Reading Peter Weiss' Aesthetics of Resistance: because we believe we are on the side of truth we tend to believe we'll always be able to win/beat the side of corruption etc.. and that seems to lead to a certain arrogance/passivity perhaps? just thinking outloud.

Since it's a tense time of year 🫠

Three French hens. Art by my daughter. Wishing you all some good festive nonsense and a happy, healthy new year xx

nautil.us/which-countr... Behind a paywall, but I guessed the right country immediately.... ;-)

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die pros und cons jetzt dinge zu machen: pro: dinge con: machen Ultra-mega-alles-aushebelndes con: jetzt

And now I´m reading my page of Peter Weiss for the day (#TheAestheticsofResistance) #DieÄsthetikdesWiderstandes, about the narrator´s father´s experience during the time when Bremen was a Societ Republic: (Nov 1918 through early Feb 1919) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen_...

I also stumbled across the historical marker database, which is pretty cool and of course run by a chap from Ohio: www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=251629

Yesterday I learned about the existence of this bell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bell while reading page 236 of "Miss Macinstosh My Darling". #MargueriteYoung #MissMacinstoshMyDarling

"Was he only a great hermit crab without a soul?" Miss Macintosh, My Darling, p. 237. #MargueriteYoung

Amazing thread!!!!!

***My department is hiring*** Assistant Professor of the History of Brazil networks.h-net.org/jobs/69649/s...

Thank God for the Onion! 😁💆😁

I just don’t know what to say!!!! The awfulness of it all is like a bottomless well.

Evil wrong headedness!

the evil wrong-headedness of this regime simply knows know bounds. scary stuff.

Job: 2 years Post-Doc Fellowship at the University of Bayreuth, on the history and sociology of USAID

My article, ‘Visualizing the executions of British queens in early modern Europe‘, has been published in “Historical Research” and can be read here: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Canadian job 👀 🇨🇦 ‼️ Second search this year! Our Dept of Psychology is hiring again, this time at the assoc/full level, for a prestigious, endowed position. Focus is social/affective neuroscience in any area (clinical, social, cog, or dev). Apply by Jan 30! Reposts, pls www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...

I went on a mini rant about why students find it hard to speak only with note cards for 5 mintues on a topic they've practiced directed at my husband: me: "it's not that hard" husband: yes it is me: I do it all the time for much longer. husband: YOU ARE NOT NORMAL.... 🤣🙂😂 um excuse me??? 🤣😆🤪

Goodnight, skylights. 🌖

“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?

Research Assistant for the Indian Collection- University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP631/r...

Be like the beaver: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Imd...

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxP4... My not so exciting but that's ok life as captured in my vlogmas videos: starting today about yesterday.

THIS:

Ate #skylinechilli for the first time today. It was good!! This small plate was just enough.

nautil.us/why-our-brai... interesting article

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one.

Mr T. had his right front leg removed two weeks ago but he’s still a handsome fellow and a very good boy.

Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

The inhumanity of the academic job search was completely squelched by my sheer joy at landing MLA interviews. And then Campus interviews. Will never forget the one prof comparing me to the less desirable dessert: he literally said "sometimes you just want the cheesecake" (and not the derby pie=me).

tomorrow we're talking about #Heimat in my German class: might play this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsE...

Lovely little possum

Staying up all night to keep an eye on our newly three legged cat.

Calling all archaeologists who can help with this project by skyping into a classroom!

Woman at Café Table - 1906 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103416

davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene... This by @davekarpf.bsky.social is very, _very_ good. Much traditional media is badly geared to understand movement politics, and often, it helps to actually know stuff!

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Mr T. is going to have his right leg amputated tomorrow. It’s been bothering him for a while and it’s either a malignant tumor or a serious form of arthritis. I’ll be calmer once I know he’s made it through. 😳

If you’re disgusted by people who take government money and do no work then the people who disgust you are House Republicans

Maybe they’re partridges: maybe it’s a pear tree?

Letitia Meynell and I have a new paper out! We revisit the Gaia hypothesis and try to defend the idea and reality of Gaia from some of the main criticisms that led to its dismissal. Thread 1/9 doi.org/10.1007/s105...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

we'll see what my students think of this catchy tune meant to help them remember the dative prepositions! :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pV9... #DAF #GermanGrammar #German

I love Munch!

I just love Alexandra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSxm... #SchlagerSky

I've started listening to #Hadyn 's symphonies in order and ranking them. I love them! So far I think 1 and 4 are my favorites, but they're all fantastic. Let me know if you have any favorites! (performances too). #Classicalmusicsky #Hadyn

Feeling celebratory? The first movement of Hadyn's first symphony fits the vibe perfectly! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Secy...