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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 11h

We love Liv 💛

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whiplash day emotionally because YAY the special section of Illinois Classical Studies I guest-edited is now published! My own contribution is 'Re-Casting the Gregory Collection: Plaster Cast "Antiquities" and the Formation of "Taste" at the University of Illinois' ☺️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026

Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thrilled to share an interview with my amazing graduate student Amelia, who worked tirelessly on the Gardens of the Roman Empire project over the summer to help publish over 100 gardens on our project website: classics.illinois.edu/news/2026-10... YAY for collaborative digital humanities projects!

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Working with the Gardens of the Roman Empire Project | Department of Classics | Illinois

Over the summer, third-year graduate student Amelia Lamis completed a research internship with the Gardens of the Roman Empire Project, a digital humanities initiative that aims to bring knowledge of ...

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My 10 is already done with her reading challenge this month. That's an apple that plonked directly under the tree and stopped 🍎😁

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something I focused on a lot in my writing class "To What Problem is ChatGPT the Solution?" was helping students look at all the choices that are being made every day by the tech companies, by school districts, by gov'ts, etc. about how AI will be part of our lives. So many of them came into the /1

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Its not quite time to really tell people what’s happening, plainly, because they’re still caught in the midterms fever but someone credible has to emerge soon to do it or it’s a wrap.

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Catch up on Friday’s new blog post here👇🏻

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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.

A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We can all just quit. Mary Jaeger already asked the most important question in 2015.

Bibliography entry circled. The title is “Why is there no cheese in Horace’s Satires? And Related questions for Vergil and Varro.”

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In this week's instalment of our #PeoplingBlog Halloween Series on the "scary things" in the Odyssey, we hear from Drs. Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton and their work on the Cyclops in the ancient and modern imaginary! peoplingthepast.com/2026/10/02/b...

Graphic featuring an ancient vase painting depicting the Cyclops being blinded; and text that reads “The Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey and Beyond”

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing out a cipher key for my WIP with two different colors of fountain pen 🖊️🖋️ Am fancy.

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Be not afraid of deliciousness...

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Eclipse would find means of sneaking his way to the food...his only true skill. (also, hbd)

A black cat stands atop the fridge in triumph, having found his way to where the snacks are kept. If he had a brain cell, this would resemble a triumphant pose

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Richelle C. Flores @richellecflores.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wreck my world Steal my time … #vss365 #cloud

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Ryan F. Love @rflove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My historical horror short "Letters of the Lens Grinder" was one of these, and I am thrilled to say it will be in the upcoming book from @edgeandbusby.com , Witnessed: An Anthology of Literary Horror. March 2027! #writer #horror

From Edge & Busby's Instagram, on a maroon background: Witnessed, 646 submissions. Who needs sleep? Winners announced December 1

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My wife texting me about GBBS from the other room while I write

Wife: Zuchertorte mentioned!
Me: Bless you? [Laugh/crying face]

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Grading during the day for me today, but that means writing time available tonight 🙏🏼

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What... you thought us Classicists were done with Odyssey content?! OUTRAGEOUS!

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Richelle C. Flores @richellecflores.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You called it passion When I gave you my body … #vss365 #passion #poetry

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To the "ambient" music makers on YouTube: if your content sounds like an unbalanced washing machine, it has stopped being ambient

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Richelle C. Flores @richellecflores.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Memories linger on perfumed paper poetry scrawled by your hand I keep your words tucked in my pocket the piece of you I have left #poetry

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happened to me just the other day 😨

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We back baby! 👇

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me at the store: *purchases calming drink* Me in the car: Know what? I need some pump-up music! My nervous system:

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Willing to wager he smelled like a freshman hallway...oceans of Axe 🫪

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No worries! Just sent a reply as well

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That's fine! I largely do the same thing in that respect. I'll send you a DM now.

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Would you mind sending me a copy of your syllabus? I'm looking to overhaul my creative writing course next semester

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Aerin Finehair @vagablondviking.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

PSA 🚨 soooo many Terry Pratchett books are currently $1.99 on Kindle #BookSky #Discworld

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Always subscribed to the theory that James Purefoy should have had a turn as Bond

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Every single piece from the Parthenon belongs in the Acropolis Museum.

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Also, since the Parthenon is back in the news, I’ll take this as a shameless opportunity to plug my “Parthenon at Illinois” project, which studies the long history of replication through the lens of historic plaster casts of the Parthenon friezes at UIUC sites.google.com/view/parthen...

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Parthenon at Illinois studies the long history of replication through the lens of historic plaster casts of the Parthenon friezes at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Spurlock Museum of Wo...

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“Despite their compromised positions, adjuncts still win teaching awards, publish books, and contribute widely to scholarship, literature, and the arts. And they do this even though their academic research and writing—meant to be supported by a tenured position—has been relegated to unpaid labor.”

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

After my wife sends me a chocolate Marlowe recipe #HistoryJoke

Screencap of a text thread.

Wife: Thought you'd like that.
Me: Also, needs to be stabbed to be a proper Marlowe
Wife: skull emoji, which cracks and falls apart
Me: Yes exactly (laughing ensues)

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One of many reasons I never went back for a PhD 🫪🫠

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'm not sure non-academics get how much of a tenure decision rests on getting a first book published. In most fields, not publishing a book in your six years as as an asst professor means tenure is a non-starter. Even if you do publish, it's not a lock. But in most cases, no book means no tenure.

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Married life is running to the store to get garbage bags after your morning workout and snagging your wife's favorite ramyun in the process

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wound up hanging out in the basement with the family due to possible tornadoes in my area that thankfully never developed. Not much writing work done, but hopefully tomorrow if the weather cooperates

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Joseph Donne @joedonnewrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

That's been my summer. Sprained my ankle playing softball in May which just healed, and kept getting stiff as a board when I'd wake up. Now the fun one is having jammed my thumb playing golf

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