Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 15hheißt das jetzt, daß das mit Emde nicht passieren wird? Das freut mich 100
Reposted by MatthijsCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Preening Owl Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk 1995 025164
Reposted by MatthijsJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you understand that political antisemitism was not just the hatred of the Jew qua Jew, but an entire worldview in which the Jew stands in for border-crossing cosmopolitan ideologies that threaten the nation-state, then you understand why the Israeli right had to reinvent it from first principles. 161002218
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026especially when it's the kind of 'women drive like this' grade stuff 020
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ok but gotta be careful about reasoning motivated by Annoying Online People 010
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Wenn das deutsche Israelfandom nicht mal "aber Hamas!!" hätte, was würden sie überhaupt noch zu sagen wissen? 220
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just heard that my co-promotor and Historical Materialism board member Peter Thomas has died :( Rough week for Marxist theory! 1101
Reposted by MatthijsJoseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No, bombing Yandex has not impacted automated Russian trolling operations in the U.S. 581408485
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026there's nothing special about English in that regard - a language having a bunch of loanwords from all over the place is common. Dutch is no different (and neither is German itself) 020
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026yeah English has a lot of French vocab borrowing but that says nothing about its history or structure - it's solidly a Germanic language 120
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Germans say it looks funny to them too. I think it's some uncanny valley familiarity thing. But I tolerate it better from Germans cause they're not the hegemonic international language and don't act incredibly smug about it 120
Reposted by MatthijsCN Lester 🏳️⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Could you help us spread the word to as many trans arts freelancers as possible? We urgently need an industry response and roadmap following the anti-trans changes made by the EHRC - so grateful that @freelancersmake.bsky.social is working with me to make this happen - please, join us? 02327
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026they either just say "Bürgerinnen" or "Bürger und Bürgerinnen" (the latter I think is more common) 120
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026no and also I don't find it particularly funny when English speakers make fun of my language either 120
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I still don't get why it's hard to say one supports Palestine against settler-imperialism and also Ukraine against territorial imperialism. Seems pretty principled and clear 1374
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026es vermittelt sich eher den Eindruck, bestimmte Gruppen deutsche "Progressiven" halten das für eine bequeme Gedanke, damit sie die Palästinabewegung deligitimieren können (was mit Israel immer strengstens verboten ist, bei Arabischen Menschen aber immer erlaubt) 1120
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Das ist wieder so ein gehirnloses Klischee aus der Antideutschbubble 1100
Reposted by Matthijsabsolute horses @jcoglan.com · 10/10/2026From: The Worshipful Company of Dowsers I hope this email finds your well 0347
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026rarely has there been a greater example of 'let them fight' 010
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Oh damn. One of the very best :( www.medievalists.net/2026/10/chri...medievalists.netChris Wickham, Leading Historian of Medieval Europe, Passes Away - Medievalists.netChris Wickham, one of the most influential historians of medieval Europe, has passed away. His research transformed how scholars understand the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, whi... 2143
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I think the main thing is that US media and media consumption are much more diversified than the British, so even if Mamdani is slandered all day on Fox or whatever, it doesn't matter that much 090
Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thanks Discord, I love it when my Orbs are more easily accessible 1120