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Lucy Dunne
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Wearable technology, functional clothing, fashion tech, and the future of what we wear. Prof @ Univ of MN.
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The 19th century NYC tenement acts made the city safer from infectious disease. Areas w/ older non-compliant tenements had the most infectious disease deaths per capita. Areas w/ newer tenements were some of the safest in the city despite having most pop density. 1/2

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October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great morning at the National Academies workshop on PPE for H5N1. Loved hearing from the trenches of respirator development via Airgami and Taza Aya in our session on research and innovation in PPE. Video/report should be available soon! Thanks for organizing, NIOSH NPPTL!
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September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Excited to see this book come out from @timlennon.bsky.social

Check it out.

“Stand Up, Speak Up celebrates survivors who emerged from the shadows of imposed shame to challenge cultures of oppression and institutions of power.” 1/2
Stand Up Speak Up The Book | Stand Up Speak Up
For generations, survivors of sexual abuse stood alone. Now they step forward as a powerful social movement, the Survivors Movement. Stand Up, Speak Up celebrates survivors who emerged from the…
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August 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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People think crime is rising because fear of crime is only kinda-sorta about crime. My latest for the @startribune.com

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August 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Ireland was the only country to object, and objected on technical grounds” 😂
January 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Take it from a fashion historian: transgender people have always been here, even before the Civil War. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.

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January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I think this is the perfect time to start posting about Greenland and the amazing textile Herjolfsnes finds, aye? Greenland is a district of Denmark and was settled by several distinct Inuit cultures in waves from c.2500 BCE to c.1200 CE, plus the Norse settlement late 10th-15th centuries. 🧵1/
January 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Academic conference planners, the reasons for embracing remote access only keep increasing!

Designing your conference with remote participation in mind benefits everyone. Kudos to @4sonline.bsky.social for making it happen, however they've chosen to do so. #AcademicSky
Really pleased that #4S has added remote access to the #4s2025 conference!

Thanks to @4sonline.bsky.social !! and to others who squeaked, as I did 🐭

#STS #AcademicSky
January 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM