Dr. Jim Getz
@jimgetz.bsky.social
Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Professor of Instruction in the Intellectual Heritage program at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk. he/they/Dr Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
I am sorry. This is techno-obscurantist nonsense thst would be risible if it were not absolutely dangerous. It is a fundamental misrepresentation of both oral poetics and the creative arts
Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 3d ago1. A quick thread to summarize my and Cosma's new piece on LLMs as Homeric songs at the Economist. The piece has its origins in bactra.org/weblog/feral... and this fantastic article by Murray Shanahan et al, which we couldn't link as we would have liked www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I need to start saving all of these to a file as examples of ways to handle LLMs and tech in the classroom.
Ian Petrie@icpetrie.bsky.social · 2d ago"She asks her students to put their phones “into Faraday bags at the beginning of class,” which are then “locked away in a 1940s suitcase'.” which is then placed in the trunk of a Studebaker
What did Viking Age people want to be remembered for? We read all 2,633 Viking-age runestones and Hávamál and counted the praise. The warrior is at the back of the room. What counts: generous with food, gentle in speech, true to friends, and a good name after you. #runology #OldNorse #Skystorians
Gentle in speech and free with food
What did the people of the Viking Age want to be remembered for? We read every Viking-age runestone and the whole of Hávamál and counted what is praised. The warrior is there, but as a minor figure. What counts is how you treat other people.
vitkirunor.se
Last Wednesday of the month is an open jazz jam at Attic Brewing in Gtown, Philly. If you’re local, you should stop by.
The kind of class that is increasingly only available at places like Harvard - not because students at public universities aren't clamoring for it (they are) but because public universities are treated as a site for disciplining future workers, not educating people to be free.
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2d ago“At Harvard, students are clamoring for a class that assigns a hefty book a week, requires regular essays, bans digital devices. Humanities 10 drew 180 applicants for just 90 spots this fall. Students expressed urge to be forced to think for themselves in the age of AI." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ha...
As accurate a summary of a cricket match as I’ve seen in a good long while - thank you @jimgetz.bsky.social and @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social 😂👇🏻
Am I stress-eating a bag of chips? No, you’re stress-eating a bag of chips!
My dog is very annoyed that this game is going into extra innings.
Today is National Black Cat Day 🐈⬛ , which raises awareness about how hard it is for black cats to get adopted from shelters & dispels the superstitions that still surround them. 🐈⬛ In their honor, I give you some black cats in ancient art & archaeological sites. www.americanhumane.org/public-educa...
In case y’all were wondering, “Bullet the Blue Sky” still slaps.
I am giving a talk today for the Franklin College faculty about the merits and methods of oral exams. I've been giving them for over a decade, long before AI was a pedagogical concern. Always happy to swap ideas and techniques! www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2023/8/...
How I Give Oral Finals — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
“I want to resist the impulse to see my students as numerical marks to be ranked against each other. Instead, I encourage their individuality, unique ways of seeing the world, and habits of thought to...
ancientjewreview.com
TAPPING THE SIGN for everybody posting about Arabic Nobel Prize winners
Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · last yr.i made a helpful reference
My latest for National Geographic looks at the 131 new Hittite cuneiform tablets unearthed at Šamuḫa (c. 1400 BCE) & what they tell us about everything from augury to an epidemic that killed Hittite children. Thx to @digkabri.bsky.social, Theo van den Hout, @knpazuzu.bsky.social & ISAC for aid.
A New Discovery Offers a Glimpse into the World of the Hittites—in Their Own Words
A new cache of cuneiform tablets reveals the everyday lives of people in the Hittite Empire—from religious rituals to a princess who died in a plague.
nationalgeographic.com
The MNF football announce crew has gone downhill at a serious rate, they’re making this almost as unwatchable as a Cris Collinsworth broadcast.
Seriously cool experimental #Archaeology Link to the scientific article in reply www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass
Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries
theguardian.com
sigmund? sigmund it's your cousin marvin... marvin freud... you know the thing you've been talking about where there's some libidinal force inside us that seeks egoic shattering even unto death... well you're not gonna believe this but I'm looking at the news and im thinking, call it the death drive
Red_red_ryder@redredryder.bsky.social · last mo.OMG it gets worse with every word.
"ai" discourse exploits our social patterns. we don't owe polite consideration to people who are rudely barging into every private space at once you don't need to grant the premise that it's good for something somewhere to say that it's bad here in front of you
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 7d agoI'm hoping it's #1, and also that as time goes on, more people will feel comfortable being out, open, and leadership providing LLM/"AI" haters. Like @aclanthology.org anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
AI bros out here burning tokens instead of just slapping an Arduino on a prayer wheel and making enough merit for the whole community at a fraction of the cost
Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · last wk.
I really don’t like the Rays’ jerseys. I find them aesthetically displeasing.
I am once again begging Fox to stop with the fucking ump cam. It adds nothing and is terrible to watch, even a couple of seconds at a time
In this week’s instalment of our #PeoplingBlog Halloween Series, our very own @meganjdaniels.bsky.social takes us deeper into the realities behind Nolan’s shadowy references to the Sea Peoples and the historical reality behind these groups: peoplingthepast.com/2026/10/23/b...
