Hmm. Yeah, mass strikes as you say would indeed spread the risk so wide as to be negligible, I hope

Und was sagst du?

Trump says he has no intention to send troops into Iran, which either means he's about to invade Iran or it means absolutely nothing and is meant to calm the markets.

A question for academics who have served on hiring committees for postdoctoral positions (not permanent jobs, not teaching-only jobs):

Is not having actually received the PhD/not having passed the Viva something which puts someone's application at the bottom of the pile?

I appreciate this account proving my point for me.

There are lots of bad and criminal things out there, but they aren’t all genocide.

And that’s ok! They don’t have to be.

But genocide has an actual definition with actual legal elements to it.

While society is more morally excited than ever, it has lost its ability to present an argument as to why things are immoral without pointing to big bad words and crimes. They won't grasp what you're saying Waitman; genocide is now synonymous with bad.

Well, I can tell you for certain that most bookbinders/restorers -- during the majority of the period of activity -- did not know what they were doing was condemning people to death. And some did see themselves as helping people escape persecution, too.

Hi, I am concerned that there are several really important errors in this article. Dr Schmidt herself makes perfectly valid points, but the article is a historical travesty.

How Bookbinders Used Old Records to Help the Nazis Find Their Victims

From the article: “Those restorers knew what they were doing,” Dr. Blewett said. “They knew it was about accumulating information to kill people.”

This is complete nonsense as a general characterization.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...

Rescue and Remembrance: Imagining the German Collective After Nazism YouTube video by Ghetto Fighters' House מוזיאון בית לוחמי הגטאות

If anyone wants to watch Kobi Kabalek and I talk about his excellent book (and my mini-presentation on why 50,000 rescuers during the Holocaust is actually rather a lot when viewed in the right statistical context), here is the link:

youtu.be/BX8GbKfElYM?...

And maybe the type of work historians do nowadays?

SA-Gefängnis Papestraße – Wikipedia

Railway workers' barracks, apparently: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-Gef%...

When I was in Berlin for a fellowship, I stumbled across this very early SA camp. It's so random. I can't remember what it originally was, but it's almost a single building. I swear I didn't edit these photos. The sky was just appropriately ominous...

Also, his last name, if said in the correct way, is a blasphemous denunciation of a woman!

Sorry to hear this.

As someone in a similar boat but not for German law reasons (and with much less evidence of ppl liking my work), may I offer my genuine sympathy.

Flattery !

On Feb 22 I'll be talking with Kobi Kabalek about his stimulating and even potentially controversial new book. The event is online and anyone can attend. My comments will be informed by debates on German popular opinion and the connection between Holocaust memory and historiographical trends.

On Feb 22 I'll be talking with Kobi Kabalek about his stimulating and even potentially controversial new book. The event is online and anyone can attend. My comments will be informed by debates on German popular opinion and the connection between Holocaust memory and historiographical trends.

That's actually a valid and interesting point

Of course, but what is the significance of the length?

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First they came for the Lit Review

I imagine the disbelief was not historical but humane

I mean, that's amazing, wow, congratulations. The description by the panel is effusive.

Up the toon

OH I misread, I thought you were complimenting Chelsea. Continue as you were.

Ew

*Finlay.

Fwiw, I'm firmly against Israel's actions in Gaza but agree that the slogan is misguided -- I accept that many mean it in the more understandable sense Joseph Findlay describes, though.