Around the world, medicinal and aromatic plants are woven into the daily lives of billions of people.
From ginseng to agarwood, more than 1,500 species are regulated under CITES.
This #WorldWildlifeDay, discover why conserving them is essential: wildlifeday.org/en/about
03.03.2026 13:22
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: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close.
That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education?
#Universities #HigherEducation
24.02.2026 17:02
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We're thrilled to share that 2024β25 fellow Ronit Yoeli Tlalim's new book (coedited with G. Geltner and J. Coomans), Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balalnces was just released by Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
19.02.2026 14:47
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Looking lovely in 3 dimensions! (2 dimensions of 3 dimensions?)
The hard copy is out on the 26th - But if you canβt wait, the e-book has already been releasedβ¦
19.02.2026 23:17
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Hot off the press! #histmed
19.02.2026 14:02
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A conference poster for: Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisclipinary Approaches.
The text on the poster can be found by following the link, it does not fit here.
We're hosting a hybrid conference!
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/CSEQLpo75n56...
#histmed #histstm
18.02.2026 03:43
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Book cover, the text reads: public health in the premodern world: dynamic balances
NEW BOOK: the e-book for βPublic Health in the Premodern Worldβ ed. by our G. Geltner with Janna Coomans & Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (@yoelitlalim.bsky.social) is out!
Illustrating the rich history of public health, it shows how communities across the globe defined and pursued health
#histmed #medhst
28.01.2026 21:53
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UPenn faculty condemn Trump administrationβs demand for βlists of Jewsβ
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
'The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is demanding the university turn over names and personal information about Jewish members of the Penn community as part of the administrationβs stated goal to combat antisemitism on campuses.'
What could possibly go wrong?
14.01.2026 08:56
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Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Join us Friday Jan 16 for a preview of our new book:
Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balances
#histmed
www.chstm.org/group/object...
14.01.2026 09:14
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"genAI" doens't "learn" (tech execs' term) since it has no brains. Instead, it stores and regurgitates - PLAGIARISM....
"many AI developers use a more technically accurate term when talking about these models: lossy compression."
12.01.2026 07:56
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Book cover. Text reads: Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balances. Edited by G. Geltner, Janna Coomans, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim.
Watch this space!
"Public Health in the Premodern World" edited by G. Geltner, Janna Coomans, and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (
@yoelitlalim.bsky.social
) is coming out on the 29th with
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social!
09.01.2026 05:10
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02.01.2026 11:32
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
30.12.2025 19:32
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Very honoured to contribute this image to the WHO Global Summit on Traditional Health this week. The summit will bring huge advances to traditional medicine.
Great working w. @yoelitlalim.bsky.social on the historical timeline.
Here viewed by @narendra-modi.bsky.social and the Director of @who.int
22.12.2025 09:46
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Is the study of history relevant for the world today? There was a resounding βYes!β from all corners of the world gathered in the summit.
22.12.2025 08:09
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It was a great honour to have been invited to the Second WHO Global Summit for Traditional Medicine in Delhi and see the exhibition to which @mstanleybaker.bsky.social and I advised in the real world. (Huge!)
#histmed #globalhealth
22.12.2025 08:03
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Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)
Honoured and delighted to be on my way to this:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wjLb...
15.12.2025 08:05
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Al-generated content has surpassed human-written articles
Graph
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of aβ¦
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
27.11.2025 22:36
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A great opportunity to share what @mstanleybaker.bsky.social and I have been up to.
comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.edu/pillars/heal...
27.11.2025 03:22
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4th Annual Conference 2025 β MIT Comparative Global Humanities
wonderfully inspiring few days in Seoul discussing why humanities matter. Great to see our MIT Global Humanities team
comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.edu/4th-annual-c...
27.11.2025 03:01
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06.10.2025 09:19
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If you are interested in medicine, animal studies and ecology you can attend βMedicinal Animalsβ in Crisis: A Three-Part Symposium online this week, hosted at NUS in Singapore.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 β 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
06.10.2025 09:27
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Congratulations!
04.09.2025 06:32
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IASTAMβs member Sarah Rivkin @salliebklyn.bsky.social joins Qiologicalβs Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translatorβs lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice. www.qiological.com/language-as-...
24.08.2025 10:17
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Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on βDeaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayasβ.
29 Aug 2025, 1β2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
20.08.2025 07:02
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Haaretz / Liza Rozovsky
Source: Netanyahu expected to discuss expansion of Gaza offensive to areas where hostages could be located
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to convene the security cabinet to discuss an expansion of the war in Gaza, a source involved in the matter told Haaretz on Monday.
The source added that the cabinet meeting will also discuss invading areas of the Gaza Strip where the Israeli hostages could be located
Israeli media reports that the cabinet is gearing up to instruct the IDF to occupy all parts of the Gaza Strip.
The implications are a severe escalation of the carnage, starvation, and ethnic cleansing.
UK+EU sanctions should preempt this catastrophe - not respond to it belatedly.
04.08.2025 18:58
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Over the course of their career history majors out earn engineers and comp sci.
02.08.2025 09:44
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27.07.2025 20:59
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