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"Adverse circumstances let you know who someone is" convenit adversisque in rebus noscere qui sit; #Lucretius

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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

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ὁ γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν Αριστ. 1049b genius.

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One day we'll look back on MAGA Christians the same way as die Deutschen Christen of 1932-45

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More heroes like Zelenskyy please.

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When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.

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Carl Conrad passed away 2/20/25 Jonathan Robie contacted me this morning to let me know that yesterday Carl Conrad passed away. There won't be a memorial service, but if you have an memories or tributes to Carl, there is a forum thread at B-Greek dedicated to his memory. I encourage you to share…

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MAGA Christians are persecuting the church. Full stop. Furthermore, Conservative American Christians who appropriate legitimate Christian persecution for their own specious martyrdom complexes are committing real acts of evil by supporting this administration.

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Every time you read a headline about Trump, just substitute in Hitler and consider the absurdity. E.g. "Can Europe trust Trump?" Not because there is a trite comparison to be made, but because when you look back at 1930s Germany from post-45, you see how absurd it is to ask questions like this.

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Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵

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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

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So #TIL that "Oxford" and "Bosphorus" are the same word. 🤯

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“Worn down by harassment and threats, many of Trump’s critics will be tempted to retreat to the sidelines. Such a retreat would be perilous. When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.”

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Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look!

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“Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies! For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave. He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:

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was asked yesterday at a party, in all seriousness, whether I'd consider moving to the US. my inside voice was laughing at volume 10.

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I have lots of off-the-wall ideas for classes, and I've made some of them happen. Including quite a few RPGs in Latin, and one in Greek. Now my question is: could I convince 4 people to play the My Little Pony roleplaying game in Latin....

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buy buy buy!

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Greek teaching continues! youtu.be/IkSLejmGyfw

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There has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now. So much of what Trump is doing is just blatantly illegal — often in several ways at once.

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

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Have to say, it's a particular agony to me to have spent a career studying what happened to the Christian Church in Germany in 1930s and watch the same damn thing happening now.

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Trump's camps won't stop or end with "illegal" migrants. That's not how fascists work.

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This. Thank you for sharing, Judy Stack.

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we're in the timeline where Nazis take over the US government.

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would love to write an Athenaze spin-off text called θυράζε just for kicks

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The 3rd Monday of January is still for the dreamers. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

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thepatrologist.com/2025/01/17/w...

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Btw there are no "the Patristics," OK? Thanks.

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WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW HOW ANCIENT GREEK WAS PRONOUNCED!!!

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have returned from a 2 week vacation. I see the world is still a disaster, just differently.

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the one feature I wish bsky had was "reduce frequency of this account in my feed" to mitigate prolific posters

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