dr. orsi 🕯️
@aylosro.bsky.social
phd in medieval history | political culture, social dynamics in 10th—11th-c. france & provence | they/them
after all... why not? why shouldn't I post the silly video I made about last-minute preparations before my defense?
youtu.be/4Ls_84kNwgI
youtu.be/4Ls_84kNwgI
the last 24 hours before my PhD defense | vlog
YouTube video by Orsi's Adventures
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 AM
after all... why not? why shouldn't I post the silly video I made about last-minute preparations before my defense?
youtu.be/4Ls_84kNwgI
youtu.be/4Ls_84kNwgI
yesterday, I passed my PhD defense with summa cum laude (100%)! ✨ I’m grateful for all the help and support I’ve gotten in the past 7+ years from you all ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
yesterday, I passed my PhD defense with summa cum laude (100%)! ✨ I’m grateful for all the help and support I’ve gotten in the past 7+ years from you all ❤️
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
a nap, amire mindannyian (?) vártunk, hamarosan elérkezik: sok szeretettel látok mindenkit a disszertációm nyilvános vitáján január 13-án (2026-ban, a hivatalos meghívóval ellentétben 🫠) 14 órakor az ELTE BTK A épületének -150-es termében!
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
a nap, amire mindannyian (?) vártunk, hamarosan elérkezik: sok szeretettel látok mindenkit a disszertációm nyilvános vitáján január 13-án (2026-ban, a hivatalos meghívóval ellentétben 🫠) 14 órakor az ELTE BTK A épületének -150-es termében!
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
wow, I can't believe I didn't post this pic in September: the glorious moment of submitting the physical copy of my dissertation 🥹, "The Integration of the Monastery of Saint-Victor of Marseille into the Aristocracy of Eleventh-Century Provence"
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
wow, I can't believe I didn't post this pic in September: the glorious moment of submitting the physical copy of my dissertation 🥹, "The Integration of the Monastery of Saint-Victor of Marseille into the Aristocracy of Eleventh-Century Provence"
stages of my response to the opponents:
"fair enough" → "I'm sorry you feel this way" → "well, yes, but actually no"
"fair enough" → "I'm sorry you feel this way" → "well, yes, but actually no"
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
stages of my response to the opponents:
"fair enough" → "I'm sorry you feel this way" → "well, yes, but actually no"
"fair enough" → "I'm sorry you feel this way" → "well, yes, but actually no"
2018–2025. unfinished, as always, but submitted
(open first pic for thematic easter egg!)
(open first pic for thematic easter egg!)
August 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
2018–2025. unfinished, as always, but submitted
(open first pic for thematic easter egg!)
(open first pic for thematic easter egg!)
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
could someone help me out, please? I need to cite "To Be the Neighbor of St. Peter" by Barbara Rosenwein, and I forgot to get a copy. the hard deadline for my dissertation is on Sunday... does any of you happen to have it in PDF format?
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
could someone help me out, please? I need to cite "To Be the Neighbor of St. Peter" by Barbara Rosenwein, and I forgot to get a copy. the hard deadline for my dissertation is on Sunday... does any of you happen to have it in PDF format?
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
… and I’m an MTSZ-certified hiking guide!
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
… and I’m an MTSZ-certified hiking guide!
btw, in the meantime I submitted something that looks like a dissertation, and my pre-defense is scheduled for next Wednesday ✨
May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
btw, in the meantime I submitted something that looks like a dissertation, and my pre-defense is scheduled for next Wednesday ✨
> Barges into 'DISSZERTÁCIÓNAK LÁTSZÓ TÁRGY.docx'
> "Landed property is a legal person in 11th-c. secular political thought"
> Refuses to elaborate
> Submits dissertation
> "Landed property is a legal person in 11th-c. secular political thought"
> Refuses to elaborate
> Submits dissertation
May 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
> Barges into 'DISSZERTÁCIÓNAK LÁTSZÓ TÁRGY.docx'
> "Landed property is a legal person in 11th-c. secular political thought"
> Refuses to elaborate
> Submits dissertation
> "Landed property is a legal person in 11th-c. secular political thought"
> Refuses to elaborate
> Submits dissertation
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
This is so cool and so needed!
We are delighted to announce the launch of The Guild of Medievalist Makers (GuMM), a community for academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.
Read more about us and the society on our new website: www.guildmedmak.com
Read more about us and the society on our new website: www.guildmedmak.com
The Guild of Medievalist Makers
www.guildmedmak.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is so cool and so needed!
now that the Twitter exodus has happened, Bluesky is the new platform of terror and dread. idk how long I'll last here
April 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
now that the Twitter exodus has happened, Bluesky is the new platform of terror and dread. idk how long I'll last here
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Note: iOS 18 adds the ability to set a custom Siri wake word, which can be used to trigger an action more discreetly. Such customization is unfortunately not currently available with Google Assistant: www.asurion.com/connect/tech...
How to change your Siri wake word
Learn how to change your Siri wake word with our step-by-step instructions. Customize your Siri experience with new iOS 18 vocal shortcut features.
www.asurion.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Note: iOS 18 adds the ability to set a custom Siri wake word, which can be used to trigger an action more discreetly. Such customization is unfortunately not currently available with Google Assistant: www.asurion.com/connect/tech...
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Small thing to do for your visa/green-card grads rn. Make sure they collect the numbers of several *trusted* senior faculty and family/friends. Then teach them how to set up an action button that texts everyone at once with one button/Siri. Share location enabled. www.google.com/search?clien...
Google Search
www.google.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Small thing to do for your visa/green-card grads rn. Make sure they collect the numbers of several *trusted* senior faculty and family/friends. Then teach them how to set up an action button that texts everyone at once with one button/Siri. Share location enabled. www.google.com/search?clien...
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
Fresh on early view in Early Medieval Europe: Eric Goldberg brings new evidence to bear on the vexed question of the size of Carolingian armies:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tractoriae and the logistics of Carolingian entourages
Entourages played a central role in Carolingian politics and military organization. Yet historians have neglected the important question of how kings and magnates supplied their retinues. This articl...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fresh on early view in Early Medieval Europe: Eric Goldberg brings new evidence to bear on the vexed question of the size of Carolingian armies:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I'm finally back to Kelenföld, exactly one week after I went to urgent care with severe abdominal pain that turned out to be internal bleeding. I'm terribly anxious about the hiking guide course (I'm behind on the material + field trips start soon), but I'm grateful to be alive 🌷
February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm finally back to Kelenföld, exactly one week after I went to urgent care with severe abdominal pain that turned out to be internal bleeding. I'm terribly anxious about the hiking guide course (I'm behind on the material + field trips start soon), but I'm grateful to be alive 🌷
Reposted by dr. orsi 🕯️
In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.