Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)
Historian of science, art, & ideas.
Curious about how science & society shape each other?
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- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)It is 1:00 am, and we are just getting to the Medicaid provisions. They are trying to take health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans in the dead of night.
- The recording of my very first in-person book tour event for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress.bsky.social, at @politicsprose.bsky.social in Washington, DC, is online: 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #politics #HAMH www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7w6...
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)Today's AMA with Dr. Calvin Schermerhorn, author of The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made, has been postponed till Friday May 9th! More time to get those questions ready!
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)To better understand the current state of AI, it's best to think of it as meaning Automated Information. That's all it is. Information being offered by a program trying to figure out what you're asking for. Any flicker of intelligence you might see in its method is entirely from randomness.
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)Here's my Fall 2025 policy on Artificial Intelligence, as it will appear in my syllabi. (1/5)
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)A really interesting piece on how the media has helped get us to where we are now, and how it can help us resist and oppose. This isn’t a “bad bad media” article. It’s got great analysis.
- Been working hard on this one. A look at what media is, how it works, the different systems we have had in American history with their strengths and weaknesses (including unexploited weaknesses that make them seem better in hindsight than they were). And preliminary thoughts on where to go from here
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)When your creepy office provides the perfect backdrop. I'm really enjoying AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC by @leannareneehieber.bsky.social and @andreajanes.bsky.social! A book steeped in the heady miasma of Gothic intrigue. Not to be missed. Pre-order here: bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)Here I am standing in the anatomical amphitheater at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, which was built in 1630. It was used for dissecting dead animals and humans. It was not used as an operating theater for living patients. @tealcartoons.bsky.social felt a bit queasy taking the photo!
- Reposted by Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)"Oppenheimer and Delaine reconfirm their dynamic duo-ism" Thanks, @ala-booklist.bsky.social, for giving the #audiobook of @deannaraybourn.bsky.social's KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS a Booklist Starred Review. 🙌❤️🙌 @penguinaudio.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
