Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone. Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
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Drives me crazy when there's clearly an instrument (cello) on a tune/song (Appropriate Dipstick) & the artist (Natalie McMaster) doesn't list them in the album credits/liner notes 😤 (cello solo @ 1:57... My guess based on style is that it's Mike Block...) 🎻 open.spotify.com/track/76Eb3V...
Sunflower season 🌻
Did you get any pics?
“A people can be deprived of wealth and power, but one of the worst deprivations is depriving them of the means of perceiving and articulating their deprivation, and thereby of developing a vision and strategy and tactics for fighting it.” -Ngugi wa Thiongo
August 31st / September 1st
And that's not even considering the *solid-body* Earth tides @xkcd.com! 😅 ⚒️
Hooray, an @xkcd.com about tides! Although only little ones, round here we can get a tidal range of 10 *metres* . xkcd.com/3135/
![[Single frame, with Megan and Cueball standing at a coastline with grass, with water and waves visible. They are looking at the ocean and are standing together.] Cueball: Hey, where's that big island we were looking at this morning? Megan: Oh, it's underwater. The ocean's depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. Cueball: What? Megan: It's because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. Cueball: What??? [Caption below the frame:] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth. Transcript thanks to explainxkcd](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d67aicqw6nicsf7cjauvzuo3/bafkreibnctesneis67q7qz6tgdszao5vn2zzjlqzdblcy4h6vygipyclni@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)
Dramatic sky tonight
What's the difference between clams 🦪 and brachiopods? At first glance, brachiopods might trick you into thinking they're clams or mussels—but don’t be fooled! Listen to this week's episode with Dr. Susan Butts to learn more: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa... Figure from University of Kentucky.
The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of “Science, Technology, and Governance.” #HPS #STS #PhilJobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301
Happy #NationalBeachDay!
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UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered For more info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065 #HPS 🗃️
Are you prebeared to vote on September 9th?
#MinCup25 is almost here!
🎙️ New HPS Pod! I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions. 🎧 Link in bio! #HOPOS
In Groningen for #EPSA25. I am extreamely happy of being part of the symposium on “Race in Genomics” organized by @celsoneto.bsky.social. Very engaging, detailed and thought provoking talks on the use and misuse of race and ancestry labels in genomics studies. #philsci
Two tenure track/ tenured positions--one Assist Prof & one Assoc Prof in Philosophy of Science &/or Technology at @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social philjobs.org/job/show/29502 philjobs.org/job/show/29506 Areas include phil of social science, Native American philo, phil of race #philsci #philtech #philjobs
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Congrats--so well deserved! 🎉
Tonight's sunset walk
Christine Jorgensen was a transgender woman and activist in the US. Jorgensen’s advocacy and activism increased transgender awareness for the public at a time when existing and living openly as a transgender person received little support. embryo.asu.edu/pages/christ... #hpbio#philsci#transgender
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US colleagues in #philsci #sts #histsci #histmed, please encourage your students to consider the Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Deadline for US residents is October 15th. They need to first apply for admission to the Department of HPS for MPhil or PhD (2026 entry) www.hps.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Soooo. I have a new paper on the origin and spread of the expression "Cambrian explosion," with some fun mid-twentieth century paleo, as well as some remarks on post-Wonderful Life shenanigans. Also, Darwin, Lyell, Simpson, Preston Cloud, TC Chamberlin and more! www.extinctblog.org/palaeonews/2...
From a student. This is why we teach
Steve Shirley escaped the Holocaust as a child & went on to found one of the earliest software startups. The really impressive part? She employed women programmers who had been pushed out of the workforce after having kids, & allowed them flexible, family friendly, work from home jobs—in the 1960s!
I spoke with @histoftech.bsky.social about AI hype, how tools are used to amass power and reshape systems, expertise, and more! www.fastcompany.com/91384078/not...
@naomioreskes.bsky.social gave this *excellent* interview at @rigb.org back in May. A great primer on a lot of big problems in science - trust, disinformation, freedom - and why the onus is on scientists 🧪
A sunset picnic dinner on sailboat back at marina
Sailing out on Puget Sound this evening
Endowed Professorship in Philosophy at my alma mater Notre Dame, AOS/AOC open. 2/1 teaching load philjobs.org/job/show/29462 #philsci #philsky #philjobs
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Chihuly Garden & Glass Museum
North America's oldest pterosaur fossil | Science Sessions | PNAS www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
Thanks (I usually try to add more info/ID in alt text if I have it 😉)
and love these Dr. Seuss-esque wildflowers too
Wildflower meadows of Mt Tahoma (Rainier)
Gale Warning issued August 21 at 2:37PM EDT until August 22 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA Additional Details Here. (1/3)
It is respectful to give them their space, & not unnecessarily stress a mama bear with a cub by getting too close.
Ran into a black bear and her cub at Rainier National Park yesterday--thankfully not close enough to get a good photo! 🐻🧸
Do you remember Lulu? Built in 1964 from two surplus US Navy submersible pontoons, Lulu was designed to launch/recover the brand-new submersible #Alvin. But relationship goes beyond research: Alvin was named after its lead inventor, Allyn Vine, and Lulu was named after his real-life mother!
Philosophy Dept @ U of Toronto invites applications for 7 #philjobs incl Asst Prof – Metaphysics & Epistemology, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 3): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Asst Prof – Philosophy & Statistics, St. George Campus (deadline: Nov 4): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #philsci
🙏--Got lucky with timing & light!
Pretty standard really 😂 She was hiding most of the time we were on the mountain too 😅
This view was from outside the park--in the town of Enumclaw.
Congratulations Alejandro! 🎉🎉🎉 I am looking forward to reading it!
It's not what it used to be since the brewery was bought out, but they still serve it at the Sunrise Visitor snack bar in Mt Rainier!
Although many of us grew up knowing it as Mt Rainier, 'Tahoma' was one of the original Native American names for it. Both names are currently used: volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatorie...
Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) in tonight's sunset
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Thankfully it landed safely in the middle of a soccer field
Then we saw a hot air balloon passing dangerously low across the road in front of us
Of course as soon as we left the mountain, the clouds cleared & the mountain came out in its full glory
Mt. Rainier/Tahoma from the Sunrise side
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Just added to my calendar--looking forward to this!
Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.
I also had a student last semester turn in a paper with several GPT fabricated references, including citing a nonexistent, completely made up book of mine coauthored with Naomi! 🙃
Mt Adams in distance
Same!
Mt. Rainier (Tahoma) Marmots 🦊
Gorgeous! 😍
Hiked up to Glacier Vista (6,336ft/1,931m) to see the Nisqually Glacier (unfortunately the rest of the shy mountain was hiding in clouds by time we got there) ⚒️
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Just my phone 😜
Green River Gorge
Mignon Talbot, American paleontologist & geologist, was born #OTD, 1869. She was the first woman to find & describe a dinosaur: Podokesaurus holyokensis. She was also the first woman to become a member of the Paleontological Society. 🧪⚒️ #histsci wp.me/p3ihHu-NI
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Online Seminar Series on Feminist Philosophy of Climate Change, organized by @juliejebeile.bsky.social & others ⤵️ femphiloclimate.ch/events/ #philsci ⚒️
I have been pronouncing its name as "h-whoops-ee-doos!", as it definitely fossilized after slipping on some kind of ancient banana peel.
I have a horrible feeling I forgot to post that registration for this conference about extinction, conservation and the future of our planet is now open. We have an amazing range of speakers, who are listed here, alongside the link to register. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
I chat with Thomas Spiteri on measurement in the human sciences. I think the interview came along very well 😊 bsky.app/profile/hpsp... Thanks to Thomas for all the work put into the podcast. #philsci #measurement #philsky
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Very neat that Margaret Boden studied with Margaret Masterman. Some potentially interesting history of philosophy to be done on the Cambridge Language Research Unit, which Mary Hesse also had some interest in (see Hesse's 1959 paper "On Defining Analogy.") www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is now out (by me, Patrick Forber and Josh Shepherd): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Dalhousie University & U of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia invite applications for Roper-Hannah Chair in History of Healthcare & Health Equity. Deadline apply October 1, 2025. Posting and direct application link see: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/19481 #HPS
A nice morning exploring the tide pools. 🦑
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This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement
Mine had just started to bloom before I left--love those flowers! 🌱
In the spirit of syllabus season, here’s a link to an extinction studies course of the #envhist #envhum variety. From the dodo to dire wolves...Please borrow, adapt, share! drive.google.com/file/d/1SzKp... cc: @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
It was misty-raining tonight, but there were dozens of campfires dotting the beach tonight with lots of people huddled around.
