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N. Olya

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Classical Archaeologist | Greek vases, ethnicity, & otherness in Mediterranean antiquity | Likes/Follows/Reposts =/= endorsements

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Smile it’s the weekend! A liitle blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️ Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows an ancient Egyptian ‘roaring’ hippo statuette made of Egyptian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. The hippo is seated with head at left, and turned to front. The hippo’s original tusks (the top incisors and lower canine teeth are known as tusks), are missing, so it looks as if the hippo is smiling. The blue body is decorated in black with stylised images of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts the hippo’s marsh habitat as well as having layers of symbolism associated with regeneration e.g. lotus flowers open with the sun in the morning and close at night symbolising rebirth. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. On display Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Many faculty have been sounding the alarm about the problems generative AI poses for student learning. Strangely, some higher ed administrations seem have emerged as major AI boosters. Why? As I write in the latest @hedgehogreview.bsky.social it's a labor story: hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s hard to launch a campaign to “grow public trust in academia” when the campaign to erode public trust in academia has been so successful there’s barely anyone left to make the case.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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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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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/06/2026
Just in time for the fourteenth consecutive Most Important Election of Our Lifetime™, @ginnyhogan.bsky.social and @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social’s Obey in Advance: How to Survive (and Thrive) Under Authoritarianism. Coming to you from McSweeney’s books this fall. store.mcsweeneys.net/products/obe...
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 01/07/2026
There is an obvious, deliberate campaign by the @nytimes.com, @theatlantic.com, & @newyorker.com to undermine and delegitimize the study of culture in American higher education. It began in the backlash to Black Lives Matter and accelerated after the encampments. Platforming Rufo is part of this.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sorry I was absent from my job as the Baby Healthcare Slasher. I had depression for reasons that I’m sure are entirely unrelated to that. Anyways back to my job giving everyone infectious diseases and driving teenagers to suicide.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/06/2026
I hope that people are aware that one of the primary political objectives of this ascending right-wing effort to remake higher education through things like the Vanderbilt Report, the Chicago Principles, and the AEI Future of the American University project is to crush the academic labor movement.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
As someone who still lurks on the bird app, I can report that since most Classicists departed, what remains of the discourse consists of chuds crying about reconstructions of ancient polychromy, the new Odyssey film's woke Marxist destruction of Western Heritage, and Emily Wilson's translations.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 10/05/2026
It’s remarkable in this day and age to hear a politician anywhere say the following: “Support for a diverse, rigorous and accessible body of historical scholarship should be a much greater priority for democratic governments even at a time of stretched budgets.“
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/05/2026
“University of Arizona faculty leaders are opposing a proposed change to the university email policy that would allow university officials to inspect, monitor or ask employees to disclose their email communications if they think there’s ‘reasonable suspicion’ of violations of law or UA policy.”
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Proposed U of A email policy will increase surveillance, faculty say
University of Arizona faculty leaders and governance groups are opposing a proposed change to the university’s email policy, which allows internal inspection, monitoring or disclosure of employee emai...
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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A few from Chicago's Austin neighborhood
2.5-story Queen Anne residence painted bright blue with purple accents. Built ca. 1895.  It has a hipped roof, gables, dormers, bays, and a magnificent bullet-shaped turret in the front. There is a small front porch that is unfortunately painted brown and a second floor balcony above that.2.5-story Classical Style frame home with a hipped roof with broad eaves and brackets. A small semicircular porch has a roof supported by plain white columns. There is a gabled dormer poking out of the roof at the front of the house. On the left side, third floor, is a sort of turret/balcony with arched openings. The siding is painted the color of calamine lotion; the trim is white.Three-story symmetrical brick building built as flats in 1905. I'd say the architecture is Federal style: red brick, symmetrical, hipped roof, two gabled dormers at the front, porch across the full width with Ionic columns, second floor balcony with white balustrade, and an arched window in the center of the second floor.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is the current director of Pompeii. I could not be more furious and I believe he could not be more wrong. www.westernwheel.ca/weather-news...
The digital portrait was created using Al and photo-editing techniques designed to translate skeletal and archaeological data into a realistic human likeness.
'The vastness of archaeological data is now such that only with the help of artificial intelligence will we be able to adequately protect and enhance them. If used well, Al can contribute to a renewal of classical studies," Pompeii park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said in a statement.
The project aims to make archaeological research more accessible and emotionally engaging for the public while maintaining a scientific foundation, researchers said.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/04/2026
“The decree is an escalation of the course content review policies implemented last year and reflects a trend of academic censorship at Texas public institutions.”
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Texas Tech University to Close Gender, Sexuality Programs
All majors, minors, certificates and graduate degrees that are “centered on” sexual orientation or gender identity must be phased out and canceled, Texas Tech University system chancellor Brandon Crei...
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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.
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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
That's the stuff
Color photo of a magnolia tree in front of a fancier yellow brick bungalow with green clay tile roof. Tree is in full bloom, most of petals are on branches but many have fallen onto sidewalk and lawn.Color photo of a large magnolia tree in full bloom, with crown connecting to crowns of nearby magnolias, in front of a midcentury three-story apartment building with a courtyard.Color photo of a sidewalk, lawn, and parkway under the branches of three magnolia trees, big blossoms on the trees and petals on the sidewalk.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 13/04/2026
Hugely important study on the (mal)distribution of resources in academia - must read. Perhaps no issue is more important right now, yet completely under-discussed 🗃️
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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My article on a vase with a kalos-inscription for Hephaistos has just been published, open access! In the article, I present a vase that's been largely ignored, but which gives us a new way to think about Hephaistos and his importance in 5th century BCE Athens. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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BEAUTIFUL HEPHAISTOS: A RE-PRESENTATION OF A KALOS-INSCRIPTION | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
BEAUTIFUL HEPHAISTOS: A RE-PRESENTATION OF A KALOS-INSCRIPTION - Volume 73 Issue 1
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The greatest indignity in this particular aspect of the neverending assault on the humanities is that the people leading the charge are incurious at best or in the case of this tool, aggressively stupid.
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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#ReliefWednesday - Sassanid relief depicting the triumph of Shapur I (r. AD 240-270) over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rostam, located 3 km north of Persepolis. It is the most impressive of eight Sassanid rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.
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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Our article on a dedication of a late Archaic representation of a dwarf woman on the Athenian Acropolis is out, and open access! This project began in earnest in Spring 2022, so it's been a long time coming and I am so proud of it. Share with your students! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A Dwarf Maiden on the Athenian Acropolis: Disability and Dedication in the Archaic Polis
The study of ancient Greek sculpture is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body, which has long been assumed to exclude notions of bodily difference and disability. I...
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!
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Hi everyone, I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development. My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people… |...
Hi everyone, I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development. My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people ca...
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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
On Thurs, Feb. 19, I'll be speaking at UC Davis about my recent co-authored project, a late 6th century BCE statue of a dwarf woman that was dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis. A recording of the talk from the Fall is available on YouTube, if you're interested! classics.ucdavis.edu/events/disab...
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Feb 19: Disability and Dedication on the Archaic Acropolis
The study of Greek art is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body, which has long been assumed to exclude aspects of bodily difference and disability.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
There is a fab new book out about the 2022 polychromy exhibition at the Met. It underscores 38 scholars who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 experts in polychromy today. Coming out of polychromy retirement to review _Chroma: Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today_ for @hyperallergic.com (edited by Natalie Haddad).
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How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 13/02/2026
Registration for #ResDiff7 is now available: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
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Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics.&nbsp…
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Curtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is out! Promo Code WIN26 will get you 30% off at @yalepress.bsky.social. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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The White Pedestal
How white nationalist thought leaders use ancient Greece and Rome to claim historical precedent for their violent and oppressive politics   It is difficult ...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
“You didn’t get a high paying job right after graduation because you got a Humanities degree instead of learning to code” Same people: “too bad, so sad, AI can do your job and no one cares about cultivating future leadership in the field.” Same people: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Stanford graduates spark outrage after uncovering reason behind lack of job offers: 'A dramatic reversal from three years ago'
"That has changed."
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I went to the Worcester Art Museum a few years ago when I was in town to give a lecture at Holy Cross. While I was primarily interested in seeing the Antioch mosaics there, I was pleasantly surprised that the collection is geographically and chronologically very broad. Definitely worth a visit.
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Dr. Briana Jackson @baladria.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
My sister got me a building set of Anubis and I spent about 8 hours straight on it to complete him. Look how cool he is!! I’ve placed him beside my senet set and he will probably get destroyed by cats
Photograph of a building blocks set of the Egyptian god Anubis, fully assembled. In the background is a sewing machine and iron Photograph of a building blocks set of the Egyptian god Anubis, fully assembled. In the background is a sewing machinePhotograph of a building blocks set of the Egyptian god Anubis, fully assembled. Detail of the headPhotograph of a building blocks set of the Egyptian god Anubis, fully assembled. On top of a book case with a senet board. A cat is sniffing the Anubis figure.
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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Super interesting article on the archaeology jobs wiki and trends in archaeology job ads
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Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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Helen Lovatt @helenlovatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is much more comprehensive than my own list, and reassuringly familiar from my experience of marking. I’ll be sharing the list with my students, both to think about writing for different audiences (encyclopaedia articles) and being aware of the weakness of LLM generated text.
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I participated in this excellent conference a few years ago and I encourage anyone interested to submit an abstract!
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2025
companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2025
the person behind this unhinged, anti-factual editorial is set to decide coverage at one of the nation’s major news networks
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There are so many unforgivable actions of capitulation being taken by the institutions most well-positioned to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism if they wished to do so. A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"The president's laws"...they really aren't sending their best!
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Academics love to pretend to be busy as an excuse not to respond to emails but will constantly be posting on Instagram, Facebook, and the like. Get serious!
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The University of Chicago “lost tens of millions investing in crypto around 2021” Hahahahahahaha
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UChicago Lost Money on Crypto, Then Froze Research When Federal Funding Was Cut
While Stanford responded to the federal funding research freeze by halting administrative hiring and protecting research, the University of Chicago panicked. On January 28, hours after the Trump admi...
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
When unis say “we won’t fire you humanities professors, we’ll just take your majors away and merge your department with two others and rename it all,” what they’re doing is they’re making humanities expertise increasingly invisible and inaccessible…
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
An R1 without languages programs isn't a research university, it's a joke.
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N. Olya @nsolya.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Wake up babe, people are posting on the Liverpool Classics Listserv that the destruction of the Humanities in the age of the neoliberal university has nothing to do with politics
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Others have more robust comments, but UChicago deciding to forgo language education—the literal thing they’re known for—and hoping that GenAI can teach grad students Akkadian and Homeric Greek is horrifying
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The kids are alright! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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EDITORIAL: Shared governance is dying while our Board prospers
The self-serving actions of the Board are not just harmful to students and faculty today, but they are harmful to our institution as a whole and the future president who will be invited to lead it.
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