Jim Wald

citizenwald.bsky.social

13 December 2024 09:07

Victor Brombert, Scholar With a Secret Army Past, Dies at 101: As a Jewish teen, he fled the Nazis for America — then landed at D-Day & swept across Europe in a unit that gathered intelligence. Its work was hidden for decades www.nytimes.com/2024... Just taught about Ritchie Boys

Jim Wald

citizenwald.bsky.social

06 December 2024 06:20

Step 1: We complain of lack of heat in offices (mine was 51F/11C) Step 2: Physical Plant, working sincerely to fix the boiler, generously offers us space heaters for the interim Step 3: Space heaters blow out wall sockets Step 4: I will hold office hours from home on Zoom

Jim Wald

citizenwald.bsky.social

01 December 2024 08:31

No evidence for such a batty claim. The article makes clear: these are "books that are written by humans." AI--whatever one thinks of it or the firm--is involved only in speeding the prepublication to distribution process But, hey, reading is hard. Maybe get an AI summary of the article next time 🙄

Ari Adir

arigadol.bsky.social

30 November 2024 15:48

Off course, they did. But hateful Palestinian leaders won't admit it.

Jim Wald

citizenwald.bsky.social

24 November 2024 07:51

successful experiment: Ottolenghi Baked Polenta with Feta, Béchamel and Za'atar Tomatoes ottolenghi.co.uk/pag...