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Eli Goings

@eligoings.bsky.social

Classics Grad, Teacher, Democracy Partisan, film enthusiast,

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW BLOG POST! Some thoughts on Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, the historical context of the Bronze Age Collapse, the Sea Peoples, and the legends of the Trojan War, and whether Nolan's movie is "historically accurate" or not, and what that even means.

Did Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?

We were all set for The Odyssey to be our summer discourse. Battle lines had been drawn, takes had been prepared. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 8th century BCE epic poem was…

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Miri Teixeira 🔜 Gamescom@miri.bsky.social · 3w ago

Classicists criticising The Odyssey film without having watched it is making me cringe inside out. Sorry but it’s a win. It’s accessible, it’s appealing, it’s pissing off right wingers, and it’s explicitly named after a classical text that working class people will now go and pick up. Take the W.

Eli Goings@eligoings.bsky.social · 6mo ago

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... It’s valuable to listen to this first hand account of what the conditions are in these concentration camps and to know that it’s a moral imperative that we liberate them as we did Dachau. Any means necessary. It’s an abomination.

"(We were) cuffed and shackled...and shuttled on to a plane in the middle of the night"

Seamus Culleton, detained by ICE, calls us live from a detention centre in El Paso, Texas. His wife Tiffany and sister Caroline also speak to Kieran about Seamus' plight.

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Eli Goings@eligoings.bsky.social · 6mo ago

5-0s continue to elude me, but I've been getting a pretty decent swath of 4-1s with Gobs since getting down to this build, of which there are 2 slots I keep fiddling with. Pashalik/Putrid Goblin are my current holds on that slot, but also will try Impulsive Pilferer over Putrid Gob next.

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Eli Goings@eligoings.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Impossible to say what the history of competitive Magic would have been without Kai, but it would certainly be vastly lesser.

Magic: The Gathering@magic.wizards.com · 6mo ago

We are deeply saddened at the news of the passing of Magic legend Kai Budde. His achievements in the game and community go beyond what we could say in one post. Our thoughts go out to Kai's friends and family in this moment. Remembering Kai Budde: magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

Eli Goings@eligoings.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sorta interesting point on just how fast Legacy has become; there are 0 3 drops that people are actually spending 3 lands to cast other than Barrowgoyf. Legacy used to be basically defined by 3 drops. Goyf is often better than almost all the other options, but you'd think there would be something!

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
Eli Goings@eligoings.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Since Premodern arrived on MTGO a few days ago, I've been jamming a ton of games with Gobs, and having an absolute blast. It's so much fun to Port + Warchief + Piledriver people, cycle Gempalm Incinerators (and easily connect with Lackey lol). First trophy here!

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