Andrea Reyes E (she/her)
@altibel.bsky.social
Self-funded PhD student (reading history in XVIII New Spain) & paid researcher (open science, research integrity) at Leiden University. Baking & reading aficionada. Managed by a Timneh. ORCID 0000-0002-5676-2122
All this 'oh you must use AI, it's the second coming' has me scratching my head. I LOVE everything about researching & writing my books. I love that the work drives me crazy, invades my dreams, interrupts my walks. I love the challenge. This is living! Pity they've given up on themselves.
John Gallagher@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 4w agoReally delighted to have an essay on Multilingual Books and Multilingual Readers in the marvellous new volume Multilingual Print in Early Modern Europe, just recently published by Brill and edited by Chloe Akers-Brewer, Arthur der Weduwen, and Andrew Pettegree. brill.com/edcollchap/b...
#skystorians #CulturalHistory have a go! There is another video down in the thread.
CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 24h agoOh my god I think I found the video.
The planet is burning while universities embrace AI & keep collaborating with Shell + Co. If only our researchers who study the climate had published about ways to tackle this that did not involve changing our ways, cause godforbid we would get a plant-based canteen* *This should be the bare minimum
Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 3d agoThe devastation is unimaginable. I moved here 3 years ago knowing Spokane would be my home. I can’t explain how horrific this is. “It’s like a war zone,” people told me.
incredible discovery here: the 1762 original of the ha ha ha yes sicko cartoon courtesy of thomas waters new book “Magic”
Colleagues at Leiden who invited a far-right politician (who talks about remigration + dehumanises migrants & asylum seekers) for a "debate" may find this column (and Bertrand Russell) enlightening. 👏 "We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." 👏
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · yesterdaybring back shame www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
In Limburg wil een meerderheid van BBB en CDA/waterbelang in het Waterschap niets doen om grondwateronttrekkingen te minimaliseren. Intussen brandt de provincie af. Nu 100ha in de fik bij Venray...👇 www.l1nieuws.nl/nieuws/32158...
Grondwater taboe bij Waterschap Limburg omdat beleid ontbreekt
Het bleef opvallend stil na de publicatie ruim een week geleden over de strijd tegen de droogte in Limburg met als kop: een groot verschil tussen woord en daad. Maar intern bij het waterschap ontploft...
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Na de verschrikkelijke branden elders in Europa, nu ook hier in Nederland. Afschuwelijk voor dier, mens en natuur De klimaatcrisis is nu. We hebben méér klimaatdrammers nodig: kabinet-Jetten moet snel klimaatactie nemen En dank aan alle hulpverleners die deze brand in Limburg bestrijden
‘Zeer grote natuurbrand’ in Limburg, defensie zet blushelikopter in
In natuurgebied De Rosmolen woedt een zeer grote brand, aldus de veiligheidsregio Limburg-Noord. De brandweer bestrijdt de brand met ‘zeer veel mensen en voertuigen’. Een blushelikopter van defensie i...
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Volgens de wet mag je alleen met een voertuig de weg op als dat een goed zichtbaar kenteken draagt. Alleen al op dat punt had de politie boetes mogen en kunnen uitdelen. Kortom: de politie praat poep.
Oscar Kocken@oscarkocken.bsky.social · 2d agoJe zou zeggen: de blokkade blokkeren met politiewagens en dan alle bestuurders van die traktoren om hun ID vragen.
With alt text plus I need the world to know that the fruit in the middle of the left painting (Kahlo) is a mamey and it is the most delicious fruit in the world. Guanabana and piña are next but mamey is a gift from the gods. I would betray all of you for a ripe and silky £mamey.
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2d ago2/2 More Frida Kahlo watermelons for #NationalWatermelonDay, and some by Diego Rivera just to be fair.
Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Very entertaining days thanks to the current #pamphlet imbroglios: 1) The Odyssey review & response publications 2) The funding of science reform projects by certain billionaire. Sadly, I do not think the blog post by Lockhart will get a cameo in The Onion. #ScientificPublishing #skystorians
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Alt: An animal that looks like a deer (forgot the name) munching before a popcorn bucket
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I wrote about science funding, science reform, and anti-science agendas. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/s...
science funding and the cherry picking problem
Science publishing–like all of science–requires money. There’s no getting around it, even with the open science movement. What appears free to many authors and readers still requires money and infr…
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Today we observe Porajmos (Roma Holocaust) Remembrance Day. on the night of 2–3 August 1944, 2,897 Roma were murdered at the Zigeunerfamilienlager at Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember them and the half a million Sinti and Roma murdered by Nazi Germany and fascist collaborators. Na Bistaren.
"The role of the university is even lost on many, so bears repeating: produce knowledge & educate at the highest level. AI destroys both at their core." 👏👏👏 I want to do scholarly work well, as slow as it needs to be, not be "efficient." In fact, everybody should be allowed to do their jobs well.
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3d agoIf useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?
bsky.app/profile/hlee... I want to talk about this for a minute as an important case study in how conservative positions, completely divorced from reality, scaffold out their rhetorical credibility 🧵
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5d agoAmnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
Grote bek voor een land dat niet eens fatsoenlijke opvang in Ter Apel kan organiseren.
Onderstaand fragment eerder dit jaar. Blijf strijden tegen de wreedheid en onverschilligheid.
Daniël Boomsma@danielboomsma.bsky.social · 4d agoBij elke andere gebeurtenis waar er 57 mensen om het leven komen zou je berichten van medeleven horen. Niet bij de tragedie in Ceuta. Bijna alles wat met migratie te maken heeft is compleet ontmenselijkt. Dat is wat angstbeelden doen.
Spain received as many asylum seekers in ONE DAY as the Netherlands receives in TWO YEARS! Absolutely shameless for the Dutch government to criticize the Spanish government of their handling of this ACTUAL crisis, given that Dutch governments have been CREATING FAUX crises for decades.
Turning our reading room into a Maker Space for #Antwerp #MuseumNight: #stencil machines, a #leporello workshop, a #zine salon and a demonstration of gilding book edges.
Those insights based on data and co-constructive meetings are not free, no sir, but the results will guarantee that the faculty flourishes as they can invest strategically into the future! #academicsky
Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 6d ago“Harvard paid McKinsey & Company at least $250,000 to consult on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ staff restructuring efforts, according to internal documents obtained by The Crimson.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Digitized Medieval Manuscripts: Metadata Preferences
A brief survey about what metadata formats people prefer to go along with their digitized medieval manuscripts. The results of this survey will be used to consider what metadata we make available thro...
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To scientists who say AI will revolutionise science, that it has a lot of potential for good and democratising knowledge - it doesnt but also tF are u talking about when THIS is happening. Curse your career and your paper in flattened English.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d agoThe fact that it’s poisoning Black people is not seen as a negative to these folks.
Today's rabbit hole: early modern medicine theories so I can understand some concepts from medical astrology which I will not cite even in a note but I am hoping will come in handy at a pub quiz. #EarlyModern
