Begging folks with open ended academic jobs not to forget there’s a whole underclass of permanently casualised academics who’ve been facing redundancy as standard for years. 12+ in my case.
I get it’s awful facing redundancy ofc! Just…this isn’t unprecedented for us. It’s the norm.
What the actual fuck BBC? You’re advertising the reform party with reform branding during a pre election period and on a tax funded national allegedly impartial network? Better bet your ass Offcom will get a complaint about this. I urge others to do the same.
I hate Al and I refuse to use it Peter, if you don't use Al a bunch of super rich men will lose a lot of money I already said I hated Al Harry, you don't need to sell it to me
"Heb medelijden met onze christendemocraten Heer, want ze hebben het o zo moeilijk."
Er moest mij iets van het hart n.a.v. de West-Vlaamse gouverneurs groteske uitspraken over het vluchtelingendebat.
Nothing!
(Though technically Nepos did get killed by his own officers a few years later)
Today's seminar:
Me: "So what did Julius Nepos request from Zeno in 476?"
Student: "To get restored in Italy"
Me: "And what did he actually get?"
Same student: "Got killed by his own generals"
Me: *dies laughing*
"Technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct."
Offre d’emploi – Vertretung einer Professur für Mittelalterliche Geschichte (Früh- und Hochmittelalter), Universität Hamburg
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Balls. Was a video of baby goats prancing around.
Voor alles een eerste keer ooit...
Edoch bedankt!
Alles Van Waarde Is Weerloos
Vandaag gaan we voor de eerste keer ooit het Rijksmuseum bezoeken. Altijd een goeie reminder dat de twee beste nummers ooit over Amsterdam eigenlijk door Belgen gemaakt zijn. Er is natuurlijk het onsterfelijke nummer door Jacques Brel. Maar dit kleinkunstpareltje vertoeft onterecht onder de radar.
Paging @realhistoryguy.bsky.social
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Morgen zit ik zes uur op een treintraject Gent-Amsterdam-Gent.
Morgen veeg ik de vloer aan met Carl Decaluwé.
S2E17: Dwight's Speech.
One of my absolute favourites.
*Continues dying laughing*
From a more innocent era...
There is only one person who can get BlueSky working again
Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection.
So forgive me if I smell a rat.
I thought the same thing :-D
WINNER
UVA/Charlottesville folks:
Come out to hear about how early Christians conceptualized God as their enslaver & how possession by the holy spirit was part of the equation!
www.virginia.edu/calendar/?tr...
Obviously, I should stay away from the internet on less than 6 hours of sleep. So missed the joke.
Now for the real answer:
"With great power comes great responsibility."
Niet mijn favoriet.
Oh wacht.
Nu besef ik weer waarom ik van internet moet wegblijven met minder dan zes uur slaap.
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"
What’s your favorite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only)
Exactly one year ago today:
OPERATION EPIRUS FURY :-D
The same people who argue with climate scientists about who knows more about climate are naturally going to argue with the Pope about who knows more about Jesus.
Here’s just ONE of the artists Marvel Studios let go today:
Wesley Burt, a brilliant veteran, one of the best in the industry. He made the viral Fantastic Four Valentine’s day card!
He was also pivotal for the look of many films and shows like for example Loki, Black Panther, Avengers and so on!
What really upsets me is that public historians, even the dabblers, produce so much material - offered FOR FREE - and get nothing, or a pittance, in return. Actually, scratch that. The podcast has cost me HUNDREDS of pounds before the first episode even aired.