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Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d ago

RIP Vincent Pastore. Playing the turncoat mobster Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos was of course his biggest accomplishment. But he wasn't that guy. When I think of him, I see him sitting on the set wearing a teal cardigan and eyeglasses with a chain, reading The New York Times.

Screenshot of actor, Vincent, Pastor from the Sopranos, a heavyset man with dark, curly hair, dark eyebrows, and big hands, wearing a white T-shirt with a dark blue, black trimmed robe over it. He's standing on the terrace of an apartment near a cemetery, holding a newspaper. 
Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · last wk.

Americans have more confidence in higher education than in big tech companies, and the gap is growing rather than shrinking. The higher ed-doomsday pundits need to get on board with the real vibe shift in public trust that is happening right now.

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w ago

I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...

The Emotion Engine@emotion-engine.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Table of Contents Preface List of Maps PART I: THE MYTH OF SPARTA Introduction PART II: THE REALITY OF SPARTA I. Cuckold Kings and Wolves' Work: Behind the Spartan Mirage II. Archaic Sparta at War: Early Losses, Foreign Roots III. The Greco-Persian War: The Thermopylae Speed Bump IV. The Peloponnesian Wars: Floundering at Sea, Surrendering on Land V. Masters of Greece? Sparta Squanders its Hegemony VI. The Boeotian War: What Cannot Bend Must Break VII. The End of Sparta: Irreformable and Irrelevant VIII. Conclusion: The Bronze Lie PART III: TANGLING MYTH AND REALITY IX. The “Moron Label”: The Spartans and the Political Far Right Appendix A. Historiography and Objectivity Appendix B. The Fundamentals of Ancient Battle Glossary Bibliography Index
furby hancock@furbyhancock.bsky.social · 3w ago

Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. You were killed by DARK WIZARD!