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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

“I 2023, sist Steinberg var nedleggingstruet, omtalte Drammens Tidende et brev fra Vy til Bane NOR hvor Vy ga tydelig uttrykk for at å avvikle enkeltavganger betyr et uforutsigbart og uryddig togtilbud på Steinberg.” #norsktogtilbud

Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

I fjor var skolen på Steinberg i fare, nå togstasjonen igjen. Tviler sterkt på at Bane Nor får forbedret sin punktlighet gjennom et slikt tiltak. “Hvorfor gjøre livet vanskeligere for skoleelever, arbeidspendlere og eldre?” www.dt.no/a-kutte-avga...

Å kutte avganger er å kutte livskvalitet

Steinberg er et sted der togtilbudet betyr frihet, muligheter og fellesskap.

www.dt.no

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 1d

The story deepens! We now know the person who brought a #Roman tombstone to New Orleans was a US soldier stationed in Italy during WW2; I like to think that Sextus Congenius Verus - the tombstone 'owner', & a military man himself - would have understood...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter

Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 1d

Now I'm interested: Who else had to undo 'AI' in academic texts? What were your experiences with this?

Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

My experience earlier this year: I had to spend a few days rescuing a text that I myself had written and which had then been sent through LLM by a colleague and turned into something completely different. Such a huge waste of time and mental energy.

Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 1d

We see this in other fields too, where skill sets are no longer applied to creating stuff, but to correct ‘AI’ slop. I think this is definitely a huge waste of time, and the idea that ‘AI’ could save time in research is a big lie. But perhaps it’s important to make this experience ... (5/x)

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 1d

Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky

A copy of Colmán Etchingham, Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

Norway, take note.

THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 2d

Some wolves, their habitat destroyed and overwhelmed by human pressures, turn to snorting quack.

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

This happened while writing scholarly texts for a specific purpose. Things went wrong, as LLM was suddenly added and used uncritically. The intentions may've been to enliven/smoothen? The result... well, there's only so much delving and underscoring one can take; never mind the direct errors.

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

I also spent time explaining how I could see what had been done, and exemplifying all the resulting problems. I did this as nicely and patiently as I could hoping that this would not happen again.

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

My experience earlier this year: I had to spend a few days rescuing a text that I myself had written and which had then been sent through LLM by a colleague and turned into something completely different. Such a huge waste of time and mental energy.

Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 1d

We see this in other fields too, where skill sets are no longer applied to creating stuff, but to correct ‘AI’ slop. I think this is definitely a huge waste of time, and the idea that ‘AI’ could save time in research is a big lie. But perhaps it’s important to make this experience ... (5/x)

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

And this: “They were both too weak to matter, and a grave danger to things that did. What really mattered was the big picture.”
This very same approach is still a part of many (supposedly informed) conversations today.

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

“The same editor told me firmly that whatever the ‘nationalists’ in the ‘tiny Soviet Baltic republics’ might think, they were never going to be independent. They are just too small. Ukraine was never going to be independent either. It was too big.“

Ukrainian Institute London @ukrinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

📜Why does the West consistently overlook Russian imperialism while scrutinising its own colonial past?
🔗 Read the full piece on the website: www.londonukrainianreview.org/posts/the-ot...

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 1d

“The problem with big aid organisations is that their approach is based on training and advice […]They tell people what to do and how to spend their money […]direct cash support has shown that when people living in poverty receive money, they know best what matters to them, and they invest in that.”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Just money, with no strings attached’: how direct cash transfers are giving women in rural Kenya a new life

Financial support given directly to the women in rural Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses

www.theguardian.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy to finally see this in the flesh today: the remains of an early tenth-century calendar from Landévennec, Brittany, whose entry for the year 913 contains an annotation that the local coastal monastery of Winwaloe was attacked by vikings during that year.

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A medieval manuscript page from the tenth century, on vellum. Text in black ink and red rubrication using Carolingian miniscule.

A marginal annotation on a manuscript, containing the (abbreviated) Latin sentence: 'Eodem anno destructum est monasterium sancti winualoei a normannis' (translation: 'In the same year, the monastery of saint Winwaloe was destroyed by Northmen').

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 2d

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 2d

En ny dag med nye muligheter: I dag er det en mulighet for signalutbedring ved Asker stasjon. www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/B0Ak...

Signalfeil gir togtrøbbel i Oslo-området

Asker stasjon har færre spor i bruk torsdag morgen, noe som betyr at tog kan bli innstilt og forsinket.

www.aftenposten.no

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 3d

“Her en dag var jeg ute med vennene mine på Bryggen, og så kom det plutselig en sint melding fra kjerringa, ho Gyda, som sa at jeg måtte gå hjem. Hva skal jeg gjøre?”

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Ole-Albert @oarn.bsky.social · 4d

"Kjære Frode Thuen, mannen min har blitt sparket ihjel av en hest og hele bygda mener at jeg har drept ham. Hva skal jeg gjøre?"

Til våren kommer boka mi om Gudrun, som ble mistenkt for å drept ektemannen sin i 1432. Dette opptrinnet her åpner jo noen dører. bsky.app/profile/oarn...

Morten Myksvoll @mortenmyksvoll.bsky.social · 4d

Tenk å vere så fråkopla at ein lirer av seg dette: «Vi forstår at Aftenposten er opptatt av leserne sine, men vår hensikt var først og fremst å utforske skjæringspunktet mellom virkelighet og fiksjon»

Aftenposten avpubliserer innhold etter falske innlegg fra norsk forlag

Aftenposten har avpublisert tre artikler som er publisert i spalten «Leve sammen». I denne spalten svarer psykolog Frode Thuen på spørsmål fra leserne.

www.aftenposten.no

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 4d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 4d

Ja! Og kvinneklær trenger flere lommer.

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 4d

Our NorseMap website is now live! Go check it out: www.ucc.ie/en/norsemap

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 4d

Postdoktor i språkteknologi for norsk fagspråk: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

Postdoktor i språkteknologi for norsk fagspråk (286096) | Universitetet i Oslo

Stillingstittel: Postdoktor i språkteknologi for norsk fagspråk (286096), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Oslo, Søknadsfrist: mandag 20. oktober 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 5d

it's ridiculous how some people seem to think the only possible reason to do a humanities phd is to become a tenured professor. i use the considerable fruits of my philological training all day every single day to overanalyse every word anyone says to or around me within an inch of its life

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 4d

Men det er kanskje en form for effektivisering når henvendelser via telefon & brev rett og slett ikke kommer fram?

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