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Ben Zweig
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Art historian, digital projects, infographics, synthesizers, medieval things. Columbia University Libraries and Pratt School of Information. Formerly National Gallery of Art.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 8h
Education is not a panacea for being an asshole. Example JD Vance.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 10h
No it’s just right
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 23h
Disgusting. Everything touched is defiled.
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Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 1d
Potomac Video near Chevy Chase circle. It was a local chain but that location was the biggest - two floors, huge collection of foreign and cults films.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 1d
I worked at an amazing video store in NW DC - the place was a social anchor of the neighborhood. The social aspect plus serendipitous discovery - staff picks! - is something that streaming can't match.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 1d
Hmm...think i might short this one.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 3d
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 3d
#nokings Milford PA
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 4d
This is the puerile aesthetics of fantasy gaming.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 4d
Combined with the immortal line of "When someone asks if you are a god you say yes!" (or something close to that).
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 6d
He's defending his volk.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 6d
Vigeland park.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 8d
Straight to Acne Studios, as is post-protest tradition.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 9d
Frogs. Together. Strong.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 13d
Yep, the title sequence. Amazing.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 13d
Also the intro. Hard to beat Season 1's, but it's really grown on me.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 14d
No, it is their job. A big part.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 16d
Back to the home. Someone’s confused and irritable.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17d
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 18d
Would be great if @nytimes.com was super interested in why a deeply unwell octogenerian unilaterally raising taxes on Americans disappears for days on end.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 20d
Very happy to announce I'll be giving one of the Frank Davis Memorial Lectures at the The Courtauld Institute of Art on December 2nd in London. If you are in London and want to hear about computer vision and art history you should definitely swing by. #arthistory

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'What has Riegl to do with the Perceptron?' Exploring the Place of Art Historical Method in Computer Vision
In the second lecture in our 2025-26 Frank Davis Memorial Lecture Series, Dr Benjamin Zweig will examine the application of art historical methods in computer vision projects from a historiographic pe...
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 25d
He was truly terrified by the skater kids in Washington Square Park.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 25d
The result: a meeting that could have been an emails achieves singular sentience, dives into the depth of the ocean, slumbers for 1000 years, awakens and reigns terror upon the 5 richest kings of Europe.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 25d
Ah, yes. No true scotsman, but for Jewish groups.
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Ben Zweig @medievalben.bsky.social · 25d
She's focused on the really important things, like finding out when those dalmation puppies will arrive.
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