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This is an academia dot edu hate account, don’t put your PDF in that
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Many thanks to Michael Hickok for his review of my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina in Histoire sociale / Social History @hssh1968.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/9715...
🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
muse.jhu.edu/article/9715...
🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Many thanks to Michael Hickok for his review of my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina in Histoire sociale / Social History @hssh1968.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/article/9715...
🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
muse.jhu.edu/article/9715...
🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
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My essay on how early Republican, hygiene-focused modernization intersected with the visual and rhetorical representations of electric household appliances was published on the Trafo Blog. For more: trafo.hypotheses.org/62593
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My essay on how early Republican, hygiene-focused modernization intersected with the visual and rhetorical representations of electric household appliances was published on the Trafo Blog. For more: trafo.hypotheses.org/62593
The real poetry is in how they made it like a pretend “paper”. Much like “AI” is pretend cognition in the stolen garments of language, this document is pretend science in the disguise of a… low effort all-defaults LaTeX based preprint lmfao
“Paper” eh
“Paper” eh
Don’t cite the Adversarial Poetry vs AI paper — it’s chatbot-made ‘science’
Not even poetically sound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnID... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251124-don... - podcast
time: 5 min 46 sec
Not even poetically sound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnID... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251124-don... - podcast
time: 5 min 46 sec
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The real poetry is in how they made it like a pretend “paper”. Much like “AI” is pretend cognition in the stolen garments of language, this document is pretend science in the disguise of a… low effort all-defaults LaTeX based preprint lmfao
“Paper” eh
“Paper” eh
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not that it matters since it's a meme, but it's for glass from breaking windows, and similar debris, not actually if the building falls on you; we had this as kids in Cyprus too
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
not that it matters since it's a meme, but it's for glass from breaking windows, and similar debris, not actually if the building falls on you; we had this as kids in Cyprus too
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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Google surreptitiously opted many users into allowing the company access to private Gmail messages to train its AI models. If you want to see if your content is being mined and want to opt out, here are the instructions.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Google surreptitiously opted many users into allowing the company access to private Gmail messages to train its AI models. If you want to see if your content is being mined and want to opt out, here are the instructions.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
I’ve began slowly exploring archives since last summer and my fav find is some diplomat writing to Ottoman E saying, praphrasing, “ey we’ve some Swiss artisanal families looking to move, these troglodytic hillbillies couldn’t survive crossing the Atlantic, how about you have em they’re quite handy”.
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I’ve began slowly exploring archives since last summer and my fav find is some diplomat writing to Ottoman E saying, praphrasing, “ey we’ve some Swiss artisanal families looking to move, these troglodytic hillbillies couldn’t survive crossing the Atlantic, how about you have em they’re quite handy”.
OTOH it was much easier to sign up for H-Net and a bunch of its mailing lists' updates. (Quite a large bunch *panics mildly*)
It seems that when you ask for digests only, they send you a singular digest combining all the subscriptions which is Very Very Very Nice
It seems that when you ask for digests only, they send you a singular digest combining all the subscriptions which is Very Very Very Nice
@globalurbanhistory.bsky.social has a very nice and attractive newsletter access to which is alas kept behind a signup process that was definitely not prepared w lowly grad students such as I in mind. 'Spose I'll suffice with following the social media & perhaps the blog... pity 🤷
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
OTOH it was much easier to sign up for H-Net and a bunch of its mailing lists' updates. (Quite a large bunch *panics mildly*)
It seems that when you ask for digests only, they send you a singular digest combining all the subscriptions which is Very Very Very Nice
It seems that when you ask for digests only, they send you a singular digest combining all the subscriptions which is Very Very Very Nice
@globalurbanhistory.bsky.social has a very nice and attractive newsletter access to which is alas kept behind a signup process that was definitely not prepared w lowly grad students such as I in mind. 'Spose I'll suffice with following the social media & perhaps the blog... pity 🤷
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@globalurbanhistory.bsky.social has a very nice and attractive newsletter access to which is alas kept behind a signup process that was definitely not prepared w lowly grad students such as I in mind. 'Spose I'll suffice with following the social media & perhaps the blog... pity 🤷
So you’re telling me AI is not when billion dollar ebooks bots? I am perplexitied!
![hayden
@haydendevs
this is who you're arguing with online
[stylised diagram of neural network architecture]
hayden
@haydendevs
there's too many people with "AI/ML" in their bio asking what this image is.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2aiipqemoobrrilfx4jbm6pb/bafkreignf5kigptgnlkkrkc4mu2dtri4m5clh46oikpu5bey327yg6cncq@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So you’re telling me AI is not when billion dollar ebooks bots? I am perplexitied!
Damn! One of the books I had got for the PhD at İstanbul Uni, there’s a typo on the spine, the one jutting out, should be Avrupa Mektupları, which it is in the cover and all.
What kind of publishing house does that? Not even bootlegs do that kind of thing…
What kind of publishing house does that? Not even bootlegs do that kind of thing…
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Damn! One of the books I had got for the PhD at İstanbul Uni, there’s a typo on the spine, the one jutting out, should be Avrupa Mektupları, which it is in the cover and all.
What kind of publishing house does that? Not even bootlegs do that kind of thing…
What kind of publishing house does that? Not even bootlegs do that kind of thing…
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Whoops! Microsoft’s new Windows AI agent platform lets in malware
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Whoops! Microsoft’s new Windows AI agent platform lets in malware
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
Today I navigated an Ottoman Turkish print of Tarih-i Cevdet, found the section I needed, and was able to read a decent chunk of the text. Handwritten material in archives is still beyond my ability but I think this is a major milestone in Ottoman Tr learning & it felt very encouraging.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today I navigated an Ottoman Turkish print of Tarih-i Cevdet, found the section I needed, and was able to read a decent chunk of the text. Handwritten material in archives is still beyond my ability but I think this is a major milestone in Ottoman Tr learning & it felt very encouraging.
So Samsung updated my Android and took away the button that in split screen allowed me to pick a new app for the split.
In response I had some of the readings for this week printed out and gonna see if I really like reading on the tablet more than on paper. Sod this all thing stop changing my tools
In response I had some of the readings for this week printed out and gonna see if I really like reading on the tablet more than on paper. Sod this all thing stop changing my tools
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So Samsung updated my Android and took away the button that in split screen allowed me to pick a new app for the split.
In response I had some of the readings for this week printed out and gonna see if I really like reading on the tablet more than on paper. Sod this all thing stop changing my tools
In response I had some of the readings for this week printed out and gonna see if I really like reading on the tablet more than on paper. Sod this all thing stop changing my tools
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Data Center Watch worries anti-AI activism is working
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Data Center Watch worries anti-AI activism is working
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
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the AI popularity theory
"It MUST be popular, look how many people accidentally swallow one when we force them to walk through a hallway that blows snacks directly at their face with hurricane-force winds!"
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
the AI popularity theory
Encountered leaf blowers and lawnmowers for the first time at uni, I think they should just bring in sheep instead. Positives: no grass wasted, cute sheep, baaaa instead of annoying motor noises. Negatives: literally none.
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Encountered leaf blowers and lawnmowers for the first time at uni, I think they should just bring in sheep instead. Positives: no grass wasted, cute sheep, baaaa instead of annoying motor noises. Negatives: literally none.
American don’t bring up random American shite in an int’l convo challenge, once again failed. I don’t know nor have to know about the details of your ex evil president’s wife’s regrettable life…
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
American don’t bring up random American shite in an int’l convo challenge, once again failed. I don’t know nor have to know about the details of your ex evil president’s wife’s regrettable life…
Am also on Mastodon now sunny.garden/@librarysqui...
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Am also on Mastodon now sunny.garden/@librarysqui...
Awaiting eagerly the death of the genre of biopic that's titled "Famous person's firstname". Be creative dammit.
(This is not a comment on the quality of the films themselves, necessarily. But it does indicate a carelessness and intent to cash in on a trend, to me.)
(This is not a comment on the quality of the films themselves, necessarily. But it does indicate a carelessness and intent to cash in on a trend, to me.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Awaiting eagerly the death of the genre of biopic that's titled "Famous person's firstname". Be creative dammit.
(This is not a comment on the quality of the films themselves, necessarily. But it does indicate a carelessness and intent to cash in on a trend, to me.)
(This is not a comment on the quality of the films themselves, necessarily. But it does indicate a carelessness and intent to cash in on a trend, to me.)
#TIL a word: cryptogyny. A name for quite a familiar thing.
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#TIL a word: cryptogyny. A name for quite a familiar thing.
Oh no, no, not the Chinese, they're the worst! *faints racistly*
Anthropic: Chinese AI hackers are after you! Security researchers call BS
Be VERY SCARED, okay?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251114-ant... - podcast
time: 5 min 40 sec
Be VERY SCARED, okay?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251114-ant... - podcast
time: 5 min 40 sec
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Oh no, no, not the Chinese, they're the worst! *faints racistly*
I feel like one thing that’s different from linguistics in history is book reviews are held in higher regard and are done better too.
In the ctx of linguistics book reviews were merely those annoying things that you clicked on cos you thought it was the actual book.
In the ctx of linguistics book reviews were merely those annoying things that you clicked on cos you thought it was the actual book.
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I feel like one thing that’s different from linguistics in history is book reviews are held in higher regard and are done better too.
In the ctx of linguistics book reviews were merely those annoying things that you clicked on cos you thought it was the actual book.
In the ctx of linguistics book reviews were merely those annoying things that you clicked on cos you thought it was the actual book.
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bluesky are literally tech fash (rationalists, coiners, neoreactionaries), so when they say "toxicity" they mean hating on their fellow nazis
Bluesky staff keeps saying they want to get rid of the toxicity on social media, but they don't bother to ban the threatening white supremacist accounts and would rather ban people who are pissed at other people defending sex crimes against children. They're constantly own-goaling themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
bluesky are literally tech fash (rationalists, coiners, neoreactionaries), so when they say "toxicity" they mean hating on their fellow nazis
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fascinating how when the same underlying technology produces this, it's called "deepfake" — but when it's generating college essays, it's called "AI"
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
A Louisiana girl hit a boy who was sharing deepfake nude photos of her. She was expelled.
“This girl was abused,” one of the family’s attorneys said, noting that she endured sexual exploitation and harassment. And the expulsion “was like pouring salt in the wound.”
www.nola.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
fascinating how when the same underlying technology produces this, it's called "deepfake" — but when it's generating college essays, it's called "AI"
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...