Alisa Bokulich

The talented BU alumna Isabel Oliart playing @ The Burren as part of the Brian O'Donovan Legacy Series.

Reminder: office hours with James Ladyman THIS FRIDAY at noon EDT! Register at the link www.philsci.org/psa_office_h...

Tonight's sunset sky

A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Third BBNJ Symposium 2026

Delighted to present our hot off the press coedited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars “Ways of World Knowing” at the #BBNJ Third Symposium 2026 in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow global.oup.com/academic/pro... — Preface now Free to read for a limited period (Ch2 is OA)

#HPS

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

Very proud of #ACLS "the plaintiffs — the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, and the Authors Guild — argue that DOGE illegally took control of the agency"
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Lessons for human science measurement from the quantification of earthquake size It remains controversial whether the human sciences can quantify the phenomena they study. The feasibility of quantification is usually assessed by id…

Now out: How did earthquakes come to have a (quantitative) size? How can we quantify without experimental control? @cristianlarph.bsky.social and I answer both questions and show their implications for human science measurement.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#philsci #histsci #seismology

Reminder that this is the time of year to bring in forsythia branches to force indoors. I've done cherry branches in the past too. (Just cut them and put them in water, they'll bloom in a few days.)

Reminder: the deadline for contributed papers is coming up fast on 15 March!

Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins

Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

Some remarkably large snowflakes falling in Boston right now ❄️ (winter is not giving up yet...)

#philsci #HPBio

In case you missed it among all of the everything lately, there's a total lunar eclipse tomorrow morning! If you're in a red part of the map, you may be able to see the moon turn red!

Details in thread below, or catch more info from Time & Date, who made the map: www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna...

This evening's moon rise 🌝

The Afterlife of Race: An Informed Philosophical Search, by Lionel McPherson Why are people continually intrigued by race? Race continues to serve as a socially important marker for all sorts of things. It is reflected in scientific

Had the pleasure of reviewing Lionel McPherson's new book, "The Afterlife of Race: An Informed Philosophical Search." You can access it here: academic.oup.com/mind/advance...

#HPS

Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being, Meaning, and Measuring Well This 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data.

Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event!
@durhamimh.bsky.social
#histsci #histmed #hps #philsci #medhums #histtech #sts

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Talk alert! Weds, March 4th - @peterbrannen.bsky.social in conversation with me and @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social at Williams College! CO2, geology, AND capitalism. 7:00pm in Wachenheim Room B11, open to the public, books for sale & signing (& cookies) to follow: events.williams.edu/event/the-st...

#HPS

Private money cannot replace public funding of science Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...

Private money cannot replace public funding of science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
By Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social

New on the Archive:

Dhein, Kelle (2026) A Philosophical Framework for Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Biobanking. [Preprint]

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28352/

Postdoc opportunity at the Taft Research Center here at the University of Cincinnati for which philosophers are eligible to apply. See here for details and to apply: jobs.uc.edu/job/Taft-Pos...

Happy paperback publication day to my second book, SISTERS IN SCIENCE! Dive into the true story of how Lise Meitner, Hedwig Kohn, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stücklen fought sexism to become eminent physicists, then helped each other flee the Nazis.

#nonfiction #womenshistory

Boston-area pals, the time you're saving tonight by NOT watching the SOTU & catching up on your reading instead, you can expend tomorrow by coming to this fun event:
5 p.m., Fong Auditorium, Harvard campus; Maurice Lee & me talking about TL;DR & why no matter what there will always be more to read.

Parking ban on major roads is in effect NOW. This lets us get ahead of the storm, removing remaining snow banks before the nor’easter arrives & making room for plows & salt spreaders to maneuver through the storm. Thanks for everyone’s help to keep us all safe 🙏

Nor’easter to Close BU’s Charles River, Medical Campuses Monday Blizzard conditions, with heavy snowfall and high winds, expected to make travel very difficult

Both Boston University’s Charles River Campus and Medical Campus will close on Monday, due to a major snowstorm that’s expected to bring blizzard conditions and 18 to 24 inches of snow, accompanied by wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph and coastal flooding.

Given the over-abundance of bunnies in my yard, I am grateful for the coyote visits! 😅