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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · 8d

Sorry but Currywurst with Sauerkraut is an offence against all that is good.

A menu board in a pub listing "Oktoberfest Specials", one of which is Currywurst with Sauerkraut and curried ketchup.

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 15d

📣 Only 1 month to go until the first event in our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Series! Join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?' on 21 October at 5:30 pm (BST), either in person at Swedenborg House or via Zoom.
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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nice to open a book that I bought out of personal interest and find this. This is why my colleagues and I do what we do. It makes me so happy to read this. (From 'Central Europe: the Death of Civilization and the Life of an Idea' by @ljukic.bsky.social) @ghilondon.bsky.social

A picture of the acknowledgements page of the book mentioned in the tweet, with a highlighted passage: 'The staff of the SSEES Library and the German Historical Institute in London deserve great credit for running the two institutions that did most to facilitate the extensive research that this book required and whose rich shelves were a source of endless curiosity and inspiration.'

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · Sep 1

anyone recognise or know anything about this seal/stamp?

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · Aug 21

It is obscene and shameful to see Newnham Cambridge excluding trans women from fellowships. Nearly all the trans women I know in academia are precarious, and trans women are criminally underrepresented in every field relevant to the talent they have. This is pure nastiness (and that's the point)

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Aug 19

@charliejane.bsky.social explains just how much dark academia owes to A.S. Byatt’s Possession.
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Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s Possession Paved the Way for Dark Academia

People constantly name The Secret History by Donna Tartt as the foundational text of dark academia—but A.S. Byatt’s masterpiece Possession was published two years earlier. Possession is the novel t…

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 13

mike wazowski from monsters inc says thanks a lot . i 'll be here all week .

ALT: mike wazowski from monsters inc says thanks a lot . i 'll be here all week .

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 13

Judas Deacon

Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band

The Rolling Pebbles

Mark B @markbri25.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band

Light Purple

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dear colleagues and friends,

A quarter of a century after its last major refurbishment, the GHIL is embarking on a new project to renovate and modernise its building. In a few weeks the builders will move in to make the public facing rooms of the Institute ready for the coming decades. 🧱🔨

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 12

Currently on pre-order at my local independent bookshop:

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup by Jonathan Wilson
The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman

This reflects my interests pretty well.

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 10

If you were not already committed to not having Salah, would the Community Shield performance put you off anyway?

Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 8

I have a free spare ticket for tonight’s @pilottvpod.bsky.social’s live event. (www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...) I’ve caught a bad cold and can’t go but don’t really want to see the ticket go to waste so if anybody wants it or knows anybody who might want it, let me know.

Pilot TV Live - Episode 350 • Words • Kings Place

A live episode of the Pilot TV podcast — your essential guide to every show that matters. Join hosts James Dyer, Boyd Hilton and Kay Ribeiro for an in-depth discussion of TV news, the latest reviews, ...

www.kingsplace.co.uk

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Aug 2

Top of the league, we’re top of the league…!

DSC Arminia Bielefeld @arminia.de · Aug 2

JAAAAAAA!
AUFTAKTSIEG! 🤩
HEIMSIEG! 💙
#DSCF95 | 5:1

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · Jul 27

"Hemp. Mead. Hemp." England playing like a wild medieval night out.

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 27

Such a great example of regular sound changes!

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 23

What are your thoughts on using Bench Boost in GW1?

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 16

We were confounded by this, too, but my usual reaction to this kind of thing is to shrug and go “Americans,eh?”.

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 15

Rather amusing find (inscription on house in Scalloway, Shetland). More information here: newcleckitdominie.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/w...

An engraved inscription that reads:

This diagram illustrates the cause of the so called Earth Tides. Also each alternate Ocean Flood, the cause of which has never yet been understood.

RE EARTH TIDES: we are told that the Moon raises the solid surface of the Earth under it about 8 inches and raises the OPPOSITE SIDE 8. This I hold to be impossible. The phenomenon called EARTH TIDE IS CAUSED BY E-H’s WEIGHT PULLING …

[The remainder of this stone has worn but the Geograph contributor was informed that it ended: AGAINST THE SUN’S ATTRACTION.]

The water flows back when att’n over & forms a heap on opposite side of E. to balance att’n flood. There is no …

Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 15

It probably means the balance is exactly right!

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · Jul 14

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jul 3

Careful where you put the commas in your salary range when advertising jobs...

A job advert for the London Library: Library Assistant (fixed term), location: London, SW1, Salary: £27,619.20 to £2,761,920.

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · Jun 30

Feministly arguing that people assigned male at birth are innately better at strategy games than those assigned female at birth. Sensational women’s rights movement you’ve got there.

Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · Jun 30

IT’S FUCKING CHESS

What POSSIBLE advantage, even in the warped mind of a transphobe, could being transgender give you at chess? They’re so nakedly hateful they just can’t stand any trans person winning anything ever. Pathetic.

The Times headline: Transgender teenager’s German chess triumph prompts call for ban

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Jun 30

Happening tomorrow!

Sign up now to join us in person or virtually for the last lecture in our Summer Series:

www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...

#zeitgeschichte #nation #skystorians

German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join us on 1 July at 5:30pm for lecture in co-operation with the Modern German History Seminar, IHR, given by Sonja Levsen (‪@unituebingen.bsky.social‬) on 'Zeitgeschichte and the Nation: Some Thoughts on an Intricate Relationship'. 📅
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Jun 26

@ihr.bsky.social has released a lovely set of videos on Youtube of interviews with eminent historians; made in the 80s and 90s, these are a lovely snapshot of titans in the field from a generation ago. www.youtube.com/@instituteof...

Institute of Historical Research

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Matthias Ammon @drmammon.bsky.social · Jun 26

I think one of my main takeaways from #Bibliocon25 is that it's a fools errand trying to build sustainable research infrastructures, particularly on the national level, on the basis of projects with short-term funding and no clear idea of what happens after the end of the funding period.

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