Tom "Darth Tullius" Elliott
@paregorios.bsky.social
Roman Historian and Human Digitalist. Works for NYU's https://isaw.nyu.edu, but lives near Huntsville, Alabama. Editor/PI of the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (https://pleiades.stoa.org).
Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
FWIW this could also be the result of societal eroding confidence in institutions, processes, and tools (esp. software) as a result of {waves hands in all directions with an energy possibly tinged with exasperation}
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
FWIW this could also be the result of societal eroding confidence in institutions, processes, and tools (esp. software) as a result of {waves hands in all directions with an energy possibly tinged with exasperation}
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Happy birthday, Frederick Douglass! @douglassday.bsky.social celebrations start at 11 pm CT / 12 pm ET in the History Department here at Iowa. Come on over! douglassday.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Happy birthday, Frederick Douglass! @douglassday.bsky.social celebrations start at 11 pm CT / 12 pm ET in the History Department here at Iowa. Come on over! douglassday.org
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Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
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This was a chilling, scary read. "...the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America...The agency also points to an executive order...and one titled Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again." First the NEH and now the IMLS.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This was a chilling, scary read. "...the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America...The agency also points to an executive order...and one titled Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again." First the NEH and now the IMLS.
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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Let's be very clear here - this isn't "sorting by ID cards" or whatever; it's sorting by color of skin and appearance.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Let's be very clear here - this isn't "sorting by ID cards" or whatever; it's sorting by color of skin and appearance.
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The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is looking to strengthen and extend the networks and scholarly expertise available to the journal by establishing an Emerging Editors Board. Read about it here: academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...
Call for Emerging Editors Board Members
Closing date for expressions of interest: 2 March 2026
academic.oup.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is looking to strengthen and extend the networks and scholarly expertise available to the journal by establishing an Emerging Editors Board. Read about it here: academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...
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The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
Contact Your MOC
social.demcast.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
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Members of Congress reviewing the Epstein files appear to have been surveilled by DOJ. @jayapal.house.gov learned about it shortly before we spoke last night & explains what’s happening here. joycevance.substack.com/p/my-convers...
My Conversation with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Pam Bondi's Oversight Hearing and the Epstein Survivors
joycevance.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Members of Congress reviewing the Epstein files appear to have been surveilled by DOJ. @jayapal.house.gov learned about it shortly before we spoke last night & explains what’s happening here. joycevance.substack.com/p/my-convers...
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Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
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For all the evil that gets done legislatively and judicially, there’s something to be said about the complicity of regular people who are all too willing to be “overly cautious.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
For all the evil that gets done legislatively and judicially, there’s something to be said about the complicity of regular people who are all too willing to be “overly cautious.”
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I just published v0.1.0 of tiny.iiif 🚀 - the first official release of my new IIIF server!
• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package
Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...
• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package
Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I just published v0.1.0 of tiny.iiif 🚀 - the first official release of my new IIIF server!
• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package
Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...
• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package
Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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Harrowing thread by an immigration attorney describing DHS’s cruelty and contempt for the law
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Harrowing thread by an immigration attorney describing DHS’s cruelty and contempt for the law
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
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New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly g...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
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Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
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🧪🦣 Intriguing paper introducing new Guattari /Circeo fossils: highlights their variability, with some #Neanderthal presence, but others that look different... poss evidence for multiple hominin species in post MIS 7 Europe, + suggestion for East ➡️ West dispersal (and why not?)
www.mdpi.com/3698490
www.mdpi.com/3698490
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🧪🦣 Intriguing paper introducing new Guattari /Circeo fossils: highlights their variability, with some #Neanderthal presence, but others that look different... poss evidence for multiple hominin species in post MIS 7 Europe, + suggestion for East ➡️ West dispersal (and why not?)
www.mdpi.com/3698490
www.mdpi.com/3698490
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She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
The question for Baghdad Bondi was, how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators and pedophiles have you indicted or investigated?
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I have been recommending people who have a little internal grant or research funds and want to do a DH project with a team to back it up, rather than vibe coding, to use Performant. I've known those guys for over 2 decades now and they're legit.
Remember, there was drone footage that corroborated testimony about the children's protest at Dilley. The regime doesn't want a repeat: more video showing resistance. Or worse.
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Remember, there was drone footage that corroborated testimony about the children's protest at Dilley. The regime doesn't want a repeat: more video showing resistance. Or worse.