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History of biomedicine. Genes and genomes. Value in/of healthcare.

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 8h

See also Kafka, In the Penal Colony.

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Justin Lewis, Fiona Moore , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Justin Lewis, Fiona Moore, Catherine J. Frieman, Steve Sturdy

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 3d

Pivot!

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 8d

Robertson is consistently excellent. And the Land Lay Still is a fabulous wide-screen view of Scotland in the C20.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 9d

Now with added volume, issue, and page numbers.
Sturdy S. The commercial roots of the genomic commons.
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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 13d

The relevant team!

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 15d

Weirdly enough I was telling my first-years about "warrior ethos" last week.

Here's the skill set of a Top Viking, as set out by a dude who'd have gone through anyone using the phrase "warrior ethos" like a well-aimed axe.

I am quick at playing board games;
I have nine skills;
I forget runes slowly;
the book is a preoccupation with me and also craftsmanship.
I am able to glide on skis;
I shoot and I row so that it makes a difference;
I am able to understand both:
harp-playing and poems.
— Earl Rognvald of Orkney, trans. Judith Jesch.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · 25d

Greg Dening, Mr Bligh's Bad Language - exquisitely written, sophisticated but accessible

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Sep 9

See also the voluntary hospitals.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy

www.theguardian.com

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Sep 9

My recollection is that it contains recipes like ball bearings in cream sauce - so I don't think it was intended as a serious culinary guide.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Sep 4

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

5.Postdoctoral Fellow working on LGBTQ+ Health activism, based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, working with Dr Ingrid Young (she/her) & Dr Will Nutland (he/him) (The Love Tank). elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Fellow LGBTQ

The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a 5-year postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medici...

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

4. Postdoctoral Fellow working on AI and Physician Associates, based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, working with Dr Nayha Sethi (she/her) and Professor Lukas Engelmann (he/him) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Fellow AI and PA

The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a 5-year postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome-funded Discovery Award Medici...

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

3. Postdoctoral Fellow working on socio-legal elements of AI, based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society and working with Dr Nayha Sethi (she/her) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Fellow AI and PA

The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a 5-year postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome-funded Discovery Award Medici...

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

2.Postdoctoral Fellow working on Physician Associates, based in STIS and working with Professor Lukas Englemann (he/him) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors)

We are looking for a full time Postdoctoral Research Fellow with knowledge and understanding of current issues in medicine and health systems to join a Wellcome-funded project ‘Medicine without Doctor...

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Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

1. Postdoctoral Fellow working on Abortion Care, based in Law and working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra (she/her) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

The Law School within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medicine without Doctors.

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Reposted by Lesley A. Hall

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Five fabulous five-year postdoc positions at University of Edinburgh, as part of the wonderful Medicine Without Doctors project (www.medicinewithoutdoctors.org)

Medicine without Doctors

www.medicinewithoutdoctors.org

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 25

As a rule, IDK - but this cuts close to home.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Described by Stephen King as the first horror movie he ever saw.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Aug 22

Universities make a loss on home teaching. They make a loss on state-sponsored research. Now they will make a loss on international students. So there will be no activities at all that even break even. In those circs you cannot continue: the end.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/deficit...

Deficits likely as overseas students ‘loss-making’ under levy

Middle-tier universities on ‘wafer-thin margins’ face starkest financial challenges from government proposal, policy analysts suggest

www.timeshighereducation.com

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Jeez! Every attempt at justification...

Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · Aug 20

On Sunday @npr.org the UK's independent reviewer of international terrorism laws said about Palestine Action, the law applies whether you are a "hairy foreigner, or you're some nice white old lady sitting in the road". I can't stop thinking about the casual racism coming from the King's Counsel.

The U.K. is arresting pro-Palestinian protestors on terror charges. They're not deterred

After adding a pro-Palestinian protest group to a list of terrorist organizations, the U.K. has been arresting hundreds of demonstrators at weekly rallies. Critics say the move endangers free speech.

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · Aug 20

On Sunday @npr.org the UK's independent reviewer of international terrorism laws said about Palestine Action, the law applies whether you are a "hairy foreigner, or you're some nice white old lady sitting in the road". I can't stop thinking about the casual racism coming from the King's Counsel.

The U.K. is arresting pro-Palestinian protestors on terror charges. They're not deterred

After adding a pro-Palestinian protest group to a list of terrorist organizations, the U.K. has been arresting hundreds of demonstrators at weekly rallies. Critics say the move endangers free speech.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Delicious!

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Long ago I stayed in the youth hostel on Cape Clear Island, and one of the residents came in with a bucketful of crab claws. They'd been out on a boat to help haul the nets. The crabs were hanging on the nets, and shed their claws when knocked off.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Centenary special issue of Annals of Human Genetics now out - including an essay by me on the promissory politics of genomic medicine
doi.org/10.1111/ahg....

Annals of Human Genetics @ahgeditor.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢The Annals of Human Genetics marks 100 years!🎉

Our Centenary Special Issue reflects on the journal’s history while celebrating recent advances and current investigations in human genetics, from statistical #genetics to #genomic medicine.

🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14691809...

Cover image of the Annals of Human Genetics Centenary Special Issue

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Public health is not a business.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 18

"healthcare business models"? NHS is not a business. Medicare/aid is not a business.

Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Trouble is, they're all paying silly money to the same consultants who say "Look at university X - they jumped off a cliff on our advice, and look how they're flying".

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Annals of Human Genetics @ahgeditor.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢The Annals of Human Genetics marks 100 years!🎉

Our Centenary Special Issue reflects on the journal’s history while celebrating recent advances and current investigations in human genetics, from statistical #genetics to #genomic medicine.

🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14691809...

Cover image of the Annals of Human Genetics Centenary Special Issue