Jochen F. Mayer
@jochenfm.bsky.social
Research Bid Dev Exec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's Research Office | Historian 20c. #histSTM @💚 | All things pre-electric data processing #histpaperwork, esp Nazi Germany | #histstats ~1900 | Views≠Employer's
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Erinnerungspolitische Bezüge in Rubios Rede werden mit Gaulands "Vogelschiss" verglichen. Doch Rubio geht weiter: Europa liegt bei ihm völlig unvermittelt "in ruins", der NS spielt in seiner Geschichtspolitik nicht mal mehr eine Vogelschiss-Rolle, er bleibt ganz außen vor.
"For five centuries,
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"For five centuries,
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Erinnerungspolitische Bezüge in Rubios Rede werden mit Gaulands "Vogelschiss" verglichen. Doch Rubio geht weiter: Europa liegt bei ihm völlig unvermittelt "in ruins", der NS spielt in seiner Geschichtspolitik nicht mal mehr eine Vogelschiss-Rolle, er bleibt ganz außen vor.
"For five centuries,
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"For five centuries,
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"Dass er in seinen Werken auch immer wieder ihre Lebenserfahrungen und Erinnerungen aufgegriffen hat und sie im Hintergrund seines Denkens bleibend präsent waren, hat sie berührt und zu eigenem Sprechen und Schreiben ermuntert."
Auschwitz-Überlebende in aller Welt nehmen Abschied von Cees Nooteboom (1933–2026, †11.02.2026). Seine Werke griffen unsere Erinnerungen auf – berührend, ermutigend.
Er schrieb „um den Wahnsinn zu zähmen“ und sah doch „Licht überall“.
Danke. #CeesNooteboom #Auschwitz #Erinnern
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Er schrieb „um den Wahnsinn zu zähmen“ und sah doch „Licht überall“.
Danke. #CeesNooteboom #Auschwitz #Erinnern
auschwitz.info
February 14, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"Dass er in seinen Werken auch immer wieder ihre Lebenserfahrungen und Erinnerungen aufgegriffen hat und sie im Hintergrund seines Denkens bleibend präsent waren, hat sie berührt und zu eigenem Sprechen und Schreiben ermuntert."
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My spouse (a H.S. teacher) had to attend a professional development day yesterday dedicated to integrating AI in the classroom. In an auditorium full of people from the entire district, he asked the following question:
February 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
My spouse (a H.S. teacher) had to attend a professional development day yesterday dedicated to integrating AI in the classroom. In an auditorium full of people from the entire district, he asked the following question:
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New economic research: "We estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
The Economic Costs of Brexit on the UK | Econofact
Brexit has had a substantial economic impact on the United Kingdom, with adverse effects on investment, productivity, employment, and growth.
econofact.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New economic research: "We estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
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Instead of taking this at face value, think of it as a *hit list* of targets that billionaires would like to eradicate.
Translators, historians, broadcasters, political scientists...
...now do you get the picture?
Translators, historians, broadcasters, political scientists...
...now do you get the picture?
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Instead of taking this at face value, think of it as a *hit list* of targets that billionaires would like to eradicate.
Translators, historians, broadcasters, political scientists...
...now do you get the picture?
Translators, historians, broadcasters, political scientists...
...now do you get the picture?
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This has a lot of implications well beyond this case. Many people put these devices in/outside their homes to see who is at the door or watch their pets becuase they think it’s livestream only and not recorded.
If companies like Google and Ring have magic backend data, we need to know about it.
If companies like Google and Ring have magic backend data, we need to know about it.
Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest camera out of ‘backend systems’
It’s not yet clear how the FBI collected the video. Experts said in some cases it’s possible to collect data from the complex infrastructure that has enabled cloud-based cameras.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
This has a lot of implications well beyond this case. Many people put these devices in/outside their homes to see who is at the door or watch their pets becuase they think it’s livestream only and not recorded.
If companies like Google and Ring have magic backend data, we need to know about it.
If companies like Google and Ring have magic backend data, we need to know about it.
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
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"Trump for Europeans conjures up the pre-war era when what we now call populism but then was called fascism engulfed country after country and led to a continent-wide catastrophe that killed millions of people."
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"Trump for Europeans conjures up the pre-war era when what we now call populism but then was called fascism engulfed country after country and led to a continent-wide catastrophe that killed millions of people."
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Homestory meets Lifestyle Interview für Chrupalla in der Zeit, später bei Miosga dann die Frage ob Trump ein Vorbild für Deutschland ist. Medienversagen und mutwillige Normalisierung von Rechtsextremismus. Es ist nicht zu fassen.
Manchmal blicke ich komplett ratlos auf, na ja, alles.
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Homestory meets Lifestyle Interview für Chrupalla in der Zeit, später bei Miosga dann die Frage ob Trump ein Vorbild für Deutschland ist. Medienversagen und mutwillige Normalisierung von Rechtsextremismus. Es ist nicht zu fassen.
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DIE ZEIT und andere deutsche Leitmedien sind noch immer auf X als „Gegengewicht zur aggressiven, wenig produktiven Diskussionskultur und der Zunahme von Desinformation.“
Ein Tweet der ZEIT erreicht im Schnitt etwas mehr als 1 Promille (!) ihrer Follower.
netzpolitik.org/2026/medien-...
Ein Tweet der ZEIT erreicht im Schnitt etwas mehr als 1 Promille (!) ihrer Follower.
netzpolitik.org/2026/medien-...
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
DIE ZEIT und andere deutsche Leitmedien sind noch immer auf X als „Gegengewicht zur aggressiven, wenig produktiven Diskussionskultur und der Zunahme von Desinformation.“
Ein Tweet der ZEIT erreicht im Schnitt etwas mehr als 1 Promille (!) ihrer Follower.
netzpolitik.org/2026/medien-...
Ein Tweet der ZEIT erreicht im Schnitt etwas mehr als 1 Promille (!) ihrer Follower.
netzpolitik.org/2026/medien-...
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Lange hieß es, Soziolog*innen, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler*innen würden am Ende nur noch Taxi fahren können.
Jetzt wissen wir, die Entwertung dieser Fächer hatte oft andere, ideologische Gründe. Wir sind ein zentraler Bestandteil der Erhaltung einer Demokratie.
Jetzt wissen wir, die Entwertung dieser Fächer hatte oft andere, ideologische Gründe. Wir sind ein zentraler Bestandteil der Erhaltung einer Demokratie.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Lange hieß es, Soziolog*innen, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler*innen würden am Ende nur noch Taxi fahren können.
Jetzt wissen wir, die Entwertung dieser Fächer hatte oft andere, ideologische Gründe. Wir sind ein zentraler Bestandteil der Erhaltung einer Demokratie.
Jetzt wissen wir, die Entwertung dieser Fächer hatte oft andere, ideologische Gründe. Wir sind ein zentraler Bestandteil der Erhaltung einer Demokratie.
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#Goethe war nicht nur Dichterfürst, sondern auch begeisterter Sammler. Mehr als 5.000 Stücke umfasst seine naturwissenschaftliche Sammlung. In der neuen Folge des Goethe Podcast werfen @anhaeuser.bsky.social und Thomas Schmuck einen Blick darauf:
Goethe Podcast: Entdeckungsreise durch Goethes naturwissenschaftliches Kabinett
Podcast-Tour durch Goethes Sammlung in Weimar: Von der prähistorischen Ameise im Bernstein bis zu Experimenten der Farbenlehre - 5000 Objekte erzählen Geschichte.
www.riffreporter.de
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 AM
#Goethe war nicht nur Dichterfürst, sondern auch begeisterter Sammler. Mehr als 5.000 Stücke umfasst seine naturwissenschaftliche Sammlung. In der neuen Folge des Goethe Podcast werfen @anhaeuser.bsky.social und Thomas Schmuck einen Blick darauf:
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Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
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1/4 Leonid Schneider macht öffentlich, dass einem Berliner Professor neben Vorwürfen sexueller Übergriffigkeit auch Plagiate zur Last gelegt werden. Brisant ist dabei:
Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
forbetterscience.com/2026/02/02/m...
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Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
A history professor remains a valuable peer even if credibly accused of sexual harassment. And even of plagiarism? Will they still defend him with their letters?
forbetterscience.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
1/4 Leonid Schneider macht öffentlich, dass einem Berliner Professor neben Vorwürfen sexueller Übergriffigkeit auch Plagiate zur Last gelegt werden. Brisant ist dabei:
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Excellent @nytimes.com opinion piece offering both pragmatic and morally compelling reasons why Spain has chosen a different path than many other Western societies in addressing immigration and migration countering the despicable #maga narrative : www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Excellent @nytimes.com opinion piece offering both pragmatic and morally compelling reasons why Spain has chosen a different path than many other Western societies in addressing immigration and migration countering the despicable #maga narrative : www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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" If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully. I’m sick of those who believe that being a journalist means reporting both sides’ versions, without filters..."
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM
" If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully. I’m sick of those who believe that being a journalist means reporting both sides’ versions, without filters..."
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It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
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On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
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“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
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„Wir werden die Wahllokale von ICE umstellen lassen.“
Im November wird es in den USA keine freien Wahlen geben – Punkt.
Im November wird es in den USA keine freien Wahlen geben – Punkt.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
„Wir werden die Wahllokale von ICE umstellen lassen.“
Im November wird es in den USA keine freien Wahlen geben – Punkt.
Im November wird es in den USA keine freien Wahlen geben – Punkt.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
