Johannes Nagel
@johannesnagel.bsky.social
🎓 historian & citoyen. methodology, c19/c20, US & EUR, world politics, war, state, unrest, nationalism. GER/ENG (learning FR). süddeutsch.
imagine this idiocy:
2003: US attacks a place for no good reason → lefty simpletons spread "blood for oil" theory → "blood for oil" talk enters collective memory → 2025: reactionary simpletons think attacking a place to "get the oil" is good strategy → US attacks a place for no good reason
2003: US attacks a place for no good reason → lefty simpletons spread "blood for oil" theory → "blood for oil" talk enters collective memory → 2025: reactionary simpletons think attacking a place to "get the oil" is good strategy → US attacks a place for no good reason
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
imagine this idiocy:
2003: US attacks a place for no good reason → lefty simpletons spread "blood for oil" theory → "blood for oil" talk enters collective memory → 2025: reactionary simpletons think attacking a place to "get the oil" is good strategy → US attacks a place for no good reason
2003: US attacks a place for no good reason → lefty simpletons spread "blood for oil" theory → "blood for oil" talk enters collective memory → 2025: reactionary simpletons think attacking a place to "get the oil" is good strategy → US attacks a place for no good reason
"Gefahr von post hoc, ergo propter hoc-Vereinfachungen. ... Es gibt viele Kontinuitätslinien und deshalb auch viele post hoc-Konstellationen – die Erklärung einer konkreten, differenzierten Gegenwart ist daher kaum auf ein, zum Teil zeitlich weit zurückliegendes Geschehen zu reduzieren."
Rez: Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-153743
Rezensionsessay: Nüchterne „Geschichtslogik“ – Die Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884/1885
www.hsozkult.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Gefahr von post hoc, ergo propter hoc-Vereinfachungen. ... Es gibt viele Kontinuitätslinien und deshalb auch viele post hoc-Konstellationen – die Erklärung einer konkreten, differenzierten Gegenwart ist daher kaum auf ein, zum Teil zeitlich weit zurückliegendes Geschehen zu reduzieren."
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Und bei den Sachbüchern hat Lutz Raphael heute Sven Beckerts neue Großgeschichte des Kapitalismus rezensiert:
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Und bei den Sachbüchern hat Lutz Raphael heute Sven Beckerts neue Großgeschichte des Kapitalismus rezensiert:
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Neues zum ChatBot: Selbst das gute alte Googlen war eine bessere #Lernmethode. 😀📖
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Neues zum ChatBot: Selbst das gute alte Googlen war eine bessere #Lernmethode. 😀📖
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The US has issued a new NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region, advising of a hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The US has issued a new NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region, advising of a hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.
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I'm not going to repost screenshots from Grok for the same reasons I don't use any LLMs even when they're outputting silly/ amusing synthetic text.
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm not going to repost screenshots from Grok for the same reasons I don't use any LLMs even when they're outputting silly/ amusing synthetic text.
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
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Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using Gmail.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using Gmail.
"The only way to get a different leader is to invest the resources to get a different regime, which Trump is unlikely to do. ... Trump may soon learn the lesson his predecessors ultimately did, that replacing a leader is harder than toppling one."
www.duckofminerva.co... #venezuela
www.duckofminerva.co... #venezuela
Here We Go Again: Why American Presidents Can’t Resist Regime Change
The U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean is confusing the MAGA faithful. With rumors swirling of an imminent operation to topple Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, the president’s supporters are asking …
www.duckofminerva.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"The only way to get a different leader is to invest the resources to get a different regime, which Trump is unlikely to do. ... Trump may soon learn the lesson his predecessors ultimately did, that replacing a leader is harder than toppling one."
www.duckofminerva.co... #venezuela
www.duckofminerva.co... #venezuela
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This is key. Europe's courting of Trump has bought only short-term benefits at the cost of any belief that EUR will stand up for Ukraine's and its own interests when the chips are down. Now here we are.
you seriously when you need them to. The White House official who remarked "we don't care what the Europeans think" reflects the Washington mood. Europe will get in line when we tell them to. So will the EU unfreeze frozen Russian assets to go to US firms? Get rid of sanctions, etc? 5/
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is key. Europe's courting of Trump has bought only short-term benefits at the cost of any belief that EUR will stand up for Ukraine's and its own interests when the chips are down. Now here we are.
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Future historians might want to reconstruct when NATO ceased to exist IN ITS TRANSATLANTIC FORM.
Here’s a hint. Look at this passage of the Ukraine „peace plan“. The US will act as a „mediator“ between NATO and Russia.
As if they were no longer the lead nation.
Here’s a hint. Look at this passage of the Ukraine „peace plan“. The US will act as a „mediator“ between NATO and Russia.
As if they were no longer the lead nation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Future historians might want to reconstruct when NATO ceased to exist IN ITS TRANSATLANTIC FORM.
Here’s a hint. Look at this passage of the Ukraine „peace plan“. The US will act as a „mediator“ between NATO and Russia.
As if they were no longer the lead nation.
Here’s a hint. Look at this passage of the Ukraine „peace plan“. The US will act as a „mediator“ between NATO and Russia.
As if they were no longer the lead nation.
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Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.
Eine der enttäuschendsten Erfahrungen für #ichbinhanna ist immer wieder auch die mangelnde alltägliche Solidarität der Kolleg*innen. Manchen ist es wichtiger, sich Profs anzubiedern, als sich den Kolleg*innen gegenüber anständig zu verhalten. Ernüchternd.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Eine der enttäuschendsten Erfahrungen für #ichbinhanna ist immer wieder auch die mangelnde alltägliche Solidarität der Kolleg*innen. Manchen ist es wichtiger, sich Profs anzubiedern, als sich den Kolleg*innen gegenüber anständig zu verhalten. Ernüchternd.
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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When libraries join Google Books, Google not only scans their books, it also makes a wealth of image, OCR, & metadata available to them via the Google Return Interface (GRIN). But working with GRIN can be challenging, so we're releasing a tool to make it easier. www.institutional.org/posts/grin-t...
Announcing the release of GRIN Transfer
GRIN Transfer, an open source tool that allows Google Books partner libraries to more easily access their Google Books collection.
www.institutional.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When libraries join Google Books, Google not only scans their books, it also makes a wealth of image, OCR, & metadata available to them via the Google Return Interface (GRIN). But working with GRIN can be challenging, so we're releasing a tool to make it easier. www.institutional.org/posts/grin-t...
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Liebe academis, 1 neugierige Frage an alle, die auch für Wissenschaftskommunikation auf Twitter waren oder es noch sind: Habt ihr dafür (je) den Hashtag #Forschung benutzt?
(Der # wurde in 1 Beitrag, den ich gerade lese, als Auswahlkriterium für die Zusammenstellung des Korpus genutzt). 🙏
(Der # wurde in 1 Beitrag, den ich gerade lese, als Auswahlkriterium für die Zusammenstellung des Korpus genutzt). 🙏
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Liebe academis, 1 neugierige Frage an alle, die auch für Wissenschaftskommunikation auf Twitter waren oder es noch sind: Habt ihr dafür (je) den Hashtag #Forschung benutzt?
(Der # wurde in 1 Beitrag, den ich gerade lese, als Auswahlkriterium für die Zusammenstellung des Korpus genutzt). 🙏
(Der # wurde in 1 Beitrag, den ich gerade lese, als Auswahlkriterium für die Zusammenstellung des Korpus genutzt). 🙏
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The would put Germany in command of U.S. forces, including nuclear weapons, deployed in Europe. Which probably indicates the Trump Administration envisions there being none.
🇺🇸🇩🇪 The US would like Germany to take over the command of Nato forces in Europe, Whitaker said, - The Times
In remarks that elicited shock from a German Nato general seated next to him, Whitaker said it was US long-term “aspirational goal” that Berlin should appoint supreme allied commander Europe.
In remarks that elicited shock from a German Nato general seated next to him, Whitaker said it was US long-term “aspirational goal” that Berlin should appoint supreme allied commander Europe.
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The would put Germany in command of U.S. forces, including nuclear weapons, deployed in Europe. Which probably indicates the Trump Administration envisions there being none.
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Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
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14/14
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
14/14
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
(c) „Post-hierarchische Fiktion“
Das Wissenschaftssystem wirkt flach und kollegial – aber Hierarchien werden nicht abgebaut, sondern entformalisiert.
Verantwortung wandert nach unten, Entscheidungsmacht bleibt oben.
→ typische post-neoliberale Organisationsform.
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I've just wrapped up the last of these.
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
I've been given an impossible task: three one-hour lectures as part of a series on "great texts" for masters students in anglophone studies. I get to cover the History part (there's also literature and linguistics).
I get to choose three history books, preferably on the anglophone world.
I get to choose three history books, preferably on the anglophone world.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I've just wrapped up the last of these.
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
In the end I did the following:
- Thompson, The Making of the English working class
- Scott, Gender and the politics of history
-Fogel/Engerman, Time on the Cross
Overall I'm happy with the texts (despite being sad about lots of others I couldn't include)
"KI ist aus unserem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken" wird irgendein Uni-Funktionär in der Zeitung zitiert & ich denke: Also aus meinem schon. Ohne LLMs würde ich vielleicht 1-3 schlechte Hausarbeiten pro Semester weniger durchfallen lassen müssen, aber ansonsten...?
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"KI ist aus unserem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken" wird irgendein Uni-Funktionär in der Zeitung zitiert & ich denke: Also aus meinem schon. Ohne LLMs würde ich vielleicht 1-3 schlechte Hausarbeiten pro Semester weniger durchfallen lassen müssen, aber ansonsten...?
"Die Generation Z scheint sich dadurch auszuzeichnen, dass es jede Menge Gerüchte um sie gibt, von denen die meisten wissenschaftlich nicht haltbar sind."
Wie praktisch, dass alle anderen genau wissen, was die GenZ sich vom Arbeitsleben wünscht. Wir haben 33 Mythen über ihre Arbeitsmoral gesammelt. Beweise gibt es kaum.
Arbeitsmoral der Generation Z: Was wollen die denn nun?
Wie praktisch, dass alle anderen genau wissen, was die GenZ sich vom Arbeitsleben wünscht. Wir haben 33 Mythen über ihre Arbeitsmoral gesammelt. Beweise gibt es kaum.
www.zeit.de
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Die Generation Z scheint sich dadurch auszuzeichnen, dass es jede Menge Gerüchte um sie gibt, von denen die meisten wissenschaftlich nicht haltbar sind."
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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This is awesome. Would love to do something similar for the US Army
Have a friend who liked to take people on tours of Arlington and bring them to a highly decorated WWII soldier’s grave, then watch their astonishment on finding out the soldier fought *gasp* with the communists in the 1930s
Have a friend who liked to take people on tours of Arlington and bring them to a highly decorated WWII soldier’s grave, then watch their astonishment on finding out the soldier fought *gasp* with the communists in the 1930s
#ChurchillsSpaniards
“We have the duty to tell the story of these soldiers & preserve their memory...this book isn’t only about Spanish fighters (against fascism), but...a part of the tradition, history & culture of the British army.” Out in paperback! #ContinuingtheFight
“We have the duty to tell the story of these soldiers & preserve their memory...this book isn’t only about Spanish fighters (against fascism), but...a part of the tradition, history & culture of the British army.” Out in paperback! #ContinuingtheFight
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is awesome. Would love to do something similar for the US Army
Have a friend who liked to take people on tours of Arlington and bring them to a highly decorated WWII soldier’s grave, then watch their astonishment on finding out the soldier fought *gasp* with the communists in the 1930s
Have a friend who liked to take people on tours of Arlington and bring them to a highly decorated WWII soldier’s grave, then watch their astonishment on finding out the soldier fought *gasp* with the communists in the 1930s
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Kurze Antwort: Nein.
Lange Antwort: Im Text heißt es: »Profitieren können davon nicht nur Unternehmen, die Publikationen auf diese Weise schnell und vergleichsweise günstig erstellen.« Die Software soll also wesentlich Kosten sparen (während es Autor*innen verspricht, … /1
Lange Antwort: Im Text heißt es: »Profitieren können davon nicht nur Unternehmen, die Publikationen auf diese Weise schnell und vergleichsweise günstig erstellen.« Die Software soll also wesentlich Kosten sparen (während es Autor*innen verspricht, … /1
Was ich mich bei solchen Galaxy-Brain Innovationen immer frage: Hat man sich vorab eigentlich irgendwie mal mit dem Buchmarkt und den krass schrumpfenden Leser*innenzahlen befasst, bevor man diese vollkommen unnütze "Disruption" entwickelt hat?
Künstliche Intelligenz revolutioniert das Schreiben von Sachbüchern
Eine österreichische Neugründung liefert die Software, um ein Buch an einem Tag zu erstellen. Das könnte die Sachbuchbranche deutlich verändern.
www.faz.net
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kurze Antwort: Nein.
Lange Antwort: Im Text heißt es: »Profitieren können davon nicht nur Unternehmen, die Publikationen auf diese Weise schnell und vergleichsweise günstig erstellen.« Die Software soll also wesentlich Kosten sparen (während es Autor*innen verspricht, … /1
Lange Antwort: Im Text heißt es: »Profitieren können davon nicht nur Unternehmen, die Publikationen auf diese Weise schnell und vergleichsweise günstig erstellen.« Die Software soll also wesentlich Kosten sparen (während es Autor*innen verspricht, … /1