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That has been less of an issue for some years now...ever since I've *literally* started masking for health reasons. Which, I guess, means that masks can be valuable protection for both physical and mental health <.<

Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 5h

Oof, yeah, I feel that. An absurd amount of all the arguments I've had since childhood can be boiled down to that someone claimed I was giving off annoyed, aggressive or mean vibes based on my normal, neutral expression. Oh well.

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Today's work includes writing a short piece on Norwegian folk-belief concerning the magpie. One such belief is that around Saint Olaf's feast-day (July 29), the magpies all visit Saint Olaf in order to be weighed. Those that weigh less than a quarter of a kilo are given to the Devil.

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It all keeps coming back to environmental and rural history

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Oh damn, is that what the robots in the Matrix were doing?

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Covering the surface of the Earth with Data centers running video games is an ethical obligation

Joschka Meier @josserme.bsky.social · 6h

So St. Olaf recruits workers for the Devil? To ensure that the Devil's cattle has enough food to last through the long winters in hell?

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And let's not think of the save-scummers, those most evil sinners, trapping innocent AI souls in ever-repeating loops of torment 🙏

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Joschka Meier @josserme.bsky.social · 6h

Ooh, any bets on wether or not we might get a revival of the discourse on violence in video games? Because if the enemies have "AI" and you can kill them in the game, then... If we're really lucky someone might even make the leap that turning a game *off* would be an act of violence

Joschka Meier @josserme.bsky.social · 22h

Also ab jetzt nur noch Grim Fandango Referenzen?

Ah, addendum to the addendum: I should probably mention that I'm a historian at the University here - so it's free of charge, as my renumeration is being able to talk about history that I find interesting ;-)

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Oh, and to reiterate: If you'd like to hear a bit about the history of Bern, it's buildings and Switzerland, well, it's a hobby of mine to share that and give impromptu tours!

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Most of that are things that are nice to look at from the outside, but the Münster can also be entered (though the portal is the main attraction) and e.g. the Einsteinhaus (incl. a small museum) is also nearby.

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I.e. Bundeshuus/Federal Palace (I'd advise against visiting, because sometimes there are long lines...and it isn't all that interesting inside), Käfigturm, Zytglogge, Münster, Pläfä/Plattform (a nice place for a break & enjoy the view), Rathaus, Nydeggchile, Bärenpark.

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In that case I think a leisurely stroll through the old city would be a good backbone for a basic itinerary. That takes about....30 minutes I'd say at a measured pace. Along the way from the train station to the Bärenpark are most of the major sights of the fall season.

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That sounds very sensible, a museum visit would easily add a couple of hours (in the case of the Paul Klee Museum it'd take roughly 40 min to an hour solely to get there and back). Depending on the date, there might be markets and similar stuff on the route from train station to Altstadt

Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 11/10/2026

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Der ist Historiker, hat über den 1. Weltkrieg promoviert

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

How do you reconcile big business with public health? Easy: deregulate and build a wellness industry around convincing consumers that their health is their own responsibility. Do your own research, make better choices. Corporations get freedom; individuals get the consequences.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My theory about RFK Jr. is that this is individualism taken to its extreme: don't regulate food, don't mandate vaccines. If you get sick, you should've done your own research. Your health is your own responsibility, even when corps. are allowed to put you at risk. The privatization of public health.

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Yeah, I wouldn't recommend climbing up the Münster as someone who's from Bern: It's a long, uncomfortable climb and you can get a very nice, comparable view by taking a bus to the Rosengarten (which also has an in/outdoor café) ⬇️

A photo taken from the Rosengarten, with the peninsula, on which the old city of Bern is built, spread out below: A lot of curving rows of old houses with brown, orange and re rooftops, with a couple of larger buildings like churches poking out here and there

@lynnnothegger.bsky.social Anything that interests you in particular? Because there are quite a number of things to see, even in the Altstadt alone (it's not an UNESCO world heritage for nothing), but there's also museums, places to eat...so for a nice, relaxed afternoon one has to pick and choose

A picture taken from the Kirchenfeldbrücke, which shows a couple of the more famous sites in Bern: to the left the Münster with its big church spire, below it the Pläfä (a kind of park on an artificial hill side), below it the Matte quarter with some old houses visible.
In the distance is the Bärenpark (bear park), but the star of the show is the Aare: the turquoise river flowing through Bern

Oh, yeah, plenty! Depending on the day I can even give a little tour/talk a bit about local history and archaeology

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Jo, absolut verständlich! Beileid beinhaltet da solidarisches Sauer sein über grausliche Scheisstypen

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Mohamed Qassiti @mqassiti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

'lil porkers rooting around

A big wild pig (sus scrofa) in the background, while in the foreground two tiny piglet are rooting around in the leaf litter

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On the occasion of #WorldMentalHealthDay, I start a 🧵 on a medieval author, who also dealt with the treatment of mental illnesses in his work: #ConstantinusAfricanus. Here the opening of his treatise on melancholy from one of the early manuscripts. #ConstantinetheAfrican #medievalsky #histmed

First lines of De melancholia libri duo by Constantinus Africanus from Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 567, fol. 051v.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

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Waldmeer @waldmeer.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

ME/CFS verdient eine Fachliteratur, die dem Stand des Wissens und der Situation der Erkrankten gerecht wird. Dies trifft leider nicht auf den neuen Beitrag im "Verhaltenstherapiemanual" zu. Wo dieser Beitrag falsch liegt und warum er für niemanden zu empfehlen ist, erfahrt ihr in meiner Rezension! 👇

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"Chronisches Fatigue-Syndrom" von A. Kupferschmitt und V. Köllner / Artikel | Waldmeer | ME/CFS

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026

Way too many people are responding to this saying that it would involve paying musk money, when the option of seizing all his assets after prosecuting him for fraud and election interference and his many many other alleged and sometimes almost seemingly admitted crimes is like… right there.

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In dem Kontext würd ich zu "är übrchunnt" oder "är bechunnt es Handy übr" weil übergeben, dies das. Sollte noch caveat anfügen, dass mein Mundart ein ziemlich undefinierbar schräger Mix aus nicht-ganz-Emmental, Stadtbärndütsch und Varia ist!

Aber selbst wenn er "becho" sagen würde, wärs kein Problem - würd nicht gleich das Geschenk konfiszieren, weil ich schrecklich nett bin 🧐

Ah ok! Für mich gibt's da eher vernachlässigbare Nuancen, also "übrcho" passt besser wenn man was von jemanden überreicht/geschickt kriegt - wenn ich z.B. meinem Patenkind was schenke, ist's minim passender, wenn er sagt "I ha vom Joschi es Gschänk übrcho", weil bisschen...formeller? Oder so?

Also nicht im Sinne von "bi überecho"/"bi cho", oder?

The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Öh, gibt's da ein vs.? Hätt spontan nicht das Gefühl, das es zwischen "ha öppis übercho" & "ha öppis becho" grossen Unterschied punkto Bedeutung oder Verwendung gibt.

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I’m glad time has vindicated Sebulba. Everyone was so cruel to him because he “tried to kill a child” during the Boonta Eve Classic even though he was literally Darth Vader

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Das gehört zur Sorte Infos, die ich mental gleich ghüdere, weil ist besser, wenn ich's nicht weiss 😔 Find bin kein Sprachpurist, aber wehe Anke geht verloren!

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They have healthcare? In Switzerland? Damn, no it really sounds like scifi

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Ah, well, in that case it's a pretty baffling branding/design decision and also a quite...interesting choice considering details like Jewish European history, the history of Spain, Sicily etc.

"Going Outside: A Novel Methodological Approach" is something that I had to bring up a couple of times as well! Like as a response to how people in the Alps could possibly know in advance that rivers would flood: Go outside. You see mountains. Do you see snow? That will melt. There you go.

I'll raise you "Talking About Talking About Tolkien: A Tale Of A Thousand Talks" as an IMC-Leeds joker.

...as in that Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac supposedly *aren't* European? Or that they *are* and thus far too continental to sully the most sublimely anglophone halls of Cambridge? Honest question, because at this point I try to be prepared for all kinds of absurdity

Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 09/10/2026

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The reason I know they’re playing is because not one of these guys has ever meaningfully given a flying shit about abusive or cruel behavior toward actual people

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So what kind of languages are they supposed to be then? Ancient? Future? Fictitious?