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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 1d

See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.

Disable Google AI Overviews on Search on Chrome and Edge

To disable Google AI Overviews results in search, on Chrome and Edge create a custom search engine using "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" code.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 1d

In the latest issue Historische Zeitschrift, there is only 1 single review on early modern history. And that one's on Goethe. What happened to German historical "science"? www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

Historische Zeitschrift Volume 321, Issue 2 -

Volume 321, issue 2 of the journal Historische Zeitschrift was published in 2025.

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 1d

See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.

Disable Google AI Overviews on Search on Chrome and Edge

To disable Google AI Overviews results in search, on Chrome and Edge create a custom search engine using "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" code.

pureinfotech.com

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Managed to switch off the AI answer box on my Google search -- happy days!

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 5d

I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 5d

I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 5d

Many thoughtful articles on Artificial Intelligence in the autumn issue of the @indexoncensorship.org Magazine - including a piece by King's very own @drkatedevlin.bsky.social www.indexoncensorship.org/events/truth...

Truth, trust and tricksters in the age of AI - Index on Censorship

Join us for a panel discussion and launch of Index’s latest magazine issue on Wednesday 1 October at City St George’s, University of London.

www.indexoncensorship.org

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27d

The IHR Italy 1200-1700 (London and online) seminar programme has been published: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Italy 1200-1700

Seminar

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 29

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices

#AcademicPublishing #Science #AcademicJournals #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.science.org/content/arti....

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles

www.science.org

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 7

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · Mar 25

The new Society for the Study of the Past now has socials! 🥳🍉

You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social

Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com

Society for the Study of the Past

A new history of the world...

societyforthestudyofthepast.com

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 13

Congrats Reza and Sara!

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · May 1

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS

Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!

Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

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Jamie @jamiewoodcock.com · May 6

Reminder: submit to the Historical Materialism London Conference!

From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.

We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!

Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism

Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · May 12

Would you like to become a KCL UCU caseworker? The branch is hosting a training session on casework on 19 May 2-5pm followed by a social event. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... We are each other’s strength

Fill | KCL UCU Casework training and social

Register for the casework training and social. The training will run 2-5pm on the 19th of May. The social will start afterwards. After registration, we will invite you to the outlook event with…

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 12

This morning’s Gmail inbox counter was a monument to the endless tide of either empty or strictly functional words - or both.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 8

As someone who's spent many years studying an Augustinian who wrote about the lives of the popes, I’m really happy to see an Augustinian become pope.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 7

Yes I did

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 7

A propos of the conclave, here is a review I wrote a few years ago on a book about the 1559 conclave www.academia.edu/61052515/Wai... #conclave

Waiting for the White Smoke

A review of Mary Hollingsworth, 'Conclave 1559: Ippolito d’Este and the Papal Election of 1559', Literary Review, November 2021, pp. 37-38

www.academia.edu

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · May 7

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · Apr 25

*Branch anti-casualisation workshop*
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Microsoft Forms

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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · Nov 20

You can now order 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 in paperback 📖🤓
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...

#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books

Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle: Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti

Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissanc...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · Apr 16

The journal "Annali d'Italianistica" has received a review copy of "L'Invenzione della storia papi" and are looking for a reviewer. Scholars interested in reviewing the book should contact them at [email protected] www.academia.edu/128322571/Bo... #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern #reformazing

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · Apr 14

At first, I thought how thoughtful of Waterstones to pair "Smart Thinking" with "History". Then it occurred to me - what if they’re actually contrasting the two?

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · Apr 9

Nice to be featured in King's Essentials today, though my light blue folder on the table is featured more prominently than my face

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