Julian Hitz
@hitztorian.bsky.social
M.A. History and eastern European History
Weirdly obsessed with the history of science.
Regularly obsessed with the social history of the body and environmental history of the USSR.
One half of "Quatschen an der Quelle"
Weirdly obsessed with the history of science.
Regularly obsessed with the social history of the body and environmental history of the USSR.
One half of "Quatschen an der Quelle"
Calling it collaboration unnecessarily humanizes AI and doesn't mention in which function AI was used.
The fact this gets traction by being posted by RI is an issue, as institutional approval is a vector of scientific accountability that can backfire.
Interesting times for historians of science.
The fact this gets traction by being posted by RI is an issue, as institutional approval is a vector of scientific accountability that can backfire.
Interesting times for historians of science.
August 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Calling it collaboration unnecessarily humanizes AI and doesn't mention in which function AI was used.
The fact this gets traction by being posted by RI is an issue, as institutional approval is a vector of scientific accountability that can backfire.
Interesting times for historians of science.
The fact this gets traction by being posted by RI is an issue, as institutional approval is a vector of scientific accountability that can backfire.
Interesting times for historians of science.
If you ever wanna chat up a historian, ask them what they're mad about having missed. For me it's probably Buzludzha in its prime and the "Cabinentaxi" pictured down below. 12 y.o. me would have spent all of their change on the test track.
Sadly the 11 stations in Hamburg were never built.
Sadly the 11 stations in Hamburg were never built.
August 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If you ever wanna chat up a historian, ask them what they're mad about having missed. For me it's probably Buzludzha in its prime and the "Cabinentaxi" pictured down below. 12 y.o. me would have spent all of their change on the test track.
Sadly the 11 stations in Hamburg were never built.
Sadly the 11 stations in Hamburg were never built.
Ah yes, the famously american Lada.
Does anybody want to grab coffee and talk (probably too much) about Tolyatti's history?
Does anybody want to grab coffee and talk (probably too much) about Tolyatti's history?
August 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ah yes, the famously american Lada.
Does anybody want to grab coffee and talk (probably too much) about Tolyatti's history?
Does anybody want to grab coffee and talk (probably too much) about Tolyatti's history?
Johann Hübners Vollständige Geographie from 1743 is one of those tomes I enjoy casually reading. It's like having eyes and ears in the mid 18th century.
It doesn't feature a single map, which makes it all the more entertaining as it features countless thoughts on the people instead.
It doesn't feature a single map, which makes it all the more entertaining as it features countless thoughts on the people instead.
March 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Johann Hübners Vollständige Geographie from 1743 is one of those tomes I enjoy casually reading. It's like having eyes and ears in the mid 18th century.
It doesn't feature a single map, which makes it all the more entertaining as it features countless thoughts on the people instead.
It doesn't feature a single map, which makes it all the more entertaining as it features countless thoughts on the people instead.
I've been staring at this tree for years now. Nothing like a huge tree to put the flow of time into perspective.
February 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I've been staring at this tree for years now. Nothing like a huge tree to put the flow of time into perspective.
I don't like the phrase "history repeats itself", as historical developments are too multifactorial to just repeat. But sometimes people treat it as a playbook and make it a little bit too easy, so yeah... There are definitely familiar developments and they are not nice.
February 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I don't like the phrase "history repeats itself", as historical developments are too multifactorial to just repeat. But sometimes people treat it as a playbook and make it a little bit too easy, so yeah... There are definitely familiar developments and they are not nice.
Surely you wouldn't weld the gas-pipe with the pressure still on?
Meanwhile in the USSR 1966:
The history of peaceful nukes is fascinating, but rarely does the Urtabulaq Gas-Field fire get enough credit as the one major event where fighting fire with fire worked.
Meanwhile in the USSR 1966:
The history of peaceful nukes is fascinating, but rarely does the Urtabulaq Gas-Field fire get enough credit as the one major event where fighting fire with fire worked.
February 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Surely you wouldn't weld the gas-pipe with the pressure still on?
Meanwhile in the USSR 1966:
The history of peaceful nukes is fascinating, but rarely does the Urtabulaq Gas-Field fire get enough credit as the one major event where fighting fire with fire worked.
Meanwhile in the USSR 1966:
The history of peaceful nukes is fascinating, but rarely does the Urtabulaq Gas-Field fire get enough credit as the one major event where fighting fire with fire worked.
I still think it is odd to force future teachers into getting a job first.
However, now I am in the unique position to talk about segregation in "Bioshock Infinite", old computers like the Didactic Gama, historical references in "The Last of Us", or social criticism of war in "Army Of Two".
However, now I am in the unique position to talk about segregation in "Bioshock Infinite", old computers like the Didactic Gama, historical references in "The Last of Us", or social criticism of war in "Army Of Two".
February 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I still think it is odd to force future teachers into getting a job first.
However, now I am in the unique position to talk about segregation in "Bioshock Infinite", old computers like the Didactic Gama, historical references in "The Last of Us", or social criticism of war in "Army Of Two".
However, now I am in the unique position to talk about segregation in "Bioshock Infinite", old computers like the Didactic Gama, historical references in "The Last of Us", or social criticism of war in "Army Of Two".