Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
@drdragases.bsky.social
Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile. Homeric Laughter.
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Vandaag is 't exact een jaar geleden dat 'De wereld van Clovis. De val van Rome en de geboorte van het Westen' @ertsberg.bsky.social verscheen. Sindsdien vlogen er meer dan 4000 (!) exemplaren over de toonbank.
Ik heb altijd geweten dat het goed zou doen, maar zo goed? Dat had ik niet durven hopen.
Ik heb altijd geweten dat het goed zou doen, maar zo goed? Dat had ik niet durven hopen.
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Amazing opportunity klaxon!
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Amazing opportunity klaxon!
Nick Cave's Gladiator 2.
Because it would be umpteen times better by default of the omnishambles we got instead.
Because it would be umpteen times better by default of the omnishambles we got instead.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nick Cave's Gladiator 2.
Because it would be umpteen times better by default of the omnishambles we got instead.
Because it would be umpteen times better by default of the omnishambles we got instead.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Always fight back when they try to close you down. Because even when it looks hopeless, you'll never know that you might actually win.
Bravo @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
Bravo @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Always fight back when they try to close you down. Because even when it looks hopeless, you'll never know that you might actually win.
Bravo @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
Bravo @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Laten we eerlijk wezen: twee hiervan gaan sowieso in de aftellijst voor de top-100 belanden. Maar laat die nu al jaren de beste lijst zijn.
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Laten we eerlijk wezen: twee hiervan gaan sowieso in de aftellijst voor de top-100 belanden. Maar laat die nu al jaren de beste lijst zijn.
Now I'm not saying Christmas arrived early.
But Prime just restored The Expanse.
And that is pretty joyful.
But Prime just restored The Expanse.
And that is pretty joyful.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Now I'm not saying Christmas arrived early.
But Prime just restored The Expanse.
And that is pretty joyful.
But Prime just restored The Expanse.
And that is pretty joyful.
Extremely niche, but if you've ever played Pathfinder Kingmaker with the Varnhold's Lot expansion: for the first time I've played the entire game again (on hard mode). And now towards the very end, I have finally reached the point where the rage over the ending of that expansion is undone.
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Extremely niche, but if you've ever played Pathfinder Kingmaker with the Varnhold's Lot expansion: for the first time I've played the entire game again (on hard mode). And now towards the very end, I have finally reached the point where the rage over the ending of that expansion is undone.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Tonight in our series: "Let's see whether this still holds up after all that time?"
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tonight in our series: "Let's see whether this still holds up after all that time?"
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Wat mij betreft mogen musea inderdaad aandacht besteden aan het boek van @drdragases.bsky.social. Bedenk dat in Nederland de Germanen/Franken simpelweg uit het geschiedbeeld zijn verwijderd ten gunste van de limes, die nooit een rol speelde.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2024/11/30/d...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2024/11/30/d...
De Franken van Nebisgast tot Elegast - Mainzer Beobachter
Het boek van Jeroen Wijnendaele over Clovis, smaakt naar méér en ik wil nu als de bliksem een overzichtstentoonstelling over de Franken.
mainzerbeobachter.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wat mij betreft mogen musea inderdaad aandacht besteden aan het boek van @drdragases.bsky.social. Bedenk dat in Nederland de Germanen/Franken simpelweg uit het geschiedbeeld zijn verwijderd ten gunste van de limes, die nooit een rol speelde.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2024/11/30/d...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2024/11/30/d...
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
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beelzeclub
Is there a collective noun for devils
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
beelzeclub
Once again, @lectrr.bsky.social nails it:
"Donetsk is negotiable...
But Europe thinks Russia should recede Washington..."
"Donetsk is negotiable...
But Europe thinks Russia should recede Washington..."
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Once again, @lectrr.bsky.social nails it:
"Donetsk is negotiable...
But Europe thinks Russia should recede Washington..."
"Donetsk is negotiable...
But Europe thinks Russia should recede Washington..."
Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.