My book The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918 is out with @livunipress.bsky.social today! I would like to thanks everyone at LUP; they have been incredibly patient, supportive, and helpful all along the way.

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 3d ago

Publishing today | The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 by @olebirklaursen.bsky.social is available now! This book is the first to demonstrate how Indian revolutionaries moved across European borders in pursuit of freedom. Discover more here ⬇️ bit.ly/IndianRevolu...

slow day in the office so we're starting beef with archaeologists

Mehr Geld für NS- & SED-Gedenkstätten ist eine gute Nachricht. Dennoch: Warum verweigert Staatsminister Weimer @bundeskultur.bsky.social Unterstützung für Aufarbeitung des Kolonialismus? Was sagt @diplo.de? @he-mel.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias.

Kamerun: Botschafter Sedat @diplo.de benennt Verantwortung Deutschlands für Justizmord an Rudolf Duala Manga Bell 1914 bei Trauerfeier in Douala.👇 Wann kommt Rehabilitation @geronafrica.bsky.social @aussenminister.diplo.de? @he-mel.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social

What does the sentence "The use of artificial intelligence is an exciting opportunity to advance the cause of humanity" even mean from Malinauskas here? What is the cause of humanity in his eyes, and how in the world is AI 'advancing' it??? #auspol #saparli

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 7d ago

Royal commission into artificial intelligence launched in South Australia

Kolonialismus & deutsche Justiz: Gut, dass Forum Justizgeschichte das Thema wieder aufgreift. Heute jährt sich deutscher Justizmord an Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, 8.8.1914. @machona.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social @diplo.de @bprsprecherin.bsky.social

Forum Justizgeschichte e.V.@justgesch.bsky.social · last wk.

28. Jahrestagung, Aktuelle Perspektiven auf die deutsche Justizgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, 18. bis 20. September 2026, Wustrau am Ruppiner See. Hier geht’s zum Programm www.forumjustizgeschichte.de/28-jahrestag...

St Pauli treated Jackson Irvine appallingly in light of his principled stand on the genocide in Gaza and they deserve to have lost him.

cc: @he-mel.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social @geronafrica.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @regartless.bsky.social @lindenmuseum.bsky.social

Decolonial Memories@colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2w ago

Memories of colonialism in Cameroon: Good to know German Ambassador will join ceremony on 8 August to commemorate Germany’s judicial murder of Rudolf Duala Manga Bell & Ngoso Din 1914. Amb. Christian Sedat @diplo.de: „A new chapter is opening in the relationship between Germany and the Bell Canton.“

I don't know if anyone is watching Race Around the World, but Mikaela is getting robbed week after week. For me it's all about her and Jayden.

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 3w ago

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Decolonial memories of Germany: Excellent new publication by @dependencybonn.de on transnational perspectives of German colonialism from 16th to 21st centuries. Including text by Daniel Bendix @dajoben.bsky.social Open access at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.

The ARC has released their new set of grant schemes ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub... Before implementing them, they’re now going to “consult with the sector”. Hopefully genuinely, not just with a few disengaged DVCRs. In the meantime, there’ll be another round of Discovery Projects (DP28).

'the Humanities and Social Sciences....disciplines ask not just “what works?” but “for whom?”, “at what cost?”, “under what assumptions?” and “towards what kind of society?” They are central to good policy, democratic accountability and social mobility.' Essential reading. Read it. 3/3

This is a fascinating case, but apparently no AI #histoslop. According to «Interfoto,» the image comes from a Munich auction house — which, along with Alamy’s statement that it was uploaded 20 years ago, suggests that it is a «real,» physical forgery created without AI (but maybe some Photoshop)

Dr Matt Lodder@mattlodder.com · 4w ago

Interesting discussion unfolding on Reddit, as a poster asks for help identifying the group identified on this plaque, uploaded to Alamy. It's... odd... and seems perhaps to be an AI hallucination. Worrying to have this polluting historical image databases! www.reddit.com/r/Symbology/...

Barnaby Joyce scooping up the barely suppressed male rage vote.

"[N]early 4,000 academic posts in social sciences, humanities and the arts have been axed in one year alone. In the 12 months to December 2024, just under 3,000 social sciences, 820 humanities and 240 arts jobs went. All but 110 were in non-Russell Group universities, reducing student choice..."

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Benedikt Gambé wurde nach dem 1.WK durch einen Kolonialoffizier von Kamerun nach Deutschland gebracht. In der Weimarer Republik spielte er Schlagzeug in einer Band. Nachdem er Berufsverbot erhielt, war er gezwungen auf der sog. "Afrika Schau" zu arbeiten. 1940 wurde er zwangseingeliefert & ermordet.

Reviewing a lot of articles on German colonialism lately, and a stock view that seems to have crept in is that Kaiser Wilhelm II sparked Weltpolitik in the 1890s. This is despite the wholesale creation of colonies in the 1880s and the fact that the emperor was rarely involved in the process.

If you don’t let us steal everything we’re not going to build our massive theft-recycling machines in your backyard

Anthropic tells Chalmers: $21b investment hinges on copyright

Chief executive Dario Amodei met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when AI giant Anthropic launched in Australia in April.

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The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant of up to $20,000 available to scholars whose research involves use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Closing date for 2027 applications is Friday 2 October 2026. turnbullfriends.org.nz/research-gra...

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

VAR desperate to get Argentina into the final

That is not simulation. Argentina get another controversial call go their way.

Big coup for German submarine maker TKMS: Canada has decided to buy 12 submarines - “the largest defence procurement in Canada’s history”.

Thank you, Belgium.

Hard to believe that 'A Pacific Power' is more than a year old now. Thanks to everyone for the way it has been received!

Matt Fitzpatrick@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · last yr.

Official release day for my newie 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa'. And I have copies!! Would love to see this in a few libraries. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...