Ben Gross
VP for Research & Scholarship, Linda Hall Library (ret.); Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018). Posting in a personal capacity.
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Linda Hall Library Staff & Fellows
Scholars and staff affiliated with the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology in beautiful Kansas City, Missouri!
@folgerlibrary.bsky.social
The world's largest Shakespeare collection - plus, home to Folger Theatre, Consort, Poetry, Exhibitions, Research, Education, and more!
@daveblackwell.bsky.social
Medical Engineer and Indie Author from Kent, UK. I am profoundly deaf and write comedy based on my experiences. Currently working on "George" an emotional drama with a twist.
@emilybrady.bsky.social
American Historian, JRF at Rothermere American Institute and Christ Church College, University of Oxford. Researching Black women photographers in the Civil Rights Movement.
@datavisfriendly.bsky.social
ASA Fellow; #rstats developer of graphical methods for categorical and multivariate data; #datavis history of data visualization; #historicaldatavis; Milestones project Web: www.datavis.ca GitHub: github.com/friendly
@sarahagilbert.bsky.social
Research Director, Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell University, r/AskHistorians moderator I study how to make the internet freer and safer— and how to help the helpers on the ground making that possible. She/her https://citizensandtech.org/
@stephenaj.bsky.social
Curator Emeritus at Oxford's History of Science Museum; STEM historian, particularly instruments and material culture - current research focused on astrolabes and astrology in medieval and renaissance Europe. (Disclaimer: focus known to wander.)
@davidaubin.bsky.social
Historien des sciences à Sorbonne université / Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris rive gauche.
@michellefrancl.bsky.social
Latest book Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea https://books.rsc.org/books/monograph/2162/SteepedThe-Chemistry-of-Tea Professor of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College & Adjunct Scholar, Vatican Observatory.
@laserdiscleftist.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Ben Wilkoff, and I collect laserdiscs and fight fascism. Father of 3 amazing sons. I’m probably using my typewriter right now.
@rlah.bsky.social
Cree-Metis/Eng. Cdn., born & raised & grateful to be living in Lək̓ʷəŋən territory | AD Academic, UVic IACE / Assoc prof, UVic Anthro | HOA / ISA / IS
@retroist.com
I host the Retroist Podcast and write the Retroist which focuses on nostalgia. I like slightly old stuff and I typo too much. You can find me at https://www.retroist.com & https://patreon.com/retroist.
@nvshakespeare.bsky.social
One of the oldest editorial projects in Shakespearean studies, now in a digital format. Based at Texas A&M University. newvariorumshakespeare.org
@tomrank.bsky.social
Reflections on literature, education - and other ramblings. Was @literaryconnect in the other place 😀 http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/
@acls1919.bsky.social
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations and the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Learn more ➡️ www.acls.org
@emilyfbrooks.bsky.social
Makeademic. PhD English/ Digital Humanities who loves pop culture, paper engineering, physical computing, and digital fabrication. she/her http://emilyfbrooks.com
@bobcalder.bsky.social
Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet. Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills. AAAS Section X, Science and Society Nobody is safe until everybody is safe My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
@veritasium.bsky.social
An element of truth - videos about science, education, and interesting things.
@bestonetx.bsky.social
Award-winning community college prof, writer, editor, historian of Texas Jews. Alte kaker in training. Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande (2024), https://tinyurl.com/273bscwn Corpus Christi, TX www.BryanEdwardStone.com
@adi-keinan.bsky.social
I work at the British Library in the Digital Research team as a Digital Curator, working with Asian and African collections. I'm interested in all things Digital Humanities, especially OCR/HTR, AI/Machine Learning, Digital Mapping, 3D and IIIF.
@bldigischol.bsky.social
Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
@4sonline.bsky.social
Fostering interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship in social studies of science, technology, and medicine across the globe.
@hptsociety.bsky.social
The Society for the History of the Philosophy of Technology (HPT) is dedicated to the study of how we think about technology in all its facets. #philtech #histtech
@brandtandstein.com
We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently: #WorstManOGN (skeets probably by Ted) Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
@neh-odh.bsky.social
Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding experimentation with technology in the humanities. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
@bschmidt.bsky.social
VP of Information Design at Nomic building new interfaces to embeddings; former history professor/digital humanist. Bsky for humanities/dataviz-y things, @benmschmidt@sigmoid.social for techy stuff, the bad place for business. https://benschmidt.org
@tedmccormick.bsky.social
Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him
@compoundchem.com
🧪 Infographics exploring everyday chemistry 📅 #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social 🥇 ACS 2025 Interpreting Chemistry for the Public award 🏆 ABSW 2018 Science Blog Award 🖊️ Posts by @andy.compoundchem.com 🌐 Website: compoundchem.com
@oldnorth1723.bsky.social
300 Years of History. 2 Lanterns. 1 Revolution. Visit us along Boston's Freedom Trail. oldnorth.com
@mediaarchaeology.bsky.social
past solutions for present problems since 2009 // resting on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations open house hours: post.lurk.org/@mediaarchaeologylab/109677062460615838 (account monitored by all lab staff)
@nyamhistory.bsky.social
New York Academy of Medicine's Library and Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health—promoting histories of medicine, public health, and the book.
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
The 🌎’s oldest and largest library association. Find us at https://ala.org. We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
@larryglickman.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present.
@altnehgov.altgov.info
Democracy DEMANDS wisdom. History cannot be undone, books cannot be unwritten, experiences cannot be ignored. Not the official @nehgov.bsky.social account, but a collective of Hercules Mulligans. #AltGov
@250yearsagonews.bsky.social
The events of exactly 250 years ago today (1775). A project in conjunction with America’s semiquincentennial. By Jon Blackwell, an editor at the Wall Street Journal. Also follow me @100yearsagonews.bsky.social
@mek.fyi
Hi, I'm http://mek.fyi, a country squire no longer young. Neutral Good. 📚 OpenLibrary.org at the Internet Archive 👨💻 Berkman Klein Center '22, '23 affiliate 🗺️ Let's map the world's knowledge.
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Knowledge-monger at Carnegie Mellon University: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, wrote a book called literature & the law of nations, co-founder of six degrees of francis bacon. humanities for all.
@themodernpeer.com
the modern peer is a scientist-led blog dedicated to making academic publishing more transparent and accessible. Subscribe here: https://www.themodernpeer.com And reach out if you would like to contribute with a guest post!
@johnholland.bsky.social
Executive Director – National Steinbeck Center literature art oceans science steinbeck ricketts music dogs monterey salinas berkeley hawaii Steinbeck is 🔥.
@johnmkuhn.bsky.social
English prof. 17th century stuff. Prairie son. Working on a cultural and material history of the birchbark canoe in the early modern Americas.
@shineslike.bsky.social
An Australian-American museum geek in Baltimore. Program Head, Museum Studies @ GWU (on sabbatical). Sincereposting about museums, ethics, tech and culture. She/her/hers.
@oboistaalli.bsky.social
Oboist (modern & Baroque), musicologist & former research fellow; production coordinator for Texas Early Music Project; film database manager for Austin Jewish Film Festival צדק צדק תרדף 🐘 @oboistaalli@babka.social
@minorrevision.com
We found a strong correlation between effort and disappointment. https://minorrevision.com/ <- If you are wondering how these comics are made, it is explained here. No need to have a meltdown.
@jasonrhody.bsky.social
Senior Director of Engagement Strategy (@modernlanguage.bsky.social). #HuMetricsHSS. Former: @SSRC_mtp, @NEH_ODH, @UMD_MITH, PhD English (UMD), #altac. Opinions mine.