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Maximilian Schich

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Professor for #CulturalDataAnalytics at Tallinn University in #Estonia #complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics #culturalanalytics #compsocsci #infovis "My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg (max/max)

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Nov 12

#CulturalAnalysisSitus, because
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz

Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...

[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!]

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 20d

War es schlechter Mozzarella der schlecht geworden ist?

cf. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...

Recursive Reality - TV Tropes

To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. Multiple worlds that exist side-by-side are fairly common in fantasy and speculative fiction, but sometimes things get more complicated th...

tvtropes.org

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 21d

#space program (highly recommended)

Sun Ra – Space is the Place (vinyl record cover)

Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra and his Arkestra – In the Orbit of Ra (vinyl record cover)

'Thesda – Spaced Out (vinyl record cover)

Sun Ra – Nucler War (vinyl record cover)

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 21d

"A poem by Kareem Parkis-Brown" ❤️

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22d

In London, hate will never win.

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 21d

"Academia" is click-baiting me with an email, claiming my formal interest in architectural motifs is related to recent politics in Hungary and Austria. The algorithm doesn't seem to know me at all (or very well). 👀 🤷 🙃

Email text from "Academia": "You read the paper 'Astragal und Eiförmige Motive auf Stuckdekor der Wandmalerei Sirmiums'. We found a related paper on Academia: 'Soziale Veränderung in der ungarischen und östereichischen Gesellschaft der K(reisky)- und K(ádár)-Ära und Danach' Author Photo Valuch Tibor"

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 22d

#TweetTweetTweet by @sleafordmods.bsky.social not only "doesn't get old", but this late live version at Echoes is glorious:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Aum...

There is also a new band documentary @artefr.bsky.social available until Feb 2026, which is really worth watching:
www.arte.tv/en/videos/07...

Sleaford Mods - Echoes with Jehnny Beth - ARTE Concert

YouTube video by ARTE Concert

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Sep 1

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 23d

Da schau her: Stellt's Euch vor, beim jetzigen Stand in #Bayern, müsste #Söder nach einer Wahl zurück treten, und an seiner Stelle würde sich #Schwarz-Grün mit Ilse #Aigner als Ministerpräsidentin ausgehen.

Johannes Wagner, MdB @yoohannes.bsky.social · 25d

„Ach, nur auf die Grünen draufhauen und Bratwurst essen funktioniert nicht gegen die AfD?

Komisch!“ - Markus Söder.

CSU - 6%
AfD +6%

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 24d

Had the pleasure to hang out with some old friends last weekend: Laid-back Faun, Grumpy Medusa, and Queen Apollo say hi. The #Glyptothek café (aka the outdoor office) is still accessible for 1 Euro, much like 25 years ago. The double espresso with ice cube is the lazy Italian's Greek frappé.

@schichmax with the Faun Barberini in the Munich Glyptothek.

@schichmax with the Medusa Rondanini in the Munich Glyptothek.

@schichmax with the Apollo Barberini in the Munich Glyptothek.

The Munich Glyptothek courtyard café seen from a table in the corner on a sunny afternoon.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 24d

"After all the question of deservedness continues to be weaponized..."

"Alas, a fluid imagination is exactly what's needed in the face of fixed tropes of progress & innovation that seek to colonize our [...] world in which we can all thrive."

❤️ ruha9.bsky.social 🌊🔥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZseJ...

Ruha Benjamin: We can call bullshit on their eugenic futures

Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s must-see talk on tech's ‘artificial intelligentsia’

www.thenerdreich.com

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 26d

... until you realize: the painting is brown in the foreground, cold in the background, following educated convention, rooted in the limits of human imagination – while, in the original experience, nature reveals itself as a bottomless pit of detail. :)

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 26d

Ich dachte immer die Deutsche Bahn veramtrakt,
aber nun scheint es die Bahn veramericanairlinest.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's quite ironic to have this discussion, as it resembles conversations I had with European students, with myself making the exact argument you present me with, regarding other "obvious" English slurs.

Please understand that I don't say all this to excuse myself, but to explain why it happened.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 8

You are right of course. The museum name is deeply problematic. And I did not say "it's okay". The issue at hand is that Bluesky is a global platform, and "obvious" "even to lay people" is not universal, including foreigners who spent considerable time in the US, including working with Natives.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dear Grumpygirl, this is what I said: No superordinate category, Native, British, Trans, Women, etc. should be used to exclude the voice of a specific person.

The term in question was not obviously a slur, even to those doing due diligence, as the Native museum in DC has it in its name. Yes, shame.

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hey, es ist Sonntag! :)

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 6

#SillyConValley

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 6

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 5

Forgot to say "Good Morning!" 🙂

☀️💦⛷️ #skiing

Footprints in the morning dew from an intensive "skiing" session on a France Trampoline.

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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

More grace and respect is exactly what I am trying to practice.

This does not mean we have to have the same opinion: I do genuinely believe that Abigail is not a racist, but used problematic terminology out of systemic ignorance, not personal malice.

Please read my thread below Ali's response.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

In this spirit, I thank you for pointing out to me what was obvious to you. The afterthought, at least in my case, lies in mitigating my ignorance regarding the terminology. Meanwhile, please take my word for this: My respect for Indigenous People, including you, is not an afterthought.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

Now to bridge the metaphor to our conversation: I have met many students and peers from different part of the world, who were genuinely respectful in their intent and actions, while using offending terminology out of systemic ignorance, not personal malice.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

What complicates the matter is that mapping our own ignorance is very hard. I say this while mapping mutual ignorance from the multiplicity of opinion in large data is literally my job since 1996. Personally, I observe that the map of my own ignorance grows much faster than what I consider to know.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

One solution is to adopt a culture of mutual respect where no question is too stupid to ask, where we are all ready to educate each other, even about the seemingly most obvious issues, without prejudice. Moderating such conversation is literally my daily work in multidisciplinary science.

Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · Sep 4

Let me try a metaphor: Mutual ignorance is the biggest challenge in multidisciplinary science, as historians, computer scientists, physicists, etc. are mutually unaware, look down, or even hate each other for not knowing common historical terminology, a popular algorithm, or some basic math concept.