Carsten Timmermann
@ctimmermann.bsky.social
Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the Humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Migrant. Rheinländer in 🇩🇪. Northerner in 🇬🇧. Gen X. Cyclist. Owned by dog. Often online. Here privately. He/him.
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Happy three month bookaversary!
The German Democratic Republic by @historyned.bsky.social provides a succinct and comprehensive history of East Germany and its people, from its early Cold War foundations to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy three month bookaversary!
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Fox and Otter's Tour of Lincoln sounds like a great children's book title
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
CCTV captures fox and otter’s tour of Lincoln city centre
A wildlife expert says the footage of the animals wandering past shops and bars is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Fox and Otter's Tour of Lincoln sounds like a great children's book title
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
'"The beaches have been awash with it but the seals don't seem to mind," said a member of the reserve's team.'
Rough seas cover seals in foam at St Abb's Head - BBC News share.google/SUktoZwxdVlW...
Rough seas cover seals in foam at St Abb's Head - BBC News
The foam called spume occurs when storms churn up the sea water with organic matter.
share.google
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
'"The beaches have been awash with it but the seals don't seem to mind," said a member of the reserve's team.'
Guys, it's an underappreciated fact that men have a pelvic floor, too.
Incidentally: I love that image, and on the website it's even better and moves!
Incidentally: I love that image, and on the website it's even better and moves!
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Guys, it's an underappreciated fact that men have a pelvic floor, too.
Incidentally: I love that image, and on the website it's even better and moves!
Incidentally: I love that image, and on the website it's even better and moves!
The more I learn the less I understand. 🫤
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The more I learn the less I understand. 🫤
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Now there's a soundscape!
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Now there's a soundscape!
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Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Anyone been to see Wolf Alice during the current tour? I'm going to see them at the AO Arena in Manchester next week and am wondering what to expect. [NB I'm not particularly keen on the AO Arena]
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Anyone been to see Wolf Alice during the current tour? I'm going to see them at the AO Arena in Manchester next week and am wondering what to expect. [NB I'm not particularly keen on the AO Arena]
Definitely worth that trillion dollar pay check.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Definitely worth that trillion dollar pay check.
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Witkoff’s nickname being Dim Philby is a light in much darkness this morning.
Witkoff is probably too ignorant to realize this should hurt. /2
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Witkoff’s nickname being Dim Philby is a light in much darkness this morning.
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Bei @artefr.bsky.social kann man neben Lanzmanns "Shoah" in 2 Teilen auch "Ich hatte nur das Nichts" über die Dreharbeiten sehen: www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
In langen Passagen geht es darin um das bekannte Interview mit Abraham Bomba, der nach #Treblinka auch die #HASAG überlebte. Mehr dazu hier ⬇️
In langen Passagen geht es darin um das bekannte Interview mit Abraham Bomba, der nach #Treblinka auch die #HASAG überlebte. Mehr dazu hier ⬇️
Der “Friseur von Treblinka” und die HASAG
„It’s too hard. […] I’m not able to do it.“ – „You have to do it. I know it’s very hard. I know, and I apologize.“ „Don’t kid me along with that, please.“ – „Please.“ „I told you today was going to be...
hasagpuzzle.hypotheses.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bei @artefr.bsky.social kann man neben Lanzmanns "Shoah" in 2 Teilen auch "Ich hatte nur das Nichts" über die Dreharbeiten sehen: www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
In langen Passagen geht es darin um das bekannte Interview mit Abraham Bomba, der nach #Treblinka auch die #HASAG überlebte. Mehr dazu hier ⬇️
In langen Passagen geht es darin um das bekannte Interview mit Abraham Bomba, der nach #Treblinka auch die #HASAG überlebte. Mehr dazu hier ⬇️
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Now asking myself who in UK politics has anything to say to someone (I imagine a great many) under 35 who is seeing the world like this…
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Now asking myself who in UK politics has anything to say to someone (I imagine a great many) under 35 who is seeing the world like this…
This is excellent.
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is excellent.
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This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
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Come work in Denmark.
Job Klaxon:
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Come work in Denmark.
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Always a delight to get an invite from @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Problems in justice go beyond crumbling courts to the disintegration of the fabric of the system
And politicians aren't being honest with the public about how to fix it
Have a listen!
Problems in justice go beyond crumbling courts to the disintegration of the fabric of the system
And politicians aren't being honest with the public about how to fix it
Have a listen!
NEW EPISODE: CRIME & BANISHMENT
😱 Is anyone NOT challenging Starmer's position?
👮 Just how broken is our justice system? (Spoiler: very)
🎄Trees: Sneaky evergreen wokeness klaxon
With guest @kirkkorner.bsky.social.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/54hc...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
😱 Is anyone NOT challenging Starmer's position?
👮 Just how broken is our justice system? (Spoiler: very)
🎄Trees: Sneaky evergreen wokeness klaxon
With guest @kirkkorner.bsky.social.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/54hc...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Crime and Banishment
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 20/11/2025 · 1h 11m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Always a delight to get an invite from @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Problems in justice go beyond crumbling courts to the disintegration of the fabric of the system
And politicians aren't being honest with the public about how to fix it
Have a listen!
Problems in justice go beyond crumbling courts to the disintegration of the fabric of the system
And politicians aren't being honest with the public about how to fix it
Have a listen!
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Curious about a short, dystopian album never to be on streaming sites? Get THE ESCAPE TEAM right now for FREE at www.TMBGshop.com. This album is our gift to you. Please share this and help us spread the word!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...
They Might Be Giants - Jackie The Clipper (Official Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Curious about a short, dystopian album never to be on streaming sites? Get THE ESCAPE TEAM right now for FREE at www.TMBGshop.com. This album is our gift to you. Please share this and help us spread the word!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...
Science is objective, you said? Screenshot from R.A. Wilson & T.A. Wilson, ‘The Fate of the Nontreated Postmenopausal Woman: A Plea for the Maintenance of Adequate Estrogen from Puberty to the Grave’, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 11, no. 4 (1963): 347–62, doi.org/10.1111/j.15....
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Science is objective, you said? Screenshot from R.A. Wilson & T.A. Wilson, ‘The Fate of the Nontreated Postmenopausal Woman: A Plea for the Maintenance of Adequate Estrogen from Puberty to the Grave’, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 11, no. 4 (1963): 347–62, doi.org/10.1111/j.15....
We look forward to it, too!
I am SO looking forward to coming back to @manchstm.bsky.social talk through new work on #microbes! #histSTM #STS #envhist
Another seminar for your diaries: on 9 December we are welcoming Dr Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social for a talk on the multiple lives of modern mycobacteria.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We look forward to it, too!
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Reminder: Gemma Cirac Claveras is speaking next Tuesday. We are starting at 3pm GMT, not at the usual seminar time of 4pm.
Another seminar date for your diary: we're looking forward to Dr Gemma Cirac Claveras speaking on 25 Nov on Data Wars: International Data Sharing (or not) in Meteorology, 1980s-1990s.
#HistSTM #EnvHist
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
#HistSTM #EnvHist
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
CHSTM Research Seminar, 25 November 2025
Dr Gemma Cirac-Claveras
Data Wars: International Data Sharing (or not) in Meteorology, 1980s-1990s
blogs.manchester.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reminder: Gemma Cirac Claveras is speaking next Tuesday. We are starting at 3pm GMT, not at the usual seminar time of 4pm.
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Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on Science & the Modern World, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Email me by 25 November on [email protected] if you’re interested! #WeirdModernisms #BAMS2026 #MSA2026
Email me by 25 November on [email protected] if you’re interested! #WeirdModernisms #BAMS2026 #MSA2026
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nick Gaskill and I are organising a panel on Whitehead, focused on Science & the Modern World, for the MSA/BAMS conference in 2026, and are looking for an additional contributor.
Email me by 25 November on [email protected] if you’re interested! #WeirdModernisms #BAMS2026 #MSA2026
Email me by 25 November on [email protected] if you’re interested! #WeirdModernisms #BAMS2026 #MSA2026
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?