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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Don’t miss it! We read and discussed her great _The Future of Difference_, coauthored with S. Hark, at the GRK last semester with a new generation of emerging scholars

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“Dilemmas of Interdependence - The Social Forms of Personhood” at JFKI Berlin starts tomorrow! Last polish for my slides on AI and affective labor… Grateful to James Dorson (FU) and Samuel Zipp (Brown) for putting this together. www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/en/faculty/l...

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Really proud to be advising her project! 💫

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Michael Lühmann @herrluehmann.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Stellt Euch vor, ein Geflüchteter hätte mit einem Messer bewaffnet Sprengsätze im ICE gezündet & ein Manifest verfasst. Was wir für eine innenpolitische Debatte erleben, wie viele Maßnahmen bereits gefordert würden, Sondergipfel, volle Härte. Aber bei einem Typ mit *Mein Kampf* zu Hause?! Ruhe.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

There’s a novel in this… the Wikipedia-entry alone, financial crisis investment banker, brother in reality TV… and then “screwed over” by AI, slipping him a recognizable plagiarism/giving him a Naomi Wolf death recorded moment… white male downfall cringe writers, to the rescue

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

@washingtonpost.com strategic reset?? If it were about positioning “to become more essential to people’s lives” you would not cut the “Post Reports” podcast! We’ve so come to rely on @martinepowers.bsky.social and Elahe Izadi as voices in our everyday lives. Shame. Democracy dies in darkness…

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The scale of the grift… it’s unbelievable.

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

«Extruding a text or an image using an AI service can appear as a smooth, frictionless transaction only because the space, energy, and water these require are removed from users’ experience.» www.e-flux.com/architecture...

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Technoecologies - Daniel Cardoso Llach - The Mississippi Colossus

Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artif...

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Anna Goeddeke @annagoeddeke.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Dauerstelle an der Hochschule, E13, Hochschuldidaktik. Ich würde mich sehr über teilen, weiterleiten, Leute ansprechen freuen: stellen.reutlingen-university.de/jobposting/d... @ckenneweg.bsky.social, Du kennst in dem Bereich vermutlich mehr Leute als ich... :-)

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

As usual not quite sure whether it’s historic or whether DB is sending a replacement-train…

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Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Aus gegebenem Anlass: Unser neues Dossier thematisiert Geschlechterungleichheiten im Wissenschaftssystem – von den historischen Wurzeln der Differenzkategorien über die politische Semantik der Exzellenz bis hin zu alltäglichen Mechanismen. www.soziopolis.de/dossier/wiss...

Zu sehen ist das Titelbild des Dossiers mit der Überschrift "Wissenschaftlerinnen. Zur Situation von Frauen in Academia". Abgebildet ist eine weibliche Person am Schreibtisch, vor ihr ein Laptop, diverse wissenschaftliche Bücher, über die die Person gebeugt auf dem Tisch liegt, die Hand noch an der Kaffeetasse, scheinbar sehr erschöpft. Um sie herum liegen zahlreiche Utensilien auf dem Tisch verteilt: Kinderbücher und Spielbausteine, eine volle Einkaufstasche mit Lebensmitteln, Produkte zur Pflege von Angehörigen usw. Im Hintergrund steht ein volles Bücherregal mit wissenschaftlicher Literatur.

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GRK 2806 »Literatur und Öffentlichkeit« @grk2806.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Excursion day 2 afternoon: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, tour guided by Jan Bürger, who also is member of our advisory board 🙂 #DLAMarbach @dlamarbach.bsky.social

Long rows of shelves in the archive, containing green archive boxes. DLA Marbach

A green archive box opened, containing several thin folders with archival materials, DLA Marbach

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

In case you missed yesterday’s shitshow - Ronny Chieng is summing it up for you. (Though the audience reactions of the show kinda drown out the silence in the room #crickets) youtu.be/hlS5um3WJqg?...

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Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities | The Daily Show

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Samuel Durso @samueldurso.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Maj Gen Paul D Eaton: "Hegseth spent millions to fly in all of our generals and admirals to rant about facial hair and brag about how many pull-ups he can do, and have Donald Trump sleepwalk through a list of partisan gripes.”

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

No more “stupid rules of engagement.” Okey-dokey, Pete. sure that’s a great idea.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t... great ep on NewYorker’s Political Scene with @hardymerriman.bsky.social discussing civil resistance and acts of non-cooperation (and why they might work better than we perceive right now)

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure

Podcast-Folge · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 27.09.2025 · 44 Min.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Was is eigentlich aus der FB-gruppe “Kann dieser seelenlose Ziegelstein mehr FB-Freunde haben als HC Strache”? Frage für eine Freundin, don’t sue me.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

What happens to teaching under such circumstances? Suspiciously eying your class for that one student recording you… With the non-tenured among us depending so much more on university leadership discovering their spines

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

“Denn wenn die Episode mit Sydney Sweeney eins zeigt, dann dass die links-autoritäre Empörungskultur, die Menschen angeblich nach rechts treibt, nicht tatsächlich existieren muss, damit Rechte vor ihr warnen können”

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Zur perfiden Unsichtbarkeit von Ungleichheit… und: “umso ungleicher eine Gesellschaft ist, desto schwerer ist die Mobilisierung der Ärmsten”

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Poet:innenfest startet Morgen mit tollen Veranstaltungen und Lesungen — freu mich besonders auf Jonas Luescher (but then I might be biased… obwohl wir uns vor mehr als 10 Jahren in Palo Alto nichts davon hätten vorstellen können)

Cover von Jonas Lueschers „Verzauberte Vorbestimmung“, gelb mit einer Ned Ludd Figur

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Poet:innen-Fest … es rückt näher!

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The groypers running the White House's social media accounts have posted yet another piece of fascist Trump AI slopaganda which I won't reproduce here in full. However, the Gladiator-esque backdrop of US soldiers in desert camouflage holding back the pseudo-Roman crowd is quite fascinating 1/

Detail of an AI generated image, showing what looks like US soldiers in desert camouflage alongside with an antique Roman mob and maybe some gladiators? It's a mess …

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

register & visit Erlangen for a great conference (not just for c19 nerds) and a series of great talks including by my dear EconoCrit colleagues Joanna Rostek and @natalieroxburgh.bsky.social

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

On my way to Berlin for NYU faculty symposium, working my way through a great reader —including @unddieregel.bsky.social on the fashosphere wp.nyu.edu/gallatin-glo...

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American Studies – Berlin 2025 – NYU Gallatin Global Faculty Symposia

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Leaving Lake Constance for #dgfa2025, getting ready for great talks, chats, and keynotes (@katrinhorn.bsky.social — 🥰exciting!!) Long journey to Siegen will be worth it!!

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GRK 2806 »Literatur und Öffentlichkeit« @grk2806.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Mit unseren GRK-Mitgliedern Christian Schicha, Antje Kley und Aida Bosch 🙂 Ringvorlesung „Meinungsfreiheit. Kulturkämpfe um ein Menschenrecht“. 👇

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It’s official! Excited and proud to say that my good friend and highly esteemed colleague Barbara Elias is one of a freshly baked batch of Carnegie Fellows!! www.carnegie.org/awards/honor...

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Barbara Elias | Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

There’s still time to apply. Come join us with your project. Can’t think of a time when talking about the state if the public sphere feels more urgent…

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

@hesterblum.bsky.social pet-cheer-up you requested on FB (which seems to be overly dominated by cats) so here’s my very good walking companion

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Great talk coming up (heads up @grk2806.bsky.social PhDs & colleagues) Link to register: brynmawr-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Today‘s find, specifically for @svenjahagenhoff.bsky.social : Is it lgbtqa+, is it lsd??? Fred Ferkel außer #RandundBand

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Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"Haben die Medien das Interesse verloren, weil der Tatverdächtige von Mannheim ein Deutscher ist? [...] Über die Taten in Magdeburg und München berichteten deutsche Medien mehr als doppelt so häufig wie über die Tat in Mannheim." www.fr.de/panorama/ana...

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Analyse: Medieninteresse nach Mannheim halb so groß wie nach Magdeburg und München

Nachdem klar geworden war, dass der Fahrer des Autos in Mannheim ein Deutscher ist, schienen Medien das Interesse zu verlieren. Eine Recherche bestätigt diesen Eindruck.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Also - rumor has it there was no designated survivor. Are people no longer educated by television?

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Sébastien Martineau @martineauseb.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

And I just found out thanks to @iniurancemaster.bsky.social that the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) also decided to leave X.

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Well done, HHU! One more reason after the Musk-Weidel “event” for all who hesitate. (Dear @fau.de, you’re all about moving knowledge - don’t be last to #eXit!)

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Quick reminder of job opportunities @fau.de @grk2806.bsky.social - if your PhD-project focusses on literature and the public post 1945, check us out and apply!

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Was man sich halt so unter “Jugendlichkeit” vorstellt…

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The beauty of the terrifying. Being a humanities scholar in 2025 #loveofEmily #ichbinhanna

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Reality is improbable @improbable.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Frida Poeschke an Shlomo Levin. It’s been 44 years. A couple shot dead in their home, right around corner by right-wing terrorists. And both the press coverage and the investigation tell a story of shocking anti-Semitism…

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