Till Grallert
@tillgrallert.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy
Social and media historian of the late Ottoman Eastern Mediterranean. Vested in global and multilingual #DigitalHumanities, #UrbanHistory […]
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#CallForContributions
Digital-History-Tagung 2026 der AG Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft im Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD)
28.09.- 01.10.2026
Universität Salzburg
Deadline: 18.12.2025
👉 Weitere Infos […]
Digital-History-Tagung 2026 der AG Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft im Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD)
28.09.- 01.10.2026
Universität Salzburg
Deadline: 18.12.2025
👉 Weitere Infos […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#CallForContributions
Digital-History-Tagung 2026 der AG Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft im Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD)
28.09.- 01.10.2026
Universität Salzburg
Deadline: 18.12.2025
👉 Weitere Infos […]
Digital-History-Tagung 2026 der AG Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft im Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD)
28.09.- 01.10.2026
Universität Salzburg
Deadline: 18.12.2025
👉 Weitere Infos […]
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Liebe Innenpolitik-Journalist*innen: Hier ist ein Elfmeter ohne Torwart für Euch: Die Schweiz hat die Palantir-Software überprüft und das Risiko für zu hoch befunden. Warum sind Dobrindt und mehrere Landesinnenminister anderer Meinung? […]
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mastodon.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Liebe Innenpolitik-Journalist*innen: Hier ist ein Elfmeter ohne Torwart für Euch: Die Schweiz hat die Palantir-Software überprüft und das Risiko für zu hoch befunden. Warum sind Dobrindt und mehrere Landesinnenminister anderer Meinung? […]
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For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/
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Has anyone compiled a list of open data APIs for cultural heritage that they're willing to share?
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Has anyone compiled a list of open data APIs for cultural heritage that they're willing to share?
#marcxml encapsulated as a string in #json is a pain to work with as I am finding out trying to query #hathitrust APIs for digitised items with a list of #OCLC numbers obtained via #sparql from #Wikidata.
Things I wish for:
1. direct access to the MARCXML from HathiTrust
2. a publicly […]
Things I wish for:
1. direct access to the MARCXML from HathiTrust
2. a publicly […]
Original post on digitalcourage.social
digitalcourage.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#marcxml encapsulated as a string in #json is a pain to work with as I am finding out trying to query #hathitrust APIs for digitised items with a list of #OCLC numbers obtained via #sparql from #Wikidata.
Things I wish for:
1. direct access to the MARCXML from HathiTrust
2. a publicly […]
Things I wish for:
1. direct access to the MARCXML from HathiTrust
2. a publicly […]
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My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
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An investigation of the innumerable Assad's crimes: based on a trove of more than 130,000 leaked intelligence files, the Damascus Dossier investigation reveals the mechanics of Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An investigation of the innumerable Assad's crimes: based on a trove of more than 130,000 leaked intelligence files, the Damascus Dossier investigation reveals the mechanics of Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that […]
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Captured by Syrian military photographers, the images are part of the #damascusdossier, an investigation based on a cache of >134,000 records obtained by German broadcaster #ndr & shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [#ICIJ] & 24 media partners. The Damascus […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Captured by Syrian military photographers, the images are part of the #damascusdossier, an investigation based on a cache of >134,000 records obtained by German broadcaster #ndr & shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [#ICIJ] & 24 media partners. The Damascus […]
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Grenzkontrollen trotz Widerspruch von Gericht, Abschaffung des Pflichtanwalts für Menschen in Abschiebehaft & Einstufung von sicheren Herkunftsländern per Dekret. Diese Härte bringt AfD-Wähler*innen nicht zurück, Schaden für Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Menschenrechte & Demokratie ist indes immens.
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Grenzkontrollen trotz Widerspruch von Gericht, Abschaffung des Pflichtanwalts für Menschen in Abschiebehaft & Einstufung von sicheren Herkunftsländern per Dekret. Diese Härte bringt AfD-Wähler*innen nicht zurück, Schaden für Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Menschenrechte & Demokratie ist indes immens.
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The news that #x has suspended the #eu's advertising account on the platform after it issued a 120m EUR fine against X for breaking the #DSA is beyond hilarious.
And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a […]
And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Eat your own dogfood. Ich habe angefangen, die Basisdaten der #stadtworms aus dem Gremieninformationssystem unter https://worms.gremien.info in eine #civicrm standalone-Instanz unter https://crm.worms.social zu übertragen, um den unter […]
Original post on chaos.social
chaos.social
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Eat your own dogfood. Ich habe angefangen, die Basisdaten der #stadtworms aus dem Gremieninformationssystem unter https://worms.gremien.info in eine #civicrm standalone-Instanz unter https://crm.worms.social zu übertragen, um den unter […]
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Der Blick in die Ankündigungen des Verlags C.H. Beck war (wieder) ziemlich ernüchternd. Ausgerechnet Jörg Baberowski wird dort über Demokratien (Titel "Am Volk vorbei") schreiben. Zu diesem Professor gäbe es viel zu sagen. Ein Anfang ist dieser Text von Jan Plamper bei @redaktionmerkur.bsky.social:
Machtmissbrauch an der deutschen Universität, der Aufstieg der Neuen Rechten. Was Baberowski nicht geschafft hat…
Rekapitulieren wir. Anfang 2021 war das Netzwerk Wissenschaftsfreiheit mit 72 Erstunterzeichnenden an die Öffentlichkeit getreten. In der Presseerklärung vom 3. Februar hieß es, „Cancel Culture und Po...
www.merkur-zeitschrift.de
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Der Blick in die Ankündigungen des Verlags C.H. Beck war (wieder) ziemlich ernüchternd. Ausgerechnet Jörg Baberowski wird dort über Demokratien (Titel "Am Volk vorbei") schreiben. Zu diesem Professor gäbe es viel zu sagen. Ein Anfang ist dieser Text von Jan Plamper bei @redaktionmerkur.bsky.social:
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This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
Original post on merveilles.town
merveilles.town
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
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This conference is very high quality on the tech front and attendance front — major cultural heritage institutions! and every chat i had was interesting. Strong rec. Well done, British Lib team! https://techhub.social/@BL_DigiSchol/115668038384713395
Digital Scholarship at the BL (@BL_DigiSchol@techhub.social)
Attached: 2 images Safe travels to all the #ff2025 #ai4lam visitors from all of us in the British Library Digital Research Team! See you at Fantastic Futures 2026 in Washington D.C. next September!
techhub.social
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This conference is very high quality on the tech front and attendance front — major cultural heritage institutions! and every chat i had was interesting. Strong rec. Well done, British Lib team! https://techhub.social/@BL_DigiSchol/115668038384713395
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Wenn der „Radweg“ selbst für die Radwegmarkierung zu schmal ist 😅
https://ruhr.social/@lichtlauschen/115671570545694901
https://ruhr.social/@lichtlauschen/115671570545694901
Schall und Rauch (@lichtlauschen@ruhr.social)
Angehängt: 1 Bild Mut zur Lücke. Danke #bochum Danke rot-grün für 26 Jahre unentschlossenen Radwegeausbau
ruhr.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Wenn der „Radweg“ selbst für die Radwegmarkierung zu schmal ist 😅
https://ruhr.social/@lichtlauschen/115671570545694901
https://ruhr.social/@lichtlauschen/115671570545694901
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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After the European Broadcast Union (#EBU) decided not to put the participation of #israel to #eurovision 2026 to the votes, #boycotteurovision is finally becoming a thing.
Boycotting countries so far:
* Ireland
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Slovenia
To […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
Boycotting countries so far:
* Ireland
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Slovenia
To […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
After the European Broadcast Union (#EBU) decided not to put the participation of #israel to #eurovision 2026 to the votes, #boycotteurovision is finally becoming a thing.
Boycotting countries so far:
* Ireland
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Slovenia
To […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
Boycotting countries so far:
* Ireland
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Slovenia
To […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
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@tedunderwood.com interesting tool from the French government (!) for testing intuitions in various dimensions: https://comparia.beta.gouv.fr/
comparia.beta.gouv.fr
comparia.beta.gouv.fr
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@tedunderwood.com interesting tool from the French government (!) for testing intuitions in various dimensions: https://comparia.beta.gouv.fr/
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Interesting insights into the relationship between #LLMs and #research: "How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?"
Four groups of scholars make their points, and comment on the others' pieces.
PNAS, January 2025 […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
Four groups of scholars make their points, and comment on the others' pieces.
PNAS, January 2025 […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Interesting insights into the relationship between #LLMs and #research: "How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?"
Four groups of scholars make their points, and comment on the others' pieces.
PNAS, January 2025 […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
Four groups of scholars make their points, and comment on the others' pieces.
PNAS, January 2025 […]
[Original post on fedihum.org]
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Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
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Trying out LLM Tool https://github.com/antoinelemor/LLM_Tool ("a research-friendly pipeline") - I like the text interface, which exposes the options nicely and saves every configuration choice as you work through the steps to set up LLM-assisted classification of research materials (with local […]
Original post on code4lib.social
code4lib.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Trying out LLM Tool https://github.com/antoinelemor/LLM_Tool ("a research-friendly pipeline") - I like the text interface, which exposes the options nicely and saves every configuration choice as you work through the steps to set up LLM-assisted classification of research materials (with local […]
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@tillgrallert @digiSberlin URIs unterliegen oft strenger Geheimhaltung, keine Ahnung wieso
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@tillgrallert @digiSberlin URIs unterliegen oft strenger Geheimhaltung, keine Ahnung wieso
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Manchmal stoße ich auf Drittmittelprojekte, bei denen ich mich frage, ob die Antragstellung nicht intern mehr Kosten verursacht hat, als letztlich an Drittmitteln geflossen sind.
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Manchmal stoße ich auf Drittmittelprojekte, bei denen ich mich frage, ob die Antragstellung nicht intern mehr Kosten verursacht hat, als letztlich an Drittmitteln geflossen sind.