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
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.
and left wondering how they will get home from out of a war zone with no support
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
and left wondering how they will get home from out of a war zone with no support
In this regard, I fear that I am reminded of an oft-retold family story: my great-grandmother (who raised my mother) once intoned to my mother who was complaining about me and my brother: "You are getting EXACTLY what you deserve." ;)
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In this regard, I fear that I am reminded of an oft-retold family story: my great-grandmother (who raised my mother) once intoned to my mother who was complaining about me and my brother: "You are getting EXACTLY what you deserve." ;)