dallas
@liketexas.bsky.social
historian (holocaust/axis war crimes/modern romania), author, auburn and central michigan alumnus, cat dad, weather weenie, birder, mediocre golfer. a doctor, but not the useful kind.
"like playing golf with an encyclopedia"
"like playing golf with an encyclopedia"
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@liketexas.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Yo shoutout to everybody who followed me from AskHistorians. I'm Dallas and I'm a historian who works on the Holocaust and Axis war crimes. My main area of geographic specialization is modern Romania but I work on Germany quite a bit as well. I'm currently writing a book on the mistreatment of...
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this game is an escort mission for the colts. they have to gain yardage in small chunks and wait for philip rivers to walk up to the line. every couple minutes he spits out some dialogue like "hurry – we have to reach the satellite uplink so we can deliver evidence of the ambassador's wrongdoing"
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this game is an escort mission for the colts. they have to gain yardage in small chunks and wait for philip rivers to walk up to the line. every couple minutes he spits out some dialogue like "hurry – we have to reach the satellite uplink so we can deliver evidence of the ambassador's wrongdoing"
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
These colts uniforms suck
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These colts uniforms suck
Steele cat respecting the troops
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Steele cat respecting the troops
idk why russian wikipedia doesn't have dark mode yet but they've really got to get with the program for the sake of my eyes
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
idk why russian wikipedia doesn't have dark mode yet but they've really got to get with the program for the sake of my eyes
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We occupy a very specific niche when it comes to the public discussion of history, and that niche is serious answers to the question of how bamboozled Hitler would have been by big chungus memes.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We occupy a very specific niche when it comes to the public discussion of history, and that niche is serious answers to the question of how bamboozled Hitler would have been by big chungus memes.
www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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the Lions remain absolute kings of “wait a game can end like that???”
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
the Lions remain absolute kings of “wait a game can end like that???”
that's the craziest catch I've ever seen
December 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
that's the craziest catch I've ever seen
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i think software engineers insisting that everyone needs to pick up LLM tooling as a part of their job are mostly showing the depth of their own ignorance with respect to how other professions work on the basis that inevitably they must be right in some marginal way about the adoption of technology.
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
i think software engineers insisting that everyone needs to pick up LLM tooling as a part of their job are mostly showing the depth of their own ignorance with respect to how other professions work on the basis that inevitably they must be right in some marginal way about the adoption of technology.
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
what a catch
got both feet down too
got both feet down too
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
what a catch
got both feet down too
got both feet down too
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Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
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“I would struggle to trust a historian who doesn’t know how to use the text theft machine that often gets basic facts wrong and makes up sources.”
Well, we’ll try to find a way to survive without your trust I guess. Enjoy the ChatBots
Well, we’ll try to find a way to survive without your trust I guess. Enjoy the ChatBots
December 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“I would struggle to trust a historian who doesn’t know how to use the text theft machine that often gets basic facts wrong and makes up sources.”
Well, we’ll try to find a way to survive without your trust I guess. Enjoy the ChatBots
Well, we’ll try to find a way to survive without your trust I guess. Enjoy the ChatBots
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Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
the 12-team playoff is a total waste, there were almost never even four championship-worthy teams, much less 12.
December 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
the 12-team playoff is a total waste, there were almost never even four championship-worthy teams, much less 12.
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
anybody who's gone through the academic job search process in the last...twenty years? knows this is nonsense. it's a miracle if you even get an actual rejection email instead of getting ghosted, never mind being told why you weren't hired.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
anybody who's gone through the academic job search process in the last...twenty years? knows this is nonsense. it's a miracle if you even get an actual rejection email instead of getting ghosted, never mind being told why you weren't hired.
cat.exe has stopped responding
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
cat.exe has stopped responding
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“I’d love to get into it.”
Allow Kirk Cousins to take you to school
Allow Kirk Cousins to take you to school
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“I’d love to get into it.”
Allow Kirk Cousins to take you to school
Allow Kirk Cousins to take you to school