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Coming-out in der Todesanzeige: Die erste lesbische Astronautin

Sally Ride schreib Geschichte als erste US-Amerikanerin im All. Nur ihre Beziehung zu einer Frau hielt die Astrophysikerin geheim. Die Doku "Sally – Pionierin des Weltalls" lässt Weggefährt*innen und ihre Partnerin zu Wort komme
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https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=53929

14.6.2025

Fonds Bruno Latour aux Archives nationales consulter l'instrument de recherche des archives : https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_061984&udId=root&details=true&gotoArchivesNums=false&auSeinIR=true PS : Pour rappel une autre partie de ses archives sont aux Archives municipales de Beaune. #Latour #SHS #STS #Archives

WOW! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 50K times!

I'm working hard on the book. For more about that, watch this space!

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia 'pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #biology #nature #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

#STS scholars, philosophers and historians of #technology before AI: Technology is complicated, it always depends on social use, nothing is determined, users are adaptive and creative #STS scholars, philosophers and historians of #technology after AI:

So after many recommendations I finally got Mol’s The Body Multiple. I wonder how to read it. Every chapter is two parallel running texts. I would probably read each chapter twice, or do the texts on the same page comment on each other directly?

New book out now – open access!
There’s no AI ethics without addressing power.
In "The Ethics of AI: Power, Critique, Responsibility", I propose a "Power-Aware Ethics of AI" — just published with Bristol University Press.
️ Read now: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-ethics-of-ai
#AI #AIethics #STS #PowerAndTechnology #critique

This project grew out of my lecture series at the University of Osnabrück – heartfelt thanks to all the students for their invaluable engagement and enthusiastic feedback.

I and may amazing advisor @nicole_c_nelson and our brilliant collaborator Kelsey preprinted!

"Adverserial" reanalyses of regulatory data pose a deep problem for existing methods of adjudicating which science our regulations should be based on

This is, unfortunately, a continually-relevant story about what #openscience and #opendata mean for how we make regulations and come to consensus as a society

#sts #metascience

https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/jfbr8_v1

What are your favorite empirical works that do a good or nuanced job of connecting meaning and materiality in the same study?

(borrowing that phrasing from Siles-Boczkowski, others would also do) @commodon

JOB OFFER: For our research on the spatial dynamics of #cryocultures we are looking for a PostDoc (100%, ~5 years) in

Geography, History, and/or Cultural Studies

Please find details here: https://www.kulturwissenschaften.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/job-announcement-cultcryo-postdoc2-kwi.pdf

Applications can be submitted until the 19th of June 2025. Work with us!

#CriticalGeography
#History
#Cartography
#STS

It's #WorldBeeDay!

This gorgeous gynandromorph potter flower bee is described in a 1845 article in The Zoologist by English entomologist Frederick Smith. It's pictured from above (left) and below (right).

#HistSTM #HSTM #histsci #histbio #STS @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #lgbtq #animals #bees #science #naturalhistory

This Wednesday, I'll be presenting part of my PhD research on the history of neuroscience in Argentina. The talk brings together scientometric analysis and qualitative research to explore how the field has taken shape, and the factors that influence it. Let me know if you're interested, I'd be happy to share the link
#neuroscience #STS #historyofscience #scientometrics #bibliometrics #Argentina

and another deep gassho to @existentialcomics whose back catalogue is keeping me sane these days.

https://www.existentialcomics.com/comic/305

#ttrpg
#sts
#theory
#feministlasers

I'm looking forward to this! 'Digital Modernities: Why We Need to Think Historically About the Digital Age'.

August 01: a talk I'll be giving hosted by The National School of Arts and Humanities at Australian Catholic University and Thesis Eleven Journal.

https://thesiseleven.com/2025/05/14/event-digital-modernities-why-we-need-to-think-historically-about-the-digital-age/

#STS #SecureTimeSeeding #Windows #Microsoft

TL;DR
Disable it

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/active-directory/sts-recommendations-for-windows-server

I just witnessed something I think I will never experience again: a PhD student created a two hour improv comedy show about key texts in Science and Technology Studies. At one point, she dressed up as a scallop. It was hilarious and fun!

Can Science and Technology Studies (#STS) play a transformative role in advancing #EpistemicJustice?

We're thrilled to co-host with the
British Sociology Association's STS Study Group this rich discussion featuring speakers who will share insights from their experience in creating meaningful change in both #GlobalNorth and #GlobalSouth

Monday, 23 June 2025
14:00–15:30 BST (London Time)
Zoom – Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sts-for-epistemic-justice-strategies-and-practices-tickets-1313749763909

"Achieving AGI is the explicit goal of companies like OpenAI and much of the AI research community. It is treated as a milestone in the same way as building and delivering a nuclear weapon was the key goal of the Manhattan Project.

This goal made sense as a milestone in the Manhattan Project for two reasons. The first is observability. In developing nuclear weapons, there can be no doubt about whether you’re reached the goal or not — an explosion epitomizes observability. The second is immediate impact. The use of nuclear weapons contributed to a quick end to World War 2. It also ushered in a new world order — a long-term transformation of geopolitics.

Many people have the intuition that AGI will have these properties. It will be so powerful and humanlike that it will be obvious when we’ve built it. And it will immediately bring massive benefits and risks — automation of a big swath of the economy, a great acceleration of innovation, including AI research itself, and potentially catastrophic consequences for humanity from uncontrollable superintelligence.

In this essay, we argue that AGI will be exactly the opposite — it is unobservable because there is no clear capability threshold that has particular significance; it will have no immediate impact on the world; and even a long-term transformation of the economy is uncertain."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/agi-is-not-a-milestone

I am looking forward to Isaac Oluoch‘s PhD defence today. Feel free to join us online. It has been a pleasure to serve as his supervisor for his #PSTS MSc thesis and as his Daily Supervisor (w/ Monika Kuffer). #PhilTech #STS #RemoteSensing #GeoAI https://www.itc.nl/events/2025/4/255007/phd-defence-isaac-oluoch-frame-pro-framework-for-the-responsible-and-accountable-mapping-of-deprived-urban-areas

I'll be speaking at the Climate Obstruction in Finance WG on April 24 at 4 pm GMT (11 am EST / 5 pm CET). I'll discuss how financial firms perform accountability for their carbon emissions without truly addressing them. Join us to explore who gets called to account for carbon emissions in finance.
More: https://cssn.org/working-groups/climate-obstruction-in-the-financial-sector/
Paper: http://doi.org/10/br76
#ClimateJustice #Finance #CarbonAccounting #STS #AI #CSSN #ClimateAction #Sustainability @sts