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Christine Kooi
@christinekooi.bsky.social
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Reformation historian, immigrant, dochter van Nederlanders, birder (not necessarily in that order). Working on a book on the year 1572 in (mostly) Europe. Opinions all mine, and I speak only for myself.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Nov 12
Happy to be in bluer skies. I'm working on a book titled "1572: A Year in the End of Christendom," about the working out of reformation in Europe in the later 16th cen. Any tidbits about 1572 that you come across in your research that you're willing to share are welcome.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1h
I never used Google Scholar and don't plan to start. In many respects it's a blessing to have gotten my training in a less digitized era.
andrew.heiss.phd Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 4h
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 4h
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 5h
Naarmate hij ouder wordt, verliest hij zijn remmingen, waardoor zijn narcisme steeds duidelijker naar voren komt.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 5h
1992. Nog erger.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 5h
He's losing his filters more and more, so the narcissism becomes more and more blatant.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
In my department there is no faculty lounge in which to conspire. Curses, foiled again.

Also, Podesta is reportedly worth $10 million. I would submit that he and his wealthy opinionmongers, rather than my professorial tribe, are the true "elitist problem."
parsnip.bsky.social geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 1d
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
“This sense that Democrats lost touch with the middle class and the poor in favor of the cultural elite is a real problem,” said Podesta. “My shorthand is, we used to be the party of the factory floor, and now we’re the party of the faculty lounge. That’s not a California problem. It’s an elitist problem.” While Podesta isn’t backing anyone yet in the 2028 presidential contest, he praised Newsom for his efforts to not only buck Trump but the “leftist extremists” in the Democratic party.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
"IT professional"--the techbros want so desperately to be our saviors.

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 1d
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
“This sense that Democrats lost touch with the middle class and the poor in favor of the cultural elite is a real problem,” said Podesta. “My shorthand is, we used to be the party of the factory floor, and now we’re the party of the faculty lounge. That’s not a California problem. It’s an elitist problem.” While Podesta isn’t backing anyone yet in the 2028 presidential contest, he praised Newsom for his efforts to not only buck Trump but the “leftist extremists” in the Democratic party.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
Mort Subite.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
Ik vermoed dat ze dat antwoord meerdere keren voor een spiegel heeft geoefend.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
"For it is AI that has given the American ruling class the final impetus to more or less abolish education."

A long read on the rise and fall of mass literacy.
drdragases.bsky.social Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 1d
One of the most insightful things I've read in a while. Too much to quote from. But this line is the kicker:

"In many ways, the current era of Trump results from the fact that it’s easier to put your hand in the next guy’s pocket if he’s illiterate."
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com

Reposted by Christine Kooi

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 1d
One of the most insightful things I've read in a while. Too much to quote from. But this line is the kicker:

"In many ways, the current era of Trump results from the fact that it’s easier to put your hand in the next guy’s pocket if he’s illiterate."
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
Women did the actually work of ruling the Low Countries in the sixteenth century.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
He's jealous because she has more subscribers.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
She prefers a God of judgment over a God of grace.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
Like many in the US Christian right, Ms. Kirk prefers a God of judgment over a God of grace.
famousceleb.co cameron @famousceleb.co · 2d
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d
Today I visited some immigrants in ICE detention. Among other things, they told me they are allowed to get exactly one fresh apple per week, on Sundays.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d
The logical extension of the "student as customer" myth.
charlottegarden.bsky.social Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 2d
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

Reposted by Christine Kooi

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Micheline White @michelinewhite.bsky.social · 2d
Just re-listened to this fantastic episode with Natalie Donnell. Mary of Hungary is so fascinating. @nataliedonnell.bsky.social @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...
Habsburg Women: Matriarchs of Power
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 2025-09-22 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

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Voetnoot -Mark Ponte @voetnoot.bsky.social · 2d
Amsterdam in the seventeenth century is a city where women are the true backbone. They keep the city running while men are at sea or abroad – as labourers, businesswomen, caregivers, regentesses, artists and also as sex workers. #Amsterdam #newcanon #amsterdam750 www.amsterdam.nl/stadsarchief...
1681 Women's City
Amsterdam in the seventeenth century is a city where women are the true backbone. They keep the city running while men are at sea or abroad – as labourers, businesswomen, caregivers, regentesses, arti...
www.amsterdam.nl

Reposted by Jared Yates Sexton, Christine Kooi, Mark Rice

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cameron @famousceleb.co · 2d
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Competitive national exams are less about education than about credentialing and gatekeeping.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
As far as I'm concerned, if I, as a grader, lose an exam, the student gets full marks. That's an even simpler solution.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
PREACH.
ryanboyd.bsky.social Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3d
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Thereby determining the unfortunate course of US politics in the 21st century.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

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Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3d
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Here's the guy they "steeled" it from, Charles Clyde Ebbets.
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davidbeckler.bsky.social David Beckler @davidbeckler.bsky.social · 3d
Here he is taking the photo.
Charles Ebbets standing on a steel beam as he takes the iconic photo of construction workers having a lunch break on the beam.