Alisa Bokulich
@alisabokulich.bsky.social
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/
Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
Red at morning, sailors take warning
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Red at morning, sailors take warning
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Lighted, lighthouse, lighthouse point.🌙
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Lighted, lighthouse, lighthouse point.🌙
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
In case you missed it
Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
In case you missed it
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Nominations are open for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026, recognising the best scholarly English-language book in the history of science.
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
📆 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.
Anyone may nominate (self-nominations welcome).
Submit via our online form on the BSHS website www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Happy #EvolutionDay: #OTD, 1859, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection". The fossil mammals that he recovered in South America sparked the theory of evolution. 🧪⚒️
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November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy #EvolutionDay: #OTD, 1859, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection". The fossil mammals that he recovered in South America sparked the theory of evolution. 🧪⚒️
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paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/d...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
4 curious gray seals swimming by 🦭
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
4 curious gray seals swimming by 🦭
Sunday morning hike through the sand dunes to stretch my legs
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sunday morning hike through the sand dunes to stretch my legs
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Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender.
@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
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@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender.
@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
buff.ly/uMkmXd8
@profess.bsky.social
@westernu.ca
buff.ly/uMkmXd8
Deadline for paper or session proposals has been extended to 15 December 2025 for Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Conference 15–17 July 2026 at
Department of History & Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
spsp2026.philosophy-science-practice.org/openconf
Department of History & Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
spsp2026.philosophy-science-practice.org/openconf
SPSP 2026 - OpenConf Abstract Submission, Peer Review, and Event Management System
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November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Deadline for paper or session proposals has been extended to 15 December 2025 for Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Conference 15–17 July 2026 at
Department of History & Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
spsp2026.philosophy-science-practice.org/openconf
Department of History & Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
spsp2026.philosophy-science-practice.org/openconf
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The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
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November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
Had to escaped all the noise & distractions of Boston to get to a remote writing retreat for some solitary focused research time before my sabbatical is up. Wish me luck...
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Had to escaped all the noise & distractions of Boston to get to a remote writing retreat for some solitary focused research time before my sabbatical is up. Wish me luck...
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With funding being slashed for science, my book on the history of oceanography is more relevant than ever. Thanks to #AmericanCampus for a great conversation and #science, #funding, #life.
americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
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Squids, subs, and the academic-military-industrial complex with Naomi Oreskes - American Campus Podcast
Oh my!References and suggested readings:Naomi Oreskes. 2025. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press. Naomi Oreske...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
With funding being slashed for science, my book on the history of oceanography is more relevant than ever. Thanks to #AmericanCampus for a great conversation and #science, #funding, #life.
americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
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Always worth bigging up #MaryHornerLyell who was into geology before she met her husband, Charles
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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Always worth bigging up #MaryHornerLyell who was into geology before she met her husband, Charles
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