An absolute pleasure to take the chair to get to interview @belovedofoizys.bsky.social about her own book for Ancient History 101! And it’s such a *good book*!

Ancient History 101 Podcast@ancienthistory101.org · 4h ago

It's not every day this podcast host publishes a book, so today's episode is a bit of a celebration! Temporarily stepping into Alexandra's interviewer shoes is the inimitable @lejenksbrown.bsky.social, as Alexandra talks about her book 'Gladiators in the Greek World' and her writing process.

- "Polindor calls for aid!" - "And Rohive shall answer"

Artificial banana flavor uses isoamyl acetate, the same chemical bees release as an alarm signal

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I should be clear that the architecture of Bluesky makes it the social media place I most like to be. I'm not on social media to be an influencer or instigator; I want to hang out with folks and have an enjoyable time. This place delivers on that. I hope it continues to do so for a long time.

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

"The Tyrant and the Ostrich’s Head: Emperors at the Games in the Early Roman Empire" presented by Professor Mark Humphries. #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=i63P...

Professor Mark Humphries guest lecture 27th July 2026

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Tonight's soundtrack. Honestly, that may have been the loudest lightning crash I've ever heard. And at least around here, the soil has been begging too long for rain.

AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Official Video)

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Coming to a bookstore near you in February 2027.

Curious to see how season 2 will compare.

I want to be very clear about the pandemic. People died awful deaths. Dr. Fauci is a national hero. In the early days I lost colleagues my own age and younger in good health and prime of life. I attended god awful zoom funerals before anyone really knew how to host a zoom mega meetings. 1/

Now that we're living in a new age of media obliteration, I'm doubling down even harder on preserving culture in non-digital form.

Downplay a book or movie: "Star Skirmishes"

Steven Van Impe@svanimpe.bsky.social · 5d ago

Downplay a book or movie: "The bachelor and margarita"

IT EVEN HAS A HEART SHAPED BEAK ❤️

The Aussies get it!! This story just infuriates me!

Rest in power, Glen Hansard. Gone way too soon.

Revelate

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Reading Emily Wilson's review - fine for someone not to like a movie and to say so - and hardly surprising that a translator is a stickler for adaptation. It is also the case that it would probably be best *for Classics* for us to be seen sailing with the wind of the film, rather than against it.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Academics sellinge out to Generative AI lyke that guye who doth trye to negotiate wyth Hans Gruber yn *Die Hard*

We're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

This is the first time ever I bought a physical copy of a journal. But at €25, it's an absolute steal for a cohesive volume on Roman frontier studies close to 300 pages.

I recently had an article on food and patronage by women in late antique and early medieval Iberian monasteries published in the newest issue of Medieval People. ☺️ scholarworks.wmich.edu/medpros/vol4...

My favorite depiction of the Trojan Horse, and the earliest known version. I love the windows, like an airplane, and that the windows go up the neck too.

Good grief, this hits home.

That movie was solid gold. Just bankroll this already.

IGN@ign.com · 2w ago

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the script for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to see the light of day any time soon. https://bit.ly/4bIsrNA #SDCC

I’ve finally got to see the mural of St Mungo in Glasgow. The image depicts the city’s patron saint in modern clothing as a homeless man holding a robin, in a reference to one of his four legendary miracles.

James Spader.

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?