Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
Professor for #CulturalDataAnalytics at Tallinn University in #Estonia
#complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics
#culturalanalytics #compsocsci #infovis
"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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#complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics
#culturalanalytics #compsocsci #infovis
"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
· Nov 12
![[flow diagram]
A Systematic Science of Art and Culture [going back to] Leibniz [via four paths]
[1] Network Science > Graph Theory > Euler 1736 > Leibniz
[2] Topological Data Analysis > Topology > Poincaré 1882 > Leibniz
[3] Computation > Shannon 1938 > Couturat 1911 > Leibniz
[4] Art History [Warburg/Panofski/Wittkower] > Cassirer 1927 > Leibniz
[1, 2, and 4, meet in eight lines of Leibniz!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreicekc3ydprcrclxfug72kd6qynmqjrvzhwehqb2bgszkloctcvvjy@jpeg)
#CulturalAnalysisSitus, because
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
The final 2025 FM4 Unlimited "Zwischenzeit Mix" by DJ Functionist & DJ Beware is so classic and soo... good! 🎵🎶🥁👏
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
Zwischenzeit Mix by DJ Functionist
fm4.orf.at
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The final 2025 FM4 Unlimited "Zwischenzeit Mix" by DJ Functionist & DJ Beware is so classic and soo... good! 🎵🎶🥁👏
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
Happy holidays @elisabethbik.bsky.social
![Literal "grotesque horror vacui" in the 2025 Oval Office wall decoration at the White House in Washington, DC. Gold ornament, as available via a Chinese mail order retailer, fills all wall space between gold-framed paintings and around a crammed niche where even the crowning conch is decorated with an additional vase. The gold ornament is clearly cut in arbitrary places and recombined without sense for symmetric composition or even asymmetric organic harmony. Green, magenta, and blue box annotations indicate the arbitrary repetitions. Note that the overall grotesque style of wall decoration seems to be inspired by Emperor Nero's original "Domus Aurea" (literally "Golden House"), which was found resembling a vast grotto under the Baths of Trajan besides the Colosseum in Rome, covered by the latter to officially forget Nero the tyrant, who let Rome burn down to the ground. All that said, even Nero would not need additional food or feather to vomit in the face of such a rampant molestation of classical architecture. [PS: Yeah, nobody needs to follow the rules of classical architecture, unless you're a tyrant who literally demand classical style in public buildings].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreihvm5zdllp5lnmenmqo3cxicauniirnxm2p3xhvgygpeaalhrtg6m@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy holidays @elisabethbik.bsky.social
"Hello from the children of planet Earth."
It is a good time to contemplate our nativity diagram in image 52, which we sent to space on the Voyager Golden Record: The gazelle top-middle is a prey animal, ganged up on by two male hunters in images 60 & 61. Woman bystander says hi.
goldenrecord.org
It is a good time to contemplate our nativity diagram in image 52, which we sent to space on the Voyager Golden Record: The gazelle top-middle is a prey animal, ganged up on by two male hunters in images 60 & 61. Woman bystander says hi.
goldenrecord.org
![Image "52. Diagram of Vertebrate Evolution." in
Carl Sagan et al. Voyager Golden Record (1977).
[from bottom to top: a shark, a fish, an amphibian, a frog, a reptile, and in top row from left to right: an eagle, a prey gazelle, a man and a woman, the latter two similar to the Pioneer plaque, but now the women greeting); all figures are given in black outline with sketchy light grey pencil filling].
Source: https://goldenrecord.org/png/052.png](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreibniia24ckbakmbo3ofhl3marv453aqysn5mpopeqp4bodjtxylqi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"Hello from the children of planet Earth."
It is a good time to contemplate our nativity diagram in image 52, which we sent to space on the Voyager Golden Record: The gazelle top-middle is a prey animal, ganged up on by two male hunters in images 60 & 61. Woman bystander says hi.
goldenrecord.org
It is a good time to contemplate our nativity diagram in image 52, which we sent to space on the Voyager Golden Record: The gazelle top-middle is a prey animal, ganged up on by two male hunters in images 60 & 61. Woman bystander says hi.
goldenrecord.org
The German CEOs of @hateaid.org are sanctioned and denied entry into the United States.
Their motto: "Because human rights also apply digitally. We are committed to supporting victims of online hate and promoting democracy online."
Their motto: "Because human rights also apply digitally. We are committed to supporting victims of online hate and promoting democracy online."
Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org wurden von der US-Regierung mit einem Einreiseverbot belegt.
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
USA sanktionieren Führung der deutschen Organisation Hate Aid
Die beiden Geschäftsführerinnen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon dürfen nicht mehr in die USA einreisen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The German CEOs of @hateaid.org are sanctioned and denied entry into the United States.
Their motto: "Because human rights also apply digitally. We are committed to supporting victims of online hate and promoting democracy online."
Their motto: "Because human rights also apply digitally. We are committed to supporting victims of online hate and promoting democracy online."
Knödelbrotification of French Baguette completed. Bavarian pork roast countdown start. T-10hrs
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Knödelbrotification of French Baguette completed. Bavarian pork roast countdown start. T-10hrs
Search "CECOT" and watch the 60 minutes report.
It is a concentration camp. You can see it with your own eyes.
You should also learn what a "Vernichtungslager" is.
They at least give captives the impression it is.
What a disgrace.
To Americans & VISA holders trying to rationalize:
It is a disgrace!
It is a concentration camp. You can see it with your own eyes.
You should also learn what a "Vernichtungslager" is.
They at least give captives the impression it is.
What a disgrace.
To Americans & VISA holders trying to rationalize:
It is a disgrace!
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Search "CECOT" and watch the 60 minutes report.
It is a concentration camp. You can see it with your own eyes.
You should also learn what a "Vernichtungslager" is.
They at least give captives the impression it is.
What a disgrace.
To Americans & VISA holders trying to rationalize:
It is a disgrace!
It is a concentration camp. You can see it with your own eyes.
You should also learn what a "Vernichtungslager" is.
They at least give captives the impression it is.
What a disgrace.
To Americans & VISA holders trying to rationalize:
It is a disgrace!
Reposted by Maximilian Schich
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Reposted by Maximilian Schich
I remember when we did this for Twitter and everyone has a giggle about how the Russia cluster was right up beside the US Politics cluster.
This was the summer of 2016.
This was the summer of 2016.
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I remember when we did this for Twitter and everyone has a giggle about how the Russia cluster was right up beside the US Politics cluster.
This was the summer of 2016.
This was the summer of 2016.
Bat-signalling @yyahn.bsky.social & @sebastianahnert.bsky.social
Dry German pilsner and apple pie is a woefully underappreciated pairing.
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Bat-signalling @yyahn.bsky.social & @sebastianahnert.bsky.social
Once upon the time in #Texas, a fundamentalist cleric/student asked me: "Can you help us to use 'special effects' to further our missionary cause?"
I asked: "Do you know #CounterReformation & #Baroque splendor aimed to counter the rationality of #Reformation & the #Enlightenment?
This is #Kayfabe!
I asked: "Do you know #CounterReformation & #Baroque splendor aimed to counter the rationality of #Reformation & the #Enlightenment?
This is #Kayfabe!
if this was me at a public event mourning my spouse who was violently murdered my kids would either have me committed or never speak to me again
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Once upon the time in #Texas, a fundamentalist cleric/student asked me: "Can you help us to use 'special effects' to further our missionary cause?"
I asked: "Do you know #CounterReformation & #Baroque splendor aimed to counter the rationality of #Reformation & the #Enlightenment?
This is #Kayfabe!
I asked: "Do you know #CounterReformation & #Baroque splendor aimed to counter the rationality of #Reformation & the #Enlightenment?
This is #Kayfabe!
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Please behold this classic logo of the Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. PS: They sequenced the full genome of the species earlier this year.
December 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Please behold this classic logo of the Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. PS: They sequenced the full genome of the species earlier this year.
Abstract submitted to #NetSci2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social on 2025-12-19 at 23:57 Baker Island time UTC-12 aka "Anywhere on Earth". 👀 🌎🌍🌏
Best abstracts are always submitted last minute, in the open ocean swell of individually ending the last workday, and at shore break at the actual deadline. 🌊🕳️🐇⌛😉
Best abstracts are always submitted last minute, in the open ocean swell of individually ending the last workday, and at shore break at the actual deadline. 🌊🕳️🐇⌛😉
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Abstract submitted to #NetSci2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social on 2025-12-19 at 23:57 Baker Island time UTC-12 aka "Anywhere on Earth". 👀 🌎🌍🌏
Best abstracts are always submitted last minute, in the open ocean swell of individually ending the last workday, and at shore break at the actual deadline. 🌊🕳️🐇⌛😉
Best abstracts are always submitted last minute, in the open ocean swell of individually ending the last workday, and at shore break at the actual deadline. 🌊🕳️🐇⌛😉
In the series:
"Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to #genocide."
cf. "Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas"
www.yahoo.com/news/where-j...
Called this 9 months ago:
bsky.app/profile/schi...
"Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to #genocide."
cf. "Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas"
www.yahoo.com/news/where-j...
Called this 9 months ago:
bsky.app/profile/schi...
The takedown of the US system of childhood vaccines which worked exceedingly well for decades for preventing diseases and major adverse outcomes
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In the series:
"Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to #genocide."
cf. "Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas"
www.yahoo.com/news/where-j...
Called this 9 months ago:
bsky.app/profile/schi...
"Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to #genocide."
cf. "Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas"
www.yahoo.com/news/where-j...
Called this 9 months ago:
bsky.app/profile/schi...
"The Chancellor [of Germany 🇩🇪] expresses their condolences for #Sidney on 'X' and condemns antisemitism.
On X.
Anyone who is serious about fighting antisemitism wouldn't even consider maintaining an account on Elon's Nazi pub (where the boss himself wants to destroy the EU)."
On X.
Anyone who is serious about fighting antisemitism wouldn't even consider maintaining an account on Elon's Nazi pub (where the boss himself wants to destroy the EU)."
Der Bundeskanzler bekundet seine Anteilnahme zu #Sidney auf "X" und verurteilt Antisemitismus.
Auf X.
Wer den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus ernst meint, kommt gar nicht erst auf die Idee, in Elons Nazikneipe (in der der Chef persönlich die EU zerstören will) noch einen Account zu unterhalten.
Auf X.
Wer den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus ernst meint, kommt gar nicht erst auf die Idee, in Elons Nazikneipe (in der der Chef persönlich die EU zerstören will) noch einen Account zu unterhalten.
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"The Chancellor [of Germany 🇩🇪] expresses their condolences for #Sidney on 'X' and condemns antisemitism.
On X.
Anyone who is serious about fighting antisemitism wouldn't even consider maintaining an account on Elon's Nazi pub (where the boss himself wants to destroy the EU)."
On X.
Anyone who is serious about fighting antisemitism wouldn't even consider maintaining an account on Elon's Nazi pub (where the boss himself wants to destroy the EU)."
Join us Monday, Dec 14 at @cudanlab.bsky.social
for a lab encounter with
#MonikaKackovic et al. at @uva.nl
on art & AI, endurance in fashion, Bollywood, and being ranked.
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍
22 hours from this post.
Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
Web: www.cix-lab.org
for a lab encounter with
#MonikaKackovic et al. at @uva.nl
on art & AI, endurance in fashion, Bollywood, and being ranked.
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍
22 hours from this post.
Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
Web: www.cix-lab.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join us Monday, Dec 14 at @cudanlab.bsky.social
for a lab encounter with
#MonikaKackovic et al. at @uva.nl
on art & AI, endurance in fashion, Bollywood, and being ranked.
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍
22 hours from this post.
Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
Web: www.cix-lab.org
for a lab encounter with
#MonikaKackovic et al. at @uva.nl
on art & AI, endurance in fashion, Bollywood, and being ranked.
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time UTC+2 🇪🇪🇪🇺🌍
22 hours from this post.
Details & zoom: cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
Web: www.cix-lab.org
They'll burn down the Hirschfeld library all over again, rape Venezuela, and over half the Democrats just provided the matches.
The #misogyny & #transphobia serves to split humanity in two,
#racism & #xenophobia serves to split us in parts,
all to satisfy their #bullshit, #nepotism and #greed.
The #misogyny & #transphobia serves to split humanity in two,
#racism & #xenophobia serves to split us in parts,
all to satisfy their #bullshit, #nepotism and #greed.
115 democrats just voted to establish the first federal statutory definition of sex, which could now be used to
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
They'll burn down the Hirschfeld library all over again, rape Venezuela, and over half the Democrats just provided the matches.
The #misogyny & #transphobia serves to split humanity in two,
#racism & #xenophobia serves to split us in parts,
all to satisfy their #bullshit, #nepotism and #greed.
The #misogyny & #transphobia serves to split humanity in two,
#racism & #xenophobia serves to split us in parts,
all to satisfy their #bullshit, #nepotism and #greed.
US Dept of State "returns" to Times New Roman,
because Calibri is "woke". 😂🎃😱
I once had a 85 year old colleague teaching typography, who told their students: Yes, policy says you must use Times New Roman, but if you hand in your final thesis using it, you have learned nothing in my course.
because Calibri is "woke". 😂🎃😱
I once had a 85 year old colleague teaching typography, who told their students: Yes, policy says you must use Times New Roman, but if you hand in your final thesis using it, you have learned nothing in my course.
!["Times New Roman is narrow-minded" [Always has been]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreida7xmisamdt7okm67tpaszr5tf5hwkchw5iscxvsefptydgvkngy@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
US Dept of State "returns" to Times New Roman,
because Calibri is "woke". 😂🎃😱
I once had a 85 year old colleague teaching typography, who told their students: Yes, policy says you must use Times New Roman, but if you hand in your final thesis using it, you have learned nothing in my course.
because Calibri is "woke". 😂🎃😱
I once had a 85 year old colleague teaching typography, who told their students: Yes, policy says you must use Times New Roman, but if you hand in your final thesis using it, you have learned nothing in my course.
"watching" :)
Mark Newman studies various interesting datasets
#ComplexNetworks2025
#ComplexNetworks2025
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"watching" :)
Reading this thread and the cited thread are highly worthwhile!
Something I noticed when doing deep learning research is how it was a kind of meta-science. The design required for a training process to produce a model with "knowledge" is similar to the design required for a study to itself produce "knowledge".
was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans at all levels in the scientific process. So I stood up and protested that what they are doing is evil.
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reading this thread and the cited thread are highly worthwhile!
Today, like every day, is a good day to think about, what we did, why we do what we do, and what we should do. I often think about Candide, who literally broke his back, gave up on competition, and five years later did this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ad...
#dream-every-day #blueski #freedom&rigor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ad...
#dream-every-day #blueski #freedom&rigor
Candide Kamera 1
YouTube video by CandideUnofficial
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today, like every day, is a good day to think about, what we did, why we do what we do, and what we should do. I often think about Candide, who literally broke his back, gave up on competition, and five years later did this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ad...
#dream-every-day #blueski #freedom&rigor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ad...
#dream-every-day #blueski #freedom&rigor
RIP Dedo Weigert.
I 1st worked with #dedolight in 1998. 2016, I spotted a video light in continuous mode on a museum ceiling. "field test/use at own risk" they told me. Since then, I work under 2700-6700K 40W DLED4-BI controlled light. Still mind-blowing. Every day!
www.cined.com/dedo-weigert...
I 1st worked with #dedolight in 1998. 2016, I spotted a video light in continuous mode on a museum ceiling. "field test/use at own risk" they told me. Since then, I work under 2700-6700K 40W DLED4-BI controlled light. Still mind-blowing. Every day!
www.cined.com/dedo-weigert...
Dedo Weigert, Oscar-Winning Lighting Pioneer, Dies at 87 | CineD
Dedo Weigert, Dedolight, obituary, film lighting, cinematography, Academy Award, Emmy Award, Cinec Award, BSC, lighting technology, LED lighting, Lightstream
www.cined.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
RIP Dedo Weigert.
I 1st worked with #dedolight in 1998. 2016, I spotted a video light in continuous mode on a museum ceiling. "field test/use at own risk" they told me. Since then, I work under 2700-6700K 40W DLED4-BI controlled light. Still mind-blowing. Every day!
www.cined.com/dedo-weigert...
I 1st worked with #dedolight in 1998. 2016, I spotted a video light in continuous mode on a museum ceiling. "field test/use at own risk" they told me. Since then, I work under 2700-6700K 40W DLED4-BI controlled light. Still mind-blowing. Every day!
www.cined.com/dedo-weigert...
A few years ago, in a 4 hour "30 minute chat", former Estonian president @ilvestoomas.bsky.social agreed: The biggest danger would be the center-right siding with the far-right.
Et voilà:
"center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards."
#VerlustDerMitte
Et voilà:
"center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards."
#VerlustDerMitte
More than 80 percent of Europe’s companies will be freed from environmental reporting obligations after EU institutions reached a deal on a proposal to cut green rules yesterday.
EU closes deal to slash green rules in major win for von der Leyen’s deregulation drive
Controversial “omnibus” bill saw center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards.
www.politico.eu
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A few years ago, in a 4 hour "30 minute chat", former Estonian president @ilvestoomas.bsky.social agreed: The biggest danger would be the center-right siding with the far-right.
Et voilà:
"center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards."
#VerlustDerMitte
Et voilà:
"center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards."
#VerlustDerMitte
This is beautiful and enlightening!
Bivariate maps showing the relationships between Temperature and Precipitation.
Made with Plot, based on a great tutorial by Fil: observablehq.com/@jo...
Data from TerraClimate (1958-present).
#cartography #maps #mapping #climate #dataviz #SciArt
Made with Plot, based on a great tutorial by Fil: observablehq.com/@jo...
Data from TerraClimate (1958-present).
#cartography #maps #mapping #climate #dataviz #SciArt
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is beautiful and enlightening!
There is supposedly not a single female top US media influencer, except for Megyn Kelly, whose Trump vote was "primarily driven by issues like transgender issues", "to protect traditional values [and] fundamental freedom". WTF
All the US left has left is Trevor Noah,
who is a South African citizen.
All the US left has left is Trevor Noah,
who is a South African citizen.
This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
There is supposedly not a single female top US media influencer, except for Megyn Kelly, whose Trump vote was "primarily driven by issues like transgender issues", "to protect traditional values [and] fundamental freedom". WTF
All the US left has left is Trevor Noah,
who is a South African citizen.
All the US left has left is Trevor Noah,
who is a South African citizen.