I don't actually see any evidence of this? As far as I can tell most academics response to the Wilson piece (those who have seen it at all) was "huh, fair enough - I liked the film tho". I'm guessing this isn't registering because low key calm responses aren't flashy or memorable.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 20h ago

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

The day that Ray Bradbury died I was on book tour and that night I read "There Will Come Soft Rains" to my audience instead of the usual reading.

Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Dreamt that I bought a t-shirt for the first day of classes that says “Maybe WE are the Sea Peoples” and honestly need to make this happen.

Half the discourse this summer has been about the Second World War and half about Homeric Greece but yes there’s clearly no future for students trained in history

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

France lies defeated. The Hapsburg prince has taken Rome. The English have barely made it out of Calais.

BFMTV@bfmtv.com · 5d ago

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Anyway good film hope Eric H.Cline's cheque goes through.

Anthony@noluckst2.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Odyssey but it's Nolan having to atone for horrible crimes* *allowing ClassicsTwitter to burst into the mainstream press

The Odyssey but it's Nolan having to atone for horrible crimes* *allowing ClassicsTwitter to burst into the mainstream press

For Seisachtheia sake I got the hippeis hippeis shake (I don't know what to do with this)

And the new Axanar has been pulled. A great loss for the people who think "real" Star Trek is talking heads saying stuff like "The Klingons were throwing D4's, Raptors, Pterodactyls, Kim'Chis, and even Kum'baY'Ahs at us" while the camera zooms in weirdly on costume & alien makeup details.

John Hudgens@johnhudgens.bsky.social · last wk.

Well, imagine that - who didn't see this coming? :)

I've since forgotten the how, for, and why, but I will always remember my personal tutor insisting I think about why Sophocles and Euripides were so keen to denounce incest.

Hannah Sparwasser Soroka@hannah-historian.bsky.social · last wk.

The fundamental, delicious paradox of studying history is that: 1. These people are radically different from me, and I may never properly understand them. 2. These people are exactly like me.

A newly accessible Etruscan treasure: The François Tomb at Villa Giulia. Photo credit Agnes Crawford understandingrome.substack.com/p/a-newly-ac...

Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages news.yale.edu/2026/07/23/s... New study by @damianblasi.bsky.social, Claire Bowen @yale.edu. et al @science.org The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Study uncovers lost ‘golden age’ of languages

A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.

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‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Quand les reportages sur les incendies ressemblent à Bloch qui se plaint des dépôts d'essence, c'est que quelque chose a merdé

Cédric Mas@cedricmas.eurosky.social · last wk.

Incendie du Cap Ferret Impressionnante progression dans la nuit malgré la (relative) accalmie de samedi matin. Les flammes se rapprochent de Bordeaux progressant par le Sud-Est. L'A63 et les liaisons ferroviaires vers le Sud de la métropole sont coupées. De nouvelles évacuations sont en cours

Je sais pas si on se rend bien compte. Presque DEUX CENT MILLE personnes en tout sont évacuées. Bordeaux est pas loin de brûler aussi. Et avec une nouvelle vague de chaleur qui arrive. Pensées pour ces gens. Mais il y a quelques jours c'était le rassurisme le plus condescendant.

Buses, famously for the richer classes and upper orders.

"LeS eQuIpEmEnTs SoNt AnAcHrOnIqUeS dAnS lE fIlM dE nOlAn." Oui, comme dans l'art grec archaïque, classique et hellénistique, où tous les héros ou presque portent des armures contemporaines de l'époque de création des œuvres et absolument jamais des armures "mycéniennes". Buvez de l'eau les idiots.

Shaka, when the De Gruyter Brill Walls fell.

De Gruyter Brill@degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Letter from the executive director of the Modern Language Association to the Uni of Exeter VC: ‘We are aware of no university on the financial footing of Exeter that has seen the need to make dramatic cuts to the humanities such as you propose.’ #DefendExeterUni

Chagos with Ed Milliband! [Am I doing this right?]

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ed Miliband is foreign sec

Ah oui on a pas évoqué le tract produit par LFI pour son action contre Barbara Butch Pas mal n’est-ce pas Si face à ce visuel vous voyez pas le souci je peux rien faire c’est au-delà de mes compétences et surtout de ma patience

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Is the Royal Band playing Murray Gold? I could've sworn they were playing the Cybermen theme just before.

EXCLUSIVE - Andy Burnham’s lectern is a large scale replica of one of Bez’s Maracas.

"From the Earl of Essex to Messi, the Spanish have a proven track record of shrugging off poorly conceived offensives"

Anthony@noluckst2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks Drake and Raleigh crying now.

where’s your banner now lads

Thanks Drake and Raleigh crying now.

Les faf qui pensent faire oeuvre savante en disant "pas de noirs en Grèce ancienne" font un affront ignorant à ce que la fiction / le mythe permet de réappropriation ET un affront ignorant à la matière même du monde d'Homère : ont ils jamais entendu parler de Memnon, roi des Éthiopiens ?