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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Over the last thirty years I’ve developed a mathematical model of historical change. It predicts who takes up arms and why. Come and see. The Social Physics of War Today, 11:00–12:15 MT / 6:00 GMT ucdenver.zoom.us/j/96764933346

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The evolution of frustrated intellectuals.

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Moose jam. Banging that pot had no effect.

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Tsarskoe Selo @tsarskoeselo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

🇬🇧 Sunset and the bridges of Krestovy Canal in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoe Selo 📷 Sergei Kon'kov / Сергей Коньков 🇷🇺 Закат и мосты Крестового канала в Александровском парке Царского Села #worldheritagesite

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In other news, people prefer Quisp to Quake

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 23/06/2026

The only way to stop bad algae in the reflecting pool is a reflecting pool with good algae

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Life is full of hard choices. So why is it hard for me to accept that mine have actually worked out for the best?

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David W. Pippy @davidwilliampippy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Good morning! The Milky Way captured in Tors Cove, Newfoundland. Photographed by Gord Follett..

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nordic Pixel Forest ekebergparken.com/nb/kunst/nor...

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Office hours are suspended during the summer break

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ruben Hassid explains the value of studying the humanities

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Panda reserve, 2015 on this date. I'll be going back to Chengdu this summer. I wonder how it has changed.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Good news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

More pictures of the Water Gardens of Carsac. I visited it with my family on a rainy day two years ago.

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The water gardens of Carsac look like a painting

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

View from Beynac, a French castle owned by Richard the Lionhearted, 1189–1199

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Stephan A. Glienke @glienkestephan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

5. Mai 1985 Helmut Kohl und Ronald Reagan - Skandal um den Besuch auf dem Soldatenfriedhof in Bitburg. #OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #Bitburg #Skandal #Erinnerungskultur #Geschichte

Am 40. Jahrestag der Unterzeichnung der bedingungslosen Kapitulation der deutschen Wehrmacht besuchen Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl und US-Präsident Ronald Reagan gemeinsam den Kriegsgräberfriedhof Bitburg. Im Rahmen des Besuchs findet eine Kranzniederlegung zu Ehren der gefallenen Soldaten statt. Der "Handschlag über den Gräbern" soll die Versöhnung der ehemaligen Kriegsparteien symbolisieren. Der Besuch gerät zum Skandal, als bekannt wird, dass auf diesem Gräberfeld keine amerikanischen Soldaten liegen, jedoch 43 Angehörige der Waffen-SS. Es kommt zu Protesten im In- und Ausland. Kurzfristig beschließt die Bundesregierung einen Besuch der bei- den Regierungschefs noch am selben Tag in der Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen.
Unten: Foto Ronald Reagan und Helmut Kohl auf dem Soldatenfriedhof in Bitburg Bild: Wiki

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Every nostalgia post = "Gas prices are making me feel inadequate."

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Interesting passage on the dominant language(s) in medical science in the mid to late 19th century, from S. Stricker, ‘The Medical Schools of England and Germany’, Nature 2, no. 44 (1870): 349–50, doi.org/10.1038/0023....

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IN the region of scientific medicine the Germans enjoy at the present time an undisputed pre-eminence. Their medical books have taken possession of the markets of the world, and their larger schools are themselves like markets in which representatives of all countries appear, in order to exchange gold for the higher culture. Next to German books, those published in Great Britain have the best programme and apparently the widest geographical distribution. But here the enormous territory of the English language plays a very prominent part. To professional men who do not speak the English tongue, English books are but little known and still less read. In like manner, the extent to which foreigners avail themselves of the English schools is exceedingly small. It is very significant that even Americans pass by their natural market, England namely, for the acquisition of higher medical education, and resort annually in troops to Germany, where they have to contend with the disadvantage of a foreign language.

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