Michael Stausberg
@mistaus.bsky.social
Professor of religions. More books than time. Too much time to waste.
Friedrich Merz in der Siegerpose. Zur Einordnung: die CDU hat bescheidene 3,6 Prozent hinzugewonnen. Sein Ergebnis ist fast 4 Prozent schlechter als Merkels 2017.
February 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Friedrich Merz in der Siegerpose. Zur Einordnung: die CDU hat bescheidene 3,6 Prozent hinzugewonnen. Sein Ergebnis ist fast 4 Prozent schlechter als Merkels 2017.
Courtesy D. Hansor
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Courtesy D. Hansor
Personally I think I would find it much more difficult to research music I don't enjoy than religious or political ideologies that I don't endorse. What is your take?
January 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Personally I think I would find it much more difficult to research music I don't enjoy than religious or political ideologies that I don't endorse. What is your take?
"It seems that actually knowing what you’re talking about is disqualifying for this government."
Paul Krugman on Trump Voters Getting “Brutally Scammed” newrepublic.com/article/1901... via @newrepublic.com
Paul Krugman on Trump Voters Getting “Brutally Scammed” newrepublic.com/article/1901... via @newrepublic.com
Transcript: Paul Krugman on Trump Voters Getting “Brutally Scammed”
An interview with economist Paul Krugman, who explains how Trump's plans are already threatening to wreck the good economy he's inheriting—and why his voters will be the big losers.
newrepublic.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"It seems that actually knowing what you’re talking about is disqualifying for this government."
Paul Krugman on Trump Voters Getting “Brutally Scammed” newrepublic.com/article/1901... via @newrepublic.com
Paul Krugman on Trump Voters Getting “Brutally Scammed” newrepublic.com/article/1901... via @newrepublic.com
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Michael Stausberg
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Peter Van Nuffelen is recruiting two postdocs for his ERC Advanced Grant project 'New Polities. Political Thought in the First Millennium'. The candidates should have experience with Hebrew, Middle-Persian or Arabic sources.
Ghent and its university come highly recommended.
Peter Van Nuffelen is recruiting two postdocs for his ERC Advanced Grant project 'New Polities. Political Thought in the First Millennium'. The candidates should have experience with Hebrew, Middle-Persian or Arabic sources.
Ghent and its university come highly recommended.
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral researcher
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January 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Peter Van Nuffelen is recruiting two postdocs for his ERC Advanced Grant project 'New Polities. Political Thought in the First Millennium'. The candidates should have experience with Hebrew, Middle-Persian or Arabic sources.
Ghent and its university come highly recommended.
Peter Van Nuffelen is recruiting two postdocs for his ERC Advanced Grant project 'New Polities. Political Thought in the First Millennium'. The candidates should have experience with Hebrew, Middle-Persian or Arabic sources.
Ghent and its university come highly recommended.
www.degruyter.com/document/isb... Mai 2025
Religionswissenschaft
In 27 anschaulich geschriebenen und allgemein zugänglichen Kapiteln vermitteln Religionswissenschaftler:innen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz in diesem Band einen einzigartigen Einstieg in...
www.degruyter.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:32 AM
www.degruyter.com/document/isb... Mai 2025
*_The End of an Era: India Post Abolishes Book Post Service_*
_~ Manish Modi_
...India Post has abruptly discontinued its Book Post service, a facility that has been in operation since the inception of the postal service in India...
_~ Manish Modi_
...India Post has abruptly discontinued its Book Post service, a facility that has been in operation since the inception of the postal service in India...
December 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
*_The End of an Era: India Post Abolishes Book Post Service_*
_~ Manish Modi_
...India Post has abruptly discontinued its Book Post service, a facility that has been in operation since the inception of the postal service in India...
_~ Manish Modi_
...India Post has abruptly discontinued its Book Post service, a facility that has been in operation since the inception of the postal service in India...
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On December 11th, #ParastooAhmadi held a conceptual concert in a Tehran *caravanserai. It was broadcast live on YouTube. (Link below) December 12th, the Judiciary filed cases against her and her team, alleging violations of "legal and religious standards."
About the concert she said,
About the concert she said,
December 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM
On December 11th, #ParastooAhmadi held a conceptual concert in a Tehran *caravanserai. It was broadcast live on YouTube. (Link below) December 12th, the Judiciary filed cases against her and her team, alleging violations of "legal and religious standards."
About the concert she said,
About the concert she said,
"il 20,9% degli italiani asserisce che gli ebrei dominano il mondo tramite la finanza" Dal capitolo «La società italiana al 2024» del 58° Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del Paese.
December 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
"il 20,9% degli italiani asserisce che gli ebrei dominano il mondo tramite la finanza" Dal capitolo «La società italiana al 2024» del 58° Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del Paese.
"49,7% degli italiani non sa indicare correttamente l’anno della Rivoluzione francese, il 30,3% non sa chi è Giuseppe Mazzini (per il 19,3% è stato un politico della prima Repubblica)."
December 12, 2024 at 1:35 PM
"49,7% degli italiani non sa indicare correttamente l’anno della Rivoluzione francese, il 30,3% non sa chi è Giuseppe Mazzini (per il 19,3% è stato un politico della prima Repubblica)."
www.censis.it/rapporto-ann...
"il 38,3% degli italiani si sente minacciato dall’ingresso nel Paese dei migranti, il 29,3% prova ostilità per chi è portatore di una concezione della famiglia divergente da quella tradizionale, il 21,8% vede il nemico in chi professa una religione diversa."
"il 38,3% degli italiani si sente minacciato dall’ingresso nel Paese dei migranti, il 29,3% prova ostilità per chi è portatore di una concezione della famiglia divergente da quella tradizionale, il 21,8% vede il nemico in chi professa una religione diversa."
Sindrome italiana
6 Dicembre 2024 La sindrome italiana è la continuità nella medietà, in cui restiamo intrappolati: né capitomboli rovinosi nelle fasi recessive, né scalate eroiche nei cicli positivi. Ma nasconde una i...
www.censis.it
December 12, 2024 at 1:33 PM
www.censis.it/rapporto-ann...
"il 38,3% degli italiani si sente minacciato dall’ingresso nel Paese dei migranti, il 29,3% prova ostilità per chi è portatore di una concezione della famiglia divergente da quella tradizionale, il 21,8% vede il nemico in chi professa una religione diversa."
"il 38,3% degli italiani si sente minacciato dall’ingresso nel Paese dei migranti, il 29,3% prova ostilità per chi è portatore di una concezione della famiglia divergente da quella tradizionale, il 21,8% vede il nemico in chi professa una religione diversa."
"Gli studenti quindicenni italiani sono quelli che in Europa dedicano più tempo ai compiti a casa: una media di 2,3 ore al giorno. Anche il tempo della frequenza scolastica è tra i più elevati: in media 27,2 ore alla settimana." Dal Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del Paese/2024
December 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
"Gli studenti quindicenni italiani sono quelli che in Europa dedicano più tempo ai compiti a casa: una media di 2,3 ore al giorno. Anche il tempo della frequenza scolastica è tra i più elevati: in media 27,2 ore alla settimana." Dal Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del Paese/2024
www.censis.it/formazione/i... Gli italiani che parlano una lingua straniera abbastanza bene da partecipare a una conversazione sono il 44% della popolazione, meno della media Ue: 59%. Nel 2012 erano però solo il 38%, sono quindi aumentati di 6 punti percentuali.
Il capitolo «Processi formativi» del 58° Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del Paese/2024
6 Dicembre 2024 Roma, 6 dicembre 2024 – I compiti a casa sono un valore aggiunto? Gli studenti quindicenni italiani sono quelli che in Europa dedicano più tempo ai compiti a casa: una media di 2,3 ore...
www.censis.it
December 12, 2024 at 1:25 PM
www.censis.it/formazione/i... Gli italiani che parlano una lingua straniera abbastanza bene da partecipare a una conversazione sono il 44% della popolazione, meno della media Ue: 59%. Nel 2012 erano però solo il 38%, sono quindi aumentati di 6 punti percentuali.
The Indian Supreme Court Thursday upheld a Madras High Court order which said that salaries paid to Catholic nuns and priests working as teachers in aided schools run by the church are subject to income tax.
December 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
The Indian Supreme Court Thursday upheld a Madras High Court order which said that salaries paid to Catholic nuns and priests working as teachers in aided schools run by the church are subject to income tax.
www.christiancentury.org/features/new...
Worth the read. "The film whitewashes the real Bonhoeffer’s crushing sense of uselessness, offering instead a Bonhoeffer who promises that violence can make us pure."
Worth the read. "The film whitewashes the real Bonhoeffer’s crushing sense of uselessness, offering instead a Bonhoeffer who promises that violence can make us pure."
The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.
By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for...
www.christiancentury.org
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM
www.christiancentury.org/features/new...
Worth the read. "The film whitewashes the real Bonhoeffer’s crushing sense of uselessness, offering instead a Bonhoeffer who promises that violence can make us pure."
Worth the read. "The film whitewashes the real Bonhoeffer’s crushing sense of uselessness, offering instead a Bonhoeffer who promises that violence can make us pure."