9 out of 10 US students -- roughly 50 million children -- attend public schools.

Despite RW efforts to frame their efforts as for parents ("parents' rights," "choice"), efforts to defund, deform. amd debilitate public schools is a broadscale attack on children and future generations.

😆 Well, the real answer is always “if the sense is clear, it doesn’t matter!”

I know where they can get those answers (and much, much more!) 😉 www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...

🎓Call for Papers🎓

A longtime friend of and contributor to the SNLS, Dr Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social, is organising a symposium on “Teaching with Ovid,” with a call for papers open until 16 January 2026!

See the flyer below and follow the link for more information: shorturl.at/RiviU

It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Yusi Liu, Chris Gipson, and Najee Olya, building on the Mountaintop Coalition's panel at the SCS earlier this year. "International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World?" resdifficiles.com/internationa...

two weeks to go until the new term of #SeumasU
I'm feeling excited and enthused about language teaching, which is a great thing!

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“A shutdown falls on the president’s lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak.” – Donald Trump, 2013

Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.

Just rewatched #TNG “Measure of a Man” & listened to accompanying @greatesttrek.com (late to the party I know!) but it has me wondering, why do I love Data but hate the current AI blitz? Then it hit me -cause Data has ethical subroutines. Only an idiot would build an AI without them. Oh wait… 😬

Just rewatched #TNG “Measure of a Man” & listened to accompanying @greatesttrek.com (late to the party I know!) but it has me wondering, why do I love Data but hate the current AI blitz? Then it hit me -cause Data has ethical subroutines. Only an idiot would build an AI without them. Oh wait… 😬

Got my stylish new sweatshirt to rep my first semester teaching for the U!
#SeumasU #APPliny @jeltzz.bsky.social

I am thrilled to share that my article, “Hoc Saxsum: History as Conversation inside the Tomb of the Scipios” is now available on the Journal of Roman Studies website via FirstView. (It’s also open access!)

The firing of Jimmy Kimmel due to government pressure has rightly shaken those committed to free speech. Entertainers have always criticized politicians. The sign of a good politician who values free speech is to let them; only authoritarians take revenge - just ask the Romans./1

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Ezra Klein's claim that Charlie Kirk "practiced politics the right way" is a categorization error in terms of what philosophers of science call "the demarcation problem" between science & pseudoscience. By analogy, Kirk engaged not in debate but pseudo-debate. nilsgilman.substack.com/p/stop-with-...

Expressing Likes and Interests in Classical Latin!!

At LAC, we endeavor to create content that is inclusive, useful, authentic, and fun!!!

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I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

Just watched “Harakiri” (1962) for the first time. Perhaps the perfect film for this moment. From “the cruelty is the point” to the faux “manliness” of those behind it, to the sniveling coverup, it perfectly illustrates how hollow men will cover their emptiness with sham bravery and wonton cruelty.

See the sea, seaside in Side 😉

Yes!!! Love it!

Is that Sisko on the top of that bulletin board??

Children of the Gorn