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Eduardo García-Molina

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Ancient Historian. Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PhD UChicago. Seleukid Empire, ancient archives, Hellenistic law, inscriptions, coins, antiquity in video games, & otters. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 & 🏳️‍🌈

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Nov 16

Aristotle, Historia Animalium 7(8) 595a3-5:

"The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."

Small river otter kit sitting on rock and looking to the side.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 36m

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy this year, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in a Snickers bar.

Snickers bar cut in half, bust of Socrates hastily photoshopped within the caramel.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 2d

Given recent reactions to the Super Bowl, tempted to just teach my classes 50% in English and 50% in Spanish.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 20d

Well well well, looks like my multi-year procrastination to update my academia. edu account with any work has paid off.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 21d

Digital heritage and virtual realities class in “The Ancient World in Video Games” course went smoothly thanks to the excellent people at the UIUC VR Lab. Not pictured, me hitting the table to pick up the wands.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 21d

First third of the campaign is following Artaphernes and Datis! Really neat way of weaving the new faction and also presenting Babylon and then the Ionian revolt.

Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 21d

Oh no! My poor wallet. I really enjoyed Battle for Greece too, some rare Achaemenid perspectives. I’m so excited for the Macedonians, though let’s hope they do a Diadochoi DLC.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 22d

Set of three endearingly wonky DIY hoplite aspides done 24 hours before the Greek Warfare lecture by my wonderful husband, check.

Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 23d

Thankfully I got out of Florida!

Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 23d

Turning 32 today which means I have one more year before I traditionally weep at the base of a statue of Alexander during my quaestorship in Spain.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 23d

Uttered the phrase “testicular bath bomb” in class today when describing Aphrodite’s birth if you’re wondering how I’m doing.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 26d

And a Paradox gamer! God, not the alternate historical simulation - terminal online radicalization crossover.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 26d

I was not expecting "Notices bulge, OwO what's this?" to be the internet's version of "Sic Semper Tyrannis."

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 26d

Out of all the insanity coming out about the shooter, seeing older journalists and online accounts parse internet memes like they’re Greek and Roman texts might be one of the most surreal aspects of this whole thing.

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Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 26d

Here's a conundrum... What a great @peoplingthepast.bsky.social post: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... . But as full disclosure, the author is an @isawnyu.bsky.social student. I'm her chair (my great honor). So don't believe me, go check it out. (And my congrats/empathy to Lylaah!)

Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World

We are kicking off the 2025/26 academic year over here at Peopling the Past with a blog by Lylaah L. Bhalerao, a PhD Candidate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York Univer…

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 27d

Liberal pundits extolling someone who had a watch list of college professors whose political views he disagreed with and actively targeted minorities as a saint of free speech, WaPotheosis in real time.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 28d

Call me crazy, but I am capable of both disagreeing with political violence and also not being forced to express empathy for someone who wanted me stoned to death.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 29d

New pre lecture hype song found for the rest of the semester.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Sep 9

The censorious liberals have advanced an agenda of cancel culture to make colleges safe spaces where students never have to hear ideas that challenge them and also if you teach me one thing I don’t want to hear I will fucking report you to my congressman, I don’t BELIEVE in mitochondria “Professor”

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Sep 9

A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.

www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Sep 9

The return of the Chaos Dwarfs to Warhammer means more chances for Mesopotamian-inspired Dwarvish cuneiform and ziggurats. Must…resist…urge…buy…

Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Sep 4

God bless Plamen Genov, the principal 2D artist at Creative Assembly Sofia for TW:R II Rise of the Republic, for giving me the best Brennus react image for my lecture on Rome today.

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Time to relax after teaching and play the long-awaited Anno 117 demo.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Sep 2

The internet has ruined certain quasi-historical vignettes in my head. I cannot envision Augustus on his deathbed asking for applause without thinking of Jeb Bush.