Gorgeous and a design of her own with every detail considered, but why is the font grey? So hard to read, esp. while losing eyesight :(

There are book covers and then there are book covers. Judith Schalansky’s new book about contending with marble, mercury, and fog is very much marble, mercury, and fog

who would have thought that one of the best books of Frankfurt School critical theory in the year 2026 is a history of the energy economy inspired by Adorno, Schmidt and Bogdanov? Happy pub day @ueberdruss.bsky.social !

200,000 acres of Native Hawaiian land. 100 years of federal trust obligation.

Trump's move: reclassify them as a racial group, not a tribal nation. Same land. New legal category. Zero obligation.

That's not a budget cut. That's a legal erasure. #taxtherich

“What are you in for?”

“Felony bralessness”

The German carrier cancelled about 120 daily flights and said it would drop unprofitable routes from Munich and Frankfurt until the end of the summer season. ft.trib.al/TwuG4PD

Very true. But now also the gnawing at the structural foundations of social welfare feels more irrevocable than ever before

Die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar | musermeku Im thüringischen Weimar befindet sich eine der wohl schönsten historischen Bibliotheken Deutschlands, die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek.

[Kultur-Tipp] Von Goethe bis Cranach: Im thüringischen #Weimar befindet sich eine der wohl schönsten Bibliotheken Deutschlands, die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek mit ihrem historischen Rokokosaal: musermeku.org/anna-amalia-...

#bibliothek #museum #ausstellung #kunst #kultur #geschichte

The most bitterly ironic thing about Germany right now is that it’s at its peak critique of the US/anti-americanism while its politicians and top managerial class are also turning it into a society that’s more and more US-like.

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Enjoy foxes. Would like some rabbits too. Still no rabbit sightings. There used to be tons of rabbits

Just a few foxes sorting things out in Berlin (sound on)

Perverts

Weird request for the historians of Bluesky - did anyone whose work was used to train Grammarly's Expert Review feature investigate the feature while it was still active? I'd love to speak with anyone who managed to interact with their own digital clone.

Esp the last 3 sound amazing!

Im Frühjahr 1986 hatte Serhij Samotschernych seinen Traumjob sicher: Ingenieur in Tschornobyl – im Bereich der nuklearen Sicherheit. Doch der zukünftige Arbeitsplatz des Kernphysikers verwandelt sich von einem Tag auf den anderen in einen der gefährlichsten Orte der Welt. 1/3

Autonome Waffen made in Germany Deutsche Firmen treiben den Wandel in der Kriegsführung mit an – mit neuen KI-Systemen. Offen ist, wie viel Kontrolle dem Menschen noch bleibt.

Deutsche Firmen entwickeln zunehmend #KI für militärische Zwecke und treiben so den Wandel der Kriegsführung voran. Doch wie viel Kontrolle bleibt dem Menschen beim Einsatz autonomer #Waffen?

A Clearing of the Ground | Christopher Benfey Small liberal arts colleges face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise. The

"SLACs face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise.... And yet the shuttering of Hampshire... feels different, not so much another liberal arts domino falling as the symbolic end of a whole tradition of progressive education"

Competitive victimhood is a hell of a drug

Book cover of the book "Egypt's Mediterranean" by Zoe Griffith. It is an artist's rendition of a view from a balcony overlooking palm trees and boats.

Hi everyone! My book, Egypt's Mediterranean, came out with @ucpress.bsky.social on Tuesday 💙💛 It's a new look at how Egypt fit into the political economy of the Ottoman Empire and eastern Mediterranean.

Please enjoy the *beautiful* cover art by Mohamed Gohar (@mohamed.gohar on IG)

A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons - Sentinel Colorado "What's the point of me reading it if it's already correct anyway, and you didn't write it yourself? Could you produce it without your computer?" said Phelps.

Olivetti‘s revenge

(Imagine the noise, though) sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorize...

too sexist

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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How Iran has been studying lessons from the war in Ukraine Military journals provide tantalising glimpses into what Tehran’s military thinks and its priorities, including drones

Ukraine is no longer perceived as a country but as a literal textbook case for modernizing asymmetrical warfare. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The corruption of the Supreme Court is America’s biggest failure as a country

There’s no better sign for paid bathrooms in Germany

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

This is for @johnmunro.bsky.social . Another way is possible.

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