The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.
Gustav Holmberg
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http://www.gustavholmberg.com/tomrum Docent, lektor i idé- och lärdomshistoria, Göteborgs universitet. Mest intresserad av modern vetenskapshistoria, speciellt astronomi. Även vissa forskningspolitiska intressen.
My only rule is to scribble down a question, however broad or bland, for each panellist. Then if one of them isn’t getting any questions, you can throw one in to get them going.
The Greenhouse #envhum book talks start up again this month! Episode 199: Sara Pritchard @sarabpritchard.bsky.social on Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution (@uwapress.uw.edu, 2026), Monday 24 August 2026, 4pm Central European / 10am Eastern. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
We are setting up a 200th(!) episode special for Greenhouse book talks (newnatures.org/greenhouse/) on Aug 31, 2026, at 4pm in Norway (3pm in UK / 10am Eastern). We are looking for a guest who has watched/listened to recordings regularly and/or someone who has used them for a class. Is this you?
As a historian of Jodrell Bank, I agree! And the reason it is important is that it has been made to mean different things to different people at different times. Who's up for a mega thread on how and why? (I'm off for lunch now, but I'll do it after. I'll need the energy...)
John Grindrod@grindrod.bsky.social · last wk.Really one of the most important postwar sites in Britain
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Akademisk ordbok 1: att slå en forsk
Det finns ord som förekommer bland universitetsmänniskor som jag ibland lägger på minnet, samlar på; därav den här oregelbundna serien med inlägg. Först ut är Att slå en forsk Alla vet ju vad ett r…
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I'm re-upping this piece for the weekend. Reading broadly is a necessary part of one's academic development, but a part that is often neglected due to pressures to finish degrees on time. This is call against yielding to such pressures. my-albion.blogspot.com/2026/07/sere...
Serendipity as method, or - The case for reading broadly
Sometimes they stand too near the problem. Often, if a person looks at something very closely he can see a few things more clearly, but th...
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Eftersom jag den här semesterdagen mig själv till straff och androm till varnagel ägnat mig åt att agera både redaktör och kulturskribent har jag slitandes mitt hår och i mitt anletes svett börjat fundera över följande fråga (rt:a gärna):
The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
This is unsurprising yet terrible news.
Michael Busch@michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 4w agoIt remains way past time to stop letting corporations unilaterally make a mess of the sky. Require regulators that actually do that, United States. Instead of regulators that let dangerous scams like this go forwards on the basis of blatant nonsense. uk.pcmag.com/news/166087/...
US FCC: “let’s do a consultation on how the community feels about this” Community: “we hate it, don’t do it, it’s real bad, this will impact a lot of people — astronomers, biodiversity, Indigenous communities, more” x 1800 responses FCC: “lol, we don’t care. APPROVED.”
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Opinionsundersökningarnas ankomst till Sverige på 1940-talet gav hopp om en starkare demokrati – men mötte också starkt motstånd. Det skriver mediehistorikern Eskil Vesterlund. ⬇️ vist.ly/59nz3
Gallup utmanade bilden av den folkliga opinionen | Forskning & Framsteg
”Nytt institut svarar på alla stora frågor”, löd en av rubrikerna på Dagens Nyheters förstasida den 11 december 1941. Detta nya institut var Svenska Gallupinstitutet …
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R Ari is a short-period mira discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander in 1857. Here is a phase diagram with SAAF/V observations since 1990, with my observations in yellow. Based on our data, its period is calculated to be 186.45 days.
Började längta till hösten. Svampar, bär, äpplen.. långkok.. lammlägg, kalvlägg, griskinder, oxkinder, fläsklägg.. en mustig coq au vin med krämig mandelpotatispuré, nötiga smörstekta kastanjechampinjoner, äppelträrökt sidfläsk bakat m timjan och konfiterad vitlök…
End of a broadcasting era. Radio 4 #bbcradio4 no longer available on Long Wave at 198kHz. Transmitter is still up but looks like RTS is now off, and transmitter shutdown on the 30th June according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droitwi...
Volvobilar i filmer och TV-serier: 1. När lammen tystnar (1991), 32 minuter in i filmen.
Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Assistant Professor
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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BREAKING: Max Planck invented a time machine and lives amongst us. www.science.org/content/arti...
Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted?
Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame
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A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
Jag upplever att studenter blivit generellt sämre på formalia de senaste åren. Felaktig titel, undertitel och/eller tryckår, snurrig referens (i ett avsnitt om antiken refereras till ett bokkapitel om medeltiden), referenser till publikationer som inte existerar. Är det någon som håller med?
En doktorandplats i idé- och lärdomshistoria utlyst vid min institution. Deadline för ansökan 26/8, tillträde 1/2 nästa år. Sprid vidare! web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
En doktorandplats inom idé- och lärdomshistoria
Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion är en av humanistiska fakultetens sex institutioner och har
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