the meeting will.
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
pro tip: if you gotta write an email during a meeting, the person at the other end of that email won't know you're typing emphatically, but everyone in the meeting will.
wait, is this the origin of tomacco from The Simpsons?
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
wait, is this the origin of tomacco from The Simpsons?
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
ICYMI a summary of a recent chapter. read in combo w/ this 👇chapter (access it by downloading the entire OA volume) by @odinnmelsted.bsky.social + past & forthcoming work by @moneschleper.bsky.social to grasp what I'm calling the "Philanthropocene" ...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
January 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
ICYMI a summary of a recent chapter. read in combo w/ this 👇chapter (access it by downloading the entire OA volume) by @odinnmelsted.bsky.social + past & forthcoming work by @moneschleper.bsky.social to grasp what I'm calling the "Philanthropocene" ...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Reposted by Cyrus Mody
📣 Interested in 🫧 and AI?
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
AISB 2026 Symposium: Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science - AISB - The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour
AISB convention information 1-2 July 2026 AISB 2026, University of Sussex, UK Keynote Speaker: Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Sussex Day of celebration...
aisb.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
📣 Interested in 🫧 and AI?
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
new publication by @odinnmelsted.bsky.social Candida Sánchez Burmester, George Roberts & me putting the Club of Rome in a more global perspective than it's usually framed: 1/x
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
The limits to growth and development? Computer modeling, planetary limits, and the question of industrial development in the Global South, 1960s–1970s
The limits to growth and development? Computer modeling, planetary limits, and the question of industrial development in the Global South, 1960s–1970s was published in Environment, Technology, and Dev...
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
new publication by @odinnmelsted.bsky.social Candida Sánchez Burmester, George Roberts & me putting the Club of Rome in a more global perspective than it's usually framed: 1/x
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Reposted by Cyrus Mody
📣 We are happy to announce the special issue “Scientific bubbles: definitions, context, and approaches” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science with guest editors from Nanobubbles.
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
📣 We are happy to announce the special issue “Scientific bubbles: definitions, context, and approaches” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science with guest editors from Nanobubbles.
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @federicoboem.bsky.social & me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue! In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science! Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social! Deadline July 15 - spread the word.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @federicoboem.bsky.social & me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue! In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science! Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social! Deadline July 15 - spread the word.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
a remarkable primary source brought to light by @allouryesterdays.bsky.social's perseverance. really looking forward to diving into this, Marc!
CO2 Newsletter Vol. 1 no. 1 (Oct 1979) is live!
Between 1979 and 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues. Each was 8 pages of news (scientific abstracts, testimony, science and policy reports) editorials, investigations etc.
1/2
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/c...
Between 1979 and 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues. Each was 8 pages of news (scientific abstracts, testimony, science and policy reports) editorials, investigations etc.
1/2
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/05/c...
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
a remarkable primary source brought to light by @allouryesterdays.bsky.social's perseverance. really looking forward to diving into this, Marc!
Dutch traditions! That apparently don't go well together.
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Dutch traditions! That apparently don't go well together.
happy holidays and beware the Yule cat, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
happy holidays and beware the Yule cat, everyone!
uncomfortable news for my employer courtesy of our friends at Momus:
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/12/dutc...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/12/dutc...
Dutch universities have close ties with Saudi oil firms: Trouw - DutchNews.nl
Several Dutch universities have or have had close ties with Saudi state oil companies Aramco and SABIC, an investigation of internal university documents on behalf of newspaper Trouw has shown. Invest...
www.dutchnews.nl
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
uncomfortable news for my employer courtesy of our friends at Momus:
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/12/dutc...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/12/dutc...
apropos of @mbaldwin.bsky.social's review of The Squares & Making Art Work, I ran into this contraption - which could've appeared in either book - at the hospital today. were Human-Powered Vehicles groovy or square? were their proponents brains, jocks, or aesthetes? it depends! 1/x
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
apropos of @mbaldwin.bsky.social's review of The Squares & Making Art Work, I ran into this contraption - which could've appeared in either book - at the hospital today. were Human-Powered Vehicles groovy or square? were their proponents brains, jocks, or aesthetes? it depends! 1/x