Ich weiß nicht, wie es euch geht, aber wenn ich Sozialdemokrat wäre und hören würde, dass Trump die Koalitionsregierung, der ich angehöre, wegen ihrer rassistischen Migrationspolitik und ihrer destruktiven Energiepolitik lobt, würde ich meine politische Existenz und Relevanz infrage stellen.

Not the Rapture but everyone dying of embarrassment.

Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.

Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter*in am Fritz-Hüser-Institut. TVöD 13, 100%, unbefristet. Schwerpunkte: Forschung und Literaturvermittlung. Ich freue mich auf Bewerbungen von Literaturwissenschaftler:innen bis zum 17.10.2025. Bei Fragen gerne dm, da ich nicht vor Ort bin.

Terwijl Microsoft onlangs aankondigde dat onderwijsinstellingen op verantwoorde wijze hun AI-tool Copilot kunnen implementeren. Toont nieuw onderzoek uit Groningen dat universiteiten juist hun kernfunctie als democratische kennisinstelling in gevaar brengen door bedrijven zoals Microsoft.

I'm on a deadline, and if this rapture thing doesn't happen in the next 4 hours, I'm going to have to really write this thing.

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses. www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

On October 15th, Susanne Bauer (@bbaw.bsky.social), Frederik Frank Sterkenburgh (@ffsterkenburgh.bsky.social) and me will discuss our books together with Christopher Clark at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, who will also present his new book „A Scandal in Königsberg“ on October 14th.

I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Are you an good writer with a passion for explaining the world around you? We are looking for a science and technology correspondent based in our London office. Experience in journalism is not required. Apply here by September 28th:

Why the history of medicine matters.

I love this so much I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆

Also relevant for the Netherlands...

Well this is an exceptionally good history job. Wonders never cease. www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

East Berlin, Alexanderplatz, 9 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s, 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

Ich hatte einmal eine ganz kleine Kolumne in einer ganz kleinen Zeitung. Nach ein paar Ausgaben habe ich wieder damit aufgehört: der konstante Druck dauernd eine Meinung zu irgendwas zu haben, macht Menschen irgendwann hirnlos (meiner Meinung nach). Kann man auch bei Martenstein u.a. beobachten.

Opa die in verzet zat tegen nazi’s blijkt lid te zijn geweest van terroristische organisatie

Ich möchte eine Debatte darüber, dass die auch von mir meinen Steuern bezahlte Polizei offenbar mehrheitlich konservativ denkt. Diese Unausgewogenheit schadet der Demokratie. Was unternehmen die Innenminister dafür, auch grüne und linke Stimmen in der Polizei zu stärken?

Die USA sind näher als wir denken.

The research collaboration symposium will take place between 10-12 June, 2026 in Bonn, Germany. Deadline 29 October 2025.

There's a word for government agencies using state power to pressure private companies into firing comedians, and no, it's not «cancel culture»

This is bananas. And it's terrible.

If you thought the Weimar comparisons surely must have run their course by now – Michael Gove is here to convince you otherwise!

Zur Stärkung der - na klar - Resilienz von Postdocs bietet die Postdoc Academy der Berlin University Alliance jetzt "Pferdegestütztes Coaching" an. Auf dem Workshop kann man seine Resilienz "durch direkte, nonverbale Rückmeldung von Pferden" stärken.

'In both the Cold War Red Scare & today’s sequel, culture has been key to gaining public support for escalations that trample civil liberties. Both...have relied on nebulous philosophies as catchalls for political, social, cultural, & ideological views—McCarthy’s “communism” and Trump’s “woke”.'

Does anybody have any experience regarding looking up addresses of relatives (Einwohnermeldekartei) at the Landesarchiv Berlin?

think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

(2/2) GroenLinks-PvdA zegt al vanaf de eerste dag dat deze VVD/BBB-bezuinigingen van tafel moeten. Daarom dienen we vandaag een wetswijziging in om dit voor elkaar te krijgen. Ga stemmen 29 oktober, kies voor een partij die het onderwijs niet in de steek laat! 🟥

Vacature in Schiedam! Help mee vrouwelijke kunstenaars die abstract werkten in de jaren 70, op de kaart te zetten! stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/open-vacatur... #stedelijkmuseumschiedam #vacature #onderzoek #juniorconservator

Nog maar even een verwijzing naar mijn studie naar de politieke attitudes van wetenschappers. De spreiding is onder wetenschappers niet kleiner dan onder andere beroepsgroepen (behalve op migratie: homogene pro-migratie attitude) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

Another compelling factor was Israeli troops’ “extensive and deliberate” targeting of Palestinian children, Mr. Sidoti said. Medical workers testified they had treated many children with direct gunshot wounds to the head and upper body.

Look at this pitiful reporting in Der Spiegel. Claiming wriggle room where the UN presents none.

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

Are you an #earlycareer historian looking for a postdoctoral opportunity? 📣 You still have 1 month to apply for the EUI Max Weber Programme Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-27 🔤 All information and link to the application form 👉 loom.ly/6IQLilY 🗓️ Apply by 15 October 2025, 14:00 CEST 🚨 #postdoc

Germany is 23rd of 27 in real terms in education spending in the EU and its national discourse is struggling to figure out why the schools are shit. “It’s probably the immigrants,” journalists reassure their readers.

Thank you for this moment of common sense www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Ein Berufsstand, in dem das Hintergrundgespräch die bevorzugte & am höchsten gerankte Form der Recherche ist & das große Interview (live am besten), in dem man sich selbst als objektive Rede-Instanz inszeniert, als die professionelle Königsklasse, hat keinerlei Bewusstsein & keine Methoden, um

The «radical left» does not exist, it‘s a meme invented by online nazis

permanent Liberal Arts lecturership (= assistant professorship) in Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...

Superb, highly recommend.

Vacancy: Editor-in-chief💼 JHoK seeks a new co-editor-in-chief affiliated to a Belgian or Dutch institution to join Professor Sven Dupré. Deadline to submit your job application: 26 September, 2025. More information on the application process: journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...

I hope this ishmael finds you whale

The people whipping up panics about "academic freedom" rarely speak up when academic freedom is actually imperiled. This is absolutely chilling.