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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

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Wall painting fragment from Ostia Antica depicting Lares (a household guardian) between two serpents. Dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD, the fragment can be viewed at the Ostia Antica site museum. 📸 My own. #FrescoFriday #OstiaAntica

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Ping @davidrafferty.bsky.social “clusterfuck”?

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Week 1 of new academic year ends. Taught 270 students in “tutorials” on campus - luckily for 3 weeks have help with the 160 online students.Manager has allocated an extra 18 hours for convening &consultation and removed 18 hours of marking this pm, I’ll take it! Tomorrow Autumn

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BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 6 days ago • 578 comments

For clarity/clarification, this is York in Canada, not York in the UK. Still ghastly regardless of geography.

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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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Giorgio de Chirico, Gli Archeologi, 1927 ca, Museo Carlo Bilotti, #Rome #art

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Monday is start of academic year for us in southern hemisphere, week kicks off with 407 students in unit I teach #exciting But, Friday will bring All Staff Town Hall with VC, trepidation -what doom will be announced?

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Ping @tjderrick.bsky.social

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for the cycle of responses to images from Nolan's Odyssey production

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Deadline for the Tytus Fellowships is drawing nearer... More here: classics.uc.edu/departments/...

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A voice from inside Cardiff: despair and questions to the management voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

submitted 9 days ago • 837 comments

US Museum Returns Ancient Statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Turkey - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Classics on the chopping block at York University—a major R1 institution. Please see the link below for ways to help.

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This is a sign - walk away from Trump USA. Students get it - USA is now an enemy state for foreigners and its citizens

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Dr Karin Sowada from Macquarie University explaining on ABC News Australia the significance of the discovery of Thutmose II's tomb. youtu.be/_QQ0d5dqsSY

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A very sobering artefact for today’s #FindsFriday. This double ringed iron slave shackle was excavated from House of the Ephebe, #Pompeii and has been dated to C1st CE. #RomanArchaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 my own

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You (yes, you) are part of the classics conversation - The Princetonian www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

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Without friends

submitted 9 days ago • 336 comments

What used to be a warning is now a statement of intent

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“A headless, bronze statue believed to depict a philosopher, which was looted from the ancient cite of Bubon and eventually acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art, will be repatriated to Turkey” wake up and thank @lizmarlowe.bsky.social for her work on lotting at Bubon this morning.

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I have been super busy over the past few months with a BIG project. I'm sure you're thinking, "Which one?" LOL. But this is the REAL one, right here: allstemleadstorome.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 13 days ago • 940 comments

Almost a Road!

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I am recruiting for postdoctoral and technician positions at UCSD. If anyone with relevant skills/interests has lost funding due to the anti-DEI jihad or the NIH purge, I’m open to discussion of ways we can try to help out.

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Just arrived on our doorstep! Volume 11 in the Studies on Roman Space and Urbanism Series. Congratulations Giacomo Savani! #Senses; #Baths #Roman_Britain

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Innocent little river but bridges replaced 4 times - 1836 one washed away in 1858…Wingecarribee river - Winge in a place name

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Pro tip from a museum librarian: when sharing art work here give some core info so others may find the work. Here’s a description template: Title. Artist. Date of creation. Location. Here’s an example: Two Children Teasing a Cat. Annibale Carracci. 17th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cardiff University has scheduled a closure of Ancient History. Please sign this petition from students at Cardiff to save their lecturers jobs and their chosen subject of study! chng.it/kgKgs4Gf4R

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Staff said to be in shock after Cardiff University announced plans to shed 400 jobs amid cuts to degree courses including nursing, modern languages and translation, music, ancient history, religion, and theology. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

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I'm very much afraid that the first of the really big explosions is about to drop in Higher Education: at Cardiff University, where management speak of an 'immediate existential crisis'. And this is just the start. Solidarity with and to all colleagues at Cardiff. nation.cymru/news/huge-jo...

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