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#ICYMI: Earth gained a second #moon on Sunday (Sep. 29). Over the next two months, Asteroid 2024 PT5 will loop around our planet before flying off into space. nytimes.com/2024/09/12/sci… (Tom Grossi: Perhaps we shouldn't inform the Strouds...) #astronomy #MiniMoon 🌒

Exciting news, #histSTM friends! Notes and Records (The Royal Society's #histsci journal) is accepting submissions for its annual Essay Award. Anyone who completed a postgrad degree in the past 5 years is eligible to compete. Entries are due Feb. 28, 2025: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/essay-awa…

This morning, my colleagues & I are thrilled to welcome two new research fellows to Linda Hall Library! Kathryn Bruce studies the circulation of horticultural knowledge, while Ericka Herazo is investigating the history of A.I. More info: lindahall.org/research/linda… #histSTM #histsci

#Twitterstorians/#Trivia fans: Can you help me out? One of LHL's research fellows is writing an article on the use of animatronics Chuck E. Cheese and is having trouble identifying the 3 performers marked w/a circle in this photograph. Does anyone know their names? #ChuckECheese

#histSTM, #histsci, & #histtech friends-Do you have a PDF/hard copy of Mike Mahoney's essay "Reading a Machine"? It was posted on Mahoney's Princeton website, but lately I've only been able to access it via Internet Archive. (The recent outage has me thinking about backups...)

Hey there, #histSTM friends! You only have one more week to vote in this year’s The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) elections. Read statements from all the candidates (including yours truly) & submit your ballot by Oct. 27: historyoftechnology.org/2024/09/24/sho… #histtech #SHOT #SHOTElections 🗃️⚙️🗳️

Congratulations to Claire Gilbert who is starting her Linda Hall Library fellowship today! Claire's research focuses on #linguistics and cross-cultural exchanges in the early modern Mediterranean. Read more about her project: lindahall.org/research/linda… #histSTM #histsci #translation

Applications are now open for Linda Hall Library's 2025-26 fellowships, including: -Residential & virtual #histSTM fellowships -Our 9-month National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship -#HistMed, #Aerospace & #RareBooks fellowships Learn more & submit a proposal by Jan. 17, 2025! lindahall.org/research/linda…

Exciting news for former, current & future Linda Hall Library fellows! We are now offering free digital scans to alumni of our fellowship program. (Thanks to LHL's Public Services & Tech. Services depts. for making this possible!) lindahall.org/about/news/lin… #FellowFriday #histSTM

Heading to Mérida for the 2024 History of Science meeting. In light of recent events, I am especially grateful to spend time with friends and colleagues over the next few days. hssonline.org/general/custom… #histsci #histSTM #HSS24

Hey there, #histSTM friends! Can't make it to the History of Science meeting in Mérida? Head off to the wild blue yonder, where I'll be sharing my live commentary using #HSS24!

Giving an online talk, "Getting Maintenance Organized," for Linda Hall Library and The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) this Thursday at noon CT. events.lindahall.org/gettingmainten… Looking at the history of the phrase "operations and maintenance." The British Navy adopted it in 1917. US railroads by the 1930s.

Hey, #histtech & #histSTM friends! Want to continue the discussions of maintenance & repair that began at this year's The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) meeting? Be sure to tune in for Lee Vinsel's upcoming talk, brought to you this Thursday, Nov. 14 by SHOT & Linda Hall Library! events.lindahall.org/gettingmainten…

Still my best Tweet of all time, and I have completed my life's task by having Twought it - Happy to retire + die. Going to talk about it today in my talk for Linda Hall Library and The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), "Getting Maintenance Organized," at Noon CT. cc: Ben Gross events.lindahall.org/gettingmainten…

The Midwest Junto for the History of Science--America's oldest regional #histSTM organization--will hold its 66th annual meeting March 21-23, 2025 at Missouri S&T. Learn more and submit a paper proposal before Jan. 8: midwestjunto.wordpress.com #histsci #Junto25

Good moring, friends! *Today* is the application deadline for Linda Hall Library's 2025-26 fellowships, including our National Endowment for the Humanities postdoc and specialized #histmed, #aerospace & #BookHistory fellowships. Submit your proposals: lindahall.org/research/linda… #histSTM #histsci #STS #scicomm🗃️📜

And only now do I notice the typo! (My only excuse is that I was quite busy last Friday *morning*...)

According to former vice-presidential candidate Franklin Sherman, a reboot of #TheCritic w/both Jon Lovitz & @aljean would be bigger than the Badger Blaster (TM)!

#OnThisDay in 2014, I joined Twitter. For many years, it was a major part of my professional life & an important place to discuss #histSTM/#STS, etc. I'm grateful for the friends I made here before most of us departed to spend more time in the azure heavens... #Twitterversary

Are you planning to attend Special Int. Group for History of Computing's 2025 conference? This year's meeting will feature papers exploring the relationship b/w political power & digital technologies. Learn more & submit your proposals by July 14: docs.google.com/document/d/1pl… #histSTM #histtech #SIGCIS #TechPolicy