Rutger K. 🟥
@anotheraspirin.bsky.social
Friendly, non-threatening rewriter of medieval history. Operates out of the Low Countries. Purveyor of Fine Puns.
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Rutger K. 🟥
@anotheraspirin.bsky.social
· Sep 16
In other news, I missed Tom Hardy Kat Day but it's never too late to celebrate so ... let's!
It's friggin' wholesome content is what it is.
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It's friggin' wholesome content is what it is.
pictures-of-cats.org/tom-hardy-fo...
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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It frustrates me that fields such as history are increasingly becoming something of a free-for-all. Imagine the reverse, in which a bona fide history professor publishes a polemic book claiming to ‘lift the veil on secrets’ of, say, structural engineering. It’d be considered absurd, and rightly so.
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It frustrates me that fields such as history are increasingly becoming something of a free-for-all. Imagine the reverse, in which a bona fide history professor publishes a polemic book claiming to ‘lift the veil on secrets’ of, say, structural engineering. It’d be considered absurd, and rightly so.
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Nog twee weken en dan zijn er nieuwe Van Hamel-lezingen (toegang gratis): stichting.vanhamel.nl/Nieuws:VHL2025
@celticuu.bsky.social @oudgermanisten.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social @svenmeeder.bsky.social
@celticuu.bsky.social @oudgermanisten.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social @svenmeeder.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nog twee weken en dan zijn er nieuwe Van Hamel-lezingen (toegang gratis): stichting.vanhamel.nl/Nieuws:VHL2025
@celticuu.bsky.social @oudgermanisten.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social @svenmeeder.bsky.social
@celticuu.bsky.social @oudgermanisten.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social @svenmeeder.bsky.social
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Announced tonight: next action - HE strike on december 9. Mark your calendars!
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
Kabinet sloopt hoger onderwijs
Verzet je tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Sluit je aan bij de strijd: 9 december landelijke hoger onderwijsstaking.
www.fnv.nl
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Announced tonight: next action - HE strike on december 9. Mark your calendars!
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
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The occupations of the 12 months
#medievalcalendar
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; f.91v
#medievalcalendar
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; f.91v
October 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The occupations of the 12 months
#medievalcalendar
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; f.91v
#medievalcalendar
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 210; Collection of astronomical-computistic and scientific texts; 818 CE; Salzburg area; f.91v
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Héél trots zijn de Utrechtste historici van de middeleeuwen op Janna Coomans en haar welverdiende Libris Geschiedenis Prijs! @humanitiesuu.bsky.social
De winnaar van de Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 is Dievenland van Janna Coomans! Dat werd zojuist bekend gemaakt in OVT, tijdens de speciale slotuitzending van de Maand van de Geschiedenis in de OBA. Van harte gefeliciteerd Janna en uitgeverij De Bezige Bij!🏆📕🏆 📸Keke Keukelaar
October 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Héél trots zijn de Utrechtste historici van de middeleeuwen op Janna Coomans en haar welverdiende Libris Geschiedenis Prijs! @humanitiesuu.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open on the theme of WOMEN AND THE WEIRD
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open on the theme of WOMEN AND THE WEIRD
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
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If you‘re saying „we just need to train it more“ - we can‘t. We‘ve reached the stage of enshittification. The web has been flooded with incestuous data. And that‘s after it crawled all of your work illegally.
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
If you‘re saying „we just need to train it more“ - we can‘t. We‘ve reached the stage of enshittification. The web has been flooded with incestuous data. And that‘s after it crawled all of your work illegally.
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Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki
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Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki
The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach …
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October 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Publication – « The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing », éd. Sebastian Sobecki
rmblf.be/2025/10/26/p...
rmblf.be/2025/10/26/p...
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It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!
Come learn Coptic via The Religion Department starting 10/27!
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
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8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)
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October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!
Looking at all the people pushing all the AI as if it's the next big thing and for no reason at all I suddenly find myself thinking about the life, career, death and legacy of one Thomas Midgley Jr.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
Thomas Midgley Jr. - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Looking at all the people pushing all the AI as if it's the next big thing and for no reason at all I suddenly find myself thinking about the life, career, death and legacy of one Thomas Midgley Jr.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
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(Also, I would point out that he wasn't a crank, he was one of the leading scholars of his day working on one of its most important topics, and he should be a constant memorial to modern researchers: one day all this will be a punchline.)
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
(Also, I would point out that he wasn't a crank, he was one of the leading scholars of his day working on one of its most important topics, and he should be a constant memorial to modern researchers: one day all this will be a punchline.)
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Les actes du colloque sur les populations fictionnelles sont désormais en ligne !
J'y signe notamment l'article "« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel". Ça parle de moines, séries et musique (entre autres).
www.fabula.org/colloques/do...
J'y signe notamment l'article "« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel". Ça parle de moines, séries et musique (entre autres).
www.fabula.org/colloques/do...
« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le médiévalisme audiovisuel
Le cinéma et les séries médiévalistes tendent à représenter les moines et les moniales comme des groupes uniformes inquiétants, regardés avec incrédulité – voire avec méfiance – par les protagonistes ...
www.fabula.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Les actes du colloque sur les populations fictionnelles sont désormais en ligne !
J'y signe notamment l'article "« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel". Ça parle de moines, séries et musique (entre autres).
www.fabula.org/colloques/do...
J'y signe notamment l'article "« Hey, hey, we’re the monks! » Communautés religieuses monastiques dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel". Ça parle de moines, séries et musique (entre autres).
www.fabula.org/colloques/do...
Out of all the random non-English phrases to use in an English text, I feel that "tête-à-tête" is by far the most satisfying.
It's just got this certain... I don't know what...
It's just got this certain... I don't know what...
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Out of all the random non-English phrases to use in an English text, I feel that "tête-à-tête" is by far the most satisfying.
It's just got this certain... I don't know what...
It's just got this certain... I don't know what...
Apart from 'interest' and 'curiosity', what else could be _piqued_?
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Apart from 'interest' and 'curiosity', what else could be _piqued_?
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At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
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It's been digitized and available online for over a decade. When you're looking for people to follow, maybe stick with the ones that don't keep recycling old news.
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...
www.openculture.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's been digitized and available online for over a decade. When you're looking for people to follow, maybe stick with the ones that don't keep recycling old news.
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Can anyone direct me to scholarship on book-binding in sixteenth-century France? (Texts in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish or Italian are welcome.)
October 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Can anyone direct me to scholarship on book-binding in sixteenth-century France? (Texts in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish or Italian are welcome.)
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Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.
September 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.
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Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images
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yes, yes, it's true that [insert criticisms of genAI] but you've failed to take into account that i'm a lazy piece of shit with no taste or discernment, and deserve money and praise for that
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
yes, yes, it's true that [insert criticisms of genAI] but you've failed to take into account that i'm a lazy piece of shit with no taste or discernment, and deserve money and praise for that
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The Innovation Illusion: Most of what’s worth knowing in education isn’t new, and most of what’s new isn’t worth knowing.
October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Innovation Illusion: Most of what’s worth knowing in education isn’t new, and most of what’s new isn’t worth knowing.
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It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
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Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.
www.unilu.ch
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...