I keep thinking of a colleague’s “Oh, it’s here and won’t go away? Like the bubonic plague?!” (we have a bit of an issue with that in Colorado because of the thriving prairie dog population)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h ago

“If it's this embedded in the world, then it needs to be embedded in the learning and in the coursework…”

Publishing a book in 2026 means endless AI spam in the form of weird remixes of the press website. Apparently they also come in impersonation mode.

"The Education Department intends to use IRS data to determine students’ salaries four years after they graduate and compare them to those of people similar in age who just have high school diplomas." That sounds like great news for med school feeder majors in addition to the arts and humanities.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Oh, look, the proofs fairy has brought another gift. (Appearing in _Exemplary Representation(s) of the Past: New Readings of Valerius Maximus’ Facta et Dicta Memorabilia_ with Brill and out in January)

Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker Writing tips from the acclaimed writer and historian. pghrev.com/sixteen-writ... #skystorians 🗃️

You can make a free account and dive into FutureLearn's courses (they've got some great Roman archaeology stuff). The one trick is that free access is a for a very limited window, so it's not something you want to start when busy. Anyway, I just learned a little about Roman bones.

Ancient Roman Archaeology - Online History Course - FutureLearn

Explore the archaeology of early Roman Britain and learn the techniques used to uncover the secrets of ancient Roman remains in this short online course from the University of Reading.

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Ever seen a Romano-British-Palmyrene tombstone before? I don't think I have and am smitten with this thing. And it's got a bilingual inscription!

4. How will you look after your mental health? A. The university health center, if it’s not too abysmal. B. I will immerse myself in the works of Nietzsche, and possibly the work of Ben and Jerry.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2d ago

Do you know what you’d study in grad school? A. Yes. I’ve thoroughly thought through the decision to go to grad school. B. Today it’s rock formations. Tomorrow it’ll be sociology. The next day? Maybe an MFA in creative nonfiction. All days? I will have lunch.

Clipped from one of the other sites: Nietzsche in a letter: “Dear friend! What a summer! I picture you sitting in your room, more omelet than human.” I’m definitely feeling more omelet than human today.

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Oh yay, green owl Dutch has discovered the German neighbors.

My umlaut is laughing.

André Brett@drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 3d ago

Oh yeah you know I am edgy and hardcore because there are characters in my name that are NOT ALLOWED on the Australian census Ain't nuthin' but an é thang

At least make it a BS! But seriously, no wonder that so many majors that aim to teach skills for succeeding in careers we didn’t know exist yet are in trouble. That’s just not trendy anymore.

Aviel Roshwald@avielroshwald.bsky.social · 4d ago

Bullshit Studies is the future. finance.yahoo.com/small-busine...

Going to make this into a thread of the best of the Odyssey tiktoks that Zoé sends me!

I’m very sorry they had to go through the stress of research funding cuts, but this is my favorite academia story of the week.

The MILFS (Marmots I’d Like to Fund) on “OnlyMarms” Are Colorado’s Best News This Week

With federal cuts threatening to shut decadeslong studies down, marmot researchers in Crested Butte are getting...frisky.

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As the comments go on to elaborate, that’s a “seems like AI slop” button to train LinkedIn’s Ai to make less obvious AI slob. Or, to use the technical term, “wheee!!!”

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d ago

New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

The latest "that's a move..." from a place that's been making a lot of strange choices.

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

If you're used to consulting the Manfred Clauss Latin epigraphic database at its old URL, update your bookmark to edcs.hist.uzh.ch The old site doesn't work anymore except for the landing page.

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Amherst College's Department of Religion seeks a scholar of Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor, beginning on July 1, 2027. aarsbl.org/jobs/

Job opening: Assistant Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity at Loyola Marymount University lmu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

Assistant Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity, Department of Theological Studies

Our Invitation The Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks…

lmu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

After a lull in May/June, the AI book spam is once again on. And they’ve all been this… an org that doesn’t exist (I’m on Goodreads and was librarian until earlier this year) and "valuable insights into one of history's most influential civilizations,” which is just “robot, go home” territory.

If you're following the Euro redesign debate, here's a fantastic 99% Invisible episode on what we have right now.

Real Fake Bridges - 99% Invisible

In the early 1990s, a block of European countries embarked on a pretty wild experiment. They decided to get rid of all their money and to replace it with a single common currency. Today, the Euro is s...

99percentinvisible.org

Sci fi reading side note: I wrapped up the second volume of the new James S.A. Corey series today ("The Faith of Beasts" from the "The Captive's War" trilogy) and kind of love that we still have books that are all world building, minimal plot (though a little more plot may not be a bad thing).

The Ithaca to Pylos thing was an even bigger “huh?!” than “why is everyone wearing skinny capris?”

Anna P. Judson@annapjudson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thoughts of a Bronze Age Aegeanist watching the #Odyssey 1) nice pottery 2) Palace of Ithaca on the outside is totally the Evans concrete version of Knossos, right? 3) Polyphemus lives in the Cave of Nestor! 4) Nolan appears to think you can walk to Pylos from Ithaca? ... #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

I really liked it. I have some questions/comments/concerns/suggestions for improvement, of course, but overall it worked well for me.

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

A “Waymo robotaxi will get you there” commercial before the Odyssey? And it promises “a driver who will never get angry”?! I thought “Join the Navy— see the world” would me my most “now?!” ad, but the gift just keeps on giving.

I’m about to go see Circe and her boys. I’m excited.

Katherine McDonald@katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Odyssey thoughts, almost in order: - great horse - cheese! - WAIT NO ONE TOLD ME LUPITA WAS ALSO CLYTEMNESTRA I LOVE IT - ah yes how are we going to shoot through axes this time - really like Penelope's screen set up actually - yes magic is gross and weird, I agree