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@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-01-13 16:41:47

It's way too early in term for me to be this relieved to have a guest lecturer.

@tanyakaroli@expressional.social
2026-01-10 08:16:09

Man ved at man stadig er et barn indeni når man fniser hŸjt af det her:
“The case arose after the couple asked a friend to act as a registrar for one day, known in Dutch as an eendagsbabs, during their ceremony in the municipality of Zwolle. Seeking a lighter tone, the eendagsbabs used a speech written with the help of ChatGPT.“

Court in Zwolle rules couple not married after ChatGPT-written ceremony
A Dutch court in Zwolle ruled that a couple who held a wedding ceremony on April 19, 2025, are not legally married because the required legal vows were never made during the ceremony, which instead used a speech generated with ChatGPT.

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-12-31 17:21:23

Témoignage poignant d'un sans-abri ci-dessous
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Bruno et sa famille ont passé plus de 17 heures dans l’Eurostar: “Il faisait nuit noire et un froid glacial”
En raison d’une caténaire défectueuse dans le tunnel sous la Manche, puis d’un problème électrique, de nombreux trains Eurostar ont subi d’importants retards en ce début de semaine, juste avant le Nouvel An. Parmi les passagers impactés: Bruno et sa famille, qui devaient revenir en Belgique depuis Londres. “Nous avons quitté notre hôtel à 15h30 et ne sommes rentrés chez nous qu’à 8h30 le lendemain matin, à Mariakerke (en banlieue gantoise, ndlr). Dix-sept heures, juste pou…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-12-04 05:39:06

[Rescheduled to December 12] Professor John Breen - Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century Japan networks.h-net.org/group/annou

[Rescheduled to December 12] Professor John Breen - Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century Japan | H-Net
Dear colleagues,John Breen's November Lecture at CIEE Kyoto has been rescheduled to December 12, 18:00-19:30. Please see below for the original announcement & abstract, along with updated registration links. Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century JapanAbstract:

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-09 14:25:58

A part of tomorrow's lecture is on the history of far-right organizing at the university where I work. I haven't taught the course for a few years. I'm curious - and sort of terrified - to see what the students make of it.

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-12-28 14:38:18

Another loft pottery find; the back says 'Hand painted', 'Made in Japan' but nothing else; as far as I can find out there were a bunch of Japanese studios doing imagined desert scenes from 1920-1950s. I can't find an exact match, but there are loads of similar ones depending on the painters mood I guess.

A saucer, with an imagined desert scene; it's a general shiny light brown, with a person riding a camel across some lighter sand, some palm trees, and a couple of bonus pyramids. And hmm, a green bush??
@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-01-06 16:47:42

According to an obviously amused student, as I was speaking in class this morning on the importance of failure as a means of learning, a cybertruck drove past the lecture hall.

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-12-03 06:06:31

[Rescheduled to December 12] Professor John Breen - Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century Japan
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[Rescheduled to December 12] Professor John Breen - Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century Japan | H-Net
Dear colleagues,John Breen's November Lecture at CIEE Kyoto has been rescheduled to December 12, 18:00-19:30. Please see below for the original announcement & abstract, along with updated registration links. Ise Now: Shrine, Myth, Nation in 21st Century JapanAbstract:

@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2025-11-16 07:01:12

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 09 - Countdown
BLAKE: [To Jenna] Get a locator fix on the signal.
CALLY: It's already pinpointed.
BLAKE: Well done. Alright, Avon, get kitted up. You too, Vila.
blake.torpidity.net/m/2…

Claude 3.7 describes the image as: "This image appears to be from a science fiction television series, likely from the late 1970s or early 1980s based on the production style and costumes. The scene shows two individuals in conversation within what looks like a spacecraft or futuristic facility with metallic walls and reflective surfaces visible in the background. The person on the left is wearing a gray uniform-like outfit, while the person on the right is dressed in a brown/olive sleeveless …
@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-01-22 14:59:38

As a historian, nothing makes me ditch a text quicker than the pretense of a "falsifiable argument." Look, we can claim that an argument isn't very good, that its evidence is unconvincing, that another conclusion makes more sense, and on and on, but it's hard to keep my eyes from rolling out of my skull when lectured on the necessity for (or even the possibility of)"testable hypotheses." It's worth thinking about paths not taken, but, dude, you can't know …