Flori Pierri
@flori-p.bsky.social
Associate curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum | historian of science | really likes armadillos | currently thinking about computer games | 🌈
In cataloging a collection (I'd say recent acquisition, but it came into the museum in 1996 🫠), I came across an witheringly devastating burn. "You may never have heard of his theory, but you certainly missed nothing."
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June 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In cataloging a collection (I'd say recent acquisition, but it came into the museum in 1996 🫠), I came across an witheringly devastating burn. "You may never have heard of his theory, but you certainly missed nothing."
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
“This should be a trigger warning— it’s a syllabus” 😂😂😂 @profnoctis.bsky.social at #PAXEast talks about his class Mythos to Logos, which uses Final Fantasy games to teach religious studies.
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“This should be a trigger warning— it’s a syllabus” 😂😂😂 @profnoctis.bsky.social at #PAXEast talks about his class Mythos to Logos, which uses Final Fantasy games to teach religious studies.
I’m at a very fun panel about the MIT Mystery Hunt at #PAXEast. Apparently advice given before the hunt includes “please shower,” which is especially important for the longer hunts… 😂
May 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m at a very fun panel about the MIT Mystery Hunt at #PAXEast. Apparently advice given before the hunt includes “please shower,” which is especially important for the longer hunts… 😂
And now, from early modern whales, I’m off to #PAXEast to work my my next exhibition project— computer games! If you’re interested in game history, game preservation, or how do you exhibit a game in a museum, anyway? send me a DM. I’d love to chat!
May 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And now, from early modern whales, I’m off to #PAXEast to work my my next exhibition project— computer games! If you’re interested in game history, game preservation, or how do you exhibit a game in a museum, anyway? send me a DM. I’d love to chat!
After months of posting about Whales! Whales! Whales! the exhibit is finally up!
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Monsters of the Deep: Between Imagination and Science | MIT Museum
How do you draw a picture of something you’ve heard about but never seen?
How do you see it in the first place?
This is a problem that has bedeviled scientists for centuries. Today, we hunt for ...
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May 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
After months of posting about Whales! Whales! Whales! the exhibit is finally up!
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
I don’t think that it was curatorially necessary for me to be around for the mounting of the narwhal tusk, but it sure did make me happy!
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I don’t think that it was curatorially necessary for me to be around for the mounting of the narwhal tusk, but it sure did make me happy!
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I hope people are queuing up some clever, potent counter- programming, guerrilla tours, and pirate guides for all of these obsequious, whitewashed semiquincentennial exhibitions and events
April 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I hope people are queuing up some clever, potent counter- programming, guerrilla tours, and pirate guides for all of these obsequious, whitewashed semiquincentennial exhibitions and events
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(through gritted teeth) well done, princeton
Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(through gritted teeth) well done, princeton
Ah, the RCA CT-100! Expensive and not very good. A winning combination!
Still remember @flori-p.bsky.social talking about RCA and the whole color tv process at her old job!
On this day in 1954: RCA manufactured the first color TV set. It measured 12 1/2 inches and sold for $1,000.
March 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ah, the RCA CT-100! Expensive and not very good. A winning combination!
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Still remember @flori-p.bsky.social talking about RCA and the whole color tv process at her old job!
On this day in 1954: RCA manufactured the first color TV set. It measured 12 1/2 inches and sold for $1,000.
March 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Still remember @flori-p.bsky.social talking about RCA and the whole color tv process at her old job!
This was a fun thing to see in the reference queue. What gets me is the 'sent from my iphone' at the end.
Our reference assistant is top notch and definitely not a grub. Be in touch if you want to license any of the MIT Museum's images for your next publication.
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Our reference assistant is top notch and definitely not a grub. Be in touch if you want to license any of the MIT Museum's images for your next publication.
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
March 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This was a fun thing to see in the reference queue. What gets me is the 'sent from my iphone' at the end.
Our reference assistant is top notch and definitely not a grub. Be in touch if you want to license any of the MIT Museum's images for your next publication.
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
Our reference assistant is top notch and definitely not a grub. Be in touch if you want to license any of the MIT Museum's images for your next publication.
mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/...
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What I’ve come to understand about generative AI is that it is ultimately a tool for the redistribution of mediocrity.
March 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What I’ve come to understand about generative AI is that it is ultimately a tool for the redistribution of mediocrity.
Are you heading to Boston for #RSA2025 and find yourself with some time to kill? We have no shortage of museums, but for something a little off the beaten track, you can visit these two delightful early modern whales, currently on display in "Moving Objects" at the MIT Museum in Cambridge.
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Are you heading to Boston for #RSA2025 and find yourself with some time to kill? We have no shortage of museums, but for something a little off the beaten track, you can visit these two delightful early modern whales, currently on display in "Moving Objects" at the MIT Museum in Cambridge.
“Utopia Ltd” poster, 1969.
From the tremendously good MIT Office of Design Services.
From the tremendously good MIT Office of Design Services.
March 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Utopia Ltd” poster, 1969.
From the tremendously good MIT Office of Design Services.
From the tremendously good MIT Office of Design Services.
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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happy international women's day to trans women in particular
March 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
happy international women's day to trans women in particular
Same, Charlie. Same.
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 & 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘴 -Charles Darwin bringing that Monday energy
| Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Same, Charlie. Same.
I just love seeing what's going through the digitization pipeline, mostly for the sheer randomness of it all. Wedgewood plates! Brochures! Protests of the 2023 and the 1970 variety! Ship plans! and so much more!
March 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I just love seeing what's going through the digitization pipeline, mostly for the sheer randomness of it all. Wedgewood plates! Brochures! Protests of the 2023 and the 1970 variety! Ship plans! and so much more!
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Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections.
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections.
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
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Our short-term fellowship applications are due by this Sat., 1 Mar. Apply today to compete for fellowships that support research in a variety of fields. Most fellowships carry a stipend of $3,000 for 4-weeks of research at the MHS.
Learn more: www.masshist.org/research/fel...
Learn more: www.masshist.org/research/fel...
February 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our short-term fellowship applications are due by this Sat., 1 Mar. Apply today to compete for fellowships that support research in a variety of fields. Most fellowships carry a stipend of $3,000 for 4-weeks of research at the MHS.
Learn more: www.masshist.org/research/fel...
Learn more: www.masshist.org/research/fel...
Everything is coming up whales for me.
February 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Everything is coming up whales for me.
Look at that beautiful coloring!
February 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Look at that beautiful coloring!
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Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory