Joschka Meier
@josserme.bsky.social
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Historian at the University of Bern: Human-animal relations, environmental adaptation & communal resource management of alpine communities in the Middle Ages. Knowledge commons: https://hcommons.org/members/joschkameier/
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letsgomathias.bsky.social
Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…
premthakker.bsky.social
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
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celinecamps.bsky.social
#SkyStorians, I'm looking for #MedievalSky and #EarlyModern paintings, engravings & other visual sources that depict screws.
(N.B. I'm not looking for depictions of screws in technical sources on this topic).
If anyone has come or comes across them, I'd love to know! #HistSci #HistTech #ArtHistory
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shaunvids.bsky.social
actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
josserme.bsky.social
Yeah, I also have an apparently terribly difficult name and I still get surprised by the novel ways people find to mess up my name
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hagenilda.bsky.social
Doctor MRO whom many of you still idolise is currently on the hellsite retweeting antisemitic conspiracy theory shit about the Manchester attacks being a Mossad false flag operation just FYI. This person claims to be an expert on medieval race. Total joke.

#MedievalSky
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joho.bsky.social
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
a lot of pandemic histories omit or speed past the massive, right wing billionaire-financed disinformation campaign waged against public health policies and officials. jonathan is doing critical work here. looking forward to reading it.
joho.bsky.social
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
It’s so fucking funny that we’re still getting five NYT op-eds a week calling for the left to tone down their rhetoric
davidcorn.bsky.social
Remember when Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters “deplorable“?
josserme.bsky.social
Aber gehts jetzt, oder gabs schon wieder neuen Reset?
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."

Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
washingtonpost.com
Some say canceling is an act of redress. Others blame it on a mob.

“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”
How cancel culture came for everyone
Few issues in recent years have united the American right as much as their professed hatred of cancel culture. That’s changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
josserme.bsky.social
Habe auf die Nachfrage von ‪@mqassiti.bsky.social geantwortet & erst jetzt daran gedacht auch hier zu antworten: Kenne eine ähnliche Quelle aus dem ländlichen Alpenraum, wobei es dort um die Kleider des Mordopfers ging:
Teil 1 bsky.app/profile/joss...
Teil 2 bsky.app/profile/joss...
josserme.bsky.social
Maybe!
The following is a kind of 'Gottesurteil' from my alpine source database: In Grisons in 1461 a suspected murderer swore, that he was innocent, while touching the clothes that his presumed victim had worn. He had to lay his fingers on the tear that had been caused by the murder weapon. /1
josserme.bsky.social
Merci merci! Finde die Quellen auch nett (evtl. bisschen zu sehr), wie meine Datenbank zeigt ⬇️Habe auf jeden Fall genug Material für meine Diss...und für einige Artikel oder Projekte mehr

Bei Bedarf nach Kuriositäten aus dem Alpenraum oder Landleben gerne fragen, hab dafür sogar eigene Tags :-P
Screenshot der Nodegoat-Datenbank meines Dissertationsprojektes. Oben im Bild sind verschiedene Kategorien (bzw. 'Objekte') eingeblendet...und bei der Kategorie 'Sources' habe ich inzwischen 1'647 Einträge.
josserme.bsky.social
The whole thing was supervised by 7 men, who then swore, that the victims clothes hadn't changed at all or shown any signs during this process ("das sich die gwand nutz geendertt hab") - and because of that the suspect was acquitted!
SSRQ GR B II/2, Nr. 170, 20.11.1461.
Picture of the edited source in question:"170. Rutschmann Kilchmatter, Vogt auf Strassberg, urteilt in offenem Gericht in der Klage der Kinder des verstorbenen Heinz Groschenegger und dessen Bruders gegen Disch von Tschiertschen auf Totschlag an ihrem Vater, wobei der Beklagte, nachdem er das ihm auferlegte Gottesurteil bestanden hat, auf Grund erwiesener Unschuld losgesprochen wird.  1461 November 20. Churwalden 
Jch Ru̍zman Kirchmatter zø der zitte vogt zø Strassberg vergich offenlichen und tůn kund mit dissem brieff, das jch von gnaden und enphelhens wegen des wolgebornnen herren gr∂ffe Hugen zů Montfortt, herr zů Rottenfels, jn Brettengœw und zů Thafaus, minns gnedigen herren, zů Curwald an der offnen fryen kayserlichen richstr∂sß uff den tag und jn dem jare als disser brieff datum wiset, zů offen verbannen gerichte gesessen bin, do kamen fu̍r mich jn offen verbannem gericht Haintz Groschennegers seligen kind, jn dem gericht zů Churwald gesessen mit jrrem recht gebnen vogtte Enderli von Stu̍rffis und Caspar Groschenneger, jn dem spital gesessen, mit jrrem fu̍rsprechen Philippen Ernj von Mayenfeld und offnetint, wie das der vorgenant Haintz selig, ir vatter und brůder jn dem vorgenanten gerichte layder vom leben zů dem tode gebracht worden sye, und hab das getan unerfu̍rdret aller gericht, geistlicher und weltlicher, und u̍ber sœlichs, das er nit gewust hab mit jme ychtzit ze schaffen und ze tůnde habe unfru̍ntlichs, daran Thyss von Zertzen schuld habe, daz dz waur sye, das er umb sin leben komen sye, so lige sin gewand da, darjnne er umbe komen sey, und begerttent darumbe an dem genanten Dischen Zerchtz zů jme. Uff die clag antwurt Disch von Zertzen durch sinen fu̍rsprechen Thoman Fyrewea von Sewess und sprach, jn neme sœlich clage frœmd und unbillich, dann es sÿe jm jn tru̍wen layde und sÿe des todschlags unschuldig und habe darzů nit getan deweder mit stechen noch mit schlachen noch mit dehainen dingen, und getrûwe darumb tůn was jm mit recht erkent wûrtt.
[bit of overflow due to character limit] Daruff antwurttent aber die vorgenanten kind und Caspar und sprach jn m∂ss als vor, dann so vil me, er sÿe an jrrem vatter und bruder seligen tode schuldig, den er sÿe mit den Pfossen, sinen schwegren, verwichen und habe jnnen enweg geholffen, und begerttint rechtz zů jm und sautztent das zů recht. Daruff antwurtt aber Disch durch sinen fu̍rsprechen und sprach als vor, er sÿe niennertthin gewichen, dann das er heimgangen sÿe jn sin huss und sÿe an dem todschlag gantz unschuldig und muge darumb wol tůn was jm mit recht bekent werde. Also nach bayder clag und antwurtt nach vergontnem recht fragt jch obgnater richter des rechten umbe uff den ayde. Und ward nach miner frag ainhellenklich bekent, das syben man von dem gerichte usser des gerichtz ringe ussgan und des erschlagnen gewand nemen und das besæchen sœltent und wen das beschehe, mag dan und getrw Tisch von Zertzen uff den gewand schweren und die finger uf das gewand legn, da die wunde und der stich beschæchen ist, lipplich zů gott und den hailigen mit gelarten wortten, das er an dem todschlag  an Haintzen Groschonneger beschæchen gantz unschuldig sÿe. Getrμ er das tůn, so sol beschehen was recht ist, getrw er das nit enduen, so beschech aber was recht sÿe. Des war Thyss willen ze tůn. Uff das gab aber recht, sittmal der genant Dysch den ayd tůn wœlte, so sollt er sin waffen und sin harnascht von jm tůn und sin gu̍rttelgewand und sœlte den ayd also tůn. Das beschach und datt der genant Thyss als recht geben haut. Also kament die vorgenanten syben man und rettent by dem ayde, das sich die gwand nutz geendertt hab. Uf das sautzt Disch von Zertzen ze recht, was nu recht were. Des fragt jch richter des rechten umb uff den aÿde. Da ward bekent mit ainhelliger urtal, das nun hinfûr Disch von Zertzen des todschlags billich unschuldig sÿe und ganz ledig und loss. [...]"
josserme.bsky.social
Maybe!
The following is a kind of 'Gottesurteil' from my alpine source database: In Grisons in 1461 a suspected murderer swore, that he was innocent, while touching the clothes that his presumed victim had worn. He had to lay his fingers on the tear that had been caused by the murder weapon. /1
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”
paulecohen.bsky.social
I will start teaching my students how to use AI when my colleagues in computer science start to teach Homer, Dante, Langston Hughes, Borges, Foucault, Audre Lord, Spivak, and Donna Haraway in their classes
disabilitystor1.bsky.social
I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.
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biotay.bsky.social
1/2 Dogs are capable of forming mental categories of objects, despite not having language or being trained in symbols.

The dogs (mostly border collies) categorized new toys based on their experience with them.

(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
josserme.bsky.social
Well, that would also be fine!
Because as fascinatingly trashy as it is, I'd like to avoid the propagation of stuff like that about Swiss myths, history and culture-the ones that have managed to become entrenched are already annoying (and harmful) enough
josserme.bsky.social
Ah, still someone that I've learned about in school and a fellow Emmentaler to boot!
And yeah, the 'Gnädige Herren' is very traditional snark
josserme.bsky.social
Really? Aw, but that's great! So there's a chance that we'll get something like Tell 2: Gessler's Revenge, where it turns out that he only faked his death?
Or is the sequel implied to be something along the lines of Tell becoming a serial killer of nobility?
josserme.bsky.social
Yeah, stuff like turning Tell not only into a grizzled war vet, but seemingly even into a kind of Iraq war sniper analogue, is... certainly something.
Though I liked the irony of a non-swiss production going all-in on Swiss national liberation pathos, while filming it all in places like South Tyrol!