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Ben Nagy @rantyben.bsky.social · 5h

A scene from a water polo match, the US women's team playing..someone I'm not sure. It looks a lot like the cameo.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 21h

This thread highlights a point I have been making for many years: the logic of authoritarianism and the logic of domestic abuse are exactly the same. It is only a difference of scale.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Ben Nagy @rantyben.bsky.social · 22h

sorry, I wasn't dunking, it just seemed funny 😻

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Ben Nagy @rantyben.bsky.social · 23h

Required my juniors to use em-dashes and semicolons—which I taught them how to use last week—in an in-class essay today. They were showing each other their em-dashes and semicolons; monsters officially created.

John Downes-Angus @johndownesangus.bsky.social · 1d

Required my juniors to use em-dashes and semicolons, which I taught them how to use last week, in an in-class essay today. They were showing each other their em-dashes and semicolons. Monsters officially created.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

The remains of Cairn Holy II - one of two Neolithic chambered cairns which overlook Wigtown Bay in Dumfries & Galloway. The Clyde-type chambered cairn was traditionally thought to be the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #CairnHoly

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

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Ben Nagy @rantyben.bsky.social · 1d

Still not doing the Thing, but I can't stand it - no Erictho has come across my timeline today, unarguably the baddest-ass sorceress in ancient Lit. No art translations today, so English from www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/...

Lucan is the GOAT for over the top hexameter 😍

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Dr. Carly Maris @vintagehistorian.bsky.social · 1d

SCS AIA CAMWS

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 1d

History, Literature, Art History

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Call For Papers: Teaching With Ovid.

Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU

Deadline 16 Jan.

The full Call For Papers can be accessed at the following link: https://shorturl.at/RiviU

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 1d

‘The Magic Circle’ 1886 by John William Waterhouse is our pick for φαρμακίς ‘witch, sorceress’ #ClassicsTober25

This painting captures the power and potential of harnessing a knowledge of nature to achieve certain ends. Could this be Medea, Circe or yet another powerful ancient figure? #Witch

Description from the Tate: “The woman in this picture appears to be a witch or priestess, endowed with magic powers, possibly the power of prophecy. Her dress and general appearance is highly eclectic, and is derived from several sources – her hairstyle is like that of an early Anglo-Saxon; and her dress is decorated with Persian or Greek warriors. In her left hand she holds a crescent-shaped sickle, linking her with the moon and Hecate. With the wand in her right hand she draws a protective magic circle round her. Outside the circle the landscape is bare and barren; a group of rooks or ravens and a frog - all symbols of evil and associated with witchcraft - are excluded. But within its confines are flowers and the woman herself, objects of beauty.”

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