Kathleen Crowther
@sacrobosco.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, author of Policing Pregnant Bodies (Hopkins, 2024)
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Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library:
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
Register at link below.
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
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Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
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November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library:
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
Register at link below.
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
Register at link below.
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Boosting the signal for #histSTM, #histastro & #astronomy friends! 🔭
The application deadline for this workshop is November 15, 2025.
The application deadline for this workshop is November 15, 2025.
Apply! Astronomy! The Adler!
At The Newberry!
The Celestial Imagination in Indigenous and Early Modern Worlds: mailchi.mp/1222ede5b9c6...
At The Newberry!
The Celestial Imagination in Indigenous and Early Modern Worlds: mailchi.mp/1222ede5b9c6...
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Boosting the signal for #histSTM, #histastro & #astronomy friends! 🔭
The application deadline for this workshop is November 15, 2025.
The application deadline for this workshop is November 15, 2025.
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For #spacetober_challenge day 29 prompt orbit: #mathematician and #astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)! 🧪🐡🧮🎢🔭 #histsci We remember him for his role in the Scientific Revolution, and his three laws of planetary motion in particular. His laws modified Copernicus’ heliocentric model; he replaced 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
For #spacetober_challenge day 29 prompt orbit: #mathematician and #astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)! 🧪🐡🧮🎢🔭 #histsci We remember him for his role in the Scientific Revolution, and his three laws of planetary motion in particular. His laws modified Copernicus’ heliocentric model; he replaced 🧵
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"After two thousand years, it’s time to stop blaming and shaming mothers," writes "Policing Pregnant Bodies" author Kathleen Crowther (@sacrobosco.bsky.social).
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because fetal exposure to acetaminophen causes autism…
nursingclio.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"After two thousand years, it’s time to stop blaming and shaming mothers," writes "Policing Pregnant Bodies" author Kathleen Crowther (@sacrobosco.bsky.social).
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
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It’s #openaccess week and I’m very proud that my new book will be published OA on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social thanks to a Mellon grant and the wonderful people at @foxcenteremory.bsky.social and @ecds-emory.bsky.social
You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com
You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
The Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and 60's sought to end racial segregation in all U.S. public institutions, including hospitals. Psychiatric hospitals became political battlegrounds over segreg...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s #openaccess week and I’m very proud that my new book will be published OA on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social thanks to a Mellon grant and the wonderful people at @foxcenteremory.bsky.social and @ecds-emory.bsky.social
You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com
You can preview here: jimcrowintheasylum.com
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Very apposite post by @sacrobosco.bsky.social! Blaming mothers goes way back... Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because fetal exposure to acetaminophen causes autism…
nursingclio.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Very apposite post by @sacrobosco.bsky.social! Blaming mothers goes way back... Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
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New fantastic @nursingclio.bsky.social ER post from Kathleen Crowther: "Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice" 💊
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because fetal exposure to acetaminophen causes autism…
nursingclio.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New fantastic @nursingclio.bsky.social ER post from Kathleen Crowther: "Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice" 💊
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/16/t...
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Nevermind the fact that the author doesn't understand what instructors do. They also don't understand what AI does (and doesn't do).
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nevermind the fact that the author doesn't understand what instructors do. They also don't understand what AI does (and doesn't do).
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The always great @sacrobosco.bsky.social is on @nursingclio.bsky.social today.
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because fetal exposure to acetaminophen causes autism…
nursingclio.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The always great @sacrobosco.bsky.social is on @nursingclio.bsky.social today.
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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Starting today! Join us at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT for the first event of History of Medicine week! Registration links are in your email. Misplaced it? Didn't get it? Email us! histmed.org/history-of-m... #HistMedWeek #histmed
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Starting today! Join us at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT for the first event of History of Medicine week! Registration links are in your email. Misplaced it? Didn't get it? Email us! histmed.org/history-of-m... #HistMedWeek #histmed
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Through Oct. 31st, @princetonupress.bsky.social has a 70% off sale on a wide range of titles -- Susan Dackerman on Albrecht Dürer, Judith Herrin on Ravenna, Jed Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz on the Rosetta stone, James Costa on Alfred Russel Wallace, and more: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Through Oct. 31st, @princetonupress.bsky.social has a 70% off sale on a wide range of titles -- Susan Dackerman on Albrecht Dürer, Judith Herrin on Ravenna, Jed Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz on the Rosetta stone, James Costa on Alfred Russel Wallace, and more: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
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If you are in the Boston area don’t miss the Rachel Ruysch exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. She was a celebrated 17th-century painter of flowers, insects, and animals assembled from the Dutch empire. Specimens from Harvard’s natural historical collections broaden its impact. Truly stunning.
September 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you are in the Boston area don’t miss the Rachel Ruysch exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. She was a celebrated 17th-century painter of flowers, insects, and animals assembled from the Dutch empire. Specimens from Harvard’s natural historical collections broaden its impact. Truly stunning.
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To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
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I watched the video, and it's pretty obvious the student had been coached and was practically speaking from a script. Setting aside whether or not she has good beliefs (I don't think she does), it's bad for uni leadership to cosign "don't think for yourself." Critical thinking should be the #1 goal.
🚨What has happened at Texas A&M this week should concern every Texan. Not only has the integrity of academic freedom come under fire, but the due process rights of a faculty member have been trampled at the urging of state politicians + the governor himself.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Texas A&M University System orders audit of courses at all 12 universities
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents ordered an audit of courses at the system's 12 schools amid backlash over a professor’s gender identity lesson.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I watched the video, and it's pretty obvious the student had been coached and was practically speaking from a script. Setting aside whether or not she has good beliefs (I don't think she does), it's bad for uni leadership to cosign "don't think for yourself." Critical thinking should be the #1 goal.
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As I noted last week, you really want to consider getting a COVID shot before Sept. 18-19. mikethemadbiologist.com/2025/09/05/g...
September 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As I noted last week, you really want to consider getting a COVID shot before Sept. 18-19. mikethemadbiologist.com/2025/09/05/g...
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People are saying RFK Jr is ignorant, but here, I don't think he is being ignorant.
He is willfully spreading disinformation about COVID because he has to commit to the bit, and continue to seed distrust in vaccines, and argue that COVID is "harmless"
This is intentional.
He is willfully spreading disinformation about COVID because he has to commit to the bit, and continue to seed distrust in vaccines, and argue that COVID is "harmless"
This is intentional.
WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
RFK Jr: I don't know how many died
W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?
RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that
W: How can you be that ignorant?
September 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
People are saying RFK Jr is ignorant, but here, I don't think he is being ignorant.
He is willfully spreading disinformation about COVID because he has to commit to the bit, and continue to seed distrust in vaccines, and argue that COVID is "harmless"
This is intentional.
He is willfully spreading disinformation about COVID because he has to commit to the bit, and continue to seed distrust in vaccines, and argue that COVID is "harmless"
This is intentional.
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The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
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One week until our book could be in your hands!! Pre-order using the link below
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September 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One week until our book could be in your hands!! Pre-order using the link below
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Super proud to be included in this amazing reader with such awesome scholars. Public-facing scholarship is the future! @nursingclio.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Super proud to be included in this amazing reader with such awesome scholars. Public-facing scholarship is the future! @nursingclio.bsky.social
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Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!
September 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!