Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
Professor for #CulturalDataAnalytics at Tallinn University in #Estonia
#complexity #netsci #arthistory #aesthetics
#culturalanalytics #compsocsci #infovis
"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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"My PhD is in Art History" – Dr. Zoidberg
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Maximilian Schich
@schichmax.bsky.social
· Nov 12
![[flow diagram]
A Systematic Science of Art and Culture [going back to] Leibniz [via four paths]
[1] Network Science > Graph Theory > Euler 1736 > Leibniz
[2] Topological Data Analysis > Topology > Poincaré 1882 > Leibniz
[3] Computation > Shannon 1938 > Couturat 1911 > Leibniz
[4] Art History [Warburg/Panofski/Wittkower] > Cassirer 1927 > Leibniz
[1, 2, and 4, meet in eight lines of Leibniz!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreicekc3ydprcrclxfug72kd6qynmqjrvzhwehqb2bgszkloctcvvjy@jpeg)
#CulturalAnalysisSitus, because
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
#NetSci, #Topology, #Computation, and #ArtHistory
share a common foundation in Leibniz
Receipts: archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/6347/...
Es herbstelt ...
CDU und Grüne stimmen #Palantir zu: In Baden-Württemberg hat der Landtag Änderungen am Polizeigesetz zur automatisierten Datenanalyse beschlossen www.heise.de/news/Baden-W...
Trotz Überrumpelung: Baden-Württemberg stimmt für Palantir
In Baden-Württemberg hat der Landtag Änderungen am Polizeigesetz beschlossen, um die Nutzung von Palantir rechtlich abzusichern.
www.heise.de
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Es herbstelt ...
Join us today❗⏰ Wednesday
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PI of www.erc-evine.de
at Saarland University, Germany
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November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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at Saarland University, Germany
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Just ate a three-lobed peanut, as in three-part kernel, not triple peanut in a pod. It was the first time in my life. Unfortunately I just ate it without taking a picture. At this rate I will be 102 before I can provide evidence.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just ate a three-lobed peanut, as in three-part kernel, not triple peanut in a pod. It was the first time in my life. Unfortunately I just ate it without taking a picture. At this rate I will be 102 before I can provide evidence.
I know nothing about the book, but the cover looks like an O'Reilly software manual, with the spirit animal in the background being the black mould of JK Rowling.
This is a fantastic book that anyone with an interest in the current political environment (which should be everyone) should read. Written by @mattpolprof.bsky.social who has many other excellent pieces of writing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I know nothing about the book, but the cover looks like an O'Reilly software manual, with the spirit animal in the background being the black mould of JK Rowling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Let's go @ec.europa.eu!
The US government should subsidize Open AI rather than OpenAI
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Let's go @ec.europa.eu!
Reposted by Maximilian Schich
Slides from my @mit.edu IDSS Distinguished Speaker seminar "Networks untangle gender differences in productivity and prominence among scientists" this week
I argue that collaboration networks act like unequally distributed (and gendered) social capital
aaronclauset.github.io/slides/Claus...
I argue that collaboration networks act like unequally distributed (and gendered) social capital
aaronclauset.github.io/slides/Claus...
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Slides from my @mit.edu IDSS Distinguished Speaker seminar "Networks untangle gender differences in productivity and prominence among scientists" this week
I argue that collaboration networks act like unequally distributed (and gendered) social capital
aaronclauset.github.io/slides/Claus...
I argue that collaboration networks act like unequally distributed (and gendered) social capital
aaronclauset.github.io/slides/Claus...
"Erwartungsgemäß empfand ... Kardinal Meisner, die Gegenstandslosigkeit als beliebig ... passe besser in eine Synagoge oder eine Moschee. Für den Erzbischof ... 'entartet' die Kultur, sie 'verliert ihre Mitte' ... Sedlmayrs ... Verlust der #Mitte" 👀
@zeit.de 2015-03-30
www.zeit.de/kultur/kunst...
@zeit.de 2015-03-30
www.zeit.de/kultur/kunst...
Gerhard Richter: Ein gläubiger Zweifler
Gerhard Richter ist der bedeutendste Künstler der Gegenwart, die Nr. 1 des Kunstkompasses. Seine Bilder erzielen Rekordpreise. Sein Konzept? Kein Konzept!
www.zeit.de
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Just in case you're cooking rice today, and you need a good soundtrack, the designated mayor of New York has you covered... 😍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
Young Cardamom, HAB - #1 Spice (From "Queen of Katwe")
YouTube video by DisneyMusicVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just in case you're cooking rice today, and you need a good soundtrack, the designated mayor of New York has you covered... 😍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
What a moment to wake up to! 🌎🌍🌏 🎉
Yesterday night, New Yorkers, the supporters, the team, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social have shown the whole earth 🌍 that there is hope for a better future, if we all come together!
Here is Zohran's full speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
It is historic!
Yesterday night, New Yorkers, the supporters, the team, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social have shown the whole earth 🌍 that there is hope for a better future, if we all come together!
Here is Zohran's full speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
It is historic!
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning 2025 NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
What a moment to wake up to! 🌎🌍🌏 🎉
Yesterday night, New Yorkers, the supporters, the team, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social have shown the whole earth 🌍 that there is hope for a better future, if we all come together!
Here is Zohran's full speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
It is historic!
Yesterday night, New Yorkers, the supporters, the team, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social have shown the whole earth 🌍 that there is hope for a better future, if we all come together!
Here is Zohran's full speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM_...
It is historic!
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Brilliant: #Leibniz Institute für Deutsche Sprache @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de has a really awesome #nGram analysis platform & demo, in German with zero anglicisms, funny examples ("Merkel & Markus", "sloppy bavarians", etc.), and zero exaggerating #bullshit.
see #OWIDplus www.owid.de/plus/live-20...
see #OWIDplus www.owid.de/plus/live-20...
#stadtbild #töchter - Stand: 19.10.2025 in den Daten von www.owid.de/plus/live-20... - schauen wir mal, wie sich das entwickelt.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Brilliant: #Leibniz Institute für Deutsche Sprache @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de has a really awesome #nGram analysis platform & demo, in German with zero anglicisms, funny examples ("Merkel & Markus", "sloppy bavarians", etc.), and zero exaggerating #bullshit.
see #OWIDplus www.owid.de/plus/live-20...
see #OWIDplus www.owid.de/plus/live-20...
I stopped playing games in 1994, partially out of disgust for 3D shooters going mainstream. Now, Wolfenstein-Doom-Oculus-dev John Carmack's AGI company is named after Commander Keen "defending the Earth and the galaxy from alien threats". Oculus founder Palmer Luckey builds weapons with Anduril. 🤮
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I stopped playing games in 1994, partially out of disgust for 3D shooters going mainstream. Now, Wolfenstein-Doom-Oculus-dev John Carmack's AGI company is named after Commander Keen "defending the Earth and the galaxy from alien threats". Oculus founder Palmer Luckey builds weapons with Anduril. 🤮
@silverpebble2.bsky.social
on "how collecting improves mental health" 🔥🎉
on "how collecting improves mental health" 🔥🎉
There are still a few spaces on my Nov 8 Small Museums w'shop (zoom).
You'll learn:
🐚how collecting improves mental health,incl research showing how playing Tetris alleviates PTSD
🪶we'll make beautiful arrangements together
Incl 30% off my Etsy.My bio below:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
You'll learn:
🐚how collecting improves mental health,incl research showing how playing Tetris alleviates PTSD
🪶we'll make beautiful arrangements together
Incl 30% off my Etsy.My bio below:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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"Der Friedrichsdorfer Bürgermeister Lars Keitel (Grüne) musste handeln."
"'Dass die Verwaltung entschieden hat, ausschließlich weibliche Formen zu verwenden, entspricht nicht der Intention unseres Antrags', sagte Fraktionsvorsitzende Katja Gehrmann."
"'Dass die Verwaltung entschieden hat, ausschließlich weibliche Formen zu verwenden, entspricht nicht der Intention unseres Antrags', sagte Fraktionsvorsitzende Katja Gehrmann."
![Der Grüne Lars Keitel [der kleine Drache Grisù] hat das Feuer gelöscht und wird vom CDU Fraktionsvorsitzenden Katja Gehrmann [blonder weisser Mann mit Schnauzer] zurechtgewiesen. [Symbolbild]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjfngciy3l5es4c6bzsovlpl/bafkreighnfa6w56f3o3vyksnbascpg5rktmeccr5b53zssfqfk3flwlbae@jpeg)
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Der Friedrichsdorfer Bürgermeister Lars Keitel (Grüne) musste handeln."
"'Dass die Verwaltung entschieden hat, ausschließlich weibliche Formen zu verwenden, entspricht nicht der Intention unseres Antrags', sagte Fraktionsvorsitzende Katja Gehrmann."
"'Dass die Verwaltung entschieden hat, ausschließlich weibliche Formen zu verwenden, entspricht nicht der Intention unseres Antrags', sagte Fraktionsvorsitzende Katja Gehrmann."
You might say this will, among other problems, look weirdly lopsided, but I think the obvious implication is he's totally planning to do the West Wing next.
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Human dignity is inviolable.*
Human, Mr. #Merz!
Not German human,
not Christian middle-European human,
not 'adapted' human
– but of all human individuals!"
* [German Grundgesetz = constitution, Article 1]
Human, Mr. #Merz!
Not German human,
not Christian middle-European human,
not 'adapted' human
– but of all human individuals!"
* [German Grundgesetz = constitution, Article 1]
Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Des Menschen, Herr Merz! Nicht des Deutschen, nicht des christlichen Mitteleuropäers, nicht des „Angepassten“ - sondern jedes einzelnen Menschen!
October 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Human dignity is inviolable.*
Human, Mr. #Merz!
Not German human,
not Christian middle-European human,
not 'adapted' human
– but of all human individuals!"
* [German Grundgesetz = constitution, Article 1]
Human, Mr. #Merz!
Not German human,
not Christian middle-European human,
not 'adapted' human
– but of all human individuals!"
* [German Grundgesetz = constitution, Article 1]
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This in FT this morning 👇
October 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This in FT this morning 👇
Decades ago:
"Telephone banks" of white "country club suburban" moms helped to turn #Texas red, initiating the long slide into "fascist theocracy".
Now:
#TexasMoms call BS on Republicans, vowing to turn the tide:
"You're not going to brunch!
Carry your mimosa and knock on some f***ing doors!"
"Telephone banks" of white "country club suburban" moms helped to turn #Texas red, initiating the long slide into "fascist theocracy".
Now:
#TexasMoms call BS on Republicans, vowing to turn the tide:
"You're not going to brunch!
Carry your mimosa and knock on some f***ing doors!"
The suburban mom in Dallas today.
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Decades ago:
"Telephone banks" of white "country club suburban" moms helped to turn #Texas red, initiating the long slide into "fascist theocracy".
Now:
#TexasMoms call BS on Republicans, vowing to turn the tide:
"You're not going to brunch!
Carry your mimosa and knock on some f***ing doors!"
"Telephone banks" of white "country club suburban" moms helped to turn #Texas red, initiating the long slide into "fascist theocracy".
Now:
#TexasMoms call BS on Republicans, vowing to turn the tide:
"You're not going to brunch!
Carry your mimosa and knock on some f***ing doors!"
Green Party membership in the UK is growing exponentially!!!
💚🌼 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🎉
💚🌼 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🎉
The Green Party offers hope instead of hate, because it's not DeformUK and it hasn't been radicalised by economic neo-liberalism.
October 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Green Party membership in the UK is growing exponentially!!!
💚🌼 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🎉
💚🌼 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🎉
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM