Uli Koch

Trump Fires Members of Humanities Council The White House told members of a group of scholars who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities that their positions had been terminated.

The White House has fired members of an outside advisory group to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the latest effort to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities.

Bomb threats reported at Towson, Morgan State universities Towson and Morgan State universities are both responding to bomb threats they received this morning.

Bomb threats reported at Towson, Morgan State universities

The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review Nicole Hemmer responds to Alex Gourevitch’s “The Right to Be Hostile.”

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Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses | Penn State University The greater than three-fold increase in autism diagnoses among students in special education programs in the United States between 2000 and 2010 may be due in large part to the reclassification of ind...

Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses www.psu.edu/news/researc... - many cases of what used to be called 'intellectual disability' are now being diagnosed as 'autism'

Another useful German term to insert into this discussion: Mitläufer(tum)

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.

Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?

My own colleagues are silent.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

this is fucking horrifying

Black US colleges restrict campus activity after threats Some U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) went into lockdown on Thursday after they received reports of threats against them that were probed by authorities, the educational institutions said.

Black US colleges restrict campus activity after threats reut.rs/4phIpmT

Thousands protest for a ‘Free DC’ on 4th week of federal control WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched across Washington, D.C., on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of policing in the nation’s...

Thousands protest for a ‘Free DC’ on the 4th week of federal control in Washington

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From this month's edition of The Onion.

Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory - Rachael I. Rosner, 2025 This article offers historical context for psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck's creation of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a widely celebrated patient-rated ...

Fascinating new article by Rachael I. Rosner is out in History of the Human Sciences

Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory

#histpsych #mentalhealth #histmed

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Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 - Ulrich Koch, 2025 This article uses the early history of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a lens to draw out the epistemic and ethical-political stakes of rehabilitation ...

Fascinating article by @ulikoch.bsky.social out in History of the Human Sciences now:

Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74

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There is a good book on the history of the myth of the spat-on Vietnam vet (or, at the very least, the lack of evidence of any such events taking place).
Lembcke, 1998, NYUP

big lesson for america here: one reason you dont elect people who believe bull shit like "theyre eating the pets" or "theyre putting kitty litter boxes in the classrooms" is bc if they get in power theyll believe bull shit like "tariffs are a tax cut actually"

Drug Seizure Statistics Securing America's Borders

Reminder: The amount of fentanyl seized at the northern border in the most recent month was 0.03 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Patrol data. That's about a dozen jelly beans.

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‼️ Tomorrow ‼️
9 AM - Rally with CFPB Union
5 PM - Rally at HUD

Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.

Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.

Jeff Bezos Sends Note To Whole Foods Staff Forbidding Criticism Of Grapes MIAMI—Asserting that many differing perspectives on the fruit were readily available online, billionaire Jeff Bezos reportedly sent a note to staff at the Amazon-owned Whole Foods this week strictly f...

Jeff Bezos Sends Note To Whole Foods Staff Forbidding Criticism Of Grapes

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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