Dr. Penelope K Hardy

Stream 4,000+ Public Domain Movies on WikiFlix: Silent Classics, Academy Award-Winners, Hitchcock Films & More Humanity was already enjoying motion pictures a century ago. But the ability to do so at home still lay a few decades in the future, and the ability to pull up a movie on demand through a streaming se...

1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads!
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Hi friends - I'm working on article about efforts to measure, track, and adjust WORKLOAD in higher ed, both for staff and faculty.

I'm interested in talking to people who have experiences w/:
-Workload management gone wrong
-Exemplars of workload measurement
-True tales of workload being adjusted

Look, I don’t want to run for office, but I do want a politician who tweets fish facts.

Director and Curator, Special Collections and Archives - Middlebury College Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the Director and Curator of Special Collections provides leadership, vision, and budget oversight for Middlebury’s special collections, including its rare book an...

JOB ALERT! 📜📚

Who wants to be director & curator of special collections & archives at Middlebury College (Vermont!) — & work for a wonderful boss (& one of my favorite people), Rebekah Irwin?

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A shot of a daffodil against a dark blue sky. It is looming ominously over the camera.

Who wants to see the most ominous photo of a daffodil I’ve ever taken

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety.

i can be reached securely via signal at marisakabas.04

Official Team GB Paralympic photo, with the the crests and everything, and a professional headshot, but it's for "Pickle, A Very Good Girl", who is a black labrador, with a hi-viz harness and a red collar.

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

I'm seeking an artist to do a digital cover illustration for the standalone ebook edition of my story "Kaiju Agonistes." I'm looking for something in the $300 range (plus, I profit share): stylized, not elaborately realistic. You can see my existing e-book trade dress at: www.scottlynchstore.com

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out Rachel Ameen (@syracuseu.bsky.social)’s review of @jasonheppler.org (@rrchnm.bsky.social)’s book _Silicon Valley & the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism_, pub 2024 @oupress.bsky.social

#hstm

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

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New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out @petermandler.bsky.social (@caiuscollege.bsky.social)’s review of Margaret M. Crump’s book _ James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science during the Age of Improvement_, pub 2025 @univnebpress.bsky.social

#hstm

Review avail @hnetreviews.bsky.social

New book review:
Irby on Vos, Asha De: _Whale: The Illustrated Biography_. Princeton University Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142215

H-SciMedTech Books for Review Below are the books currently available for review with H-SciMedTech. Interested in reviewing one? Message Penelope Hardy @pkhardy on Twitter or @pkhardy.bsky.social, or send an email to phardy@uwlax...

Calling all grad students, independent scholars, librarians, museum pros, academics …

✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!

tinyurl.com/yzkcp9fa

#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out Brooke Grasberger (German Maritime Museum)’s review of @karlbell.bsky.social (@uophistory.bsky.social)’s book _The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic_, pub 2025 @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

Me, teaching the 19th century

Who are your favorite historians of late 20th/21st century medicine (bonus for not focusing on the anglophone world)?

Looking to broaden my reading list.

Thanks for such a thoughtful and detailed review @ianmilligan1.bsky.social really appreciate it!

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out @ianmilligan1.bsky.social (@uwaterloo.ca)’s review of @lucipangrazio.bsky.social & @neilselwyn.bsky.social’s book _Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data & Everyday Life_, pub 2023 @mitpress.bsky.social

#hstm

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

Dear Blueskies, question: could you recommend a recent-ish, peer reviewed study on implicit/unconscious bias in faculty hiring? I know the classics, but I am wondering what new(ish) research is out there that could be used in a workshop setting. Thank you very much! #AcademicSky #EduSky 🗃️

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out Christopher DeCou (@umich.edu)’s review of Lan A. Li (@jhu.edu)’s book _Body Maps: Improvising Meridians & Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine_, pub 2025 @ Johns Hopkins University Press

#hstm

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26 This form is part of a project to crowd-source pay and working conditions for people who teach and research in colleges and universities during AY2025-2026. This form is for people paid by the course ...

Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.

Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

Cover of Helga Nowotny’s book In AI We Trust: Power, illusion and control of predictive algorithms (2021).

Ok, let’s see what Helga Nowotny has to say about AI.

Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.

Old Litkinov This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...

Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...