Here it is - join us for 👻Spectres of #Gothic Literature: Reflections, Reworkings, Reinventions 🗓 November 28, 2024 🌐free & online (CET) qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/warsaw-literar…

Fantastic time at #VPFAPlaces. Lovely to see some familiar faces and meet many new ones. Lots of new thoughts and directions to take away

Longevity science gets a speech in the UK House of Lords:

Some thoughts from me about assisted dying and the value of old age for the The BMJ Med. Hums. blog, provoked by a recent Times article: go.shr.lc/3zSR2PV

Exciting preprint from Ocampo Lab which “strongly supports the concept that loss of epigenetic information directly drives the aging process” and altering this “could potentially slow down or reverse age-related decline.” 🧵 tinyurl.com/3xkmtbbd

Remember the supermodel granny drug that extended lifespan by 25% in mice by IL-11 last week? It only took 8 days for a new intervention to come out increasing lifespan by 35%!! Some thoughts:

I would low-key love for calling cards to come back into fashion because the way I forget names is diabolical

🚨 One week to go! Flash papers and provocations welcome for what should be a great one-day workshop. RTs also much appreciated

Reports of the ultra-old are often not true because of a lack of birth certificates, as this thread talks about 👇 This problem has been known since 1873, when Thoms disproved cases like Old Parr (supposedly 152 years old) and the Countess of Desmond (140+)

👇 Hiring now in my Dept. If anyone has any Qs about working in Vienna, please get in touch (DMs open)

🚨Today and tomorrow only to submit flash papers and provocations for what should be a great one-day workshop

New German false friend: prägnant, which doesn't mean 'pregnant' (schwanger) but 'concise'

EXTENDED DEADLINE (30 Sep): Ageing, Progress and Decline in the Victorian Period Looking for traditional length talks and shorter 'flash' papers. Lots of potential ideas given in full CfP but many more possible: shorturl.at/iu6tI Submissions and RTs warmly received! 💙

Having one of those catastrophically low-energy days. Coffee isn't even touching the sides

Alan Cumming isn't even the most Outstanding Host of a Traitors series ...

Do idioms make #AcademicWriting more accessible and engaging, or do they seem too conversational?

English @ Exeter, I know someone who can help solve that staff/student ratio problem ...

Hundreds of women are speaking out under the German #Frauenticket about being dismissed by doctors. Monika Pietrzak-Franger sheds light on the stigma faced by those with chronic illnesses. Read more on how systemic and epistemic injustice impact health practices: rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/long-covid-…

The article refers to this as a 'tech revolution', but I'm not sure what it's supposed to be revolutionising. Theft of intellectual property?

Less than two weeks for the extended deadline on this one-day symposium, considering ageing, progress, and decline in the Victorian Period