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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu...

Cover of the book The Styrofoam Mummy https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mummy-Tales-Antiquities-Market/dp/1324035870

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m not sure what I thought I was doing, but I have two talks to give in October, one community Odyssey event with colleagues, and I have to put together my promotion file.

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Alexis Rose's Iconic 'Yikes' Face in Schitt's Creek

ALT: Alexis Rose's Iconic 'Yikes' Face in Schitt's Creek

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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 30/09/2026

It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue of #ResDiffJournal: Res Diff 3.1 (2026) With contributions from Jody Valentine, Sarah Cullinan Herring, Joy Woolley and Paul Robertson, and Sally Mubarak #OpenAccess resdifficiles.com/res-diff-3-1...

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Res Diff 3.1 (2026)

Jody Valentine, What is a Classic? Experimenting with Engaged Scholarship Keywords: classical tradition, critical self-reflection, reflexive antiracism, Sappho, subjectivity, White privilege. Abstr…

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How is it that the first request from the campus bookstore for spring book orders can already be “urgent”?

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Professor Nutella @jpnudell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New AI guidance for National History Day (laudatory).

What is NOT allowed:

Asking ChatGPT or other Gen AI platforms to brainstorm topic ideas
Using Gemini or other platforms to find potential sources, archives, or libraries
Creating text, images, videos, or audio for a project
Using Gen AI tools to revise or rewrite text
Requesting feedback from companion chatbots

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think we might be having a legit fall season. Idk how long since a fall has felt like fall, but we’re close.

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Perfect Garbage 🌾🪦🔪 wishlist Grave Seasons @perfectgarbage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Grave Seasons launches March 9, 2027! 🪦🌾 Mark your calendars and prepare for the horrors - coming to Steam (PC), Xbox Series X|S, PS5 & Nintendo Switch 1 Read more about our new official launch date and see how far Ashenridge has come in this devlog! store.steampowered.com/news/app/325...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me

A thick bundle of dried plant roots, tightly rolled into a ring and secured with fibrous ties, displayed on a dark grey museum plinth.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Woohoo! I didn’t play this year but Backpack was my choice when I looked at the players at the start.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Genuine AI q: do we have any good practice gudelines and/or methodologies for accuracy testing humanities projects? E.g I get gen AI to scan a load of wills & make a database of bequests/value/gender/location etc - obvs I have no idea what it made up. So how many instances “should” I manually check?

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026

bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here

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John Chen @johnchen.com.au · 28/02/2025

MILICENT PATRICK. Artist & Creator of the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 25/09/2026

The provost of UMass (R1) literally told a group of historians this: “research” means pulling in large external grants and unless you do that, you don’t matter and get nothing internally. “Research“ is about $ and institutions support only those disciplines that bring in $ or raise it privately.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Textbook question. Anyone teaching Greek archaeology survey course have recommendations for a textbook that works well as an ebook through an LMS (esp. Canvas)?

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The Nicest of the Damned @tyrannosaurus-ritt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gonna try again: I'm a public school teacher in Baltimore with a newly approved D&D club. We could really use supplies and we don't have much money to spend. Please consider donating some supplies *or* sharing this post on your feed! #dnd #d&d #ttrpg #gaming www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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Check out my list on Amazon

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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Paleo folks: is there someone who works on US sauropods and is chill to work with? Feel free to DM suggestions

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sorry was the board game of my childhood.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyone heard back re @archaeogameco.bsky.social conference abstract submissions?

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

👀 this sounds great! Will be taking a look for myself and for possible use next fall in my video games & antiquity class.

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced "leave") @profyarrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every damn time. We all need a committee of "NO".

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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.com · 20/09/2026

I am forever thinking about how being in college was just me discovering that I like LEARNING. I liked learning things about the world I didn't previously know! it was a lot of fun! and I think of how many students don't get to love learning, they just get to be cogs in a machine.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is there going to be a set of #Classicstober drawing prompts?

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Dan Yocum. Ugh. @yocum137.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Huh

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Getting ready to log on to the fall Utah Classical Association meeting. Sorry not to be there in person, but thankful that zoom exists for such things.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

while everyone is still talking Odyssey, excited (and relieved) to report that @eltonteb.bsky.social and I submitted a completed introduction to the Iliad to Routledge today here's the ToC

A picture of a document with the following chapters and subtitles

Introduction. The Making of the Iliad
1. Singing the klea andrōn
2. Homer Now
3. Homeric Problems
4. Learning to Listen to Homer
5. The Grammar of Epic

Chapter 1. The Plan of Zeus
1. The Between Times: the Iliad in / as Cosmic History
2. The Iliad Begins
3. The Epic Cosmos
4. A World Full of Gods
5. Structuring the Iliad

Chapter 2. Epic Pain
1. A Tale of Woe
2. The Age of Heroes
3. Gods and Mortals: Diomedes
4. Prizes and Honors: Sarpedon
5. Grief and Lamentation: Achilles

Chapter 3. Assembling the People
1. ‘Swift-Footed Achilles”
2. Achilles Assembles the Laos
3. Achaeans and their Institutions
4. A Theban Politics
5. Gaming a New Politics

Chapter 4. Viewing from the Wall
1. Meeting Paris
2. Trojan Politics
3. Inside Troy
4. Lamenting Lost Futures
5. The Trauma of Hector

Chapter 5. Stories and Storytelling
1. Regarding Helen
2. Reflecting on Strife
3. Ekphrasis
4. Similes
5. Paradigms

Epilogue: Iliadic Afterlives
1. Epic Rivals
2. Early Greek Poetic Encounters
3. The Iliad as History; History as the Iliad
4. The Medium is the Message
5. The Iliad is Dead. Long Live the Iliad

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ve restarted Myers’ Excavations. About a 1/3 of the way through. Still don’t really like it. One reason, I think, is that nobody likes anybody. Nobody is a team player. One of the great things about fieldwork imo is that it is a “team sport.” Of course, dysfunctional projects exist, but I’m not

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Even more glad I’ve decided to go back to my nice analog watches.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @caeliambulator.bsky.social discusses Hormuz & his new book on Indian Ocean Trade ⛵. Then, ancient mosaics enshrining pets, Aristotle in the antebellum South, medieval Denia, a new dinosaur in Brazil, ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!

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Pasts Imperfect (9.10.26)

This week, ancient historian Jeremy Simmons discusses Rome, India, and his new book on ancient Indian Ocean trade networks. Then, new mosaics may honor two beloved ancient pets, a new book on Aristotl...

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Time for a resource shout-out! Please share any apps, videos, web-based articles or similar resources that you find helpful for keeping you on the straight and narrow! Specific areas of interest: time management, planning, reading, note-taking, organisation, executive function, sensory sensitivity.

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Remember that this behaviour is not isolated to the field; rather, abusers who abuse at home become particularly empowered during field work. We must make field work safer, and remove abusers from the entire sector. phys.org/news/2026-09...

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Four in five researchers report harmful interactions during geoscience fieldwork. A new survey suggests a path forward.

Fieldwork is a vital part of geoscience research, allowing scientists and students to directly observe, interact with and collect data about Earth processes that cannot be replicated in the lab.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”

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Dolly Parton's Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer

"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 06/09/2026

Gonna watch Andor again.

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abbi @abbis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm increasingly coming down on the "it's your own mind you're wasting" response to GenAI, insisting on total student ownership of all work submitted (you need to know where the words came from and why you've used them), and constantly pointing out rich kids have been taught without these tools.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy National Read a Book Day. #ReadABookDay

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Trump’s White House released some 1980s-style games to promote the regime’s demonization of immigrants. One of them is like Tetris, with players building a “wall” against zombie invaders. Tetris has responded, saying it had nothing to do with the game and takes copyright infringement seriously:

Tetris responds to White House saying it wasn’t involved in the “Build the Wall” game and takes copyright infringement seriously

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Caturday Can anyone suggest what cat w boots on its left legs is doing on Otranto Cathedral's #medieval mosaic floor? Placed above elephant supporting Tree of Life, it's one of many enigmas in the floor's earthly/Biblical/mystical themes, perhaps only known to monk Pantaleon, its creator in 1165.

A short-tailed cat in various shades of red mosaic tiles, wearing black boots on its left legs, appears above an elephant, also in a variety of red. The figures are on a background of white-ish tiles, and their bodies and all their features are outlined in a single row of black tiles. On the
elephant's back is a brownish blob, which actually depicts the tree of life, supported by the elephant and extending beyond this area 52 meters up the nave of the cathedral (beyond the photo).

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy birthday Freddie Mercury. He would have turned 80 today.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Anyone have access to the OP 1884 OED? I need a volume that hasn't been digitized. (I can check 1913 and 1933 myself but could really use that 1st one if I can find a copy.)

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Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ok, this is hysterical; I think that we all need to buy one for our favorite friend or family member: jdandkateindustries.com/products/lba...

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Late Bronze Age Collapse-Scented Candle

Finally, someone (us) has made a candle commemorating everyone’s favorite late 13th century widespread societal collapse.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ooof. A painful day. AC had gone out. Thought it would be a small repair, but now we’re having a whole new unit put in. And the dog got her teeth cleaned today and I needed some motorcycle maintenance. The pocketbook will have nothing but cobwebs in it after today.

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Dr Renske Janssen🟥 @renskejanssen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oof, I hate this. Mispronunciations are very common among those who learned new words by reading, so there's a good chance that all you're doing is bullying people whose mummy and daddy didn't regularly serve hors d"oeuvres before dinner, but who are delightful to chat to while eating them.

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