rachel
@stonefruits.bsky.social
she/her, librarian & semi-retired classicist • posting about the roman republic, translation, fandom, and etc • MILF (Man I Love Fruit) • writing at https://deadlanguages.substack.com/
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rachel
@stonefruits.bsky.social
· Feb 14
WHAT IS THE POINT OF LUKEWARM LOVE?
IF I AM NOT DROWNING IN IT I HAVE NO DESIRE FOR IT
deadlanguages.substack.com
new essay in the newsletter today—i've wanted to write about this for a long time, and i'm very glad to finally share it. (un)happy valentine's day!
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
me logging onto social media every day (ad atticum 2.23)
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
me logging onto social media every day (ad atticum 2.23)
repetitive sentiment but i cannot overstate how it is taking literally everything i have in me to write [redacted career-changing work project] while still eyeballs deep in grief
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
repetitive sentiment but i cannot overstate how it is taking literally everything i have in me to write [redacted career-changing work project] while still eyeballs deep in grief
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
i’m only hanging on by two threads right now: animal crossing and the amy poehler podcast
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
i’m only hanging on by two threads right now: animal crossing and the amy poehler podcast
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/24/t...
The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World
The Divine Council at the Beginning of Iliad 4 In my earlier posts on Iliad 4, I emphasized the opening scene, where Zeus toys with the other gods and entertains the idea of ending the conflict, an…
sententiaeantiquae.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/24/t...
one thing about me is that i hate having long nails—it’s a sensory ick. but in a strange mourning ritual i have not cut my nails since b died and they do look really good now
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
one thing about me is that i hate having long nails—it’s a sensory ick. but in a strange mourning ritual i have not cut my nails since b died and they do look really good now
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was already feeling insane from the Trump/Mamdani meeting but I now worry that my brain chemistry will simply never be the same
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
was already feeling insane from the Trump/Mamdani meeting but I now worry that my brain chemistry will simply never be the same
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Zohran Mamdani: (wearing Phantom of the Opera mask) I’m pleased to announce President Trump has made me Prime Minister of the United States
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Zohran Mamdani: (wearing Phantom of the Opera mask) I’m pleased to announce President Trump has made me Prime Minister of the United States
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
on all levels i am haunted (complimentary) by h.d. rankin writing that "cicero's hatred [of clodia] in the pro caelio is not pure and distilled, it still shows by its intensity the attraction that he had once felt, and a horrified fascination"
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
on all levels i am haunted (complimentary) by h.d. rankin writing that "cicero's hatred [of clodia] in the pro caelio is not pure and distilled, it still shows by its intensity the attraction that he had once felt, and a horrified fascination"
one of my favorite ciceroisms is when he says something like "but that particular topic... there's no need to say more about it now" and then he says more about it for three paragraphs
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
one of my favorite ciceroisms is when he says something like "but that particular topic... there's no need to say more about it now" and then he says more about it for three paragraphs
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On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
edmund fitzgerald day is tomorrow but unfortunately i was listening to the gordon lightfoot song while driving b to the vet, unaware of the doomed x-ray i would be seeing in under an hour!! so probably i will never listen to that song again
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
edmund fitzgerald day is tomorrow but unfortunately i was listening to the gordon lightfoot song while driving b to the vet, unaware of the doomed x-ray i would be seeing in under an hour!! so probably i will never listen to that song again
newsletter update for all six of my loyal followers: i have an essay in the works that will almost certainly be completed late december (due to grief brain + work project deadline) and i think 2026 will shift to more of a translation focus w/ a fun little catullus series and (i hope) a cicero series
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
newsletter update for all six of my loyal followers: i have an essay in the works that will almost certainly be completed late december (due to grief brain + work project deadline) and i think 2026 will shift to more of a translation focus w/ a fun little catullus series and (i hope) a cicero series
terrible grief day. my eyes are actually swollen from crying so much 👍
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
terrible grief day. my eyes are actually swollen from crying so much 👍
i am once again asking skincare companies to stop putting hyaluronic acid in everything
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
i am once again asking skincare companies to stop putting hyaluronic acid in everything
i went to a new allergist today for an updated patch test and it was wild... he didn't rush me, he listened to my questions, and he answered all of them thoughtfully & thoroughly. is this real life
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
i went to a new allergist today for an updated patch test and it was wild... he didn't rush me, he listened to my questions, and he answered all of them thoughtfully & thoroughly. is this real life
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HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
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Today's a perfect day to post some beautiful blue glass!
A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.
On display at British Museum.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.
On display at British Museum.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Today's a perfect day to post some beautiful blue glass!
A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.
On display at British Museum.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.
On display at British Museum.
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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b passed away on a tuesday and every tuesday since has been a horrible ramped-up grief day for me. i just finished crying again and angrily thought to myself "why am i doing so badly now when i was doing better yesterday" well, grief comes in waves and also it is tuesday
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
b passed away on a tuesday and every tuesday since has been a horrible ramped-up grief day for me. i just finished crying again and angrily thought to myself "why am i doing so badly now when i was doing better yesterday" well, grief comes in waves and also it is tuesday