Richard C. Keller, PhD
@richardckeller.bsky.social
Chair of MedHist/Bioethics at UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Author of Fatal Isolation from the University of Chicago Press (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo20145393.html). Bicycles/dogs. Views mine. He, him, his.
All of this. By doing these things you’re stabilizing an air layer, which dramatically increases your insulation. You’re effectively double- or triple-paning your windows.
Things I learned in the '21 TX freeze:
- looser clothing keeps you warmer (sweatpants > yoga pants)
- put a sheet OVER your comforter on your bed
- drape a sheet around drafty doors, roll a towel on thresholds
- keep curtains and blinds closed
- use one or two rooms, close up rest of your home
- looser clothing keeps you warmer (sweatpants > yoga pants)
- put a sheet OVER your comforter on your bed
- drape a sheet around drafty doors, roll a towel on thresholds
- keep curtains and blinds closed
- use one or two rooms, close up rest of your home
Hi, for those of you unfamiliar with this sort of weather
-if the power goes out, trying to heat your home with the clay pot + candle method is not a great idea, try personal warmth (ie blankets) and blocking and sealing drafty areas instead if you can
-if the power goes out, trying to heat your home with the clay pot + candle method is not a great idea, try personal warmth (ie blankets) and blocking and sealing drafty areas instead if you can
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
All of this. By doing these things you’re stabilizing an air layer, which dramatically increases your insulation. You’re effectively double- or triple-paning your windows.
Management of the SF plague was all the more scandalous bc research that rats--not people--spread plague had been available for two years before the disease arrived there. But it was more expedient to pin the epidemic on Chinese residents than on rats.
Yes I've been teaching the SF plague outbreak of 1900 more over the last few years and people are absolutely shocked to learn about the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and its impact on Chinese communities in the US at the turn of the century #HistoryMatters #StructuralViolence
it is increasingly obvious to me that there are quite a few americans (surprisingly diverse) that are unaware of the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act and/or Japanese internment
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Management of the SF plague was all the more scandalous bc research that rats--not people--spread plague had been available for two years before the disease arrived there. But it was more expedient to pin the epidemic on Chinese residents than on rats.
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
Run, don’t walk, to pre-order my colleague Pablo Gómez’s fantastic, haunting new book, Bloody Numbers!
Proud of our MHB faculty Dr. Pablo F. Gómez! His new book Bloody Numbers reveals how the Atlantic slave trade invented modern ways of quantifying human bodies. Stunning cover, essential read, coming June 2026. go.wisc.edu/utf88a. #MedicalHistory @uchicagopress.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Run, don’t walk, to pre-order my colleague Pablo Gómez’s fantastic, haunting new book, Bloody Numbers!
Run, don’t walk, to pre-order my colleague Pablo Gómez’s fantastic, haunting new book, Bloody Numbers!
Proud of our MHB faculty Dr. Pablo F. Gómez! His new book Bloody Numbers reveals how the Atlantic slave trade invented modern ways of quantifying human bodies. Stunning cover, essential read, coming June 2026. go.wisc.edu/utf88a. #MedicalHistory @uchicagopress.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Run, don’t walk, to pre-order my colleague Pablo Gómez’s fantastic, haunting new book, Bloody Numbers!
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
Job at my beloved undergrad alma mater: VAP in #histsci #histmed at UW-Madison, due Jan 28.
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Medical History/History of Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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January 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Job at my beloved undergrad alma mater: VAP in #histsci #histmed at UW-Madison, due Jan 28.
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/visitin...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/visitin...
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🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
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January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
OMG @hollyanderson.bsky.social did you see Don Cheadle basically "Ok Batman" George Clooney last night?
Don Cheadle slapping George Clooney on the bottom was not on our #GoldenGlobes bingo card. 😭 #AwardsSeason
TikTok video by E! News
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January 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
OMG @hollyanderson.bsky.social did you see Don Cheadle basically "Ok Batman" George Clooney last night?
I had the great privilege of sitting down to talk about heat waves and climate change with Richard Derderian for his wonderful podcast, Realms of Memory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkB...
Forgetting the Victims: 2003 Paris Heat Wave
YouTube video by Realms of Memory Podcast
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January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I had the great privilege of sitting down to talk about heat waves and climate change with Richard Derderian for his wonderful podcast, Realms of Memory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkB...
Not for any particular reason, but it's always good to remember that Emily Oster made her first big splash as an econ graduate student by taking a swing at *Amartya Sen* and whiffing so hard the journal had to retract the article.
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Not for any particular reason, but it's always good to remember that Emily Oster made her first big splash as an econ graduate student by taking a swing at *Amartya Sen* and whiffing so hard the journal had to retract the article.
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
It was a pleasure to work with the folks @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social in publishing this review of WARBODY, an unflinching examination of war as a toxic Superfund site. WARBODY is an appeal to listen: to veterans, to their bodies, and to their calls for a more compassionate system of care.
The Toxic Landscapes of War | Los Angeles Review of Books
Gregg Mitman looks at the bodily damage that soldiers take home in Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons’s ‘Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare.’
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January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
It was a pleasure to work with the folks @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social in publishing this review of WARBODY, an unflinching examination of war as a toxic Superfund site. WARBODY is an appeal to listen: to veterans, to their bodies, and to their calls for a more compassionate system of care.
Reposted by Richard C. Keller, PhD
Attn anyone in the Brussels/Leuven area: @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social and I are giving a book talk in one week at KU Leuven in conversation with @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social and Nadia Lie
Tuesday 13 January 7-9pm. A rare occasion for both authors to be in the same place at the same time!
Tuesday 13 January 7-9pm. A rare occasion for both authors to be in the same place at the same time!
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Attn anyone in the Brussels/Leuven area: @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social and I are giving a book talk in one week at KU Leuven in conversation with @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social and Nadia Lie
Tuesday 13 January 7-9pm. A rare occasion for both authors to be in the same place at the same time!
Tuesday 13 January 7-9pm. A rare occasion for both authors to be in the same place at the same time!
Got up from the dining room table and reached for a glass of water at the same time. Back went out for two weeks. Could barely walk.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Got up from the dining room table and reached for a glass of water at the same time. Back went out for two weeks. Could barely walk.
Interested in hearing emerging talent in jazz? Tune in to WORT-FM in Madison this afternoon at 3 central time to hear the Regent Street Trio! www.wortfm.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Interested in hearing emerging talent in jazz? Tune in to WORT-FM in Madison this afternoon at 3 central time to hear the Regent Street Trio! www.wortfm.org
Watching this scene makes me feel richly rewarded in life
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Watching this scene makes me feel richly rewarded in life
Brunched at a table next to Arnold in Santa Monica a couple of years ago in the most LA moment I've experienced. They were discussing their workout over a breakfast that was made up entirely of things that were not on the menu.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Brunched at a table next to Arnold in Santa Monica a couple of years ago in the most LA moment I've experienced. They were discussing their workout over a breakfast that was made up entirely of things that were not on the menu.
On the topic of martini discourse, I came across this video on TV in Montreal last year and it's got some fantastic bits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIVG...
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
On the topic of martini discourse, I came across this video on TV in Montreal last year and it's got some fantastic bits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIVG...
Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I've barely driven to the grocery store since getting this beast, now featuring the wide-format Ikea Aurdal (www.ikea.com/us/en/p/aurd...) basket on the front rack in place of the milk crate that appears in this photo.
December 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I've barely driven to the grocery store since getting this beast, now featuring the wide-format Ikea Aurdal (www.ikea.com/us/en/p/aurd...) basket on the front rack in place of the milk crate that appears in this photo.
Nothing big to add. But lots of mixed surface rides this fall to keep the mental health in order.
December 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Nothing big to add. But lots of mixed surface rides this fall to keep the mental health in order.
Among my faves, although too sad to listen to too often.
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Among my faves, although too sad to listen to too often.
Madison friends: come to Glou Glou to see Max and his trio tonight at 7!
December 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Madison friends: come to Glou Glou to see Max and his trio tonight at 7!
You guys aren’t going to believe this
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You guys aren’t going to believe this
This is spot on. When I was researching my book on the 2003 heat wave in France, it was 100% detective work with no space for AI. A brief 🧵:
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is spot on. When I was researching my book on the 2003 heat wave in France, it was 100% detective work with no space for AI. A brief 🧵:
Holly, an important ornament update
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Holly, an important ornament update
Delighted to have celebrated 75 years of medical history and 50 years of bioethics at Wisconsin with my fantastic colleagues and our wonderful alumni. Here's to another 75 years!
Celebrating 75 and 50 Years - Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
wmaa.med.wisc.edu
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Delighted to have celebrated 75 years of medical history and 50 years of bioethics at Wisconsin with my fantastic colleagues and our wonderful alumni. Here's to another 75 years!