Dr. Fade
@fade.bsky.social
Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
Updated my parsing menus for all my Latin sections, so I'm once again spending quality time with the single sheet laminator. I love it so much.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Updated my parsing menus for all my Latin sections, so I'm once again spending quality time with the single sheet laminator. I love it so much.
I stare nostalgically into the distance, remembering hours spent after school at the house of two friends, swapping off who was at the keyboard based on who was best at a given minigame. (In ship to ship combat it was definitely not me.)
Sid Meier's Pirates game was different, because you had a dance off. But it was delightful.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I stare nostalgically into the distance, remembering hours spent after school at the house of two friends, swapping off who was at the keyboard based on who was best at a given minigame. (In ship to ship combat it was definitely not me.)
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Some random dude once responded to a fun archaeology discovery tweet of mine with "Did you know that archaeologists now use satellite images and LIDAR to find ruins?" I replied "Yes I know I wrote the textbook". Truly GOATed days, they will never return.
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Some random dude once responded to a fun archaeology discovery tweet of mine with "Did you know that archaeologists now use satellite images and LIDAR to find ruins?" I replied "Yes I know I wrote the textbook". Truly GOATed days, they will never return.
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I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
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This feels profession-skewed? Like I can see law firm clients being the group least cool with discussing stuff over a Zoom or other tech product vs in person
Law firms now make up more than a tenth of all leasing activity for U.S. office space, doubling their share since the pandemic as other sectors have pulled back, according to newly released data from brokerage Savills reut.rs/3KaTfeS
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This feels profession-skewed? Like I can see law firm clients being the group least cool with discussing stuff over a Zoom or other tech product vs in person
Har a lovely little conversation with a woman at the bus stop this morning, and then passed her walker ("I call it my headache") up to her over the three bus steps. (The smaller buses have wheelchair lifts on the side, but not simple ramps.) She's ringing a bell to earn money for a bill.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Har a lovely little conversation with a woman at the bus stop this morning, and then passed her walker ("I call it my headache") up to her over the three bus steps. (The smaller buses have wheelchair lifts on the side, but not simple ramps.) She's ringing a bell to earn money for a bill.
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I’d like an empanada Christmas or Thanksgiving. Just empanadas.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’d like an empanada Christmas or Thanksgiving. Just empanadas.
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PILGRIM: We came here on the Mayflower. It has nothing to do with the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.
(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)
PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?
INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.
(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)
PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?
INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
How Someone Who Didn’t Pay Much Attention in Class But Learned Just Enough to Pass Exams Imagines the First Thanksgiving
PILGRIM: Happy First Thanksgiving. Thank you for having us to your tepee. INDIAN: How! (The INDIAN holds his hand in the air with his palm facing o...
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
PILGRIM: We came here on the Mayflower. It has nothing to do with the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.
(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)
PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?
INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
INDIAN: We are having a powwow; it is like a meeting.
(PILGRIM takes a bite of food.)
PILGRIM: This is good. What is it?
INDIAN: That is corn. It is also called maize.
oh fuck
After the sudden end to asylum protections, some of the Karen community risk being sent back to a country ruled by a military dictatorship.
Trump administration ends protections for Myanmar refugees, affecting Minnesota’s Karen residents
After the sudden end to asylum protections, some of the Karen community risk being sent back to a country ruled by a military dictatorship.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
oh fuck
I went as a grad student, and not only did I leave with a vastly new appreciation for Etruscan water management systems (and hate for Mussolini), it was a great way to interact with other classicists at all levels and directions in their careers. Highly recommended if you can swing it.
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I went as a grad student, and not only did I leave with a vastly new appreciation for Etruscan water management systems (and hate for Mussolini), it was a great way to interact with other classicists at all levels and directions in their careers. Highly recommended if you can swing it.
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My I Am Not Enron T shirt is raising a lot of questions about whether I am Enron
Nvidia refuted accounting questions in a memo to analysts, saying "Unlike Enron, NVIDIA does not use Special Purpose Entities to hide debt and inflate revenue" (Tae Kim/Barron's Online)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My I Am Not Enron T shirt is raising a lot of questions about whether I am Enron
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I'm late to the Witchmark by CL Polk party, but it turns out there's no wrong time to read a good book.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I'm late to the Witchmark by CL Polk party, but it turns out there's no wrong time to read a good book.
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The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
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No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
Winter! Storm! Warning!!!!
I'm so excited. Is the season finally arriving???
I'm so excited. Is the season finally arriving???
🚨🚨🚨 Winter Storm Warning issued November 25 at 2:41AM CST until November 26 at 9:00AM CST by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 🚨🚨🚨
Additional Details Here.
(1/4)
Additional Details Here.
(1/4)
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Winter! Storm! Warning!!!!
I'm so excited. Is the season finally arriving???
I'm so excited. Is the season finally arriving???
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In an ideal world i would absolutely support AD, but our world is not there yet.
Nothing has radicalised me more on this issue than listening to Disabled Canadians recounting their experiences
Nothing has radicalised me more on this issue than listening to Disabled Canadians recounting their experiences
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In an ideal world i would absolutely support AD, but our world is not there yet.
Nothing has radicalised me more on this issue than listening to Disabled Canadians recounting their experiences
Nothing has radicalised me more on this issue than listening to Disabled Canadians recounting their experiences
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me (the third guy to try this shit on john wick): haha skill issue
Seeing dudes try to step to the menswear guy makes me understand better the mentality of the regular Street Punks who keep hassling Kiryu in Act 3 of every Yakuza game when hes got all the abilities unlocked
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
me (the third guy to try this shit on john wick): haha skill issue
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
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I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
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Cool Penguin Facts
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Cool Penguin Facts
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
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So, so, SO many of these "think of the children" laws specify a long list of terrible content no kid should ever be exposed to! And then write the laws such that providing help for that content qualifies.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So, so, SO many of these "think of the children" laws specify a long list of terrible content no kid should ever be exposed to! And then write the laws such that providing help for that content qualifies.
I spent three hours in a presentation/discussion on contemporary neuroscience about executive function plus its relevance to our pedagogy, and now I am (ironically?) all out of executive function myself.
Some fun examples from LotR movies. "Here, Gandalf uses metacognition and impulse control."
Some fun examples from LotR movies. "Here, Gandalf uses metacognition and impulse control."
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I spent three hours in a presentation/discussion on contemporary neuroscience about executive function plus its relevance to our pedagogy, and now I am (ironically?) all out of executive function myself.
Some fun examples from LotR movies. "Here, Gandalf uses metacognition and impulse control."
Some fun examples from LotR movies. "Here, Gandalf uses metacognition and impulse control."
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The fun of being a professional suspicious bastard is you learn a lot of tactics to antagonize people recreationally as well, heh
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The fun of being a professional suspicious bastard is you learn a lot of tactics to antagonize people recreationally as well, heh
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this is what I do for fun. automatically 'detecting' ascending tricolons using dodgy syntactic parsing...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
this is what I do for fun. automatically 'detecting' ascending tricolons using dodgy syntactic parsing...