Elihu M. Gerson
@emgerson.bsky.social
Sociologist of institutions and technical work, mostly biology and computing. Focus: intersection of specialties; comparative method. Studying: evolution specialties, organcism. Based at UC Davis Philosophy #HPS #HPBio #STS #PhilSci #Academia #Sociology
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we have no reason to believe science is or has ever been linear, homogenous, rational, or inevitable. what scientists do also hardly ever mirrors our reductive, idealized statistical models. we need to know exactly what purpose those idealizations are meant to serve and use them in that capacity.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
we have no reason to believe science is or has ever been linear, homogenous, rational, or inevitable. what scientists do also hardly ever mirrors our reductive, idealized statistical models. we need to know exactly what purpose those idealizations are meant to serve and use them in that capacity.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Need people to understand the difference between "this is a social construct" and "this is not real"
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Need people to understand the difference between "this is a social construct" and "this is not real"
The problem is organizations and institutions that create fear and hatred of autism, trans people, and immigrants, as well as ignorance of the ways that organizations can be destructive. Especially, e.g., reductionist individualism.
The problem isn't autism. It's fear and hatred of autism. The problem isn't trans people. It's fear and hatred of trans people. The problem isn't immigration. It's fear and hatred of immigrants.
September 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The problem is organizations and institutions that create fear and hatred of autism, trans people, and immigrants, as well as ignorance of the ways that organizations can be destructive. Especially, e.g., reductionist individualism.
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Workers of the UC stand together to protect people, not just money.
Join your UC Faculty Association or union!
Join your UC Faculty Association or union!
BREAKING:
A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.
A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.
UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts
University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...
www.latimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Workers of the UC stand together to protect people, not just money.
Join your UC Faculty Association or union!
Join your UC Faculty Association or union!
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Please help us build a following for Stand Together for Higher Ed! We are helping build a national movement to defend against attempts to dismantle, defund, and disparage the greatest #highered system in the world! Please follow, re-post, share widely on other sites. www.standtogetherhighered.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please help us build a following for Stand Together for Higher Ed! We are helping build a national movement to defend against attempts to dismantle, defund, and disparage the greatest #highered system in the world! Please follow, re-post, share widely on other sites. www.standtogetherhighered.org
This is true for all scholars, not just grad students. And the list is always growing no matter how fast you read. The only thing that changes is that after a while, you get to move some titles to the "history" section of the list.
life as a grad student is being recommended a book and adding it to the list of books you need to read but can't because you have a book that you need to read that was recommended before it but you cant but you have another book you need to read that was recommended before that but you can't because
August 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is true for all scholars, not just grad students. And the list is always growing no matter how fast you read. The only thing that changes is that after a while, you get to move some titles to the "history" section of the list.
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The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
August 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
Community
Natural Selection.
What's a bit of jargon in your field that everyone pretends to understand but, really doesn't?
You know. Those -nods- "mmhm... interesting" type words.
You know. Those -nods- "mmhm... interesting" type words.
July 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Community
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My provokation of this matter is that the fascist right actually beat civil society and academia to the punch in truly internalizing the lesson that all systems, information, data are biased, that neutrality and objectivity aren't real; and then put this knowledge into practice for social control
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My provokation of this matter is that the fascist right actually beat civil society and academia to the punch in truly internalizing the lesson that all systems, information, data are biased, that neutrality and objectivity aren't real; and then put this knowledge into practice for social control
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“In qualitatively oriented research, where data are often personal, and deeply contextual, sharing data raises ethical dilemmas and tensions and may compromise the relational foundation of qualitative inquiry”
Lovely paper
Lovely paper
Hell yes. Some great researchers writing about informed consent.
asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“In qualitatively oriented research, where data are often personal, and deeply contextual, sharing data raises ethical dilemmas and tensions and may compromise the relational foundation of qualitative inquiry”
Lovely paper
Lovely paper
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July 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This. 100% We need to reward that invisible work more. What many male academics do is not the normative standard that we should be encouraging everyone to emulate
Women in academia are constantly asked to take on more “invisible” work—advising, service, teaching. This isn't about working harder. It's about working differently and how institutions value that (care?) work.
We need structural change, not just personal boundaries. #AcademicChores #GenderEquity
We need structural change, not just personal boundaries. #AcademicChores #GenderEquity
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
July 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This. 100% We need to reward that invisible work more. What many male academics do is not the normative standard that we should be encouraging everyone to emulate
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"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
Some Thoughts on Techno-Fascism From Socialism 2025
"This is the endgame of our isolation."
organizingmythoughts.org
July 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
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The intense embrace of LLMs at metascience 2025 is a recipe for handing over the reigns of scientific decision making to private interests and governments.
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The intense embrace of LLMs at metascience 2025 is a recipe for handing over the reigns of scientific decision making to private interests and governments.
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#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
opensciencestudies.eu
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OpenScience lobbyists, skeptics and everything in between: consider coming to Munich in May 2026 (gorgeous time to visit..) to discuss the future of Open Research!
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
FOR2026 is open for submissions: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con... pls help spread the word 🙏 #philsci #sts #methods #policy 🧪
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BREAKING:
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING:
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
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It's pretty irritating how many pundits would hear the ideas "I want to shove 100 live scorpions in your mouth" and "I want to shove 0 live scorpions in your mouth" and sagely declare: "The wisest course of action is to let someone shove 50 live scorpions in your mouth."
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's pretty irritating how many pundits would hear the ideas "I want to shove 100 live scorpions in your mouth" and "I want to shove 0 live scorpions in your mouth" and sagely declare: "The wisest course of action is to let someone shove 50 live scorpions in your mouth."
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Does anyone think these unspeakably evil political assassinations of Democratic lawmakers would’ve occurred without the vicious permission structure erected by Trump, Vance, Rubio, and their MAGAts?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Does anyone think these unspeakably evil political assassinations of Democratic lawmakers would’ve occurred without the vicious permission structure erected by Trump, Vance, Rubio, and their MAGAts?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
June 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
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Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Alan Richardson describing Quine’s autobiography perfectly: On the Road if it had been told by the car. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
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my mom just sent me her sign for tomorrow. no notes.
June 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
my mom just sent me her sign for tomorrow. no notes.
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JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...