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Evan Axel Andersson

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wonder if some elected Democrats are aware that a chunk of voters don't know that Republicans control every branch of the Federal government right now. Might be good to mention this in speeches...
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ease the slow march into the fall with a new book review! John Doss reviews "Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Construction" by Michael S. Robertson (Leiden: Brill, 2024). @dgb-history.bsky.social rheaclassicalreviews.com/2026/09/17/d...
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Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Co
Michael S. Robertson, Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Construction, Critical Approaches to Early Christianity 3 (Leiden: Brill, 2024). 9789004685…
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Arthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So much of the ancient statuary and portraiture study I've been doing for this book has led me to the discovery that once upon a time, scholars were so eager to identify the subjects as well-known historical figures that they made leaps and bounds to identify them, without any evidence.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
YOU COULD HIRE SO MANY FUCKING TENURE TRACK FACULTY FOR THIS. SON OF A BITCH.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 10/09/2026
Sorry to bring gender in it but when you're a man and you fail to defend vulnerable people whom it is within your power to defend guess what you just failed at being
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rhea Classical Reviews is back in your inbox for another year's worth of book reviews! Rejoicing commences 😎 Aaron L. Beek reviews "Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, & Fiction" by @nicholsone99.bsky.social (@oxfordunipress 2023)
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Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, & Fiction
Emma Nicholson, Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, & Fiction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023). 9780192866769. Reviewed by Aaron L. Beek, Case Western Reserve …
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve.
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Evan Axel Andersson @eancients.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yuliya is a womderful scholar and her work is super interesting. You should all go download her book and support her scholarship!
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
two days left to download Yuliya Minets' Element for 💫free💫! join the 2000 (!) folks who have taken advantage of this open access window!! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Languages and Linguistic Diversity in Late Antique Mediterranean Religions
Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Languages and Linguistic Diversity in Late Antique Mediterranean Religions
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/08/2026
This is the funniest shit. Florida allows religious exemptions for vaccines. Catholic schools in Florida: we require vaccines. Florida's attorney general, who is Catholic, is threatening to pull vouchers if they don't allow for religious exemptions The Bishops: separation of church & state
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Catholic bishops remind attorney general about separation of church and state
“The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious,” wrote the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Republican leaders who fear that the furious, bipartisan backlash against AI data centers could cost their party in the midterm election are getting help from their loyal propagandists at Fox News. www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
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Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against “far-left” data center opposition
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026
Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026
New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia
A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump said deportations would lead to more jobs for American citizens. But according to new research, his cruel immigration raids actually COST jobs, including those held by American citizens. This was never about “protecting American workers.” It was always about racism and cruelty.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In this week's installment of Rhea Receptions, @magistracohen.bsky.social reviews three books by Patricia Galloway, @nancythespringer.bsky.social, and @julieberrybooks.bsky.social in a piece titled "Unforeseen Medusas."
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Unforeseen Medusas
Patricia Galloway, Snake Dreamer (New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1998). ISBN 9780385322645. Nancy Spinger, Dusssie (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2007). ISB…
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dem's always get freaked out by the progressives/Democratic socialists. They really do suck at reading the room. Americans are sick of the corruption and ineffectiveness, that's why Mamdani and other progressives are winning.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Poll results vs. how poll results are presented in the Wall Street Journal.
Zohran with a 69% approval to 24% approval, highest favorably for a New York Mayor since LaGuardia announced the free candy and handjobs for all program.WSJ: Mamdani’s Honeymoon With New York is Over
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Weird, it's almost like these "prediction markets" are just the random bets of inveterate gamblers who are reacting to breaking news without any actual insight or skill
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Prediction markets are not predictive and should not be covered as news

Kalshi Politics

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TODAY: WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR NOMINEE ODDS:

🟦 Francesca Hong: 95%
🟦 David Crowley: 5%
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
another new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity, from Yuliya Minets, 💫 free 💫 to download through August 26! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Languages and Linguistic Diversity in Late Antique Mediterranean Religions
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 06/08/2026
Really? Because I keep seeing them in charge of everything from car dealerships to the White House, and they seem to doing just fine despite their obvious handicaps.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The fifth installment of Rhea Receptions is an exploration of VR museum exhibits, specifically the Getty's "Persepolis Reimagined" (@gettymuseum.bsky.social). Give it a read and go take yourself on a tour of this fantastic exhibit.
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Persepolis Reimagined
Getty’s “Persepolis Reimagined” virtual online experience (part of the “Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World” exhibit in 2022) curated by Timothy Potts, Jeffrey Spier, and Sara E. Cole Revi…
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
NO ONE wants Data Centers. NO ONE wants their cars tracking your every movements. NO ONE wants Flock camera's. So who the fuck is installing them? And why are we just taking it???
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fired Over Speech, Professors Take Their Employers to Court
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Fired Over Speech, Professors Take Their Employers to Court
The recent spate of censorship and academic freedom violations is the worst since the McCarthy era, according to one lawyer. But as faculty rack up legal victories, universities may start to think…
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New Rhea Receptions essay for a hot Thursday morning! Dr. Jeremy Swist (@metalclassicist.bsky.social) explores modern Greek identity, ancient Greece, and Homer in heavy metal, with a focus on the band Triumpher.
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Triumpher and Greek Heavy Metal’s Reclamation of Homer
Triumpher and Greek Heavy Metal’s Reclamation of HomerReviewed by Jeremy Swist, Michigan State University, swistjer@msu.edu Cover art for Triumpher’s Piercing the Heart of the World by Anasta.Zia (…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am heartened by the growing bipartisan concern about Flock cameras. I have no illusions that Congress is going to do anything about this issue anytime soon, but this is a sign that our movement is shifting tectonic plates and radically changing public opinion and political will. Keep going.
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Massie bill would bar funding for police using Flock license plate readers
The proposal comes amid growing national debate over automated license plate readers, which have expanded rapidly across the U.S.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Black kids protecting their Latino neighbors from ICE
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Evan Axel Andersson @eancients.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Fresh challenges to the Hindu fascists in Delhi as Modi flees in the face of a major student march.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Rhea Receptions essay up, reviewing Nolan's "The Odyssey"! This thoughtful and insightful review considers the film as a product of our current times and places it within the historical lineup of other adaptations of the Odyssey over the past century.
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Voyages in Time: The Odyssey (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2006)
Colin Whiting, Dumbarton Oaks, whitingc01@doaks.org Note: Spoilers ahead Let’s get the flotsam and jetsam of a film review out of the way first. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is, as one…
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 22/07/2026
While world leaders are hell bent on ‘saving the kids’ by enabling mass censorship & surveillance measures like ID checks or kicking teens off of social media, we seldom hear what kids have to say about it, even though many of them are doing incredible things for accountability movements.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New Rhea Receptions essay to brighten your Thursday! @amyvandervelde.bsky.social, Dalton Greene, and Alexander Maltby reflect upon @rickriordan.bsky.social's gift to all Classicists - Percy Jackson and "The Lightning Thief"! Check it out 👇
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Percy Jackson stole our hearts, not Zeus’ master bolt: A discussion of Percy Jackson’s first adventure in “The Lightning Thief”
Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Disney Hyperion, 2005). 978-0-7868-3865-3. Chris Columbus, dir. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. 2010; Fox…
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
new JANT dropped!
3rd edition of the Jewish Annotated New Testament my scintillating introduction to the Letter of Jude, the most popular and widely read book of the New Testament
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Trump regime ordered the reopening of a Santa Barbara pipeline that had been dormant since 2015 after a major spill.
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This California Oil Pipeline Was Dormant for 11 Years. Trump Reopened It. (Gift Article)
The move in Santa Barbara by the Trump administration has made residents anxious in a region prized for its gorgeous beaches and ocean views.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Yes, Trump made them worse. But refusing to recognize the toxicity of the pre-Trump Republican Party that made it so easy for Trump to take over will undermine efforts make REAL change when Trump is gone. Case in point: Lindsey Graham. This was in 2010!! www.politico.com/story/2010/0...
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Graham eyes 'birthright citizenship'
The South Carolina senator wants to end automatic citizenship for kids of immigrants.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Pundits: "Don't speak ill of the dead." Historians:
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Obama - What? Come On Man, Really?
ALT: Obama - What? Come On Man, Really?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
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CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country
MAHA.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 10/07/2026
Who needs to "drill baby drill"? This is how you turn solar into night-time power.
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First US sodium-ion grid storage factory will power 4 million homes
Peak Energy has recently announced a 183,000-sq-ft facility in Sacramento to manufacture sodium-ion batteries.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
These kinds of laws have an invisible ripple effect across the country. A good number of corporations will just change their policies instead of making a NYC-specific protocol. A lot of the consumer protections we have started in one state or big city.
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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Exciting things happening here!!! Our inaugural essay for Rhea Receptions is up, discussing how to engage students with ancient myth via 'book club' by Dr. Stephanie Kimmey! Receptions is a limited summer run of essays exploring the ancient world today and written for a general audience. Read on👇
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Teaching with Book Club
Stephanie Kimmey. Weber State University. stephaniekimmey1@weber.edu The book, especially the physical format, is in its Wish List era. TBR (to be read) lists and independent bookstores are seeing …
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
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Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
ALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
100 years ago.
The klan marching in front of the US Capitol in 1926
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 04/07/2026
"Jonathan Ross, the agent identified as Renee Good’s killer, has not been arrested for his crimes or even fired from his job. As far as I know, neither have Jesus Ochoa or Raymundo Gutierrez, the men identified as Alex Pretti’s killers." www.liberalcurrents.com/every-act-wh...
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Every Act Which May Define a Tyrant
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people
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