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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us 8–9 October for "The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence" at The National Archives, UK, and online. Explore newly catalogued documents from captured ships that reveal wartime lives and a global conflict. Register: www.eventbrite.de/e/the-prize-... #Rev250 #earlymodern #history

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The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence (Online)

An International Workshop on the UK Prize Papers and the American War of Independence: Wartime Lives, Capture, and Transnational Exchange

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On view at MoMA in New York from October 4 through January 23, 2027

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/09/2026

Princeton remembers professor emeritus Ulrich “Uli” Knoepflmacher, "a towering scholar of Victorian fiction and poetry who brought to his subject a deep familiarity with traditions of realism, religious humanism, existential despair, culture and Romanticism."

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Ulrich Knoepflmacher, ‘towering scholar’ of Victorian fiction, poetry and children’s literature, dies at 95

Knoepflmacher's research interests included Victorian literature and culture, English and American children’s books, 19th-century poetry and the English novel. He was among the first to recognize the ...

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's not necessary to use generative AI to create images of the #Voynich Manuscript, so why do people continue to do it? There is so much wrong in this online image. Neither of the pages shown here is actually from the manuscript. The verso is labeled "r" ("recto") & the language is not Voynichese.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The story behind Jeremias Schultz’s Portrait of Eleonora Susette (Art Gallery of Ontario) - Wall Street Journal gift article by Kelly Crow: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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The Six-Year Quest to Find the Mystery Woman in an 18th-Century Painting

Adam Harris Levine followed many twists and turns to figure out his unknown portrait sitter’s story.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Terrific exhibition, now on view at Princeton University (and online). "BE ADVISED: Some of the artwork and descriptions in this exhibition include references to sexual themes, nudity, and violence." www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...

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‘The Art of Japanese Publishing’ exhibit illuminates the history of Japanese illustrated literature

Curated by Nicole Fabricand-Person and Holly Hatheway, the exhibit will be on display through Dec. 6.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

While answering a routine question about earnings figures in a CA county, a model found and used an exposed API key without authorization. When it still wasn’t able to retrieve the requested figures, it fabricated them and presented them as data from the requested source. openai.com/index/model-...

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Our framework for reporting model misalignment

OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"As A.I. leaders warn about the dangers of their own technology, the dissonance between the optimism of university leaders and the fears of many students and professors may increase." (New York Times gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

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Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It (Gift Article)

As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 14/09/2026

Happy 1 September? Perhaps... if we were following the Julian calendar, abandoned in Great Britain on this day (14 September!) 1752, in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Kontovas explains more in this short video.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Each person had a role to play [...] from hand painting works in Peru and smuggling them into the U.S., to affixing fake authentication stamps to the backs of canvases, to producing invoices and other documentation that suggested the works were genuine." (WSJ gift link) www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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A New Lawsuit Alleges an International Andy Warhol Forgery Scheme

A family is suing over half a dozen people and companies, accusing them of being part of an elaborate and far-reaching scheme to sell fraudulent artwork

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 10/09/2026

Now open at Princeton University's Firestone Library, "The Art of Japanese Publishing: A Selection of Japanese Illustrated Books from the Marquand Library Collection 1660-1960".

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The Art of Japanese Publishing

Marquand Library celebrates the art of Japanese publishing in this exhibition with selections from our collection of rare Japanese illustrated books.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apparently we've got a very rare and expensive cask of amontillado in our collection, whatever that is. We're going to try find it and will report back.

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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When you’re so excited about a book that you preorder it twice (actually three times but managed to cancel one) - welcome to these shores @brettrushforth.bsky.social!

Two copies of Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushworth’s Beyond the Ocean, ready to change everything I know about France and the Atlantic world

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Letters of remission/pardon: where to find? They're such an exciting kind of source but would need editions (and preferably translations) for teaching purposes—has anyone done this? I know of some scattered examples, such as in Cohn on revolt, but want to expand my range!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In 1800, Mme. Récamier commissioned a portrait and got a masterpiece instead. By Jacques-Louis David, born on this day 1748.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What is worse in 2026, "centrist" or "fascist"? Asking for a friend.

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bourdaloue (Chantilly, c1745), George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto #c18 #c18th #18thc

Lady's chamber pot in soft-paste porcelain with tin-opacified lead glaze, overglaze enamels. White, gourd-shaped vessel painted with chintz-inspired flowers. Pale green handle in the form of a stem. Marked on the base with a hunting horn in iron-red enamel. Dimensions: 11.4 x 19.3 x 11.8 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.). From the Hans Syz Collection. Designed to be easily positioned and then removed by the servant who held the handle under the voluminous skirts and petticoats of an eighteenth-century French lady

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“When I see something that’s honestly badly written, it’s such a breath of fresh air now,” said Angeline Rodriguez, an agent at WME, noting that some of the submissions she’s getting now “make ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ look like Tolstoy.” (Wall Street Journal gift link) www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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AI Has Plunged the Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos

The spectacular implosions of big deals over suspected AI use are forcing a reckoning over creativity, trust and the future of the industry.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Total solar eclipse of May 12, 1706: static-prod.lib.princeton.edu/versailles/i...

A Dutch etching showing a fainted King Louis XIV beneath the solar eclipse of 1706, surrounded by his advisors and mistresses (with text in Dutch and French)

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New on Book Post → Roland Allen reviews Shamil Jeppie’s Writing Timbuktu—a literary history of Timbuktu and its stories of communal learning and scholarly traditions, told with “lively evocation.” books.substack.com/p/review-rol... @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Review: Roland Allen on the Libraries of Timbuktu

How a polyglot destination for thirsty long-distance trade caravans became a centuries-old sanctuary for books

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The Walters Art Museum seeks a new James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art, who will oversee a collection of over 3,000 works of European art from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The deadline for applications is 31 August: www.codart.nl/careers/job-...

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James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art - CODART

The Walters Art Museum is among America’s most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. Located in Baltimore’s Mount...

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“When everything’s great, nobody really thinks about where their food comes from,” she said. “Then when there’s a problem, they realize they’d rather buy their food from a farmer they know and trust.” (Wall Street Journal gift article) www.wsj.com/business/ret...

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America’s Lettuce Crisis Has Shoppers Ditching Supermarkets for Farmers Markets

Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis are pushing more shoppers to their local farmers markets.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"With his last Ph.D. students graduating, this was a natural moment for Tsimerman to make a move of his own. He isn’t sure how long he’ll be at OpenAI, when he’ll teach classes again—or the next time he’ll get to wear his tux." (Wall Street Journal gift article) www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

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The Math Superstar Who’s Terrified of AI—and Just Took a Job at OpenAI

Jacob Tsimerman won the biggest prize in math. Now he’s working on the most important problem of his career.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"The fee would be attached to a program called optional practical training, or OPT, which allows international university graduates to work for one to three years on their student visas. There were roughly 419,000 foreigners working on OPT in 2024" (WSJ gift article) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Unlike some of Nolan’s other films, The Odyssey is not boring, thanks to the source material, which is impossible to mess up entirely. It’s a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display – and with about the same level of narrative and emotional depth."

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Elisa @elisaelisa.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Penelope angfressen (Elfriede Gerstl) #dieodyssee #theodyssey

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Odysseus da arsch-wannst net bald hamkommst kannst di aber echt brausen i woat do wira Trottel du schurrlst über die Meere
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lang schau i nimmer zua s stehn eh welche auf mi spü di net
wann i an in der hapfn hab
wanst kummst
bist oba söba schuit
mir imponierst ned
mit deiner Odyssee
du Erfinder der Oropax

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Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Free ABAA Zoom webinar on arsenic books July 29th 📜 www.abaa.org/articles/his...

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"the models found a vulnerability that allowed them to escape the sandbox and connect to the internet. Then they targeted Hugging Face because they inferred that the library […] could hold clues about how to successfully pass the evaluation." New York Times gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t...

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OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library (Gift Article)

The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

“One probable outcome [...] is full AI communism, which is precisely what China proposes: rather than a market product, AI is a ‘public good’ which will ultimately be provided by the state as a kind of ‘digital public infrastructure” (Wall Street Journal gift article) www.wsj.com/tech/ai/top-...

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Top American AI Execs Sound Alarm on Chinese Models

The White House is divided on how to respond to recent advances in Chinese AI and has weighed crackdown measures.

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BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France @labnf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

La Réserve des livres rares de la Bibliothèque nationale de France organise du 26 au 28 octobre 2026 la quatrième édition de son École d’automne du livre imprimé. Elle est pensée pour les étudiants en master ou en début de thèse, pour vous inscrire : www.bnf.fr/fr/actualite...

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Quatrième édition de l’École d’automne du livre imprimé du 26 au 28 octobre 2026

BnF - Site institutionnel

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It remains a perpetual source of amazement to me how many of my colleagues in US history don't read foreign languages. We don't even require our US history PhDs to show proficiency in a non-English language anymore.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

How do we calculate loss of written works? A depressing but important new study notes that "the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time." 📜🖋️

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Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A new study estimates 60% of medieval texts and over 95% of manuscripts were lost through centuries of copying and destruction.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Prize Papers team, led by Dr. Amanda Bevan at the UK National Archives, has been finding so many historical treasures and discoveries. Here, a rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence —captured by a British warship from an American privateer off the Coast of Spain in 1776–

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Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"I will try to gather a number of ladies armed with spining wheels, & attended by dying swains, who shall all learn to weave & keep sheep, and will retire beyond the reach of arbitrary power cloathed with the work of our hands, & feeding on what the country affords": www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/n...

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Her Letter Is a Window Into the Dawn of the American Revolution

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy birthday PP Rubens! (Next year will be the 450th.)

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ceej @ceej.online · 28/06/2026

For fifty years, fans, critics, and scholars have debated the meaning of the Eagles’ acclaimed 1976 recording “Hotel California.” Our new paper uses advanced AI analysis to finally reveal the hidden truth: it’s about what if there was a spooky hotel

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"The sexuality collection is the latest donation by Charles E. Rosenberg, 89, an emeritus professor of the history of science at Harvard University, who has already bequeathed the library some 15,000 books on the social aspects of medicine." (New York Times gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/a...

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Rare Books on Sex Have Spiced Things Up at a Library Franklin Founded

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Nina Lamal @ninalamal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

An important thread on how the canonisation of great and learned men continues to marginalise the contributions of women to scholarship and knowledge

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Volker Schröder @marphurius.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

“No generation in American history has ever been so self-conscious about the moral and social values necessary for public leadership.” (New York Times gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/b...

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Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92

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