Valeria Ramirez, PhD
@valeriaramirez.bsky.social
Chasing the stories behind numbers. Researcher at the University of Cambridge 🇲🇽🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷
#IfM #Innovation #DigitalMeasurement #ImpactEvaluation #ScienceTechnology&Society #STS
Sociologist of Science & Tech in Engineering @cam.ac.uk https://valeriaramirez.org/
#IfM #Innovation #DigitalMeasurement #ImpactEvaluation #ScienceTechnology&Society #STS
Sociologist of Science & Tech in Engineering @cam.ac.uk https://valeriaramirez.org/
Found this cute snail in a Zen Monastery in France after finishing a silent retreat there. There were amazing buildings and gardens but this little mate got me mesmerised. Glad I got a picture to remind me of it now that the busy days are back.
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Found this cute snail in a Zen Monastery in France after finishing a silent retreat there. There were amazing buildings and gardens but this little mate got me mesmerised. Glad I got a picture to remind me of it now that the busy days are back.
We try to maintain routines that work for as long as they do, but need to stay alert to changing situations, partners, and priorities, and remain open to reviewing standards when they no longer reflect the landscape faithfully.
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We try to maintain routines that work for as long as they do, but need to stay alert to changing situations, partners, and priorities, and remain open to reviewing standards when they no longer reflect the landscape faithfully.
Someone just asked: “How often do we need to change standards?” In my view, the trickiest aspect of temporality is balancing metrics stability with dynamic changes. It’s a matter of awareness: we cannot fix standards any more than we can capture time in an hourglass.
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Someone just asked: “How often do we need to change standards?” In my view, the trickiest aspect of temporality is balancing metrics stability with dynamic changes. It’s a matter of awareness: we cannot fix standards any more than we can capture time in an hourglass.
Laughed out loud at this thread and now the others in the room want to know why. I could never explain.
August 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Laughed out loud at this thread and now the others in the room want to know why. I could never explain.
@caiuscollege.bsky.social looking like a fairy tale castle this afternoon.
August 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@caiuscollege.bsky.social looking like a fairy tale castle this afternoon.
This conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus feels oddly modern.
Ever get that feeling of giving up on AI because it keeps offering the most obvious answers?
- And the same may be said for #LLM’s -
Ever get that feeling of giving up on AI because it keeps offering the most obvious answers?
- And the same may be said for #LLM’s -
August 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus feels oddly modern.
Ever get that feeling of giving up on AI because it keeps offering the most obvious answers?
- And the same may be said for #LLM’s -
Ever get that feeling of giving up on AI because it keeps offering the most obvious answers?
- And the same may be said for #LLM’s -
I screenshotted this post to discourage clickbait journalism. As @waiterich.bsky.social puts it, these metrics are flawed but interesting when seen as language: not for accuracy, but for how they convey arguments. Numbers strengthen the claim, regardless. Trusting them is sometimes an act of faith.
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I screenshotted this post to discourage clickbait journalism. As @waiterich.bsky.social puts it, these metrics are flawed but interesting when seen as language: not for accuracy, but for how they convey arguments. Numbers strengthen the claim, regardless. Trusting them is sometimes an act of faith.
The chart shows not just sports results but legacy, pressure, and pride — each crew inherits the position from the previous year’s team. The bumpers (winners) get to pick green leaves from the Cam and row back with a green crown. The ‘bumpees’… well they do the bare headed ‘row of shame’ #MayBumps
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The chart shows not just sports results but legacy, pressure, and pride — each crew inherits the position from the previous year’s team. The bumpers (winners) get to pick green leaves from the Cam and row back with a green crown. The ‘bumpees’… well they do the bare headed ‘row of shame’ #MayBumps
This chart shows college rankings in the #MayBumps from 1919 to 1931. Imagine being in the @caiuscollege.bsky.social crew that climbed 12 places between 1921–25 — or in the Trinity boat that dropped 11 between 1920–22. Every rower feels the weight of inherited position… and the drive to climb.🏆
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This chart shows college rankings in the #MayBumps from 1919 to 1931. Imagine being in the @caiuscollege.bsky.social crew that climbed 12 places between 1921–25 — or in the Trinity boat that dropped 11 between 1920–22. Every rower feels the weight of inherited position… and the drive to climb.🏆
May Bumps are a @cam.ac.uk most curious traditions: 31 college teams quite literally bumping into each other. Mind you, it’s a serious competition — all about holding your place in the rankings. Personally I go for the tea :)🍰
June 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
May Bumps are a @cam.ac.uk most curious traditions: 31 college teams quite literally bumping into each other. Mind you, it’s a serious competition — all about holding your place in the rankings. Personally I go for the tea :)🍰
Life in @cam.ac.uk can be stressful, particularly in exam times. But I love the little supportive things around to make it easier. Shoutout to the @eng.cam.ac.uk library and their 📚🛋️ pause with supplies to make motivational bracelets for yourself or for a friend who needs a boost during exam time♥️
June 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Life in @cam.ac.uk can be stressful, particularly in exam times. But I love the little supportive things around to make it easier. Shoutout to the @eng.cam.ac.uk library and their 📚🛋️ pause with supplies to make motivational bracelets for yourself or for a friend who needs a boost during exam time♥️
Ikebana watching the world at West Cambridge go by. Flowers for those researchers working on an article on a Sunday morning, scientists dashing to the lab to check samples that know no weekend, and for the postdocs preparing yet another grant proposal. May all your efforts be blessed with success.
May 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ikebana watching the world at West Cambridge go by. Flowers for those researchers working on an article on a Sunday morning, scientists dashing to the lab to check samples that know no weekend, and for the postdocs preparing yet another grant proposal. May all your efforts be blessed with success.
So, from the Kingdom of the Yard and the Winchester Standards
🎉 Happy 150th birthday to the metre! 🎂📏
May your decimals stay stable and your politics accountable.
#Metre150 #ScienceSocietyandTechnology #GlobalStandards #ISO #metrics
🎉 Happy 150th birthday to the metre! 🎂📏
May your decimals stay stable and your politics accountable.
#Metre150 #ScienceSocietyandTechnology #GlobalStandards #ISO #metrics
May 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So, from the Kingdom of the Yard and the Winchester Standards
🎉 Happy 150th birthday to the metre! 🎂📏
May your decimals stay stable and your politics accountable.
#Metre150 #ScienceSocietyandTechnology #GlobalStandards #ISO #metrics
🎉 Happy 150th birthday to the metre! 🎂📏
May your decimals stay stable and your politics accountable.
#Metre150 #ScienceSocietyandTechnology #GlobalStandards #ISO #metrics
Why the metre, not the cubit?
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
May 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why the metre, not the cubit?
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
150 years ago, the Metre Convention set the stage for global scientific standardisation. But agreeing on a metric is never just technical.
To celebrate the 📏 #BIPM a brief thread on measurement, politics of economy, and trust 🧵
#Metre150 #ScienceTechnologyAndSociety
It was great that you could come! It feels that we barely started the conversation on collaboration(s), but now we tested the recipe for this and more things to come :)
May 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It was great that you could come! It feels that we barely started the conversation on collaboration(s), but now we tested the recipe for this and more things to come :)
🌞 A sunny springlike walking seminar to #Grantchester: Is there a benefit to co-creation’s lack of specificity? / Who gets to tell the story? / Can you co-create the pathWay with the starts, the trees, the walkers / Ultreia! / #STSCambridgeNetwork #SCaN what a luxury! @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🌞 A sunny springlike walking seminar to #Grantchester: Is there a benefit to co-creation’s lack of specificity? / Who gets to tell the story? / Can you co-create the pathWay with the starts, the trees, the walkers / Ultreia! / #STSCambridgeNetwork #SCaN what a luxury! @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social
A mesmerising duck sat perched on the edge of a two-metre-tall wall contemplating the horizon. I keep thinking it is the spirit of a scientist lingering near the Cavendish Lab @cambridgephysics.bsky.social #WestHub
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A mesmerising duck sat perched on the edge of a two-metre-tall wall contemplating the horizon. I keep thinking it is the spirit of a scientist lingering near the Cavendish Lab @cambridgephysics.bsky.social #WestHub
The quote is from the newly launched: ‘The measure of progress. Counting what really matters by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social from @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The quote is from the newly launched: ‘The measure of progress. Counting what really matters by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social from @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Don’t call them dinosaurs, they are ‘Bastions of the 1980-vintage free market economics’. How British. I love it.
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Don’t call them dinosaurs, they are ‘Bastions of the 1980-vintage free market economics’. How British. I love it.
Potholes are a performative numbers game in UK. Cambs council repaired 4,800 in Feb (needs to meet gov. targets or risk losing £16m in road funding) One ph ⚠️ at Milton was reported 250 times and patched 18 in a yr
The gov. promised to fix 7M+ but streets are an unsafe mess of endless patches. Why?
The gov. promised to fix 7M+ but streets are an unsafe mess of endless patches. Why?
April 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Potholes are a performative numbers game in UK. Cambs council repaired 4,800 in Feb (needs to meet gov. targets or risk losing £16m in road funding) One ph ⚠️ at Milton was reported 250 times and patched 18 in a yr
The gov. promised to fix 7M+ but streets are an unsafe mess of endless patches. Why?
The gov. promised to fix 7M+ but streets are an unsafe mess of endless patches. Why?
When you start your morning trying to be present but realise you used the pomodoro App instead of the insight timer meditation app…
I hope your morning is going more mindfully present. 🙏🏼 #Meditation #Zazen #hyperconnectedProblems
I hope your morning is going more mindfully present. 🙏🏼 #Meditation #Zazen #hyperconnectedProblems
April 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
When you start your morning trying to be present but realise you used the pomodoro App instead of the insight timer meditation app…
I hope your morning is going more mindfully present. 🙏🏼 #Meditation #Zazen #hyperconnectedProblems
I hope your morning is going more mindfully present. 🙏🏼 #Meditation #Zazen #hyperconnectedProblems
The way career-targeting algorithms operate never fails to amaze me. Apparently, I’m now a potential MI6 intelligence officer candidate. Did they clock my academia survival skills, my multiple work identities… or just my ability to keep a straight face in policy meetings?
March 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The way career-targeting algorithms operate never fails to amaze me. Apparently, I’m now a potential MI6 intelligence officer candidate. Did they clock my academia survival skills, my multiple work identities… or just my ability to keep a straight face in policy meetings?
An electric plug sticking out of the seawall, with the ocean just beyond—dangling loose and fully exposed to the elements. What could possibly go wrong? At least someone had the foresight to wrap it in a plastic bag… because that’s definitely how electricity works. #MexicoLindo.
February 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
An electric plug sticking out of the seawall, with the ocean just beyond—dangling loose and fully exposed to the elements. What could possibly go wrong? At least someone had the foresight to wrap it in a plastic bag… because that’s definitely how electricity works. #MexicoLindo.
The world’s largest tainted non-religious glasswork—3,000 m² of luminous splendour— lies in #Toluca, #Mexico. The Cosmovitral is a stained-glass mural that embodies creation on both a micro and macro scale: human and universe emerge at one end, expanding into a spectrum of cold and warm hues.
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM