Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
Professor for #CulturalDataAnalytics at Tallinn University in #Estonia
#complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics
#culturalanalytics #compsocsci #infovis
"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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#complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics
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"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
· Nov 12
![[flow diagram]
A Systematic Science of Art and Culture [going back to] Leibniz [via four paths]
[1] Network Science > Graph Theory > Euler 1736 > Leibniz
[2] Topological Data Analysis > Topology > Poincaré 1882 > Leibniz
[3] Computation > Shannon 1938 > Couturat 1911 > Leibniz
[4] Art History [Warburg/Panofski/Wittkower] > Cassirer 1927 > Leibniz
[1, 2, and 4, meet in eight lines of Leibniz!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreicekc3ydprcrclxfug72kd6qynmqjrvzhwehqb2bgszkloctcvvjy@jpeg)
#CulturalAnalysisSitus, because
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Cardi B alluding to Diana Ross:
"If there is a cure for this, I don't want it!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-7...
Authoritarianism is no cure for Freedom! 🎉
"If there is a cure for this, I don't want it!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-7...
Authoritarianism is no cure for Freedom! 🎉
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cardi B alluding to Diana Ross:
"If there is a cure for this, I don't want it!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-7...
Authoritarianism is no cure for Freedom! 🎉
"If there is a cure for this, I don't want it!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-7...
Authoritarianism is no cure for Freedom! 🎉
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What do Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Mortal Kombat have to teach us about #cultural #evolution? As a social-technological phenomenon, #arcade game genres evolved like cultural species—some diversified, while others became "living fossils." 🕹️🧪 👉 doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
August 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What do Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Mortal Kombat have to teach us about #cultural #evolution? As a social-technological phenomenon, #arcade game genres evolved like cultural species—some diversified, while others became "living fossils." 🕹️🧪 👉 doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
Had a really good dinner, but then I found Kwame Onwuachi's "My America" in my bookshelf – and now, I can't sleep as it all sounds so delicious (even the simple stuff, such as Garlic Aioli with GGP aka Ginger-Garlic Purée).
Also, just read the foreword! 😍
cf. www.foodandwine.com/chefs/kwame-...
Also, just read the foreword! 😍
cf. www.foodandwine.com/chefs/kwame-...
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Had a really good dinner, but then I found Kwame Onwuachi's "My America" in my bookshelf – and now, I can't sleep as it all sounds so delicious (even the simple stuff, such as Garlic Aioli with GGP aka Ginger-Garlic Purée).
Also, just read the foreword! 😍
cf. www.foodandwine.com/chefs/kwame-...
Also, just read the foreword! 😍
cf. www.foodandwine.com/chefs/kwame-...
In 2015 the "height of insensitivity" was Marco Rubio attending a fundraiser in the home of "Hitler collector Harlan Crow" (cf. news.artnet.com/art-world/hi...). Now Rubio insists in public the "Trump's Ukraine peace plan" is US-authored, while telling US Senators it is a Russian wish list.
Rubio confirms Trump's Ukraine peace plan was actually a wishlist sent by Russia
U.S. senators critical of Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them it was a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.
U.S. senators critical of Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them it was a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them...
www.wral.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In 2015 the "height of insensitivity" was Marco Rubio attending a fundraiser in the home of "Hitler collector Harlan Crow" (cf. news.artnet.com/art-world/hi...). Now Rubio insists in public the "Trump's Ukraine peace plan" is US-authored, while telling US Senators it is a Russian wish list.
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There’s nothing sadder to me on these treasure hunting trips than running into an incredible piece of print history—like this Intertype machine, that seemed pristine beneath its coat of dust—that will probably end up scrapped because pretty much no one can house or maintain it—we certainly can’t
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There’s nothing sadder to me on these treasure hunting trips than running into an incredible piece of print history—like this Intertype machine, that seemed pristine beneath its coat of dust—that will probably end up scrapped because pretty much no one can house or maintain it—we certainly can’t
#Munich 2004
went back to the real track for a few listens. Forgot how sneaky this one is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFV...
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#Munich 2004
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November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hey, Rupert Riedl would be 100! 🎉
Beyond #Biology, Riedl was one of the 1st to include #ArtHistory ("cultural science in a strict sense") as part of #ComplexityScience. "Riedls Kulturgeschichte der Evolutionstheorie" is as funny as a Werner Herzog movie (until you realise he's serious and spot on).
Beyond #Biology, Riedl was one of the 1st to include #ArtHistory ("cultural science in a strict sense") as part of #ComplexityScience. "Riedls Kulturgeschichte der Evolutionstheorie" is as funny as a Werner Herzog movie (until you realise he's serious and spot on).
What a great honor to be here at the kick-off event of Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary symposium hosted by the Theoretical Biology unit @univie.ac.at. Sabina Riedl, his daughter, made a new documentary on his life. The screening is now held @nhmwien.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey, Rupert Riedl would be 100! 🎉
Beyond #Biology, Riedl was one of the 1st to include #ArtHistory ("cultural science in a strict sense") as part of #ComplexityScience. "Riedls Kulturgeschichte der Evolutionstheorie" is as funny as a Werner Herzog movie (until you realise he's serious and spot on).
Beyond #Biology, Riedl was one of the 1st to include #ArtHistory ("cultural science in a strict sense") as part of #ComplexityScience. "Riedls Kulturgeschichte der Evolutionstheorie" is as funny as a Werner Herzog movie (until you realise he's serious and spot on).
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
"When leaders promote hate, hate shows up."
Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"When leaders promote hate, hate shows up."
In Texas 2013, a young "Christian" neighbour told us she regrets the other 5 books she read, other than the bible, a day after our moving container arrived with 165 boxes of books. So just in case, I put a book by Jane Goodall on the chimney.
Between Saint Mary and Jane Goodall, I'd follow Jane.
Between Saint Mary and Jane Goodall, I'd follow Jane.
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In Texas 2013, a young "Christian" neighbour told us she regrets the other 5 books she read, other than the bible, a day after our moving container arrived with 165 boxes of books. So just in case, I put a book by Jane Goodall on the chimney.
Between Saint Mary and Jane Goodall, I'd follow Jane.
Between Saint Mary and Jane Goodall, I'd follow Jane.
𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will give their first-ever 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 at NetSci 2026! Their groundbreaking work has shaped how we understand networks, & this session will be a highlight of NetSci’s 20th anniversary.
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Verstehen Sie deutsch?
Dann sollten Sie sich 7 Minuten Zeit nehmen um dieses Video sehen:
www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...
Ach ja, und bei nächster Gelegenheit wählen Sie bitte doofe Karrieristen der "rechte Mitte" und die blöde Nazi-Tante einfach ab. Dann können wir auch die Wirtschaft retten! 🌍🎉
Dann sollten Sie sich 7 Minuten Zeit nehmen um dieses Video sehen:
www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...
Ach ja, und bei nächster Gelegenheit wählen Sie bitte doofe Karrieristen der "rechte Mitte" und die blöde Nazi-Tante einfach ab. Dann können wir auch die Wirtschaft retten! 🌍🎉
Klima: Politik hat "richtig viel nachzuholen"
Anlässlich der COP30 fordert Astrophysiker Harald Lesch eine entschiedenere Klimapolitik. Es werde oft so getan, als ob Ökonomie und Ökologie im Widerspruch zueinander stünden.
www.zdfheute.de
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Verstehen Sie deutsch?
Dann sollten Sie sich 7 Minuten Zeit nehmen um dieses Video sehen:
www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...
Ach ja, und bei nächster Gelegenheit wählen Sie bitte doofe Karrieristen der "rechte Mitte" und die blöde Nazi-Tante einfach ab. Dann können wir auch die Wirtschaft retten! 🌍🎉
Dann sollten Sie sich 7 Minuten Zeit nehmen um dieses Video sehen:
www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...
Ach ja, und bei nächster Gelegenheit wählen Sie bitte doofe Karrieristen der "rechte Mitte" und die blöde Nazi-Tante einfach ab. Dann können wir auch die Wirtschaft retten! 🌍🎉
Reposted by Maximilian Schich
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Reposted by Maximilian Schich
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Join us today @cudanlab.bsky.social
feat. #CompSocSci Prof. Dr. #LauraNelson:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error:
Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time (UTC+2)
i.e. 15 minutes from this post.
Details & zoom:
cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
feat. #CompSocSci Prof. Dr. #LauraNelson:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error:
Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time (UTC+2)
i.e. 15 minutes from this post.
Details & zoom:
cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Join us today @cudanlab.bsky.social
feat. #CompSocSci Prof. Dr. #LauraNelson:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error:
Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time (UTC+2)
i.e. 15 minutes from this post.
Details & zoom:
cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
feat. #CompSocSci Prof. Dr. #LauraNelson:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error:
Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
16:00-18:00 Tallinn time (UTC+2)
i.e. 15 minutes from this post.
Details & zoom:
cudan.tlu.ee/events/2025-...
Zwar die kleinste Änderung auf der gedruckten Titelseite, aber ab morgen sind wir quasi BlueSky-Zeitung und tragen den größten und relevantesten Standard-Communities Rechnung - abseits des Standard-Forums selbst.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
First contact. Can't wait. ❄️🎿
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
First contact. Can't wait. ❄️🎿
Nazigold :)
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Nazigold :)
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Meanwhile, I think,
there is just one required "reading"
on #visualization:
"A Brief Presentation of Graphics." by Jacques #Bertin in "Semiology of Graphics" (ESRI Press, 2010), pp. 418-434.
A mere 14 cartoon-style pages summarizing a lifetime of work.
Stare & Draw, don't just read & write! 👀 🌈
there is just one required "reading"
on #visualization:
"A Brief Presentation of Graphics." by Jacques #Bertin in "Semiology of Graphics" (ESRI Press, 2010), pp. 418-434.
A mere 14 cartoon-style pages summarizing a lifetime of work.
Stare & Draw, don't just read & write! 👀 🌈
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Meanwhile, I think,
there is just one required "reading"
on #visualization:
"A Brief Presentation of Graphics." by Jacques #Bertin in "Semiology of Graphics" (ESRI Press, 2010), pp. 418-434.
A mere 14 cartoon-style pages summarizing a lifetime of work.
Stare & Draw, don't just read & write! 👀 🌈
there is just one required "reading"
on #visualization:
"A Brief Presentation of Graphics." by Jacques #Bertin in "Semiology of Graphics" (ESRI Press, 2010), pp. 418-434.
A mere 14 cartoon-style pages summarizing a lifetime of work.
Stare & Draw, don't just read & write! 👀 🌈
Es herbstelt ...
CDU und Grüne stimmen #Palantir zu: In Baden-Württemberg hat der Landtag Änderungen am Polizeigesetz zur automatisierten Datenanalyse beschlossen www.heise.de/news/Baden-W...
Trotz Überrumpelung: Baden-Württemberg stimmt für Palantir
In Baden-Württemberg hat der Landtag Änderungen am Polizeigesetz beschlossen, um die Nutzung von Palantir rechtlich abzusichern.
www.heise.de
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Es herbstelt ...
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feat.
Christian Bentz
PI of www.erc-evine.de
at Saarland University, Germany
on Statistical properties of a 40,000 year old sign system
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feat.
Christian Bentz
PI of www.erc-evine.de
at Saarland University, Germany
on Statistical properties of a 40,000 year old sign system
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November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us today❗⏰ Wednesday
@cudanlab.bsky.social
feat.
Christian Bentz
PI of www.erc-evine.de
at Saarland University, Germany
on Statistical properties of a 40,000 year old sign system
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feat.
Christian Bentz
PI of www.erc-evine.de
at Saarland University, Germany
on Statistical properties of a 40,000 year old sign system
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i.e. 60 minutes from this post.
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Just ate a three-lobed peanut, as in three-part kernel, not triple peanut in a pod. It was the first time in my life. Unfortunately I just ate it without taking a picture. At this rate I will be 102 before I can provide evidence.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just ate a three-lobed peanut, as in three-part kernel, not triple peanut in a pod. It was the first time in my life. Unfortunately I just ate it without taking a picture. At this rate I will be 102 before I can provide evidence.