Gustavs Strenga
@strenga.bsky.social
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Medievalist. Cultural historian. Interested in the late Middle Ages, collective memory, commemoration, gift-giving, medieval heroes after the Middle Ages, medieval Hanse and Livonia. Associate professor at the Latvian Academy of Culture (Riga)
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My book "Remembering the Dead: Collective Memory and Commemoration in Late Medieval Livonia" has been published.
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
mark-bray.bsky.social
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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kenburnside.bsky.social
I'm a historian. Sewage systems have saved more lives than any medical intervention. Vaccines are second and antibiotics third.

Prior to the 1880s, the urban annual death rate was ~25%; it dropped to ~0.5% in under a generation.

Support your sewage system. Dispose of bodies responsibly.
neorsd.org
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social
I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.
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satorilv.bsky.social
Daļa Latvijas politiķu un uzņēmēju grib, lai zinātniekus noliek pie virpas un tur viņi taisa to, ko vajag. Bet zinātnieks nevar precīzi paredzēt, ko un vai kaut ko atklās. Tāpat nav iespējams sasaukt kopā māksliniekus un pateikt viņiem, lai glezno tikai labas gleznas.

Sveces sleja.
Artis Svece | Zinātne pie virpas
Zinātnieku uztraukumam par zinātnes neatkarības ierobežošanu nav nekāda pamata. Vienkārši jāievieš kārtība un turpmāk jāļauj Nacionālās apvienības un partijas "Latvija pirmajā vietā" politiķiem, šiem ...
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strenga.bsky.social
kāpēc ir sasaukta šī preses konference?
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zarinstoms.bsky.social
Una Bergmane: "Krievijas maigā vara nenāk ar pārgrieztām acīm un Solovjova bļāvieniem. Tā ienāk klusi, pieklājīgi, dārgos uzvalkos tērpta. Tā izstāda porcelānu un ar kādreizējās Atmodas aktīvistes atbalstu stāsta mums par "tā saukto speciālo militāro operāciju." www.facebook.com/una.bergmane...
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strenga.bsky.social
Man tas pats. Neesmu ne tviterī, ne fb un ir lielāks miers. Nesaprotu LV medijus, kuri joprojām tviteri uztver kā agoru.
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historyworkshop.org.uk
From traders to magicians and allies, the Saami appear across medieval Nordic sagas.

Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.
Reclaiming the Medieval Saami Past
Explore Saami history and its representation in medieval sources, challenging the myth of a purely White Middle Ages.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
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picturesporting.bsky.social
My old friend Steven Lynch has pointed out Latvia has a new cricket ground, the Infinity Oval at Olaine, which staged its first matches last month (Latvia Cricket)
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kasparszellis.bsky.social
Kultūra,izglītība un zinātne bija tas,kas latviešus no bauriem padarīja par nāciju.
Sācies ir atgriezenisks process.
strenga.bsky.social
It is interesting that the populists suggested stopping funding for two projects. They want to stop funding for research projects on anti-gender rhetoric and one-sex parents' families. They also want to stop funding a project in archaeology. ARCHEOLOGY? 2/2
strenga.bsky.social
In the Latvian parliament, an opposition party (populists) suggested a vote on research grants recently awarded by the Latvian Council of Science. They wanted to stop funding four humanities projects. Usually, politicians don't vote on these issues, but nowadays... 1/2
www.delfi.lv/193/politics...
Saeima noraida LPV priekšlikumu atņemt finansējumu četriem pētījumu projektiem
Saeima noraida LPV priekšlikumu atņemt finansējumu četriem pētījumu projektiem
www.delfi.lv
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
strenga.bsky.social
liels paldies Tev par labi formulēto viedokli!
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elzalama.id.lv
kā uzņēmumi, kuru “intereses” pārstāv LDDK, vērtē šādus Gorkša izteikumus?

Accenture, RISEBA, Daugavpils Universitāte, CSDD, Getliņi, Grindex, Latvijas Finieris uc lddk.lv/aktualitate/...

Arī iestājas pret akadēmisko brīvību un uzskata, ka tiekšanās pēc zinātniskās izcilības ir izšķērdība?
strenga.bsky.social
Critics say that the government should not give money to projects that research anti-gender ideas and the upbringing of children with two same-sex parents. 2/2