Cicero, eh? Irritating when he talks, but as @belovedofoizys.bsky.social has found, even more irritating when he doesn't! So, what WAS he doing with his gladiators in Cilicia? www.workingclassicists.com/zine/the-one...

The One Time Cicero Didn't Talk Enough — Working Classicists

Cicero liked to talk. He's infamous for it, and many are the Classics students who lose their will to live waiting for Cicero to get to the verb in each of his lengthy sentences. Most ancient historia...

workingclassicists.com

The £70mill being mooted for Rodri to Madrid looks ever more absurd.

David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · 15h ago

🚨 Newcastle United to sanction sale of Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal for £75m. #AFC started lower, #NUFC wanted higher but compromise in process of being sealed to grant 28yo Brazil int’l midfielder desired move. Lyon entitled to 20% of profit @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

in more fun news: INCREDIBLE INNOVATIONS IN THE WORLD OF SCAMMING

Italian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatre

In Italy, a structure promoted for years as an "ancient Roman amphitheatre" has turned out to be a fake, constructed recently using modern materials.

euronews.com

Missed the opportunity to call it Twigmalion

kottke.org@kottke.org · 6d ago

The trailer for Wicker (starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki). “An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker.” Looks unhinged (complimentary). (via @skullsandsheets.bsky.social) [youtube.com]

Yaaaaaaaaaa

Laura Cress@cressup.bsky.social · 7d ago

Thimbleweed Park 2 has been officially announced! store.steampowered.com/app/4932120/...

Evidently getting married is good for my creative brain: I’m now writing daily and I’ll finish the first draft of my Roman novel this week. 😊

With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning. We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time. . Photo by Mikolaj Rotowski

Something a little different this week! Our new episode with @alexvandewalle.bsky.social talks about the various ways that video games treat and portray Greek myth, and it's more diverse than you might imagine! We discuss more than half a dozen games, from the good, the bad to the downright weird!

Fuck. This is so incredibly sad. He was a big name in our house, perhaps the biggest. Had his music at our wedding. Unparalleled way with words but specifically through the medium of his own beautiful voice. His gift will last forever. www.newstalk.com/news/glen-ha...

Musician Glen Hansard dies after Dublin road traffic collision

The singer-songwriter is survived by his wife, Maire Saaritsa, and their young son, Christy.

newstalk.com

Absolute sucker punch to hear of the death of Glen Hansard. We left the registry office to “This Gift” just over a week ago. “Don't wait around for tomorrow Open up your arms and let it in” God rest you, man. ❤️ youtu.be/FR-J4GBxbIg?...

Glen Hansard _ This Gift (Live on Letterman)

YouTube video by Blaiech Rabi

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Went to see Christopher Nolan’s Theodicy. Matt Damon justified the hell out of an all-loving god in a world that contains evil. Hardship forms spiritual growth, hellyeah

The SQA discontinued Ancient Greek in 2014. For more than a decade Scottish state school pupils have been denied the opportunity to study Homer in the original. Latin is going the same way. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

The Odyssey movie causes steep rise in people learning Greek

Film’s release has coincided with huge surge in people wanting to learn the language

independent.co.uk

"Israel's military said on Sunday it was working to prevent 'incidents of nationalist crime'" Like how it was working to prevent genocide in Gaza, I assume www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say

The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.

bbc.co.uk

Free copy of excellent gladiators book? My, my, my… 👇🏻

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social · 2w ago

We’ve got a copy of Alexandra Sills’ incredible new book ‘Gladiators in the Greek World' to give away - it’s signed and everything! Our review: www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re... T&Cs: UK only, ends 3rd Aug, RT this post and follow us and her (@belovedofoizys.bsky.social) to enter.

We’ve got a copy of Alexandra Sills’ incredible new book ‘Gladiators in the Greek World' to give away - it’s signed and everything! Our review: www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re... T&Cs: UK only, ends 3rd Aug, RT this post and follow us and her (@belovedofoizys.bsky.social) to enter.

This is Nymeria. She is demonstrating the rare compact zoomies. Ideal for situations where you don't have much room, but still must zoom. 13/10 (TT: ouruntamedtale)

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.

Best day of my life. ❤️

The most beautiful day of my life, married to the most beautiful person I’ve ever met 🤍 16/07/26 🤍 @misterconnor1.bsky.social

This will win those voters back from the Greens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

bbc.co.uk

Just watched The Odyssey. It was alright.

The most beautiful day. ❤️ @miri.bsky.social

Today’s the day. ❤️

Coming up tomorrow! @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social joins us this Disability Pride Month to chat about disability in the world of ancient Egypt!

If you want growth and investment, you need normal people to own wealth.

It’s depressing how the idea of a wealth tax is regarded as radical. Good show, this. www.channel4.com/programmes/h...

How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson

Economist Gary Stevenson has a fix for the UK’s wealth gap: tax the super rich

channel4.com

Ever since King Henry III rolled out the Communist Manifesto at Westminster in 1226.

A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.”

School’s out