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i'm mostly not out here just to repost memes, but this is in fact a photograph of me soooo

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republicans are erecting a kind of illiberal great books infrastructure and it drives me up a wall

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aight man i need an extinction-level catastrophe to hit earth immediately

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“People have an ancient famous proverb: That you should not judge any mortal lives- You can’t see anyone as good or bad before they die" Λόγος μὲν ἔστ᾿ ἀρχαῖος ἀνθρώπων φανεὶς ὡς οὐκ ἂν αἰῶν᾿ ἐκμάθοις βροτῶν, πρὶν ἂν θάνῃ τις, οὔτ᾿ εἰ χρηστὸς οὔτ᾿ εἴ τῳ κακός sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/04/29/s...

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Right now, outside Columbia's Earl Gate, Columbia faculty are beginning a 25-Hour Speakout to Defend Academic Freedom and Student Safety. Follow the livestream here and more info below 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZunT...

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Have I seen Sinners? I mean, every day I log on here and read all of your posts.

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I wish i could, James.

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Hermes, guardian of naps

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At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

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Arguably my finest work

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Deporting a 2yo citizen, or arresting a judge accusing them of blocking immigration officials. Not sure which of these wins today's awful prize of "it's already a fascist state"

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"One could argue that the Iliad contains the structures and ideas that have led to the rampant inequality and extractive expansion characteristic of modern, state-abetted capitalism." open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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(7) Rediscovering Homeric Women - by Joel Christensen joelchristensen.substack.com/p/rediscover...

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(7) Sing of Money and the Man - by Joel Christensen joelchristensen.substack.com/p/sing-of-mo...

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So now she invites us to remember The word of the Argive that’s closest To the truth: “Money, A man is his money”– As someone claims when he’s lost His possessions along with his friends.” open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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Sing of Money and the Man: Possessions and Identity in the Iliad open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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Thinking about the destruction of the NEH: the right is happy for people to study texts and ideas as long as the outcomes of that study is predetermined. This is why the right-wing loves and funds civic leadership institutes on college campuses devoted to the study of 'fundamental' texts and ideas.

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“What does your daughter have to do with Helen?” …τί δ’ ῾Ελένης παρθένωι τῆι σῆι μέτα; sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/04/23/r...

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5 years ago! Reading Greek Tragedies Online: Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/04/23/r...

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Its not just skipping the humanities, ethics and the arts: they are taught that those ways of seeing the world and understanding it are inferior and useless. Ive seen way too many CS students laugh at these fields. They are taught that their way of seeing the world is not only superior, but complete

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they're like tattoos

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Um. Not here.

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“What good are the laws where money alone is king?” Quid faciant leges ubi sola pecunia regnat? #Petronius

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“(First, you will note that) Men who are most able make laws for themselves.” πρῶτα μὲν ὄψει τοὺς δεξιωτάτους αὐτοῖς τοὺς νόμους τιθέντας #PseudoXenophon

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“The people must fight for law just as they would for the walls” μάχεσθαι χρὴ τὸν δῆμον ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου ὅκωσπερ τείχεος …#Heraclitus

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Always thought cannibalistic venetation of the past was merely metaphorical pose

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Son (13): [apropos of nothing] Occam's razor is stupid nonsense and I hate it

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The changes wrought by Generative AI are not just some inevitable technological advance but a deliberate choice being made for us that we ought to and can have a say in influencing. Part 1 of a 2-part banger of a podcast by my favorite sound duo. soundcloud.com/worldaccordi...

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That’s one hell of an exit line.

submitted 9 days ago • 22 comments

It’s a problem that this bigoted dude has the most successful history podcast in the English language. It’s a problem that a huge percentage of his listeners are people who would disagree with Holland on everything, but find entertaining his storytelling.

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Rediscovering Homeric Women: a new book by Emily Hauser open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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Despite being on a plane, Some of us are gonna forget our homecoming

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Lovely to see nominations coming in.😊 Why not recommend someone for one of our six categories. We love to hear lovely things about lovely folk. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Sortition for the 21st century.

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Hegseth: Yo watching Andor tonite? Hegseth: You Me: dunno, maybe Hegseth: Looks pretty cool Hegseth: If you liked the first season Hegseth: Thinking about doing something like that in Yemen Me: Like what? Hegseth: Star Wars Me: okay

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Whatever you're doing right now, consider dropping it to listen to Prince’s original studio version of "Nothing Compares 2 U", presented over rehearsal footage of Prince & The Revolution from the summer of 1984, at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

sic semper stultis

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Being trans is not a lifestyle choice, any more than being gay is. Being a vile hateful person is a lifestyle choice.

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Journalists keep asking me why the government would want to end scientific and medical research at universities, and it seems clear to me that insofar as anyone around the White House wants that research to still happen in this country they would prefer it happen in the for-profit private sector

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Everyone I urge you to read this issue of Pasts Imperfect. The scope of grants affected by NEH cuts is remarkable. The testimonies about NEH’s importance are moving. Thank you @sarahebond.bsky.social and the whole team at Pasts Imperfect

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Star Wars: Iliad Star Trek: Odyssey

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Emily Hauser's "Mythica" is essential reading for anyone interested in myth, but even more so for those who want to start thinking about how our stories have been shaped by silence and exclusion. open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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Rediscovering Homeric Women: New Books on Heroines in Myth open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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One of the worst effects of successive govts' rhetoric on Higher Ed is that it's 'training for a job'. So 18yos get themselves (and are pressured) onto narrow technical courses. Yet employers are crying out for ppl who can read, think, write, speak! I've never met an employer who said different.

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You want the truth about writing with em-dashes? You can't handle the truth!

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