Reposted by Jamey WaltersDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 10hI've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 214137823732
Reposted by Jamey WaltersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7771280
Reposted by Jamey WaltersMatt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 9hyour daily reminder that the field of religious studies remains relevant. In fact, it is increasingly relevant. 19835
Reposted by Jamey WaltersJohn Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 10hI see discussions of using AI to restore inscriptions or papyri, presumably by using brute force to assemble parallels. I assume this could also work for classical art history, i.e. dating vases by style (vibes or Morellian). But can AI do good philology ? I.e. offer brilliant emendations to ms ? 1/ 3152
Reposted by Jamey WaltersJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119114392841
Reposted by Jamey WaltersStone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026me, rewatching the GOP’s “gotcha moment” backfire magnificently during the Jack Smith hearings 419722
Reposted by Jamey WaltersCandida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New Stones and Bones is out on Polar Bears and new Odyssey fragments. Featuring Michael Kulikowski, @sarahebond.bsky.social, Christopher Epplett, Nandini Pandey, and @sentantiq.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/...nationalgeographic.comPolar Bears in the Roman Colosseum?It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. 2199
Reposted by Jamey Waltersrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'this AI agent can do all your tasks for you' so now i gotta sit here and write a list of all my tasks for a robot to fuck up. why. why wouldn't i just keep to the current system where i fuck up my own tasks 191662257
Reposted by Jamey WaltersDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think about this a lot in terms of languages. Some depts expect/are expected to train students in the requisite math, coding, and technical knowledge to understand the material in more depth Most humanities courses don’t expect/aren’t allowed to require students to know requisite languages 2487
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also, I’m sorry, but your little disclosure statement that you used ChatGPT to make your slides but “not any of the content” for your presentation doesn’t make me judge you any less. 010
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I genuinely feel like I’m losing my mind when I’m around other educators who are talking about teaching students “responsible uses of AI”. 2132
Reposted by Jamey WaltersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I can’t say strongly enough that these are not realistic scenarios for the people I observed and, based on data about family lives, almost anyone else we might consider normal and/or not rich. 2986176
Reposted by Jamey WaltersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 331886305
Reposted by Jamey WaltersAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love the optimism about Dems winning in November - I share it! And: I'm a tiny bit nervous that winning will free folks of the urgency to fix deeper structural problems in our party that will fuck us in the long-haul if we don't grapple with them. 24711107
Reposted by Jamey WaltersEllen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One option for humanities classes going forward: don't schedule the class, schedule the work 126917
Reposted by Jamey WaltersBrandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Join us for a great time talking about #apocrypha! I’m really looking forward to presenting this project—it’s a fresh work in progress & it’s always fun to cross between medieval & apocrypha studies. #MedievalSky 182
Reposted by Jamey WaltersTimothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A helpful clarification on what’s happening in Edinburgh. divinity.ed.ac.uk/understandin...divinity.ed.ac.ukUnderstanding our programme changes | School of Divinity | School of DivinityBuilding for the future strength of theology and religion at the University of Edinburgh 111
Reposted by Jamey WaltersGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189325400
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 632915955
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This week I started experimenting with creating bingo cards to go along with my lectures and handing out small prizes (candy) to the first three people to get bingo, and I think it’s maybe the best pedagogical idea I’ve ever had. 092
Reposted by Jamey WaltersMatt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every time I read the word “efficiency” (or worse, hear it in a meeting), I think of Wendell Berry: “The standard of the exploiter is efficiency; the standard of the nurturer is care.” 04010
Reposted by Jamey WaltersDavid Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026JEDI for Jedi: How Diversity Training Brings a More Sustainable Balance to the Force. 1175
Reposted by Jamey WaltersCaroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Maybe? This seems to fall inline with SCOTUS view of executive power. Plus there are more and more incompetent lower level judges confirmed every month. Finally even if gorsuch/roberts/c-b stop it, immense damage will have happened 022
Reposted by Jamey WaltersSophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I am excited to share my new publication "The Life of Susanna in the Light of Beta Israel Manuscript Tradition" which just appeared in this cool new book! www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/inte... 0135
Reposted by Jamey WaltersAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some details and sources on the Syriac texts here:gedsh.bethmardutho.orgAlexander Cycle 1115
Reposted by Jamey WaltersYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brent Nongbri on Manuscripts of the Alexander Romance | Variant Readings brentnongbri.com/2026/09/20/m...brentnongbri.comManuscripts of the Alexander RomanceThe Alexander Romance (or The Life of Alexander of Macedon or the Life and Acts of Alexander, or The History of Alexander the Great, King of the Macedonians…) survives in hundreds of manuscri… 174
Reposted by Jamey Walterselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150223940
Reposted by Jamey WaltersSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not just an arch, it’s a murder arch. 88996198
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Highly recommend this new article by David Taylor about Jessie Payne Smith (Margoliouth) and her work as both a Syriac scholar and a suffragist: www.new.ox.ac.uk/mrs-margolio...new.ox.ac.ukMrs Margoliouth: Jessie Payne Smith, Syriac Scholar and Suffragist | New College 053
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much. You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos. Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software. 3540721433
Reposted by Jamey WaltersMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Inbox: USIP Plaintiffs Seek Emergency Court Order to Prevent Trump Name from Being Carved into Building storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 21944218
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on 522237537
Reposted by Jamey WaltersJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Probably the scariest and also most intellectually rigorous uncanny novel I have ever read. My review for the NYT. Free link. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Rouse,’ by China Miéville (Gift Article)“The Rouse,” by China Miéville, is a decade-spanning epic about a secret military unit trying to raise and weaponize the dead. 32663103
Reposted by Jamey WaltersMary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CFP: Syriac Scribes and Reader, proposed session at the 10th North American Syriac Symposium, Vanderbilt University, June 27–July 1, 2027. Submissions due October 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/syriac-...maryjahariscenter.orgSyriac Scribes and Reader | Mary Jaharis CenterAbstracts are invited for a panel dedicated to Syriac scribes and readers and the latter’s interactions with the manuscripts. Possible topics to be explored: 012
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you have to force students to enroll in your program/center's courses, that's not a class, it's a hostage situation. 526435
Reposted by Jamey WaltersTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026These centers are the guy who thinks hot young women aren’t showing up to the bar he stocked with weird dude things because pink-haired woke commie broads won’t let them. 4752159
Reposted by Jamey WaltersVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...dailyiowan.comUncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual FreedomIn the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape... 22663234
Reposted by Jamey WaltersMary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Job posting: Assistant or Associate Professor – Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE, University of California Berkeley. Applications due October 15, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/assista...maryjahariscenter.orgAssistant or Associate Professor – Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE, University of California Berkeley | Mary Jaharis Center 012
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny 4817277799
Reposted by Jamey WaltersPaul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pretty much this 161746237
Reposted by Jamey WaltersAndrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026new (open access!) article from Brent Nongbri redating some "early" gospel papyri (or "Nongbriing" them) brill.com/view/journal...brill.comThe Construction and Date of P.Bodmer 14–15 (P75)Abstract This article describes an underutilized criterion for assigning dates to papyrus codices, the presence of very long sheets (kollemata) in the rolls from which the bifolia of papyrus codices w... 23516
Reposted by Jamey WaltersDr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New #BMCR review of Susanna Elm's The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity, by Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.09...bmcr.brynmawr.eduThe importance of being gorgeous: gender and Christian imperial rule in late antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review 195
Reposted by Jamey WaltersDe Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In just over 50 pages, @candidamoss.bsky.social challenges modern assumptions about who counted as a slave trader and demonstrates that the entire apparatus of Roman medicine, commerce, and education was complicit in the manufacture and sale of human beings. Link below 👇🔗 14621
Reposted by Jamey WaltersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Apologies for this hot take, but it seems like taking a partisan hack who's a complete dipshit with no experience in the field and making them the head of your network news division might *not* have been a brilliant idea? 1922426375
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Really looking forward to reading this! And good timing too, as my unit on Rome is rapidly approaching in my ancient civilizations course. 021
Reposted by Jamey WaltersSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The phrase “washes up” is perhaps not the best way to describe a newly found fragment of Homer on parchment 📜 . But I do love that it’s Book 12 and dated to the 4th century CE—in Coptic. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/scra...dutchnews.nlScrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht - DutchNews.nlA 1700-year-old scrap of parchment containing verses from the Odyssey has been discovered in the library of Utrecht University. Researcher Mark de Kreij came across the fragile artefact two years ago ... 519137
Reposted by Jamey Walterstalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026After Robert Kraft rallied stadium owners to prevent Ed Sheeran’s tour from their venues unless he fired Macklemore, Sheeran’s opening acts Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe, as well as Sheeran’s touring band, Beoga, have all announced their departures from the tour. 33887156
Reposted by Jamey WaltersDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect. 7872081140