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Rest in peace Dolly Parton

flags at half-mast and I'm so serious

This is one of the most painful issues early career scholars and/or postdocs suffer: writing cover letters to get a position.

I would LOOOOOVE to never have to write a cover letter ever ever ever again

I case someone is interested

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hi y’all - it’s back to school season and TGS would love to help some K-12 teachers with classroom needs! If this is you and you’ve got an online wishlist, please do put your link below! 💖📚✏️

My classical music favourites CDII. -- Brahms' Cello Sonata in E Minor, op. 38, performed Maximilian Hornung and Herbert Schuch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ec... #music #classicalmusic

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata e minor op. 38

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4w ago

Summer in Austria. -- From our Sunday walk in the gardens of Laxenburg palace: Franzensburg, detail. #Vienna #Austria #photography

Getting a post in Academia is very hard. Sometimes, one has to seek alternatives because one might never get a position in Academia. In that sense, I understand what Claire is trying to say @thisguysucked.com @ceaubin.com.

Actually, I’ll say this: people keep telling me that this just proves TGS is good, but I started the show post-PhD while adjuncting because I had no academic future and needed something that made history feel fun again. To have two tenured profs “borrow” it for a state media corp really sucks.

This is a good question in political terms

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · last mo.

Wait which center did you want me to date

My classical music favourites CD. -- Haydn's Symphony No. 101 'The Clock.' Performed by Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPx4... #music #classicalmusic

Haydn Symphony No. 101 'The Clock' by Adam Fischer & Danish Chamber Orchestra (Live Performance)

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · last mo.

My classical music favourites CCCXCIX. -- Quatuor Ebene performed, Haydn's String Quartet in F-Minor, Op. 20/50. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk6V... #music #classicalmusic

Quatuor Ebène : Joseph Haydn String quartet f-minor Op.20/5

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Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfine.bsky.social · last mo.

This is how academic writing works

a page that’s all footnote. it’s so beautiful

A long time ago, I wrote about the responsibility scientists must have when defending claims. I think it is important to re-read my article because eugenicists and racialists are having some attention recently. They are irresponsible. My article is in Spanish www.dciencia.es/responsabili...

La responsabilidad del científico y sus artículos | Dciencia

La ciencia en sí puede ser muy beneficiosa para los humanos, sobretodo en estos momentos donde necesitamos de ella para resolver problemas monumentales, tal como es el caso del cambio climático.

dciencia.es

The way that much of the UK self-presents as a space of post-racial harmony is frankly insane, and I found it bizarre to witness while living there, because it is so obviously not. There are still a huge contingent of gutter racists, and they give them bylines in the newspapers as a reward.

Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · last mo.

Hace tiempo escribí un artículo sobre la responsabilidad del científico sobre los artíticulos que publica. Coloco nuevamente mi artículo, porque creo necesario debatir estas actitudes irresposables de los eugenistas y racistas científicos. www.dciencia.es/responsabili...

La responsabilidad del científico y sus artículos | Dciencia

La ciencia en sí puede ser muy beneficiosa para los humanos, sobretodo en estos momentos donde necesitamos de ella para resolver problemas monumentales, tal como es el caso del cambio climático.

dciencia.es

In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.

When this episode gets released, it is a must hear. Thanks Claire @ceaubin.com for introducing us to great stuff in your podcast @thisguysucked.com.

In an episode coming out soon (recorded at the start of this week), my guest and I talk about how the British press has been hounding people to death since at least the 19th century, and it doesn’t appear that they plan on stopping any time soon. Really disgraceful.

Today, my book review of Eric Dunnum's "Middleton and time: clocks, calendars, and temporality" was published at the Sixteenth Century Journal. The link to my book review is the following: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Middleton and Time: Clocks, Calendars, and Temporality. Eric Dunnum. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 277 pp. $129.99. ISBN 978-303177828-5. | The Sixteenth Century Journal: Vol 57, No 3

journals.uchicago.edu

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

This is a nightmare

The Department of Homeland Security plans to equip ICE officers with gloves that emit electric shocks to use on people who are not cooperating in the field, according to an agency notice. https://wapo.st/4xJmysg

I really recommend hearing Claire's podcast @thisguysucked.com. Great historical stuff

The TGS fall lineup is soooooo unbelievably good, you guys are gonna be gagged. Truly I am so excited for you to hear what we've got happening Sept-Nov.