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Dinah Pfau
@dinp.bsky.social
History and Epistemology of Science | Technology
#histsci #histech #histstm #SciCom
Practices of observation in Science | History of Computing, AI and Computer Vision | HistTech and Comics

https://dinahpfau.medientheater.org/

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Ein Rückblick:

~ 30 #EarlyCareer Forscher*innen
👉 Täglich 9-17 Uhr gemeinsam geschrieben
👍 Schreibtrainerin Claudia Macho hat uns spannende Techniken nähergebracht!

✨Dank geht an: INSIST, das Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der @univie.ac.at und @c2dh.uni.lu

🥳 Planungen für 2026 laufen!
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
👀 Looking for colleagues doing research on the #history of #neurophysiology especially physiology of the sensory system in the #20th century.

Anyone out here? 🙃

#histsci #histtech #sts
July 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Jahrestagung @gwmt.bsky.social "ANIMAL-BASED. Historische Perspektiven auf Tiere in Medizin, Wissenschaft und Technik", 24.-26.9.2025
Ich freue mich auf Tentakel und Transistoren 🐙👍
Programm und Anmeldung jetzt unter www.gwmt.de
#gwmt2025 #histsci #histmed #histtech #animalhistory
June 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join us on Friday: Workshop on “Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the #DigitalTransformation”.

⏰ July 18, 2025, 9 a.m.
🏛️ Deutsches Museum Munich
👉 Organized by DFG-project #ArtViWO (@dfg.de)

#HistSci #HistTech #HistAI #STS
@vgoujon.bsky.social @assiaw.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Hey #histtech, can we dig up some suggestions here?
@shothisttech.bsky.social Seeking a history of technology scholar on the history of shovels - any suggestions and/or recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you!
June 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🖋️3. Online Schreibwoche von INSIST und gtg

✨ Denn: Gemeinsam schreibt es sich leichter!

Wer? Early Career Forscher*innen
Wann? 8.-12.9.25
Kosten? 45€
Anmeldung? Bis 15.7.

Dank für die Unterstützung geh an das Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Uni Wien und das @c2dh.uni.lu!
gtg-histtech.info
June 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Historians know that incorrect information becomes increasingly hard to fact check over time. We are sleep walking into an age of misinformation as we increasingly rely on AI to think for us.
#histsci #hps #sts #bookhistory #data #history #journalism
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to create reading list of books that don’t exist
Outlet calls story, created by freelancer working with one of the newpaper’s content partner, a ‘learning moment’
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Would you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology
jobs.univie.ac.at
April 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Dear #STS friends,
Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich!
You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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#Job: The @erc.europa.eu project “Cultures on the Cryosphere” is looking for a PostDoc (100%, 4 years) in Cultural Anthropology, Critical Urban Studies and/or Science & Technology Studies. Info: tinyurl.com/3sksvhtx
Application deadline: 19 May 2025
#cryocultures #STS #UrbanStudies #Anthropology
April 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Super wichtig! Danke für's Teilen! Was ich hier nicht sehe, ist die Erwägung von Umweltaspekten in der Verwendung von #KI. Mich interessiert, ob die Richtlinien ggf. an anderer Stelle den vergleichsweise hohen #Ressourcenverbrauch der Tools reflektieren u. wie damit umgegangen wird(?).
January 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Dear #AI community, I am looking for reliable sources, such as academic papers, reporting on environmental costs of AI. I'd like to be able to present these risks concisely in discussions and substantiate them with sources. So far I'm having trouble finding comprehensive reports. #sustainability
April 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wanted to tell a joke about Athena but it gave me a headache.
I had a joke about Sisyphus but you’d have to get over the hump
I had a joke about Eris, but it's a bit all over the place.
April 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Not at all concerning to learn that Universities UK are partnering with a company to sell an AI product that offers automated feedback on student work. Who needs staff?
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Dear #AI community, I am looking for reliable sources, such as academic papers, reporting on environmental costs of AI. I'd like to be able to present these risks concisely in discussions and substantiate them with sources. So far I'm having trouble finding comprehensive reports. #sustainability
April 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Someone grab the A1!

The LLM-to-malware pipeline is a perfect downward spiral: AI generates code with imaginary packages, attackers register those package names with malware, and unsuspecting developers execute the code. Another way AI errors cascade into real-world threats.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Our own @arnoldke.bsky.social will host a workshop at this event on how to work with + read natural history specimens with colleagues at the Liverpool World Museum! 🪲

Information on schedule, bursaries, & sign-up available in the link below ⬇️🌿
We are excited to announce that @liverpooluni.bsky.social will host the next big @ihr.bsky.social workshop - IHR@Liverpool! The topic is 'Difficult Histories' ✨

This is geared toward PGRs + early career folks & there are bursaries available!

Sign-up + more info ➡️ www.history.ac.uk/events/ihrli...
IHR@Liverpool: Difficult Histories
www.history.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#IchBinHanna Looking for an apartment. Many housing ads prefer tenants with a stable (unbefristete) work contracts. Some say this explicitly. Now look at us, people with a PhD in late 30s, with only 1- or 2-year contracts or fellowships or shorter. Even harder when you’re foreigners.
April 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Heute, Mo. 7.4. 18 Uhr
Das Medizinhistorische Museum Hamburg in bewegten Zeiten. Rückblick von der Corona-Ausstellung über die Auseinandersetzung mit Rassismus und Antisemitismus bis hin zur aktuellen Sonderausstellung in deren Mittelpunkt die Eppendorfer Krankenakte Vladimir Lenins steht.
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Man erkennt den Umstand, dass die Woken zuletzt die Republik übernommen hatten, daran, dass wir lauter BPOC als Bundesminister*innen haben, die großen Zeitungen feministische Chefredakteur*innen haben und in Talkshows immer der eine weiße Quotenmann sitzt, weil sonst keine angefragt wurden. ✨
April 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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✨Last day of the #gtg2025 annual conference at the #Technikmuseum Berlin.

During the #FabLab tour with curator NoraThorade, we got 👋hands-on and created real value! 💡🛠️

#histtech #histsci #history #sts
April 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Heute startet die gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte und des IGTG des VDI im Technikmuseum Berlin
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Es geht los! 🎨
Unser #EarlyCareer Comic-Workshop der @gtg-histtech.bsky.social mit Illustrator @aikearndt.bsky.social ! Wir sind sehr gespannt! ✍️

#WissKom #Comics #HistTech #HistSci
April 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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For #envhum #envhist early career scholars: I would be open to hosting a MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship application with @greenhouseuis.net @unistavanger.bsky.social this year. We have a very good track record with these grants. Our uni arranges applicant courses.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
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marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
March 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM