Isabel Köster
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Isabel Köster
@iotasubscript.bsky.social
PhD; associate professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; author of Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination (Michigan, 1/2026); never speak for my employer
Yup, when Delta engaged in some iterative excellence to do Paris-New York-Denver (does Seattle make geographical sense in that itinerary? No? Too bad), I at least felt comparatively well-vouchered.
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You can splurge on a protein bar!
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Colorado gives you small doses of frontier tech bro culture, and I don't think I could take SF's level as permanent background noise.
January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The amount of "welcome to the home of AI! Have you embraced AI into your life?" propaganda at SFO is unreal. Denver is really behind there.
January 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Lol, for me that's Newark, but ORD is perpetually on my "almost the worst" list.
January 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
That website is so good. I can be on the Enterprise or in a Japanese garden or get yelled at by tropical birds…
January 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Getting my paws on the physical copy yesterday was one of the most surreal experiences I’ve had.
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Also, BlueSky likes flagging things as “rude.” I’ve heard rumors of this thing and wouldn’t have made it past the first question. It sounds like hazing.
January 7, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I started getting serious about it last semester and love it. The advice to resist the urge to add all the community plug-ins is solid, though, because that quickly overcomplicates things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It seems like the AIA figured it out... (as did some SCS panels, but most of them are not in the right order)
January 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The papers are numbered, so the error is obvious, but still, hrmpf.
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Next time add Bleigießen and the witchy celebrations are perfect :-) Prosit Neujahr!
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I think it’s a lovely addition to a book on curses (“may you tear apart/entirely obliterate…”) to have you DIY separate pages, but I doubt it was intentional. Still, it’s the most work I’ve done on a book from a U.S. publisher probably ever.
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM