Jeffrey Dean
@jeffreyjdean.bsky.social
Music historian (15th–16th centuries), editor/book-designer/typesetter, Quaker; foreign-born naturalized British citizen; ally. He/him/his
NOT the Jeff Dean at Google, or the archeologist, or …
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NOT the Jeff Dean at Google, or the archeologist, or …
Fediverse: @[email protected]
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The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
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Listen:
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Listen:
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This is important because it will be spun as a victory despite it being a resounding failure for the transphobes.
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is important because it will be spun as a victory despite it being a resounding failure for the transphobes.
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If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
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This is an astounding thing for the leader of a Labour Party who has just witnessed the Tory government crash the UK out of the EU, let Covid rip, and starve people under austerity to say!
Keir Starmer - "I’ve always wanted a Labour government but I’ve never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government."
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is an astounding thing for the leader of a Labour Party who has just witnessed the Tory government crash the UK out of the EU, let Covid rip, and starve people under austerity to say!
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.
The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
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Interesting observation: the more I get into my doctoral literature review, the less FOMO I get about the latest conferences I'm missing.
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Interesting observation: the more I get into my doctoral literature review, the less FOMO I get about the latest conferences I'm missing.
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CREEDENCE CLEAR-ROAD SURVIVAL
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
CREEDENCE CLEAR-ROAD SURVIVAL
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Also, just because I only found out this summer, you can pick them up from any chemist* if you pop in a answer a couple of questions.
*assuming you don't have issues with antibiotics etc.
*assuming you don't have issues with antibiotics etc.
this is potentially TMI but also *v useful information* so: did you know that (in the UK) if you start to feel you're getting a UTI on Saturday evening you can do an online form with eg Boots and be picking up your antibiotics by 10am on Sunday morning? and then start to feel better by 11am?
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Also, just because I only found out this summer, you can pick them up from any chemist* if you pop in a answer a couple of questions.
*assuming you don't have issues with antibiotics etc.
*assuming you don't have issues with antibiotics etc.
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RIP Martin Parr
Some of my favourite photos
Some of my favourite photos
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
RIP Martin Parr
Some of my favourite photos
Some of my favourite photos
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This is a perfectly horrific notion that is now going to give me nightmares I think:
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is a perfectly horrific notion that is now going to give me nightmares I think:
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Never start a pelican war in Asia.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Never start a pelican war in Asia.
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I think it’s kinda neat that lots of people from different backgrounds and perspectives had unique reasons for their suspicions. Gives me a little hope that communities can work together to root this stuff out.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I think it’s kinda neat that lots of people from different backgrounds and perspectives had unique reasons for their suspicions. Gives me a little hope that communities can work together to root this stuff out.
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This one is just for a library group reading Annihilation, for a post that had no text just an image. Interloper trilogy? This is turning google into worse crap.
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This one is just for a library group reading Annihilation, for a post that had no text just an image. Interloper trilogy? This is turning google into worse crap.
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This review of the current state of knowledge about the origins or intermediate hosts of pathogens that have historically affected humans is valuable. A couple of comments below. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #histmed #aDNA
Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts - Nature Reviews Genetics
Ancient DNA techniques are being applied to study increasingly diverse pathogens of the past. The authors review the latest insights into pathogen–host coevolution, zoonotic events and the spread of p...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This review of the current state of knowledge about the origins or intermediate hosts of pathogens that have historically affected humans is valuable. A couple of comments below. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #histmed #aDNA
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i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
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Repost = Endorsement
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Repost = Endorsement
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That entire movement is built on the ingrained and indelible belief that women are shit at everything.
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
That entire movement is built on the ingrained and indelible belief that women are shit at everything.
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The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
PSNZ responds to government announcement on puberty blockers
www.paediatrics.org.nz
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
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A Dutch commentator perceptively observed: ‘The British are the only people who look back on WWII with pride and pleasure (‘our finest hour’). Everyone else was either occupier or occupied, and they look back with grief and with a steely determination never to let that happen in Europe again.’
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A Dutch commentator perceptively observed: ‘The British are the only people who look back on WWII with pride and pleasure (‘our finest hour’). Everyone else was either occupier or occupied, and they look back with grief and with a steely determination never to let that happen in Europe again.’
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Politicians are debating the lawfulness of secondary strikes, but all strikes are illegal.
This is not war. The U.S. is murdering people at sea.
Tell Congress to stop the Trump admin from leading us into another forever war.
This is not war. The U.S. is murdering people at sea.
Tell Congress to stop the Trump admin from leading us into another forever war.
Tell Congress: Stop illegal military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific
Since Sept. 2, the U.S. has bombed multiple boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing at least 83 people. The Trump administration claims this is part of a new “armed conflict” with “narco-traff...
afsc.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Politicians are debating the lawfulness of secondary strikes, but all strikes are illegal.
This is not war. The U.S. is murdering people at sea.
Tell Congress to stop the Trump admin from leading us into another forever war.
This is not war. The U.S. is murdering people at sea.
Tell Congress to stop the Trump admin from leading us into another forever war.
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The Onme Bonum image is zombie knowledge. Coined by a knowledge institution, debunked, but still in circulation. Like myths about spiral staircases in castles, some things persist because they are interesting.
Problem solved, right? Well, that's what it seemed like for quite a while. But errors can have long lives. And today, like clockwork, when a new study came out on the Black Death, somebody resurrected the leprosy image: www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe
Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from eastern Europe, and this may have carried in the plague bacterium
www.newscientist.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Onme Bonum image is zombie knowledge. Coined by a knowledge institution, debunked, but still in circulation. Like myths about spiral staircases in castles, some things persist because they are interesting.
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Not visual art, but, Django Reinhardt had two working fingers on his left hand; the drummer from Def Leppard had ONE FUCKIN’ ARM. There are no excuses. “Gen” A.I. is anti-art.
If one more able bodied person attempts to tell me, a disabled artist, that genAI is an accessibility tool, I'm gonna start smashing their hands with hammers. You wanna speak about disability issues, fine, you get to become one of us.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not visual art, but, Django Reinhardt had two working fingers on his left hand; the drummer from Def Leppard had ONE FUCKIN’ ARM. There are no excuses. “Gen” A.I. is anti-art.
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Some people saying they’d now never send a kid to Dartmouth. I’m dismayed by the local news, but AI in higher ed is horrifically pervasive. It’s a universal problem demanding broad action, not one that can be solved via careless brand curation.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Some people saying they’d now never send a kid to Dartmouth. I’m dismayed by the local news, but AI in higher ed is horrifically pervasive. It’s a universal problem demanding broad action, not one that can be solved via careless brand curation.
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I think that's why he seems, for the first time in ages, genuinely rattled by this stuff. Because it shows him doing the less socially permissible form of racism, and reminds everyone that this skill had to be learned
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I think that's why he seems, for the first time in ages, genuinely rattled by this stuff. Because it shows him doing the less socially permissible form of racism, and reminds everyone that this skill had to be learned