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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they’ll unfortunately be coming for TT faculty too.

Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 1d

Unless you’re a CL Research person they make it almost impossible to do research as part of one’s job. But of course we’re all doing research to teach and some of us want/try to do research on top of that.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like turkey

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 1d

So we're finally getting to the 'reading' portion of my Reading Greek Prose class, and I need to highlight to my students how 'reading' is different from 'translating' so they don't come to class with written out translations. What tips would you give a student in this situation?

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 1d

I know some units do have 4/4 for career-line faculty. I’d be curious what the break down is between teaching and service and research. We’re all lectures in my dept, so all my research is outside my contract. Except, of course, it does inform some of my teaching, just uncompensated.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes, because we have time to take on more classes. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Career-line faculty do so much service in my department on top of teaching.

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 2d

The change is meant to “ensure consistency across the system,” said Utah's higher education commissioner, Geoff Landward. But some feel it’s the latest in a slew of recent moves questioning the work of professors and instructors.

Most faculty at these 2 Utah universities will be required to teach more classes

The change is meant to “ensure consistency across the system,” said Utah's higher education commissioner, Geoff Landward. But some feel it’s the latest in a slew of recent moves questioning the work of professors and instructors.

www.sltrib.com

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 2d

If I had a nickel for every email I’ve gotten from the ijahss…. Love the sender name here though. 😑

Screenshot of email that reads:

Minerva Mcgonagall
To editor.ijahss10@gmail.com
05:01
Submission Call
IJAHSS is Inviting Submissions for:
Volume 06- Issue 11 October 2025
ISSN 2693-2547 (Print), ISSN 2693-2555 (Online)

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · 2d

I went onto a podcast to talk about Julian!

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · 2d

Who was Julian, Rome’s last pagan emperor, and what was his legacy? I talk with MSU #Classics assistant professor and author Jeremy Swist about how history and early Christian writers shaped his story.

www.diggingupthepast.net/p/the-last-p...

#history #historyfacts #byzantine #romanempire #roman

The Last Pagan Emperor? Rethinking Julian’s Legacy

Listen now | Episode 30

www.diggingupthepast.net

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 3d

Your Sunday homework:

Take 17 minutes and 21 seconds to watch this film made in 1945 by the American government.

Then reflect upon the content of this film, and how it applies to your life and the lives of those people in your communities.

chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 3d

Full video here:

Don't Be A Sucker (1947)

YouTube video by Old TV Time

m.youtube.com

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 3d

A student in my publishing course is interested in researching book pulping and book recycling. Do we know any work or introductory material in this area?

(Work on remainders, print runs, supply chain, raw materials all relevant, too.)

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 6d

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Day 4: Shroud
#ClassicsTober

A loom leans against a wall. A woman is unpicking the thread from her weaving. A goose sits by her side.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Day 3: Graiai
#ClassicsTober

Apparently I need to practice drawing people crawling around on the ground. Went over my 10 minute limit on this one because I kept erasing and starting over. 🫤

Three geometric style women crawl around feeling for an eyeball that lies in between them all. They all have empty eye sockets and mouths, except one woman has a single tooth.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2: Thanatos
#ClassicsTober

Geometric style drawing of a winged Thanatos wearing a helmet and poking a sleeping Hypnos with a long bone. Thanatos says “rise and shine”

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Time for the annual viewing.

Title screen of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry.

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5d

O sweet! A digital golden calf.

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 4d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The lost Lego still washing up after 28 years

From dragons to wands, pieces lost from a cargo ship in 1997 continue to wash up around the world.

www.bbc.com

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 4d

The next Historical Network Research conference will be held in Turin, Italy in July 2026, and submissions are now open.

Proposals due December 1. Bursaries available for early career scholars.

This year's theme is "Networks and their Sources." See you there!

hnr2026.sciencesconf.org

HNR2026: The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 (Turin, Italy) - Sciencesconf.org

Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026

hnr2026.sciencesconf.org

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 4d

It also hurts public universities more than private ones to up the cost. This graph is from Times Higher Ed.

Times higher ed pie chart on where Hb1s go.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 5d

#ClassicalReception

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Apr 9

I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina...
[a thread 🧵]
📸 m_patton bit.ly/2Mgw8Sf
🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊

tubular clear animal being held near a beach

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, these gorgon sweaters are amazing!! Check out @lejenksbrown.bsky.social’s website. I’ve already put a sweater vest on my Christmas wishlist! greekmythcomix-1-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...

Gorgoneion | Classics Nerds

The official Gorgoneion collection for Classics Nerds. Shop products like: Athene's Aegis burnt orange, Athene's Aegis burnt orange cardigan, and more.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 6d

#Archaeology is about people.

People like the #Gravettian hunter who, 30,000 years ago in southern Moravia, lost or dropped his pouch containing a well-used tool kit of stone blades and points, (including partially broken pieces he could've let go a lot earlier):

🏺 archaeology.org/news/2025/09...

News - Personal Toolkit of Ice Age Hunter Recovered - Archaeology Magazine

MORAVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC—Thousands of years ago, an Ice Age hunter set down a small pouch […]

archaeology.org

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 7d

That much better then!!

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