Alisa Bokulich

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

World map with red covering North and South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific ocean

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...

A full moon rising over a bay with a pastel pink Venus belt sky; there is snow & feathery golden phragmites in the foreground.

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.

A square image showing the cover of a book called "the story of CO2 is the story of everything" by Peter Brannen, advertising a talk on March 4th at Williams College from 7-8:30 PM in Bronfman auditorium. Open to the public.

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...

A wall mural in an industrial part of town of life size Rosie the Riveter style women from 1940s in B&W photo style, with one woman's head missing. having been painted over by background walk paint. A deep dingy snowbank is in foreground almost up to their waist.

Picture collage of b&w portraits of four women and the cover of my book SISTERS IN SCIENCE

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

English Debates TL; DR Is it important to read long texts? All the way to the end? .. . . Join us for a debate on the culture of reading with English professors Maurice Lee (Overwhelmed) and Deidre Lynch (Loving Literature) February 25th,5 p.m. Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Series curated by Martin Puchner

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! 😅

Bunny tracks & coyote tracks innthe snow

Bunny tracks & coyote tracks?

Some context for this new policy, which makes me 🤯: The last time they counted (the administration now tells us that the lawyers advise them to refrain from doing so) tenured faculty in Arts and Sciences were 70 per cent male.

View of the harbor islands from Boston Light.

A gray & orange tabby cat sitting on a William Morris inspired black floral garden rug. (All Tikka photos by my son J.)

#Caturday #TikkaTheKitten 🐈

The BPL is proud to announce two research fellowships to support the use of Special Collections!

📜The Telling Boston's Stories Fellowship
🔍The Surfacing Overlooked Stories Fellowship

Applications are open and due on Monday, March 23, 2026.

Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/SCFellowships

🚨 Our Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Computer Simulations in Science is now live. It was a lot of work but I’m proud of this substantial update. I hope it helps those in #philsci interested in the philosophical implications of computational methods.

plato.stanford.edu/entries/simu...

Some Boston Harbor Shellfish Is Now Safe to Eat—Why Is That a Big Deal? BU marine scientist Robinson “Wally” Fulweiler explains how shellfish help keep our seas healthy

"For the first time in a century, shellfish in parts of Boston Harbor are officially safe to eat straight out of the water." featuring my wonderful BU colleague @wallyfulweiler.bsky.social 🦪
#OceanOptimism
www.bu.edu/articles/202...

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YouTube video by Ocean Devotion Stunning beach sunrise, peaceful wave sounds, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Good morning! This morning’s sunrise is the reason I get up so early. It was a stunner!

Here are your 3 minutes of 😍.

#OceanDevotion

Publish and Perish As I announced yesterday I am playing away this week with a tasty post on astrology and astronomy on the excellent Forbidden Histories blog site. However the substitute bank here at The Renaissance…

Nicolaus Copernicus was born 19 February 1473. @karlgalle.bsky.social's biographical sketch of his life & work #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/p...