This was the month that I decided to spend in Germany. November has started..worse

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

So social sciences and humanities will now get back research funding, given that they disproportionately contribute to universities' rankings which in turn bring international students, which (as PM says) is a tool for economic growth? Right? Only logical!

Christmas reading this year is a book bought a while ago. It's a fun novel of unpredictable twists but also a philosophical musing of what happens in a world where people no longer believe in future.

Dear students of HPS and related fields, come join @abigailnd.bsky.social and a bunch of other great colleagues next April in Utrecht: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma...