Studierende die sich zu zweit für einen Sprechstundentermin anmelden - warum?

Don‘t try to mess with Colbert about Lord of the Rings or the Bible youtu.be/6Irn2IPmGvk?...

Trek discussion is such a time capsule. I was reading exactly the same arguments about new Trek losing its way and devaluing the spirit of old Trek in the Trekworld fanzine in the 90s.

Beginning to think even people who don‘t use LLMs to write their texts for them but use them regularly to look shit up start sounding like them and I hate it

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

this is the "big boat stuck" for former Catholics

Das ist das Szenario, auf das wir uns zubewegen, sollte die AfD auf Landesebene an die Macht kommen. Wir, und damit meine ich auch viele meiner Kolleg:innen, sind darauf nicht vorbereitet.

The weirdest fullest of circles

New #Shrinking recap on @thespoilist.bsky.social! www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...

Immer wieder spannend was für wohlgemeinte Ratschläge man dauernd ungefragt bekommt in der Wissenschaft, was man alles tun und lassen soll weil das angeblich Jobchancen verbessert, besonders wenns darum geht was man alles nicht laut sagen soll

Some Orlando CMs live in hotels.

Hessen, wir üben das nochmal (5:50 btw)

Every AI thing is like “congrats! We FINALLY made a robot that can eat a delicious burrito!” And I’m like okay? Can it *make* lunch b/c that could be, yknow, something, and the ai people are like “unfortunately the robot cannot produce delicious burritos :-( seven billion more dollars please!!”

*cough* university professors *cough*

If I ever said something to you over a beer at a conference that stuck with you there‘s a 90% chance it was some bullshit in which case I‘m sorry but if it was accidentally profound you‘re welcome? @johannesnagel.bsky.social 🙃🫣

Schlechte Zahngesundheit haben besonders Menschen die in Armut aufgewachsen sind, Geflüchtete, Suchtkranke, oder als Komobordität anderer Krankheiten und Behinderungen. Also Menschen für die man sich jetzt schon nicht interessiert. Abgesehen davon dass Wurzelbehandlungen sowieso keine Kasse zahlt.

#CfA | The @ghiwashington and #FranzSteinerVerlag award the 2027 Franz Steiner Prize in Transatlantic #History 📌For an outstanding #manuscript in the field of #NorthAmericanStudies to be published in the series #TransatlanticHistoricalStudies 📅 Deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 www.ghi-dc.org/progr...

A concentration camp opens User who has learned the term „flood the zone“:

Friendly reminder American Samoans & Puerto Ricans are disenfranchised from voting in the US even though they were colonized as American „territories“, Puerto Ricans have citizenship (Bad Bunny is American!), American Samoans don‘t. They have their own governments, nevertheless this is an injustice.

There are only two types of people in the world: those who think „Shiny“ from Moana slaps or those who skip it every time

I suppose the problem with going full celebrity abuser American evangelical christian now is that he'd have to hang out with Russell Brand.

I assume he has a book coming out, and thus publisher cash is being dumped on social media crisis comms again trying to rehabilitate him. I guess he decided the normal celebrity abuser route of going full American Evangelical Christian was too uncool or something.

There were a flurry of "spontaneous" replies last month to various posts i made. All written the same way. All trying to link to the random substack about how innocent he is. My first thought (after blocking) was: "Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."

Vergeben wir in der deutschen Wissenschaft eigentlich noch irgendwelche Jobs fair? Rhetorisch

Anyone who emails me before 10 AM

Everything is still incredibly shit so this time it‘s academia as #Shrinking gifs:

Warum haben wir endlich einen realistischen Gewinnersong im deutschen ESC Vorentscheid in dem Jahr in dem sich der Contest endgültig zerschießt

„Unser Zug wartet auf Unterlagen für die Weiterfahrt“ ich habe ihn gefunden, den deutschesten Verspätungsgrund

Weird chain of events: 2020/2021: I become a huge Ted Lasso fan 2022: I randomly end up on 60 Minutes ep about it with Brendan Hunt 2023: I go to Amsterdam to see his show at Boom Chicago 2024/25: I come back to learn improv 2026: 60 Minutes ep on Boom Chicago feat my now-friends the cast members

It hurts too much to laugh... Well, no it doesn't; I'm laughing hard enough to propel metaphorical soda through my nose. But it's still painful.

This thread is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. #YesTheSpringTermStartedTodayWhyDoYouAsk

This is the thread I needed today. Thank you for your service @smittermeier.bsky.social

There are no gifs on this app, but everything‘s still shit, so here, once again, is Ted Lasso as academic life:

Everything is still incredibly shit so this time it‘s academia as #Shrinking gifs:

There's a lot of awful in the world right now so I need to remind everyone the new season of SHRINKING has started on Apple

Why is every critic writing about #Shrinking insisting it is or should be a „hangout“ comedy? That‘s never been what this show wanted to do, this was always about therapy and illness and death and living despite it all and finding the funny within that.

#Shrinking is back and so are my recaps for @thespoilist.bsky.social! @vdoozer.bsky.social, @mrbrettgoldstein.bsky.social & Jason Segel keep hitting it out of the park. This week‘s packed season opener is written by Brian Gallivan, a fellow out-of-the-park-hitter www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...

New ep this week on 27 Dresses!

Recap of ep 4 is now live! #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #TrekSky open.substack.com/pub/latestar...

In academia (much like other professional contexts) it‘s always interesting to see who thinks about you over the years when there‘s job ads, conferences, expertise needed, or even just a coffee to be had. I made many friends over the years but it‘s not always the people I expect that do show up.

People at the bookstore confused why everyone is preordering these hockey books

It’s also so telling when the defence includes “but they do such great work!” - a continuation of the long tradition in academia of putting research and innovation before the lives of marginalised people.

This is why bullying and abuse at universities is not tackled. The security officer who had a reign of racist securitisation at my university was prolly super charming to the board, but he made the lives of so many a living hell.

In fact, this is grooming, too: rapists and abusers need both adulation AND defenders, so they make themselves useful & even indispensable. They are calculatedly & indiscriminately charming as cover, knowing no-one will listen to the marginalised / less powerful ppl they abuse.

Gehört doch auch komplett zusammen - erstmal so tun als wäre der Mangel den man dann selber verschlimmert Schuld der Ausländer

People who defend others accused of having done horrible things on the basis of „but he‘s been my colleague for so many years and does such great work and was nice to my dog once“ - yeah most rapists and abusers just live among us and don‘t even think they are in the wrong.

My friend: why do you have a lobster tattooed on your leg Me: it‘s a crab Her: why do you have a crab tattooed on your leg Me: it was a flash … Now I also want a lobster