Fabian Baumann
@fabianbaumann.bsky.social
Historian of Eastern and East Central Europe, University of Basel. Nationalism and family in late imperial Ukraine; democracy, treason and disloyalty in interwar Czechoslovakia. "Dynasty Divided" out now: https://tinyurl.com/3m6e5f9d
Spanish dishes as Latin American dictators:
Cardinal Juan Domingo Pimientos al Horno, president of Bolivia, 1880-1886.
Diego Judiones de la Granja, de facto ruler of Nicaragua, 1929-1938 and 1943-1967.
Colonel Francisco Cochinillo Asado, head of Paraguay's junta, 1949-1954.
Cardinal Juan Domingo Pimientos al Horno, president of Bolivia, 1880-1886.
Diego Judiones de la Granja, de facto ruler of Nicaragua, 1929-1938 and 1943-1967.
Colonel Francisco Cochinillo Asado, head of Paraguay's junta, 1949-1954.
September 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Spanish dishes as Latin American dictators:
Cardinal Juan Domingo Pimientos al Horno, president of Bolivia, 1880-1886.
Diego Judiones de la Granja, de facto ruler of Nicaragua, 1929-1938 and 1943-1967.
Colonel Francisco Cochinillo Asado, head of Paraguay's junta, 1949-1954.
Cardinal Juan Domingo Pimientos al Horno, president of Bolivia, 1880-1886.
Diego Judiones de la Granja, de facto ruler of Nicaragua, 1929-1938 and 1943-1967.
Colonel Francisco Cochinillo Asado, head of Paraguay's junta, 1949-1954.
Die Menge an rechtem Propagandamüll, die dieser Tage in meinem Briefkasten landet, zeigt einmal mehr eindrücklich, dass die SVP die Partei der Geldsäcke ist.
September 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Die Menge an rechtem Propagandamüll, die dieser Tage in meinem Briefkasten landet, zeigt einmal mehr eindrücklich, dass die SVP die Partei der Geldsäcke ist.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by going through two-factor authentification to access VPN to read their e-mails about how the university IT services have established a new process to protect their security.
September 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by going through two-factor authentification to access VPN to read their e-mails about how the university IT services have established a new process to protect their security.
Spanish food in one image.
September 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Spanish food in one image.
Grading papers 2020: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... 🙄🙄🙄"
Grading papers 2026: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... Aww, they wrote it all by themselves!"
Grading papers 2026: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... Aww, they wrote it all by themselves!"
August 27, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Grading papers 2020: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... 🙄🙄🙄"
Grading papers 2026: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... Aww, they wrote it all by themselves!"
Grading papers 2026: "Another wrong comma, another typo, another awkward sentence... Aww, they wrote it all by themselves!"
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Everyday I wonder how things can get stupider and everyday I am informed how, against my will.
August 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Everyday I wonder how things can get stupider and everyday I am informed how, against my will.
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Ich lese ein Buch über konservative Intellektuelle und es ist immer das gleiche: erst unglaubliche abstrakt und hohe Flughöhe der Referenzen (Platon, Lincoln, Ancients and Moderns), dann drei Seiten später die Landung: Zum Thema Homosexualität/Rassismus/Feminismus hatte er folgendes zu sagen...
August 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Ich lese ein Buch über konservative Intellektuelle und es ist immer das gleiche: erst unglaubliche abstrakt und hohe Flughöhe der Referenzen (Platon, Lincoln, Ancients and Moderns), dann drei Seiten später die Landung: Zum Thema Homosexualität/Rassismus/Feminismus hatte er folgendes zu sagen...
My one open question about the tragic story around Arday is: How could Nathan Cofnas, whose entire work revolves around nineteenth-century style biological racism, get a postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University?
August 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM
My one open question about the tragic story around Arday is: How could Nathan Cofnas, whose entire work revolves around nineteenth-century style biological racism, get a postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University?
Spannendes Interview mit William Risch, der den vielen Mythen um den Euromaidan mit einer nüchternen Analyse begegnet:
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
»Die Bevölkerung sprach endlich für sich selbst«
Paul Simon: Euromaidan-Bewegung in der Ukraine
jungle.world
August 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Spannendes Interview mit William Risch, der den vielen Mythen um den Euromaidan mit einer nüchternen Analyse begegnet:
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
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The strangest thing about this week's academic cause célèbre is the impression it gives that we're still in 2021. In case some haven't noticed, rather more existential challenges to higher ed have emerged since. Would be good to focus on those.
August 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The strangest thing about this week's academic cause célèbre is the impression it gives that we're still in 2021. In case some haven't noticed, rather more existential challenges to higher ed have emerged since. Would be good to focus on those.
Die Identitätspolitik an den Unis treibt immer seltsamere Blüten 😡
August 12, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Die Identitätspolitik an den Unis treibt immer seltsamere Blüten 😡
Harper is probably right that a lot of hypocrisy around DEI was going on in US institutions. But it's beyond me how he can write that identity politics are an instrument of neoliberalism while denying that articles like his are an instrument for the far-right attack on US universities.
“Arguments made against DEI and quote unquote woke practices by left-wing authors can be mobilized and broadcasted by actors that are against left-wing interests” is… uh… clearly an actual argument? And a defensible position?
August 12, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Harper is probably right that a lot of hypocrisy around DEI was going on in US institutions. But it's beyond me how he can write that identity politics are an instrument of neoliberalism while denying that articles like his are an instrument for the far-right attack on US universities.
Trotz allem immer noch bemerkenswert, dass eine einstige linke Galionsfigur nun offen damit wirbt, dass sie den Rechtsextremen den Weg an die Macht ebnen wird.
August 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Trotz allem immer noch bemerkenswert, dass eine einstige linke Galionsfigur nun offen damit wirbt, dass sie den Rechtsextremen den Weg an die Macht ebnen wird.
I absolutely hate the new Outlook for Mac that Microsoft is forcing me to adopt, but I am relieved to see that at least they have not removed any of the familiar bugs that have been around for decades.
August 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I absolutely hate the new Outlook for Mac that Microsoft is forcing me to adopt, but I am relieved to see that at least they have not removed any of the familiar bugs that have been around for decades.
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The past few years have been an explicit test of two theories of how to win back AfD voters: first, the CDU just needed to pivot to the hard right under Merz and second that the Linke as a party was too woke and needed to turn to workerist anti-migrant nationalism via BSW. Both failed.
The latest poll for Saxony-Anhalt has the far-right at 41%. If some of the smaller parties (SPD, Greens, BSW) don't clear the threshold to enter parliament, the far-right may gain an absolute majority in September.
August 4, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The past few years have been an explicit test of two theories of how to win back AfD voters: first, the CDU just needed to pivot to the hard right under Merz and second that the Linke as a party was too woke and needed to turn to workerist anti-migrant nationalism via BSW. Both failed.
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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset"
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
July 18, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset"
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Characters who let the baby escape, only to face him years later as a fully grown threat
July 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Characters who let the baby escape, only to face him years later as a fully grown threat
Of course the NYT is even bothsiding fucking FIFA.
The lineup for the inaugural halftime show at a World Cup final could not be much fuller, with Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS among the performers. Some soccer purists say the show is an example of FIFA catering to corporate interests.
It’s a Crowded and Contested World Cup Halftime Show
Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira, BTS and more will perform in a new tournament festivity. Soccer purists aren’t singing praises.
nyti.ms
July 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Of course the NYT is even bothsiding fucking FIFA.
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And the German ministry of the interior is sending a representative to partake in this absolute farce. Shame. Shame.
July 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
And the German ministry of the interior is sending a representative to partake in this absolute farce. Shame. Shame.
Lindsey Graham was not the most evil of the Republicans, but the perfect embodiment of the spinelessness and opportunism that often hides behind so-called conservative values. He was an enabler of the worst sort.
July 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Lindsey Graham was not the most evil of the Republicans, but the perfect embodiment of the spinelessness and opportunism that often hides behind so-called conservative values. He was an enabler of the worst sort.
July 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Me too!
Don't know about you but I've been enjoying everything about this man
July 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Me too!
Die Weltwoche verbreitet aktuell unkritische Interviews mit Kreml-Sprecher Peskow und Kreml-Propagandistin Simonjan, zudem Köppels eigenen Quatsch direkt aus Moskau. Das ist ungefilterte Propaganda eines feindlichen autoritären Regimes – und das von einem Mitglied der Schweizer Regierungspartei SVP.
July 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Die Weltwoche verbreitet aktuell unkritische Interviews mit Kreml-Sprecher Peskow und Kreml-Propagandistin Simonjan, zudem Köppels eigenen Quatsch direkt aus Moskau. Das ist ungefilterte Propaganda eines feindlichen autoritären Regimes – und das von einem Mitglied der Schweizer Regierungspartei SVP.
Jetzt, wo ich Deutschland bald verlasse, kann ich es ja sagen: Die Verspätungen der Deutschen Bahn sind vollkommen akzeptabel im Vergleich zur miserablen mobilen Internet in Deutschland.
July 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Jetzt, wo ich Deutschland bald verlasse, kann ich es ja sagen: Die Verspätungen der Deutschen Bahn sind vollkommen akzeptabel im Vergleich zur miserablen mobilen Internet in Deutschland.
Ich musste erst an einer deutschen Uni arbeiten, um zu erfahren, dass Deutsche [mɔdʊs] und nicht [mo:dʊs] sagen.
July 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Ich musste erst an einer deutschen Uni arbeiten, um zu erfahren, dass Deutsche [mɔdʊs] und nicht [mo:dʊs] sagen.