Jackson Crawford
@norsebysw.bsky.social
Former instructor (UCLA/UCB/CU), Ph.D., on youtube ( www.youtube.com/jacksoncrawford ). Imperfectly trying to teach Old Norse things and linguistics. 2nd Ed. of my translation of the Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes now out. Colorado.
Even more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI
honestly I just assume anything unsourced in 19th-20th century folklore is a straight-up invention
RFK went to Harvard so I assume they already have this rule in place.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterdayCornell University has banned the processing of wild game in residential kitchens on campus after two students carved up a bear carcass to make “black-bear pastrami”
making up a guy so I can rake him over the coals. just really let him have it. he deserves it, but the other guys I just made up are telling me to take it easy
really remarkable how literally 50 pages of thucydides burned this myth so deeply into western consciousness that no counterproof of any character can ever get it out
Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 24h agoThere’s a whole sphere of anti-democratic libertarian and neoreactionary thought that asserted purely a priori that “democracy is a commons and therefore short termist, royal lines have longer time horizons and therefore govern better” when history shows the exact opposite.
New study shows that — contra widely accepted narratives — there is NO EVIDENCE that professors change their students’ politics and make them more liberal through their teaching
In his books, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx "describes himself as a state champion trumpeter so adept with a butterfly knife that he wowed a group of 'gang bangers' he confronted in a parking lot in Colorado Springs" // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Once an asset, Victor Marx’s extensive backstory becomes uncomfortable talking point in governor’s race
Victor Marx is growing a little tired of questions about the demons and the childhood killing.
denverpost.com
Numbers update: The history class I’m about to teach this semester has a 10% larger enrollment and university tuition is also 10% higher than two years ago. My class will generate about $160,000 of revenue for the university. My pay will be under $7K or approximately 4%. Humanities fund uni sport
Deep down, people like Douthat are exactly the same as those weepy Trump voters in Ohio: they supported Trump because they wanted him to be their **retribution** and had some poorly considered idea that retribution is beneficial to the side enacting it.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DownyFeathers - any bird showing soft, fluffy down feathers. Here's a lovely, soft European Goldfinch, taken at #WWTWelney @wwtsightings.bsky.social 🪶
“i am politically homeless” takes are the sincerest form of self flattery
a huge part of why we are here is because people in positions of power, including at ostensibly liberal institutions, wanted either themselves or their friends to be able to grope women again.
Matt Fallaize@mattfallaize.bsky.social · yesterdayA couple of people being made accountable for a couple of crimes really did a number on America's "public intellectuals". Clearly #MeToo and BLM went too far in that one or two guys were mildly inconvenienced.
important note, these are not regular soliders but instead natl guard troops from almost exclusively red states: Trump knows he might not be able to rely on the brass in a coup but red state governors?
Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · yesterdaySo Trump is now saying the "ballroom" is actually "the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself" He's also extended soldiers in D.C. until Jan. 20, 2029, his last day It's impossible to not to imagine the very worst
“Greenland Energy has retained Phil McGraw, better known as Dr Phil, a prominent rightwing former chatshow host… Larry Swets, Greenland Energy’s chair and a big shareholder, appears to enjoy access to Trump’s circle. He has said the oil project is ‘not related to American annexation.’”
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
theguardian.com
I wonder, Flask, whether the world is anchored anywhere; if she is, she swings with an uncommon long cable, though.
healthcare needs to become cheaper. do not touch my job as a travel nurse. higher education costs are out of control. do not touch my friend who makes six figures as university admin. housing needs to be more affordable. I will fucking kill you if you hurt my property value.
Hummingbirds pant in hot weather. They don't have sweat glands so they open their beaks & pant to release body heat through evaporative cooling and fluff feathers out to release trapped heat. It's 99F here, not 113F. Feeder is in shade a lot of the day and I've just refilled with cold sugar water.
Hanging out with Flint the kestrel and talking about the fascinating history of words for “falcon,” incl. one in Icelandic that now means “Archaeopteryx(!)” and a very old Celtic borrowing (Ice. ‘valr,’ compare Welsh ‘gwalch’) that may barely survive in Old English. Full video: youtu.be/sv068CueFgM
It's not that democracies get better people; it's that they fire the worse ones. Ideally.
I am Yesterday, I know Tomorrow. (BDB)
Weekendavisen lener seg inn i Odysseen-krangelen mellom Emily Wilson og Nolan sine fanboys med en skikkelig Hold my beer-artikkel.
To quash the occasional examples of people downplaying the threat of civil war or large-scale political violence: If the U.S. fell into civil war today, guys like this would have major militias Would you want to live in a country where you have to pass through the Victor Marx territorial enclave?
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 3d agoCO GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx got caught taking illegally large campaign contributions, so he told supporters to funnel unlimited money to him through a new online merch site. He wouldn't tell us who ran or it where the money is going... so we bought some merch to find out...
Should you need to say this in Syriac, maybe ≈ /šlåm l-åḵ! ʔenå ʕåreq-nå men maṯå ʔamrikåytå håy d-mukkåḵå. Meškaḥ-att da-ṯḥawwē l-i men ʔaykå ʔezben l-båhå blasṭ d-ṭal ṭurå/ ܫܠܡ ܠܟ܈ ܐܢܐ ܥ̇ܪܩ ܐ̄ܢܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܐܬ݂ܐ ܐܡܪܝܟܝܬܐ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܡܘܟܟܐ܈ ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢ̄ܬ ܕܬܚ̇ܘܐ ܠܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܟܐ ܐܙܒܢ ܠܒ݁ܗܐ ܒܠܣܛ ܕܛܠ ܛܘܪܐ
Jackson Crawford@norsebysw.bsky.social · 3d agoEven more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI
“I’m anxious about the words and thoughts of people I will never meet. I need them to think I was great.” This is how so many good lives are thrown away, and bad ones elevated. Glory is poison.
A friend sent this from Facebook. Looks like not only AI junk but not even a runestone! Not sure who needs a personal runes “trainer,” but Michael Barnes’s “Runes: A Handbook” is a good book to start with and I have a short free “course” on actual runes online that starts at youtu.be/h1K1mnitEx8
