Karin Sennefelt

A blue poster with an outline of a human, set over the section of Systema Naturae describing Primates. The text reads "Homo sapiens: Classifying the human animal. Unpacking the origins of Linnaeus' classification of human beings. Free Exhibition, 12:00-16:00 Tues-Fri. Opens 17 March 2026. The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BF. www.linnean.org"

Our new exhibition, Homo Sapiens, opens next week, and we're launching it with a panel discussion with our Curatorial Board on 19 March.

Join us to get an insight into the exhibition, which explores Linnaeus’ classification of humans and its legacies.

Tickets at buff.ly/LA4tBB0

Yesterday morning a meeting on how to tackle AI on undergrad level. In the afternoon, meeting about how to tackle AI doctoral level. After that a student sent me a clearly AI generated text. This morning I’m f*****g mad.
#skystorians

Man måste förstå att det är mycket värre för honom än om någon av oss andra dödliga råkade ut för samma sak.

Det är en del i serien ”Så känns det för Alex Schulman”. Förra veckan fyllde hustrun diskmaskinen på fel sätt. Nästa vecka får vi en inblick i hans lidande när han får ett gruskorn i skon.

Allt mindre lärarledd undervisning på lärarutbildningen – "produktivitetsavdraget" funkar inte! YouTube video by Tankesmedjan Balans

Statlig verksamhet måste spara 1-2 procent varje år! "Produktivitetsavdrag" kallas det, ungefär samma som "effektiviseringskrav" i kommunala budgetar. Sakta men säkert försämras förutsättningarna för tex universiteten. Halvering av lärarledd undervisning sedan 1997!
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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Överlevnadskurs för 1600-talet | Fredrik Sjöberg 1600-talets svenskar levde med krig, kyla och kosmiska förklaringar till allt från blixtnedslag till dålig aptit. Men under ytan var de förbluffande lika oss, visar Karin Sennefelt i en levande skildr...

Idag Under strecket, tips om hur man överlever 1600-talet. Men fråga mig inte om idag…

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Trump's speech shows that not only was this attack planned long before the negotiations started but that the aim and scope is maximalist: Regime change. For such "project" the target list is vastly longer than for a further destruction of the nuclear programme. 1/n

more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed

Wow.

Promoting a non-academic book recently has been great fun - apart from the emails from elderly men who ”also work on the 17th century” and expect me to take interest. No women, just old guys.
#earlymodern #skystorians

I fönstret på Söderbokhandeln 😀

Bra jobbat Hannes!

Coming up tomorrow on the new podcast episode of #HoPWaG, we look at Arnauld and Jansenism, and why this intense religious movement is associated with Cartesianism.

Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog

Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies.

@kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu

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Firefox Will Let Users Block All AI Features Mozilla is giving Firefox users a master switch to opt out of generative AI. The browser’s upcoming AI Controls will let you block every current and

Attention Firefox users!

Starting with the next rollout, Firefox is adding a "disable all generative AI features" button.
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Very cold weather in Antwerp but the skating is good & we've got a fire going on the bank for the non-skaters. By Lucas van Valckenborch, d. OTD 1597.

Livet enligt 1600-talet För svenskarna som levde för omkring 400 år sedan, på stormaktstiden, var synen på tillvaron radikalt annorlunda mot idag.

Den handlar om kroppen, naturen, samhällsordningen, den personliga identiteten och världen, dvs allt viktigt. www.nok.se/titlar/a7/ta...

Boksamtal & boksläpp om Livet enligt 1600-talet Måndagen 16 februari kl.17.00 – 19.00 Boksamtal och boksläpp VET DIN PLATS. Men du har olika platser i olika hierarkier. KLEMA INTE MED DIN KROPP. Men du måste sköta den för själens skull. NATUREN RÅD...

Kom på boksläpp, vetja! Den 16/2 är jag på Gamla stans bokhandel för att prata om Livet enligt 1600-talet.

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Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

Nu hörrni, alla ni som har olika ursäkter för att vara kvar på fb, nu är det dags att säga adjö. Messa era kompisar och gå ut och ta en öl istället och gläds tillsammans åt att ni inte hjälper deportörer och mördare.
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Board of Peace - Season 1

Thanks. Listening to Newsom I was wondering whether perhaps Congress might get their thumbs out of their asses, as we say in Europe.

#histmed #history

A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“

A joke for the history buffs:

Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.

Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.

Source: dr.dk

Ah, the rationalist archivist at work! Here in the register of letters from the county governor of Turku to the King in 1688 the contents of one letter does not need to be recorded becuse it is ”nonsense” (trams). So of course I will be ordering this letter.
#earlymodern #skystorians

1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.

What a magnificent book. Just recently finished @matthewcobb.bsky.social's The Idea of the Brain which is a wonderful history of neuroscience.

I'll be straight, it's not gripping, it goes into too much detail but it is deeply enjoyable and absolutely epic in scope.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.