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Natasha Constantinidou

@nconstantinidou.bsky.social

Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project (2023-25) http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians

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Jacob W. Peterson@jacobwpeterson.com · 3w ago

If you’re teaching #Greek, #palaeography, #manuscripts, #textcriticsm etc. this coming year, consider adding my website to your course assignments or resources. It’s free, I don’t collect/sell your info, and it’d be nearly impossible to cheat with AI. See 🧵 for details

Jacob W. Peterson@jacobwpeterson.com · 8mo ago

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources. Please share and give feedback! xeirographa.com

Christine Kooi@christinekooi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Over the summer while I was away, these 10 Commandments posters were placed in all our campus classrooms, as mandated by recent state law. However, the ones in our building have now mysteriously disappeared. A protest?

A poster with the heading "Religion's Role in American Public Education" and the 10 Commandments. Plus pictures of Noah Webster and William McGuffey. Plus a box with the history of the 10 Cs in US public education.
Sarah May@sarahmay1.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last week the posy I brought home from the garden had a chrysalis attached though I didn't notice till I got home. If you, like me, haven't watched a butterfly emerge you won't be prepared for how amazing or how long emergence takes #TinyJoys a 🧵

Photo of a small posy of sweet peas and snap dragons with a painted lady chrysalis hanging from one blossom. The chrysalis is pale with gold flecks
Erik Hansson@erikhansson.bsky.social · 3w ago

How Does a #Bilingual Speaker’s Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h... #neurolinguistics #langsky

How Does a Bilingual Speaker's Brain Process Two Languages? New Research Suggests That Both Rely on the Same Neural Wiring

Scientists have long wondered whether different neural mechanisms govern each language within a bilingual speaker’s brain. A recent study of people who speak both English and Spanish hints at a single...

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David Parry@drdavidparry.bsky.social · 4w ago

There is an opportunity to come and work with me and a Cambridge colleague on an interdisciplinary project on Literary Platonism from 1500 to the Present (3 year postdoc from September 2026; application deadline 30th July) www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Associate (Fixed Term)

The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for a full time Research Associate in Literary Platonism: 1500 to the present. This is a fixed-term position for 36 months owing to limited funding. The ex...

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Nicolas Hervieu@nicolas.eurosky.social · 4w ago

Incroyable photo face au Cap Ferret en flammes... En 2026, le mème « This is fine » prend vie. (𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝐹𝑃 - 𝑀𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑚𝑦)

En haut : Photo de deux estivants dans des transats sur la plage et sous un parasol Pastis 51, regardant l'horizon du Cap Ferret saturé par les fumées de l'incendie En bas : Mème du chien dans une pièce en flamme "This is fine"
Nathan K. Hensley@nathankhensley.bsky.social · last mo.

“Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination. ...Physical books published before [2022] are structurally clean of modern poisoning tools.” AI companies know **better than anybody else** that knowledge generated without AI is the only real knowledge

Samara Rafert@rafertess.bsky.social · last mo.

I have definitely noticed an uptick in deep backlist sales from the OSU Press list. It's not the perpetual bestsellers but one-offs from decades ago that even I, after seven years at the press, have barely heard of. www.404media.co/ai-companies...

Leo Cadogan@leocadogan.com · last mo.

Target practice! Book from the library of Montefiascone seminary (Lazio, Italy) which has been fired at apparently by Napoleonic troops. It’s interesting how they couldn’t hit the armorial!

Calf binding with bullet holes, with a gilt cardinal’s armorial at centre, unhit!
John McCafferty@jdmccafferty.bsky.social · last mo.

On 11 Sept 1640, the city authorities of Leuven granted the Irish Franciscans living there permission to brew four times a year without having to pay the usual tax. (Still Life with a Glass of Beer and Nuts, Georg Hainz, 1645, National Museum Sweden)

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