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by François Soyer

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Thank you!
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Ouch: why pay $440,000 for AI work ("including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.")? Then again, why pay $440,000 for a single report anyway? Universities should take note. www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report
Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.
www.afr.com
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Reposted by: François Soyer, John Quiggin, Martin Tomko , and 6 more

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1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
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by Charles West — Reposted by: François Soyer

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I am not quite sure how this works, but here's a free open source editable historical map that's pretty decent on medieval Europe.
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matthias mprove @mprove.bsky.social · 26d
www.openhistoricalmap.org#map=4/52.78/...
OpenHistoricalMap
OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain.
www.openhistoricalmap.org
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by François Soyer

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I was sitting at my desk and had a feeling that someone was watching me.
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Reposted by: François Soyer, Charles West

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www.openhistoricalmap.org#map=4/52.78/...
OpenHistoricalMap
OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain.
www.openhistoricalmap.org
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by François Soyer

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Thank you!
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by François Soyer

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Thank you, response sent. :-)
They're fairly large birds with a very sharp beak who seem to have a particular loathing for cyclists in the springtime! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JF...
Swooping season: How to stay safe
YouTube video by Australian Academy of Science
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by François Soyer

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Springtime in Australia.
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by François Soyer — Reposted by: François Soyer

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Portugal's foremost twentieth-century poet, Fernando Pessoa, opining on Australia (Portuguese: É-se feliz na Austrália, desde que lá se não vá).
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by François Soyer

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Receiving my author’s copies of my latest book: always a wonderful feeling but this time also a bittersweet one.
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by François Soyer

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Beware swooping trees.
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by François Soyer

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Just found the longest word in the English language.
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by François Soyer

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Saw some of my fellow inhabitants of Armidale using surfboards as makeshift sleds this morning! #Australia #Armidale
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by François Soyer

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Certainly have not seen this much snow since I moved there in 2018!
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by François Soyer

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Siberia Down Under. #Australia #Armidale
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by François Soyer

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Snow in Australia will always feel strange to me
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by François Soyer

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Snow Down Under... and it's only getting heavier! #Australia #Armidale
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Reposted by: François Soyer, Charles West, Lesley A. Hall , and 5 more

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4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot
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by François Soyer — Reposted by: François Soyer

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A question for Lusophones. Here is a blasphemous sentence from a inquisitorial trial: “que era puta mui grande e aleivosa farta de cães, gatos e negros." The official meaning of "fartar" is to be "satiated [with food].". Could it have a different (and ruder) meaning?
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by François Soyer

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Congratulations Una!
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by François Soyer

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Another frosty Antipodean winter morning and another colorful visitor in the garden (Armidale, NSW).
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by François Soyer

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Australian King Parrot (Male).
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by François Soyer

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It's winter here in Australia but we still get these colourful visitors on frosty mornings in the NSW northern tablelands.
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by François Soyer

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Latin as a living language in 16th century Europe. In 1552 the inquisitors in Lisbon were interrogating an Englishman accused of sacrilege and because the Englishman "could not speak Portuguese well and knew Latin, they asked him questions in Latin." digitarq.arquivos.pt/.../0b68019c....
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by François Soyer

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Congratulations Rachel! This is excellent news.
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by François Soyer

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Thank you!
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by François Soyer — Reposted by: François Soyer

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My father just sent me these pictures from his (somewhat neglected) village church in Burgundy. Plaster fell off the wall revealing these pictures. Any informed guesses about the age/date. My guess would be 16th century but I'm not an art historian.
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by François Soyer

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Congratulations!
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by François Soyer

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My new book, "The Blood Libel in Medieval Antisemitism", is out with ARC Humanities Press in July 2025 as a paperback for a very affordable $18.95 or £16.95 (ISBN 9781802701807). www.arc-humanities.org/978180270180...
The Blood Libel in Medieval Antisemitism - Arc Humanities Press
The claim that Jews abducted and murdered Christian children for alleged ritual purposes or in order to consume their blood during Passover is the most extre...
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