So the deadline for the ERC grant I’m submitting is the same day I organize the final workshop for my current grant, it’ll be a fun October 🫠

A student found the fossil of a new dinosaur in Sardinia in 2008 but the dinosaur was named after his professor. That’s academia in a nutshell.

I booked a room for an event in the fall. The booking was confirmed. However, I was told to book again because apparently booking twice is what people must do. So now I’m all happy because I’m starting to gather material for a Kafkaesque novel

If you wonder whether fascism is alive, I’m on the beach and a guy has a Mussolini tatoo

Since you are all talking about the Odyssey my take on the story: Odysseus didn’t want to go home he wanted to see the world and know more than other people but being him an Asshole he kills all his mates and cheats his wife a lot in the meantime

Grant application deadlines in the fall are clearly designed to make academics’ summers miserable, nobody can change my mind

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the best in every category

Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊@sauthoff.bsky.social · 2w ago

The best that anyone has ever looked on the cinema screen? Tim Curry ❤️❤️❤️

there is a recurring prompt around what’s the best that anyone has ever looked on camera and I never have an answer but I’m watching right now and I think it’s gotta be George Clooney in Ocean’s 11

I very much see this with my daughters. The turning point for my 12yo was when she Googled something about Percy Jackson and Gemini gave her an incorrect answer because it pulled from fanfic. She was disgusted. The kids might just be alright.

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa@benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 2w ago

"This time, the moral panic isn’t coming from older generations—in fact, kids are turned off by the way AI is being pushed on them by adults and tech corporations. They’re also, Green says, 'acutely aware that whatever disruption happens, their generation is going to be bearing the brunt of it.'"

I recently was able to understand the meaning of 6 7 in a conversation so I’m young

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm actually fine with sounding old.

Letture da ombrellone

I have put an out of office that basically says "I'm on holiday but I'll keep checking my emails because I'm a workaholic people pleaser full of guilt"

every single admin (and a good portion of researchers) in my university is named Giulia and this is singularly unpractical when you need to send emails.

“I hope this email finds you well” This is how your email finds me now:

I think it's great that between Odysseus and Moses two of the foundational mythic heroes of Western cultures are men of unearned overconfidence who doom their fellow travelers because they'd rather wander aimlessly for years than ask for directions.

I’m ending my emails with “ I wish you a MICE summer” and that’s probably bc my brain wants these people to spend two months with rats

All these issues with a black Helen of Troy when really I have issues with Americans doing the Odyssey

Watching the Aristocats as an adult. As much as I love cats and I love this movie, I realize the butler is the real victim and Madame is the real villain

14 July People who understand will understand 😢

Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles

ALT: Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles

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Do one of these things today

Recently, I spent some time with the most amazing people in digital religion studies. This is a reminder that you can’t only be brilliant, you need to be kind, make space, build bridges

After a presentation, a man told me he wasn’t convinced by my argument because he doesn’t understand “gender” Told him that’s because he’s a man so he doesn’t have a gender. He nodded seriously with no idea I was trolling him

At a conference, a colleague told me that a student of hers read one of my earlier articles and took inspiration to use the internet to become an activist and find her voice and yes, I’ve got something in my eye…

So you know for sure in which university you are

I found one of those linkedin-type thread suggesting that, if you start an email with "I hope you are well," it's more likely that people won't answer you. That's why I'll keep using it.

There's little I regret, but many years ago I used the term "spaghetti Islam" in a conference to discuss the experiences of Muslims in Italy and I feel I should have built a theory around it

My article is so long that I'm actually transforming it in three different articles. I have the power to multiply articles

I studied Japanese in college. It was out of curiosity and I never really used it in professional setting, but now I can read people tattoo’s and all the weird stuff they write in kanji

La storia non avanza molto in quanto i protagonisti sono gli stessi ragazzini, ed è abbastanza simile al primo libro. Le mie speculazioni sono che da adulto Alex avrà due figli villetta e cane, e Aidi farà un dottorato negli Stati Uniti

Dr. Giulia Evolvi@giuliaevolvi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oggi ho scoperto che Jack Frusciante ha un seguito…

I'm organizing an event where only women are speaking, is this ok? Still internally debating