Eliana S. Santos
@magrippa.bsky.social
Architect, Researcher, Professor (she/her)
www.elianasousasantos.com
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"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
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I'm a professor. We're not the 'elite' the powerful billionaires say we are.
Most professors don't have tenure. An increasing number don't even have full-time jobs. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
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Putting air filters in classrooms seems to reduce student sick days by more than 10 per cent.
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three
www.newscientist.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to reduce student sick days by more than 10 per cent.
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requiescat in pace
April 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
requiescat in pace
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
Biopolitics in reverse:
"If a pandemic breaks out, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on orders from the White House, refuse to publish data on its spread, will it still kill people?"
"If a pandemic breaks out, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on orders from the White House, refuse to publish data on its spread, will it still kill people?"
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Biopolitics in reverse:
"If a pandemic breaks out, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on orders from the White House, refuse to publish data on its spread, will it still kill people?"
"If a pandemic breaks out, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on orders from the White House, refuse to publish data on its spread, will it still kill people?"
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The full cache of declassified MI5 files, released by the National Archives today, can be found here www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/l... Among other things, they cover the Cambridge Spy ring, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
Latest release of files from MI5 - The National Archives
Today we have made available a selection of previously top secret files from MI5. Including new details on the Cambridge Spies Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The full cache of declassified MI5 files, released by the National Archives today, can be found here www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/l... Among other things, they cover the Cambridge Spy ring, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
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I would absolutely rather talk about astrophysics than health — partly because it’s where my expertise lies and partly because it’s more fun — but as a human person with a frustratingly biological existence (and friends and family who are also humans) it’s real hard to just ignore this dire stuff
And now this. My father had polio when he was a child in the 1930s. He thankfully survived. Many did not. This is, well, evil. Let's not mince words. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:27 PM
I would absolutely rather talk about astrophysics than health — partly because it’s where my expertise lies and partly because it’s more fun — but as a human person with a frustratingly biological existence (and friends and family who are also humans) it’s real hard to just ignore this dire stuff
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Maybe you stopped masking before—it isn’t “too late.” Masking today is better than not masking at all, just as carrying an umbrella today helps you *today* even if you got soaked yesterday. Especially if yesterday it was drizzling and today it’s increased to pouring.
August 18, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Maybe you stopped masking before—it isn’t “too late.” Masking today is better than not masking at all, just as carrying an umbrella today helps you *today* even if you got soaked yesterday. Especially if yesterday it was drizzling and today it’s increased to pouring.
Please mask up:
Interviewed about current Covid wave and covid in general by Yahoo News
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COVID 'is an all-year round virus' expert warns amid summer wave
Professor Christina Pagel, from UCL's Clinical Operational Research Unit has warned that we should still be wary of the virus.
uk.news.yahoo.com
August 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Please mask up:
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just want to say that even if you stopped masking for whatever reason, you can start back up at any moment! and the moment you do, you are a true comrade to disabled people, elderly people, immunocompromised people, each other, everyone else. it’s really easy to be a real ally :)
July 25, 2024 at 10:45 PM
just want to say that even if you stopped masking for whatever reason, you can start back up at any moment! and the moment you do, you are a true comrade to disabled people, elderly people, immunocompromised people, each other, everyone else. it’s really easy to be a real ally :)
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If you’ve stopped masking, now is a great time to start again. Literally every one of my friends or family who have traveled recently caught covid. N95 masks are best, 3M Aura brand are very comfortable and sold lots of places online or in stores like Target (you can even do curbside pickup). 😷
COVID is REALLY going around right now, friends. I highly highly highly recommend masking indoor public spaces, especially among crowds. It's easy, honestly, and it makes a big difference.
July 28, 2024 at 10:39 PM
If you’ve stopped masking, now is a great time to start again. Literally every one of my friends or family who have traveled recently caught covid. N95 masks are best, 3M Aura brand are very comfortable and sold lots of places online or in stores like Target (you can even do curbside pickup). 😷
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Tax and spend is the foundation of a civilised society. The new government should embrace it, because without it, we're stuck with pointless and destructive austerity.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard | George Monbiot
The focus on growth to ease the UK’s economic ills will not be nearly enough, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Tax and spend is the foundation of a civilised society. The new government should embrace it, because without it, we're stuck with pointless and destructive austerity.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should know better:
"These tactics are how we get used to so many bad things, from mega-fires to insurrections."
"These tactics are how we get used to so many bad things, from mega-fires to insurrections."
"Truth tellers are the Achilles heel of collective denial.
And so those who wear masks are ridiculed, scientists reporting on COVID-19 risks are cast as fearmongers, and those with long COVID are dismissed as having anxiety disorders."
Fantastic piece on the tactics behind denial by sociologists.
And so those who wear masks are ridiculed, scientists reporting on COVID-19 risks are cast as fearmongers, and those with long COVID are dismissed as having anxiety disorders."
Fantastic piece on the tactics behind denial by sociologists.
We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality
We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick our heads in the sand and why we need to pull them out, fast
www.scientificamerican.com
June 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
We should know better:
"These tactics are how we get used to so many bad things, from mega-fires to insurrections."
"These tactics are how we get used to so many bad things, from mega-fires to insurrections."
March 2024
Most people: the pandemic is over
Boston University Epidemiologist: definitely still a pandemic
Some pandemics "With nearly as many hospitalizations in January 2024 as in January 2023, it’s clear that COVID is not growing milder and it’s not fading away."
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Most people: the pandemic is over
Boston University Epidemiologist: definitely still a pandemic
Some pandemics "With nearly as many hospitalizations in January 2024 as in January 2023, it’s clear that COVID is not growing milder and it’s not fading away."
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
March 7, 2024 at 11:09 AM
March 2024
Most people: the pandemic is over
Boston University Epidemiologist: definitely still a pandemic
Some pandemics "With nearly as many hospitalizations in January 2024 as in January 2023, it’s clear that COVID is not growing milder and it’s not fading away."
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
Most people: the pandemic is over
Boston University Epidemiologist: definitely still a pandemic
Some pandemics "With nearly as many hospitalizations in January 2024 as in January 2023, it’s clear that COVID is not growing milder and it’s not fading away."
www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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I’m gobsmacked by how good this is. Imagine interviewing an RNA virus specialist protecting his aged parents, a clean air specialist angry with the hospital who treated her breast cancer and the head of an institute who calls out minimizers and deniers instead of Lena Wen and Ashish Jha.
"It's the apathy that is the concern." Excellent article on "living in a public health Barbieland" - three COVID-19 experts.
Scientist Brendan Crabb broke his own rule and caught COVID. But this is how he had avoided it
Three of Australia's leading COVID-19 experts share their personal safety strategies and reflect on what must happen if we're to blunt the growing health crisis the pandemic is causing — and prepar...
www.abc.net.au
January 21, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I’m gobsmacked by how good this is. Imagine interviewing an RNA virus specialist protecting his aged parents, a clean air specialist angry with the hospital who treated her breast cancer and the head of an institute who calls out minimizers and deniers instead of Lena Wen and Ashish Jha.
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Open PHD position in history and theory of architecture at USI Mendrisio: www.instagram.com/p/C1WVBWlMRj...
December 27, 2023 at 12:43 PM
Open PHD position in history and theory of architecture at USI Mendrisio: www.instagram.com/p/C1WVBWlMRj...
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It’s the 14th Annual Architecture and Design Awards and Mark Lamster and @langealexandra.bsky.social have invited me once again to take part in this highly official ceremony. Who won? Who lost? Who wore it best?
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December 6, 2023 at 5:17 PM
It’s the 14th Annual Architecture and Design Awards and Mark Lamster and @langealexandra.bsky.social have invited me once again to take part in this highly official ceremony. Who won? Who lost? Who wore it best?
lamstermd.medium.com/spheres-jeer...
lamstermd.medium.com/spheres-jeer...
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Richest 1% account for more carbon pollution than the bottom 66% www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says
‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Richest 1% account for more carbon pollution than the bottom 66% www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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To condemn unequivocally Hamas’s horrific acts of terrorism on October 7 and to condemn unequivocally the Israeli government’s horrific assaults on the people of Gaza is not “both-sidesing” the issue. It’s the consistent application of humanitarian principles.
October 30, 2023 at 8:18 AM
To condemn unequivocally Hamas’s horrific acts of terrorism on October 7 and to condemn unequivocally the Israeli government’s horrific assaults on the people of Gaza is not “both-sidesing” the issue. It’s the consistent application of humanitarian principles.
Does anyone have a pdf copy of Minnette de Silva's chapter on the architecture of India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia in the Banister Fletcher (18th ed. 1975)?
October 22, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Does anyone have a pdf copy of Minnette de Silva's chapter on the architecture of India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia in the Banister Fletcher (18th ed. 1975)?
The one important take of this op-ed is that Tokyo invests in public transit:
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/o...
September 12, 2023 at 2:04 PM
The one important take of this op-ed is that Tokyo invests in public transit:
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/o...
🍂🌍 Neste Outono, no CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém irei partilhar ideias sobre várias "Histórias da Arquitectura". São quatro sessões: 26 de outubro, 2, 16 e 23 de novembro. Mais informações aqui:
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September 12, 2023 at 2:01 PM
🍂🌍 Neste Outono, no CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém irei partilhar ideias sobre várias "Histórias da Arquitectura". São quatro sessões: 26 de outubro, 2, 16 e 23 de novembro. Mais informações aqui:
www.ccb.pt/evento/histo...
www.ccb.pt/evento/histo...