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Sam weiss evans Sep 11, 2023

@Ofsevit I ride through here everyday and would hate to see this iced. Do you know what time you took the photo? I bet the city could compare that to the rainfall time and calculate the drainage flow rate.

Sam weiss evans Jul 23, 2023

Still one of my favorite quotes from my doctorate. And apt for this platform :-)

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b997ee24-8e28-4bf6-9440-298d8e9dcab0

Technological ambiguity & the Wassenaar Arrangement - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive

International cooperation on export controls for technology is based on three assumptions, that it is possible: to know against whom controls should be directed; to control the international transfer of technology; and to deﬁne the items to be controlled. These assumptions paint a very hierarchical

Sam weiss evans Jul 5, 2023

Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’

Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggest

The Guardian

Sam weiss evans Jul 3, 2023

I remember that time in grad school when I first found an Ur paper for a particular metric, and I just scratched my head and said, “that's all we’ve got to go on??" It's even more fun when this is an STS paper, talking about the ways science/engineering are socially constructed 🙃 #smbc https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/metrics

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Metrics

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Sam weiss evans Jul 3, 2023

@davidmanheim yeah it’s a bit wild. You can click on the “following” text in your profile like on twitter to see followers, but when I look at yours it only shows those people who are on my same server. Joys of a distributed environment.

Sam weiss evans Jul 3, 2023

Does anyone have a good #biosecurity list going on here yet?

Sam weiss evans May 4, 2023

Nick Seaver May 4, 2023

Boston-area STS folks: Tufts STS is looking to hire a part-time lecturer for next academic year. Teaching load is one intro course and two discussion-only reading groups, all on topics of your choice. Benefits-eligible! Hit me up with any questions. https://apply.interfolio.com/124875

(We've tried to design this to be useful to someone looking for teaching experience or to develop a course on your dissertation topic; ABD candidates are very encouraged to apply.)

Apply - Interfolio

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Sam weiss evans Mar 21, 2023

1) top cover for practitioners who want to try something different

2) funding for small scale experiments in governance that are directly addressing the structural issues that limit our current systems

3) a process for those engaged in these experiments in governance to share our learning across communities, and for that learning from below to feed back into policy design.

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Sam weiss evans Mar 21, 2023

We note that rethinking involves being methodical about experimenting in governance. For these experiments in governance to work, we note three things that need to be place:

Sam weiss evans Mar 21, 2023

In @statnews today, David Gillum and I argue that now is an excellent time to rethink the infrastructure we have in place to identify and address #biosecurity concerns.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/21/lab-leak-biosecurity-risk-policies/

The lab leak conversation shows it’s time to rethink our biosecurity infrastructure, not just policies

With biosecurity at the forefront of people’s minds, this is an opportune moment to think differently.

STAT