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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

If you’d like to read a paper about World War One, history and philosophy of science—especially Sarton’s New Humanism and Reichenbach’s logical empiricism—, and scientific humanism, I wrote one!: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... #philsky

Scientific Humanisms (Chapter 5) - Science and Humanism

Science and Humanism - October 2025

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 2d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat obituary: mathematician who established that Einstein’s equations mirror the real world

Pioneer of general relativity and gravitational-wave theories saw her work confirmed by observations 65 years later.

www.nature.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 3d

Seth provides a damning account of all the times 47 has been violent or has threatened violence.

Partial list of people 47 said should be executed: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff, Mark Milley.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.

Here it is:

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 3d

Another report on conditions at the US National academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs

Efforts by leaders of the US national academies to adjust to the new political reality have spurred member concerns about capitulation and censorship.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 4d

Those opposed to affirmative care are trying to create a "science footprint" that supports their attack on trans medicine. This describes a piece of that story.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 8d

Is there a verifiable photo of a child being zip tied by ICE in the Chicago raid? Because a picture is worth a 1000 words. If the photo is real, let’s circulate it.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 10d

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 11d

Well, OK, it is a LOT wonky (LOL), but pretty amazing none-theless. I am running behind so chose not to explain it a length, but just put it out there.

Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 11d

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Anne Fausto-Sterling (@annefaustosterling)

This article is a little wonky but is technically amazing as it combines knowing how the central nervous system develops in the embryo with materials science—the use of soft bioelectronics. The method...

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 12d

“This trial exposed their true aim: to intimidate and silence anyone who dares oppose them,” he added. “If we fail to fight back, Trump’s thought police won’t stop at pro-Palestinian voices – they will come for anyone who speaks out.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students

Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

www.theguardian.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 12d

Of embryos and vaccines
open.substack.com/pub/sterling...

Of embryos and vaccines

If you REALLY want to protect the unborn...

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 13d

I found this to be exptremely helpfuyl. Thanks, Jack, for taking us through the Quality of Evidence Pyramid as applied to gender affirming care.

jdrescher.substack.com/p/the-distor...

The Distortions Hindering Gender-Affirming Care

A Low Quality of Evidence Does Not Mean “Do Not Treat”

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 18d

Am I the only one who missed this? Was there any coverage? www.youtube.com/shorts/C-Ykx...

U.S. Veterans Interrupt Senate Hearing: “You’re Complicit in a Genocide”

YouTube video by AJ+

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 21d

The National Academy of Sciences was granted a charter by Congress in 1863 to provide the government with independent, objective advice on science and technology.
www.science.org/content/arti...

National Academies, staggering from Trump cuts, on brink of dramatic downsizing

Plan for slashed units and mission to be presented at governor’s meeting next week

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 21d

As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead in seeing farther ahead--Holden Thorpe

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

America is ceding the lead in creating the future

The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that “the best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to the business world. It implies that gaining insights ...

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 21d

The sky offered up trans colors tonight. I’m taking it as a sign of support from the universe.

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Sandy ✨🦋 @srosnato.bsky.social · 23d

ABC is said to be airing a memorial to Charlie Kirk tonight in the Jimmy Kimmel Live time slot. BOYCOTT!!

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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 22d

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 22d

www.closertotheedge.net/p/trumps-ice...

TRUMP’S ICE GOONS UNLEASH HELL ON CHICAGO

What happened in Broadview this morning wasn’t immigration enforcement.

www.closertotheedge.net

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Spooooky Suman Seth @alltoosuman.bsky.social · 22d

Cancelling Disney+ and boycotting Target are excellent. But nothing will do more than what we can do together. Join a union. Solidarity is the power we really have as individuals.
Nothing could be weaker than the feeble might of one. It’s the union makes us strong.
@cornellaaup.bsky.social

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 22d

A chemist I know used to say 'oil is so useful for so many things, it's insane that we burn it as fuel.'
Likewise, there are such important things that we can and should be trying to do with advanced algorithmic models, (like this! 👇), that it's insane we're burning the earth for chat bots...

PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 23d

New AI tool detects hidden consciousness in brain-injured patients by analyzing microscopic facial movements

Up to a quarter of brain-injured patients who appear unresponsive may actually be conscious. A new study presents an AI tool that detects this hidden awareness by tracking tiny facial movements, revealing signs of consciousness days earlier than standard clinical exams.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 24d

This Substack has contact info for Roger Iger, head f Disney. Be polite but cancel, and don’t forget you are never returning to Disneyland. Y,all know what to do.

open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...

Chop Wood, Carry Water 9/18

With love at the center.

chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 25d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘One of the true final frontiers’ — Sally Ride biopic highlights the struggle of gay astronauts

The first US woman to fly in space said little about her personal life in public. A candid film discloses the pressures she endured.

www.nature.com

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Sykes @mikedsykes.bsky.social · 26d

Coates just doesn't miss. He doesn't.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

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