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2-year postdoc on the #history of USAID at @…
The Chair of African History at the University of Bayreuth invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The fellowship is embedded in the interdis…

Snake has been contained. Local snake guy lets the hibernate in his house and sets them out next spring https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115663708415603499

Bericht: US-Regierung verlangt Ablehnung von Visa-Bewerbern mit Zensur-Historie
Bewerber für ein US-Arbeitsvisum sollen strenger überprüft werden. Bei jeglicher Beteiligung an "Zensur" freier Meinungsäußerung sollen sie abgelehnt werden.

The Kremlin is in hysterics: UAF halt advance, destroy oil depots and command posts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/04/the-kremlin-is-in-hysterics.html

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115664856327099469
The worst part is that on Windows you can still officially install iTunes
Apple’s Software works better on Windows

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116015792702941028
Recording successful! At least for a first try, I’ll probably read up a bit on recommended recording levels for various cassette types; plus I might use lossless hi-res instead of records as source, might need to for things I don’t have on vinyl anyway

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116013923268429239
Hmm I have to record a tape, gonna start with a Brian Eno record I guess
(Having a medical thing where I’ll get groggy tomorrow which conveniently lasts about 90 minutes, music helps and I hate to use my phone for it as I get too easily distracted by it.)

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115840252209889277
I'm thoroughly convinced that a lot of the problems we have as a society in general and with the tech industry in particular is toxic positivity—when people just can't get themselves to call out bad things for what they are; it's so often I see needless defending of bad work or outright insults hurled at customers by big corporations, and endless calls for a false civility.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115667646361265085
The other ongoing criticism is "well actually, iTunes was always bad".
No, it wasn't. When it was released it was _way_ better than any other jukebox sofware.
You could actually find stuff easily, manage playlists super quick. It ripped CDs, including getting track titles and managing files, with literally _no clicks required_.
Burning CDs took like two clicks.
While admittedly lock-in, it would sync your iPod with no clicks after dropping it in the iPod dock. And it was super fast. (Other manufacturers didn't have anything close to this convenient).
Other jukebox software didn't do any of this.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The number of replyguys who told me it’s my fault that that screen is empty is non-zero
Have you considered not replying https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115667646361265085