Tom 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/
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Happy birthday to 2 ancient Greek mathematicians: Vettius Valens (1906 yrs old today) and Proclus Diadochus (1614 today). Valens was an astronomer and working astrologer, born #onthisday 120 CE. Proclus a Neoplatonist philosopher born 412 CE. Both super important to understanding of ancient thought.
February 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Happy birthday to 2 ancient Greek mathematicians: Vettius Valens (1906 yrs old today) and Proclus Diadochus (1614 today). Valens was an astronomer and working astrologer, born #onthisday 120 CE. Proclus a Neoplatonist philosopher born 412 CE. Both super important to understanding of ancient thought.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
Reposted by Tom Elliott
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Please nominate anything you want to get attention!
Call for nominations also available in Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish on the website.
Call for nominations also available in Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish on the website.
Don't forget to nominate any #DH resources for DH Awards 2025 so they get on the ballot!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Please nominate anything you want to get attention!
Call for nominations also available in Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish on the website.
Call for nominations also available in Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish on the website.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Breaking NBC:
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein starting Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ's plans.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein starting Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ's plans.
February 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Breaking NBC:
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein starting Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ's plans.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein starting Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ's plans.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Three thoughts.
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Three thoughts.
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Just want to say, I see all the comments saying it’s a sign of his senility or mental decline. You could be right but I have a thing about linking racism to mental acuity. Not sure it needs to be, most of the time, and I don’t like the idea of racism as deviant, for a lot of reasons.
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Just want to say, I see all the comments saying it’s a sign of his senility or mental decline. You could be right but I have a thing about linking racism to mental acuity. Not sure it needs to be, most of the time, and I don’t like the idea of racism as deviant, for a lot of reasons.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
A group of students chained themselves outside Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday. The protesters are calling for university President Rebecca Cunningham to declare the U a sanctuary campus.
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A group of students chained themselves outside Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday. The protesters are calling for university President Rebecca Cunningham to declare the U a sanctuary campus.
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
🎥: Aaron Lavinsky
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Don't forget to nominate any #DH resources for DH Awards 2025 so they get on the ballot!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Don't forget to nominate any #DH resources for DH Awards 2025 so they get on the ballot!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
Deadline coming up soon!
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
The current distribution of votes per category is a tad uneven and you can probably guess which categories are which!
Reposted by Tom Elliott
This would be a better investment than all of the AI silliness. The SUNY building where I work has no hot water and no ventilation other than ancient windows. www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
No heat, leaking pipes, old roofs: SUNY chancellor says $10B in repairs needed
SUNY’s campuses desperately need repairs. There's a $10 billion backlog in “critical maintenance” projects, Chancellor John King Jr. said.
www.timesunion.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This would be a better investment than all of the AI silliness. The SUNY building where I work has no hot water and no ventilation other than ancient windows. www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
Reposted by Tom Elliott
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Program announced & RSVPs open for the LatinCy Developers/Users Meeting on Feb. 27, 2026, a remote event via @isawlibrary.bsky.social
Registration link at diyclassics.github.io/latincy2026/ #digiclass #nlproc
Registration link at diyclassics.github.io/latincy2026/ #digiclass #nlproc
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Program announced & RSVPs open for the LatinCy Developers/Users Meeting on Feb. 27, 2026, a remote event via @isawlibrary.bsky.social
Registration link at diyclassics.github.io/latincy2026/ #digiclass #nlproc
Registration link at diyclassics.github.io/latincy2026/ #digiclass #nlproc
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Impeach! Abolish! Remove!
Rally with us to support our community delegates as they visit Dale Strong‘s office to demand impeachment and defunding of ice. Wear your best funeral attire as we mourn the loss of justice and liberty. February 17 4 - 5:30 PM.
Rally with us to support our community delegates as they visit Dale Strong‘s office to demand impeachment and defunding of ice. Wear your best funeral attire as we mourn the loss of justice and liberty. February 17 4 - 5:30 PM.
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Impeach! Abolish! Remove!
Rally with us to support our community delegates as they visit Dale Strong‘s office to demand impeachment and defunding of ice. Wear your best funeral attire as we mourn the loss of justice and liberty. February 17 4 - 5:30 PM.
Rally with us to support our community delegates as they visit Dale Strong‘s office to demand impeachment and defunding of ice. Wear your best funeral attire as we mourn the loss of justice and liberty. February 17 4 - 5:30 PM.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Down in the bowels of the Jeffrey Epstein files, there are some interesting art transactions, and not just those of Leon Black and Lauder.
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Down in the bowels of the Jeffrey Epstein files, there are some interesting art transactions, and not just those of Leon Black and Lauder.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
We will always use our rights. Join us tomorrow, February 5, at 8pm ET for a virtual training on how to document ICE abuses in your community.
RSVP today.
RSVP today.
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
We will always use our rights. Join us tomorrow, February 5, at 8pm ET for a virtual training on how to document ICE abuses in your community.
RSVP today.
RSVP today.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
The orange felon says he doesn’t know why Tulsi Moscow Gabbard was at the raid on a Georgia election office and Tulsi says she was ordered by him to be there.
This treasonous diabolical scandal is growing bigger by the day and the American state media have no interest in it.
This treasonous diabolical scandal is growing bigger by the day and the American state media have no interest in it.
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The orange felon says he doesn’t know why Tulsi Moscow Gabbard was at the raid on a Georgia election office and Tulsi says she was ordered by him to be there.
This treasonous diabolical scandal is growing bigger by the day and the American state media have no interest in it.
This treasonous diabolical scandal is growing bigger by the day and the American state media have no interest in it.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
Reposted by Tom Elliott
NEW: Senator Ed Markey just introduced a critical bill that would ban ICE and CBP from buying or using facial recognition technology to go after our communities.
Congress must pass the ICE Out of My Face Act and use their funding power to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
Congress must pass the ICE Out of My Face Act and use their funding power to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
NEW: Senator Ed Markey just introduced a critical bill that would ban ICE and CBP from buying or using facial recognition technology to go after our communities.
Congress must pass the ICE Out of My Face Act and use their funding power to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
Congress must pass the ICE Out of My Face Act and use their funding power to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the proposed level of cooperation between Minnesota county sheriffs and ICE is a violation of state law.
Live: Local leaders demand faster ICE withdrawal from Minnesota
The White House border czar said 700 agents are leaving Minnesota amid negotiations with local officials on a deal for county jails to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the proposed level of cooperation between Minnesota county sheriffs and ICE is a violation of state law.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Children at an ICE family detention facility have been denied clean drinking water, medical care, and legal access. Now they may be exposed to measles.
Toddlers don't belong in detention, and Congress must end funding for these sites of abuse.
Toddlers don't belong in detention, and Congress must end funding for these sites of abuse.
Measles detected at Dilley immigrant family detention center
The cases come amid renewed nationwide scrutiny of the facility following the transfer there of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy who federal agents arrested along with his father in Minneapolis.
www.texastribune.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Children at an ICE family detention facility have been denied clean drinking water, medical care, and legal access. Now they may be exposed to measles.
Toddlers don't belong in detention, and Congress must end funding for these sites of abuse.
Toddlers don't belong in detention, and Congress must end funding for these sites of abuse.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Hearing him loud and clear.
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Hearing him loud and clear.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
Reposted by Tom Elliott
and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
Reposted by Tom Elliott
Some time in the last week there was a thread about a paper describing a natural experiment where a Chilean university reduced the workload in a degree program. I have not been able to find it again. Does anyone know what I'm referring to?
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Some time in the last week there was a thread about a paper describing a natural experiment where a Chilean university reduced the workload in a degree program. I have not been able to find it again. Does anyone know what I'm referring to?