Dr. Rachel Schine
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Dr. Rachel Schine
@rachelschine.bsky.social
~*Award-winning author*~

Pretty mid otherwise.

Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Now haunting @ IAS at Princeton
Oh no I appreciate it!
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bots, apparently
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Well at least there’s that…
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And if we set these as standards for 'history education,' we can't assume people won't take them into the field should they, idk, become historians...?
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If it doesn't work for the context of the public practice of history, I don't think it's fair or tenable to say it would work in the classroom
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I have to think most legit scholars just won't do this anyway, but if someone reviewed my book with a list of its key points as generated by ChatGPT to guide their reading I'd be pretty peeved.
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reposted by Dr. Rachel Schine
So when the AHA says it's OK to use AI to summarize scholarship, the greatest risk this guideline poses isn't simply to the quality or accuracy of research; the hazard it poses is to the communal nature of the knowledge production. A pursuit that puts people across time & space into conversation 4/n
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"And I admit it's disinformation!" like delete your account? idk
bsky.app/profile/trc4...
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"disinformation but make it liberal" is still disinformation, my dude
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I love the range! in parts of Egypt and Sudan when you use it for skin color it means someone is very dark 😅
December 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
lolol
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sure why not *cries*
December 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sorrrrrry 🥺

As I tell my students, there’s a reason one of the major dictionaries of the language is called المحيط, it’s basically just an endless sea lol
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesss I love it
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Also I feel like this find could really enrich some of the work that’s been done on yellow! Just in case you haven’t already found this one, @majnouna.com: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stolen Horses and Scented Garments: Vegetal and Mineral Yellow in Arabic Technical Literature
Mediaeval Arabic technical literature shows a keen interest in yellow dyes, paints, varnishes, inks, and even perfumes. Recipes reveal that yellow was viewed as just one step away from gold, with p...
www.tandfonline.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I love how flexible color terms were, it really keeps us honest and forces us to contextualize!! Also very cool that white is linked to ceruse—I see this a lot in discussions of cosmetics too!
December 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(Kristina Richardson’s work on green and blue eyes talks about this)
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM