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Mattias Brand

@mbinzurich.bsky.social

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Historian of religion\s at University of Fribourg (CH). linktr.ee/drMBrand PhD, first book: http://tinyurl.com/5n7kt5fs. Interested in Religion, Alternative Histories, History, Comparison, Theory - and sometimes in Manichaeans. #Schweiz

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · May 2

🥳🎉🎊 Since this week, I'm working at the Study of Religion\s at @unifr.bsky.social on a project regarding visuality in alternative histories!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Oct 23

We just submitted a fabulous research project application. I cannot give you the details, but it involves history, religion, and aliens.

Creepy Facebook image with three alien-looking figures dresses as pharaohs

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 18h

Could you please send me the link?

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Aug 8

Would you know any good publications on the function of b/w images in non-fiction and/or academic books after the 1950s/1960s? #history

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 8d

De Wolven voelen de tijdsgeest goed aan.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 9d

Would anyone have access to this publication for me? go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=G...

go.gale.com

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WOZ @woz.ch · 15d

Antifa ist überall.

Grosses Eboard neben der Abfahrtsanzeige im Hauptbahnhof Zürich. Auf gelbem Grund ist in Schwarz "Antifascist Intelligence" zu lesen, darunter ein Packshot der WOZ.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 15d

So they are both on Telegram, not on Signal?!

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 18d

Just days after a far-right majority in the Dutch parliament asked the government to designate “Antifa” as a “terrorist organization”, far-right “protesters” shows yet again that they are the real threat to public order in the Netherlands.

Anti-immigratie-demonstratie Den Haag escaleert, confrontatie met politie

De actievoerders steken vuurwerk af en zwaaien met Nederlandse vlaggen maar ook met prinsenvlaggen.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 19d

Ik weet trouwens niet waarom we het RD in deze context citeren.

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 19d

Anti-fascistisch is een democratische ondergrens, net als anti-authoritarian, toch?

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20d

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.

This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie

Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 20d

Zecharia Sitchin would say: I told you so...

WIRED @wired.com · 20d

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of years ago. www.wired.com/story/a-coll...

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing screams "First day back on the job", like urging colleagues everywhere to delete their Academia Dot Edu pages.

Which I'm about to do myself as soon as I got coffee in me.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 23d

I finally finished "Fingerprints of the Gods" and am looking forward to read how Hancock in later books explains why the world hasn't ended yet...

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 23d

Er zijn veel soorten Romeinse amuletten. Dit piepkleine steentje is aan de voorkant gegraveerd met magische afbeeldingen, zoals een slang die in zijn eigen staart bijt en een magische cirkel vormt. Op de achterkant staat in het Grieks: ‘Verteer!’ Een amulet voor buikpijn dus. Object RMO, Leiden 🧿/3

Donkere ovale steen met gegraveerde afbeeldingen van o.a. Harpocrates en schorpioenen. Rondom slang die in staart bijt.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 27d

congratulations!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 28d

I would be super interested in reading this piece!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 28d

Endless comparisons based on postulated similarity. It's fascinating how appealing (archaeological) diffusionism is...

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 28d

One day you'll find out that it was already online for a week, just on another page...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d

If you're in there, register here:

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Home | Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 5

And also: "Of course from some angles Christianity does looks like a business, but then from many angles a dolphin looks like a fish. It swims, eats and lives like a fish but there’s an important difference. It suckles its young."

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you @rheaclassical.bsky.social and @eancients.bsky.social for engaging with my work!

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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · Sep 4

Rhea is back with a new book review!

@eancients.bsky.social reviews @mbinzurich.bsky.social, "Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2019).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!