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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 54m

The baseball gods are punishing me for my hubris. I'm either going to be wrong or the Dodgers are going to win (which is obviously much worse).

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Aug 4

Five teams are capable of winning the 2025 World Series. In order:

Dodgers
Padres
Phillies
Tigers
Mets

That's it. The rest are out.

[percent chance I come to eat this post in humiliating fashion: 62%]

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Reposted by Carlos Noreña

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 13h

📢 New SCS Blog Post

Amy Norgard and Joshua Nudell -- in the first part of a two-part series -- explore the deep roots of our thinking about the nature of human relationships with artifical companions, stretching from Hollywood to Ovid and back again.

Great reflections on classical reception here!

SCS Blog: Part 1 of 2: Pygmalion in the Age of AI Companions | Society for Classical Studies

www.classicalstudies.org

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 13h

📢 New SCS Blog Post

Amy Norgard and Joshua Nudell -- in the first part of a two-part series -- explore the deep roots of our thinking about the nature of human relationships with artifical companions, stretching from Hollywood to Ovid and back again.

Great reflections on classical reception here!

SCS Blog: Part 1 of 2: Pygmalion in the Age of AI Companions | Society for Classical Studies

www.classicalstudies.org

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

All in good fun!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

I only needed 10 minutes, Dr. D.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

That's a great question! I've never bothered to check!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

I like the little green and red ones. I only ever read the left-hand side, though. Just FYI.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

And to you, fellow Libra!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

🎈 Fifty-five! 🎈

Announcing some new policies, beginning today:

• driving: never above 50 MPH
• dinner: never after 5:30 PM
• my lawn: get off of it

😂

Middle-aged white man in grey coat and black tie, wearing tortoise shell glasses, seated in front of bookshelves.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

But today, on my way to work, I caught a green light that I catch once a decade or so. For a moment -- fleeting, it's true -- the vibes were IMMACULATE.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 1d

I have applied my patented "number-of-lies-detected" machine to this post and can now report the results:

Zero.

Zero lies detected.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

Annie Abrams Adventures in Academic Aptitudes

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

👏

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

No philosopher of the French Enlightenment was more interested in tobiko than Denis Dideroe.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

Much better than mine!

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

This might belong to the top-10 dumbest things I've ever posted. If it gets double-digit likes, then you guys are an EASY CROWD.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending the principle of *lectio difficilior*?

TRUMP: Hannibal Lector?

Q: *Lectio difficilior*.

TRUMP: I don't know. I rather leave that to Kristi.

NOEM:

NOEM:

NOEM: Um, no, sir, I haven't been part of any discussions on textual criticism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

"As part of its decade-long investigation, the Harvard Corporation conducted oral interviews with several local experts and luminaries, including @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social."

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful cat!

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