Jacqui Wallis
@jwallis1.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student at Penn, for a just, humane, sustainable world. Previously at BristolUni, Fred Hutch, SeattleU. Latinx, LGBTQ+, she/they.
Phil sci, phil bio, microbiome, bioethics, enviro ethics, climate change, teaching and phil ed.
Phil sci, phil bio, microbiome, bioethics, enviro ethics, climate change, teaching and phil ed.
One of my good friends worked at 18F. She’s one of the smartest, most creative and dedicated problem solvers that I know. This is so wrong.
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of my good friends worked at 18F. She’s one of the smartest, most creative and dedicated problem solvers that I know. This is so wrong.
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
Carlos Santana (UPenn) argues that optimal openness is not maximum openness. Openness is one of the core values that govern science. Trade offs apply depending on contexts. #ScienceAndValues #philsci #philsky
The Value of Openness in Open Science | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | Cambridge Core
The Value of Openness in Open Science
www.cambridge.org
December 22, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Carlos Santana (UPenn) argues that optimal openness is not maximum openness. Openness is one of the core values that govern science. Trade offs apply depending on contexts. #ScienceAndValues #philsci #philsky
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
MAP-Penn’s eighth annual conference is April 4-5 on zoom! This year’s theme is Displacement(s) — issues of migration, gentrification, homelessness — and we’re lucky to have Serena Parekh and Ronald Sundstrom as keynote speakers.
Submit an abstract by January 15! sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Submit an abstract by January 15! sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
December 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
MAP-Penn’s eighth annual conference is April 4-5 on zoom! This year’s theme is Displacement(s) — issues of migration, gentrification, homelessness — and we’re lucky to have Serena Parekh and Ronald Sundstrom as keynote speakers.
Submit an abstract by January 15! sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Submit an abstract by January 15! sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
With today's report outlining risks on mirror life www.science.org/doi/full/10.... many have asked:
Could mirror life survive in the wild?
Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵
Could mirror life survive in the wild?
Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵
Confronting risks of mirror life
Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward.
www.science.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
With today's report outlining risks on mirror life www.science.org/doi/full/10.... many have asked:
Could mirror life survive in the wild?
Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵
Could mirror life survive in the wild?
Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵
I attended one of the PSA Office Hours earlier this year - it was really productive! Not only do you get to meet a senior scholar, but also other early-career people you might not have known. Highly recommend to other grad students!
Upcoming PSA office hours 12pm EST
1. Wed 22 Jan: Engaged Philosophy of Science w/Kevin Elliott & Katie Plaisance
2. Wed 12 Feb: Philosophy of Psychiatry w/ Şerife Tekin & Jonathan Y. Tsou
3. Wed 5 Mar: Epistemology of Scientific Communities / Social Epistemology @cailinmeister.bsky.social
1. Wed 22 Jan: Engaged Philosophy of Science w/Kevin Elliott & Katie Plaisance
2. Wed 12 Feb: Philosophy of Psychiatry w/ Şerife Tekin & Jonathan Y. Tsou
3. Wed 5 Mar: Epistemology of Scientific Communities / Social Epistemology @cailinmeister.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I attended one of the PSA Office Hours earlier this year - it was really productive! Not only do you get to meet a senior scholar, but also other early-career people you might not have known. Highly recommend to other grad students!
Today in my bioethics course I’m teaching J. J. Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion.” My goal, as always, is to help my undergrads learn how to think well, in community, about deeply important questions. I have a contingency plan, but this seems like an ok first step towards *doing something* to help.
November 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Today in my bioethics course I’m teaching J. J. Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion.” My goal, as always, is to help my undergrads learn how to think well, in community, about deeply important questions. I have a contingency plan, but this seems like an ok first step towards *doing something* to help.
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
Most election-day rumors will take shape around some kind of “evidence” — photos, videos, first-person accounts — of voting issues. These evidence-based election rumors mislead in a few common ways:
November 4, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Most election-day rumors will take shape around some kind of “evidence” — photos, videos, first-person accounts — of voting issues. These evidence-based election rumors mislead in a few common ways:
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
Looking forward to the PSA @philsci.bsky.social conference in New Orleans in 2 weeks!
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝
#philsci #philbio #hps
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝
#philsci #philbio #hps
October 30, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Looking forward to the PSA @philsci.bsky.social conference in New Orleans in 2 weeks!
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝
#philsci #philbio #hps
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I are co-organizing the symposium "Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: The Uses and Misuses of Population Descriptors in Genomics". Hope to see many of you there! 🤝
#philsci #philbio #hps
Quote post with something green from a photo you took :)
October 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Quote post with something green from a photo you took :)
I bike around a US city, to commute and generally get around. From my vantage point, I can see into most cars. The number of drivers on their phones is ASTRONOMICAL. I also hate how many bikes run reds, so I’m now the stubborn cyclist waiting at every red light on corridors timed for cars 😔
We almost got hit by a driver who was on his smartphone and paying zero attention to the road. I was carrying my two kids on a very visible cargo ebike. How are individuals so irresponsible? More importantly, how are policymakers so unresponsive to dangerous and inattentive driving?
October 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I bike around a US city, to commute and generally get around. From my vantage point, I can see into most cars. The number of drivers on their phones is ASTRONOMICAL. I also hate how many bikes run reds, so I’m now the stubborn cyclist waiting at every red light on corridors timed for cars 😔
At the old place, one of the things I enjoyed most was seeing papers (phil, bio, sci, other stuff) that I wouldn’t have found otherwise (or as fast). That’s starting to happen more and more here, which is awesome! Keep posting your cool stuff and hyping other cool people’s cool stuff!
August 26, 2024 at 12:41 AM
At the old place, one of the things I enjoyed most was seeing papers (phil, bio, sci, other stuff) that I wouldn’t have found otherwise (or as fast). That’s starting to happen more and more here, which is awesome! Keep posting your cool stuff and hyping other cool people’s cool stuff!
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
Program for #PSA2024 is now out on our website. Poster sessions and cognate societies sessions will follow soon. Time to register for the conference — we very much look forward to seeing you in New Orleans in November: site.pheedloop.com/event/psa24/...
PheedLoop
PheedLoop: Hybrid, In-Person & Virtual Event Software
site.pheedloop.com
August 8, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Program for #PSA2024 is now out on our website. Poster sessions and cognate societies sessions will follow soon. Time to register for the conference — we very much look forward to seeing you in New Orleans in November: site.pheedloop.com/event/psa24/...
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
The 2025 The International Society for the History, Philosophy, & Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) biennial meeting will take place in Porto, Portugal, 20–25 July.
Call for session proposals & papers with submission deadline 1 November, 2024
#hpbio #philsci #paleobio #histsci
Call for session proposals & papers with submission deadline 1 November, 2024
#hpbio #philsci #paleobio #histsci
submission
ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt
July 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Upcoming virtual event on ethical dimensions of microbiome research #philsci #hpbio 🧪🦠 www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
MVIF.29 | 21 & 22/23 May 2024
A special MVIF event, with talks and panel discussion
www.microbiome-vif.org
April 8, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Upcoming virtual event on ethical dimensions of microbiome research #philsci #hpbio 🧪🦠 www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Penn Today did a spotlight on work I’ve been doing at a local high school! Here in the US, philosophy isn’t a standard curriculum topic, so PLATO’s Philosopher in Residence program can help address that gap. Students seem to have fun - and so do I!
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-p...
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-p...
Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions | Penn Today
Ph.D. students Jacqueline Wallis and Afton Greco are embedded at the Academy at Palumbo in South Philadelphia, where they give philosophy lessons on curriculum-relevant topics and run an after-school ...
penntoday.upenn.edu
March 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Penn Today did a spotlight on work I’ve been doing at a local high school! Here in the US, philosophy isn’t a standard curriculum topic, so PLATO’s Philosopher in Residence program can help address that gap. Students seem to have fun - and so do I!
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-p...
penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-p...
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
For new users just exploring the fact that you can choose your algorithms here, I highly recommend the "Quiet Posters" feed (which highlights users you follow who don't post that often, but have finally chosen to speak up): bsky.app/profile/did:...
February 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM
For new users just exploring the fact that you can choose your algorithms here, I highly recommend the "Quiet Posters" feed (which highlights users you follow who don't post that often, but have finally chosen to speak up): bsky.app/profile/did:...
MAP-Penn is organizing our 8th annual conference - this year a virtual event on Racial Justice, broadly construed. The call-for-abstracts is out now and you have until February 25th to submit! Info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...
MAP-Penn Conference on Racial Justice
The University of Pennsylvania chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) is pleased to announce our eighth annual conference: MAP-Penn Conference on Racial Justice.
For this conference, we are ...
philevents.org
January 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
MAP-Penn is organizing our 8th annual conference - this year a virtual event on Racial Justice, broadly construed. The call-for-abstracts is out now and you have until February 25th to submit! Info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
Spread the work: Philosophy of Science Office Hours! @philsci.bsky.social #philsci #philsky
January: Feminist Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology and Medicine.
January: Feminist Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology and Medicine.
www.philsci.org
November 3, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Spread the work: Philosophy of Science Office Hours! @philsci.bsky.social #philsci #philsky
January: Feminist Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology and Medicine.
January: Feminist Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology and Medicine.
Reposted by Jacqui Wallis
🧪 Scientist?
🟦 New to BlueSky?
👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts?
📃 Here’s a list of over 170 science-related feeds and their hashtags.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
🟦 New to BlueSky?
👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts?
📃 Here’s a list of over 170 science-related feeds and their hashtags.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
BlueSky Science-Related Feeds
Sheet1
Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list
11,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ftnzzw4cnon2pzpw7i5m2xu7/feed/aaaiqnkwsgsz6">#AI&HCI</a>,#HCI,...
docs.google.com
November 2, 2023 at 11:34 AM
🧪 Scientist?
🟦 New to BlueSky?
👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts?
📃 Here’s a list of over 170 science-related feeds and their hashtags.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
🟦 New to BlueSky?
👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts?
📃 Here’s a list of over 170 science-related feeds and their hashtags.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
Hello sky blue world! I’m new here and looking for all things: philosophy and history of science, especially biology, climate change, community science, public philosophy, microbes and microbiome, cell/ molecular bio, experimental systems, science education, bioethics, your cool thing, &etc.!
October 20, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Hello sky blue world! I’m new here and looking for all things: philosophy and history of science, especially biology, climate change, community science, public philosophy, microbes and microbiome, cell/ molecular bio, experimental systems, science education, bioethics, your cool thing, &etc.!