Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
@drdragases.bsky.social
Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile. Homeric Laughter.
Pinned
Vandaag is 't exact een jaar geleden dat 'De wereld van Clovis. De val van Rome en de geboorte van het Westen' @ertsberg.bsky.social verscheen. Sindsdien vlogen er meer dan 4000 (!) exemplaren over de toonbank.
Ik heb altijd geweten dat het goed zou doen, maar zo goed? Dat had ik niet durven hopen.
Ik heb altijd geweten dat het goed zou doen, maar zo goed? Dat had ik niet durven hopen.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
Why yes, I do like mixing business with pleasure.
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why yes, I do like mixing business with pleasure.
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Waarom moeten BVs altijd naar een ver land om te gaan wandelen en ‘zichzelf tegen te komen’? Kunnen die niet gewoon op zondagnamiddag eens gaan wandelen in het lokale bos zoals iedereen?
December 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Waarom moeten BVs altijd naar een ver land om te gaan wandelen en ‘zichzelf tegen te komen’? Kunnen die niet gewoon op zondagnamiddag eens gaan wandelen in het lokale bos zoals iedereen?
Today in bad news/good news.
Bad news: when unloading my shopping bag, it tumbled aside and cracked one of the Appassimento bottles.
Good news: it was 1+1 free deal so there's nothing lost.
Libations were offered to the Lares in due process.
And one glass salvaged for the dominus.
Cin cin, amici!
Bad news: when unloading my shopping bag, it tumbled aside and cracked one of the Appassimento bottles.
Good news: it was 1+1 free deal so there's nothing lost.
Libations were offered to the Lares in due process.
And one glass salvaged for the dominus.
Cin cin, amici!
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today in bad news/good news.
Bad news: when unloading my shopping bag, it tumbled aside and cracked one of the Appassimento bottles.
Good news: it was 1+1 free deal so there's nothing lost.
Libations were offered to the Lares in due process.
And one glass salvaged for the dominus.
Cin cin, amici!
Bad news: when unloading my shopping bag, it tumbled aside and cracked one of the Appassimento bottles.
Good news: it was 1+1 free deal so there's nothing lost.
Libations were offered to the Lares in due process.
And one glass salvaged for the dominus.
Cin cin, amici!
2020 Lockdown Hipster Santa still wishes you all a merry and safe Christmas, folks!
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
2020 Lockdown Hipster Santa still wishes you all a merry and safe Christmas, folks!
As has become customary for this time of the year, we conclude our Christmas celebrations with another childhood favourite.
Let's see whether it has withstood the test of time.
Let's see whether it has withstood the test of time.
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As has become customary for this time of the year, we conclude our Christmas celebrations with another childhood favourite.
Let's see whether it has withstood the test of time.
Let's see whether it has withstood the test of time.
Now this is totally my kind of Christmas present.
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Now this is totally my kind of Christmas present.
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In case you needed to well up a little.
"There’s no show… It’s wisdom." He says about the poem, but what a way of summing up how he showcased knowledge and insight on national radio: not to show off yet also not ashamed of intellect.
"There’s no show… It’s wisdom." He says about the poem, but what a way of summing up how he showcased knowledge and insight on national radio: not to show off yet also not ashamed of intellect.
December 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In case you needed to well up a little.
"There’s no show… It’s wisdom." He says about the poem, but what a way of summing up how he showcased knowledge and insight on national radio: not to show off yet also not ashamed of intellect.
"There’s no show… It’s wisdom." He says about the poem, but what a way of summing up how he showcased knowledge and insight on national radio: not to show off yet also not ashamed of intellect.
♬ Dub-a-dub-a-dumb-dumb
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
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December 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
♬ Dub-a-dub-a-dumb-dumb
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Dub-a-dub-a-dumb
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Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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♬ Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end ♬
Au revoir, Studio Skoop.
En dank voor zoveel schoonheid.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end ♬
Au revoir, Studio Skoop.
En dank voor zoveel schoonheid.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
♬ Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end ♬
Au revoir, Studio Skoop.
En dank voor zoveel schoonheid.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end ♬
Au revoir, Studio Skoop.
En dank voor zoveel schoonheid.
Passeert dit op de aftellijst van Stubru's Tijdloze.
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Heart - Alone
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December 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Passeert dit op de aftellijst van Stubru's Tijdloze.
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Cliché tearjerker tekst?
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Eighties bombast troef?
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Oorworm voor de komende dagen?
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VOLUMEKNOP DE LUCHT IN
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Cliché tearjerker tekst?
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Eighties bombast troef?
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Oorworm voor de komende dagen?
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VOLUMEKNOP DE LUCHT IN
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
May the earth rest gently on you, Chris.
And keep on winning from here to eternity.
And keep on winning from here to eternity.
Winning
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December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
May the earth rest gently on you, Chris.
And keep on winning from here to eternity.
And keep on winning from here to eternity.
Yes, yes, I know we're not supposed to copy from that other infernal site.
But I was just reminded this is probably the only thing I ever made that went viral?
But I was just reminded this is probably the only thing I ever made that went viral?
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Yes, yes, I know we're not supposed to copy from that other infernal site.
But I was just reminded this is probably the only thing I ever made that went viral?
But I was just reminded this is probably the only thing I ever made that went viral?
The real Roman history mainstream media and deep state Academia are keeping away from you.
Trust me.
I've done my own research.
Trust me.
I've done my own research.
December 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The real Roman history mainstream media and deep state Academia are keeping away from you.
Trust me.
I've done my own research.
Trust me.
I've done my own research.
Now this is my kind of Secret Santa.
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Now this is my kind of Secret Santa.
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Soon to appear, Eric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos (eds.), Women and Gender in the Post-Roman Kingdoms, see www.brepols.net/products/IS-... and www.academia.edu/145456266/Wo... (incl. my paper on "Secular Women in the Lombard Kingdom“).
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Soon to appear, Eric Fournier and Maijastina Kahlos (eds.), Women and Gender in the Post-Roman Kingdoms, see www.brepols.net/products/IS-... and www.academia.edu/145456266/Wo... (incl. my paper on "Secular Women in the Lombard Kingdom“).
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If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
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Give it two more years, and being able to exclude false references from your research will be about as important a skill as including real references is today.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Give it two more years, and being able to exclude false references from your research will be about as important a skill as including real references is today.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Helm's Deep Purple.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called The Long Stryders.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Gandalft Punk
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Helm's Deep Purple.