I have become allergic to the word 'genuinely', and it is getting worse. Earlier, I thought it was all AI-generated, which is quite unpleasant as it is. But what's even worse is that I think some people have now started to genuinely, unironically, use 'genuinely' in their emails. Whyyy.

Here we go again, VFS Global appointment tomorrow. I hope this experience goes better than what I had a year ago...

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What do they say? I'm in this picture and I don't like it?

laurentfranckx.bsky.social@laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 3w ago

So I went to see That Classics-Related Movie this week, and now I'm reading all the takes instead of doing my actual work --

It's great to have online access to scholarship, but it seems some universities think that spending money on e-versions replaces buying physical volumes... and sometimes I just want to be able to move about in an actual book without triple-authentication, each chapter being a separate PDF, and such.

I have had such productive exchanges, including major grant writing, with colleagues from Exeter. If you have not already done so, consider signing this petition for theology and religious studies (docs.google.com/document/d/1.... ) and for the humanities (c.org/JFDSQr2WYV).

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V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School “Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World” 8-9 September 2026, Old Abbey of Kortenberg. Masterclasses, research pitches, and a lot of conversations across disciplines! Program and registration (until 30 June): www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...

...and once again, I find myself removing a "the author seems not to be a native speaker" from the otherwise helpful review *sigh*

Can one admit that they don't know what 'operationalization' means? (Asking for a friend. Obviously.)

I am obliged to repost this hedgehog every time it comes across my feed. I don't make the rules.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me 🏺

Thank you to the @tetraseminar.bsky.social organisers and everyone who came to listen to my paper! It was the most well-organised online seminar I've given, and great to have plenty of time for discussion.

I look forward to talking about corrections! As I was preparing the paper and looked through my old notes, it turned out that this was the very first topic I tried to tackle at the beginning of my DPhil — back then I thought I could cover all its aspects in a couple of pages...

TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar@tetraseminar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Come join us on Wednesday 8 April 10 AM (note the different time from usual) for a paper on corrections in Greek and Latin literature by @dareiadareia.bsky.social (KULeuven). If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!

This is what I needed to become a successful LinkedIn academic!

Kagi HQ@kagi.com · 5mo ago

Not sure how we went from plain, straightforward words to LinkedIn speak but now you can use Kagi Translate to fit right into that crowd: translate.kagi.com?from=en&to=L...

This is great to see. We should be able to read in more languages, not less, and we should be able to publish in more languages, not just English.

Isabel Köster@iotasubscript.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I had a bit of an "ugh, not another journal" come on when I saw that Hermes had revised its language policy, but, no, this one isn't "we're going English-only," but "You can now send us stuff in Spanish in addition to the usual German, English, French, Italian, and Latin."

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Tiny terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog. East Greek from Naucratis, Egypt, 550 BC. British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

In further extremely boring fights with Outlook, I figured out that while "categories" are easy to manage but hard to use in the desktop app, the opposite is true for the mobile. Lesson 1: If you can avoid Outlook, do so. Lesson 2: If you are stuck with it (like I am), try different clients/apps.

New post—a quick overview of the UD Latin treebanks and how we are using them in LatinCy development... exploratoryphilology.org/posts/latinc... #LoveDataWeek

I do lots of things that are challenging and cool (like coordinating large funding applications, for instance), but the writing group is my favourite initiative. It's small, it's cheap, it doesn't bring funding or visibility, but it has its own real impact. (Cheesy, I know, but that's how I feel!)

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Listen, if I'm clicking through your institute's website and not only see (1) a writing group (♥️) but also (2) that this writing group is advertised with a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon, I'm going to be a fan. Well played, @lectio-institute.bsky.social, well played. www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...

Took me forever to add my Google Calendar (private) to my Outlook App (work), but without syncing all 100500 emails that sit in the Gmail account. Finally, I succeeded (by trying it on the web version, no idea why). But... now all my Google events appear double. *Faut pas chercher à comprendre*.

"Your books have turned your life upside down" ἀντέστροφέν σου τὸν βίον τὰ βιβλία #Theognetus

Presenting today in Liège www.mondesanciens.uliege.be/cms/c_128000...

Next Wed 28 Jan I’ll be running a *free* 60-minute webinar on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET). It’s intended for grad students and ECRs in the arts/humanities planning to apply for their first big grants. Please share widely! www.eventbrite.com/e/pbp-how-to...

Why do so many reviewers feel the need to assume that the author may not be a native speaker? Just say that the writing has its flaws (and list them if possible). #AcademicSky

Jinxed that, I'm afraid. Still, maybe this will happen one day, one way or another...

Daria Kohler@dareiadareia.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Among other things, I'm preparing a suggestion to teach an MA course on ancient books, hopefully to begin next autumn. It's getting more and more real, with ECTS and exam description, so it's very exciting (and a bit scary).

The call for Visiting Fellowships is open! In a nutshell: 📚 Open topic (x2) or a more specific theme (x3) ⏳ 4–6 weeks in the academic year 2026–2027 💶 Non-stipendiary (alas!), but we will cover travel to/from Leuven and accommodation 📆 Apply by 6 March 2026 🔗 www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...

An opinion: (1) hybrid participation – at least passively – is a good thing for lots of reasons; (2) it is not hugely difficult to arrange, and we all should be able to handle the setting up by now; (3) those not doing the setup still need to acknowledge that it needs people and thinking through.