Reposted by Tom ElliottEthan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 4hCataloging and digital collections bluesky: Anyone migrated special collections into Bibframe yet? I'm interested in looking at the underlying LOD. 016
Reposted by Tom ElliottLaurie Pearce @pearcele.bsky.social · 5hAcademic peeps: Creating a map for publication: suggestions on how to produce map for publication? For class lectures I just grab scans & attribute sources, but never had to produce map for publication. Tips from start to end, people who can create (for pay), all suggestions welcome here or email. 852
Reposted by Tom ElliottMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20hThe White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 41965041788
Reposted by Tom ElliottEthan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 9hDepending on how quickly the Library of Congress implements yesterday's EO, both Super Intelligence and Lake America will propagate into the University of Virginia library catalog in about 10 days, unless we take precautions to create a bunch of local headings. 122
Reposted by Tom ElliottHuntsville, Alabama 50501 @huntsville50501.bsky.social · 9hWhat if you're the ones you've been waiting for? Anti-voter attacks are underway. Join us to plan to help build public will to vote and connect with organizations and individuals to protect our elections. Sign up now for location details. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 002
Reposted by Tom ElliottDavid Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Has anyone made Yes / Yes to all / No USB foot pedals? 081
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 29/09/2026hcommons.social/@paregorios/...hcommons.socialTom Elliott (@paregorios@hcommons.social)Congratulations to Apple for making life harder for humanists with the latest updates. The "emoji and symbols" picker loses its customizations (all favorites are gone and have to be rebuilt from scrat... 100
Reposted by Tom ElliottDavid Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An updated version of Scott Enderle's Topic Modeling Tool is now available here: github.com/mimno/topic-... Beta testers welcome!github.comRelease v2.0.0 · mimno/topic-modeling-toolFull Changelog: https://github.com/mimno/topic-modeling-tool/commits/v2.0.0 0105
Reposted by Tom Elliottphilologistgrc.bsky.social @philologistgrc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026a new version of Perseus is finally live: sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdat...sites.tufts.eduP6, MVP, and Beta Perseus oh my, or Keeping the Flame of P4 Alive » Perseus Digital Library Updates 2124
Reposted by Tom ElliottEthan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 29/09/2026hahaha the Republicans thought they had a gotcha on Jack Smith in some controversy about going to an Atlanta Hawks game re: Fani Willis, but it was the Iowa HAWKEYES @ Maryland to watch Caitlin Clark 231
Reposted by Tom ElliottYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026October 8 2026 4:30PM BST = 11:30 AM EDT Online @ics.bsky.social Jessica L. Lamont @yale.edu Magic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...ics.sas.ac.ukMagic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth 0178
Reposted by Tom ElliottSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest for National Geographic is on a stunning new ‘Fulgur Conditum’ inscription from Hadrian’s Villa that tells us a lot about how Romans reacted to lightning ⚡️ striking objects & the creation of sacred space. Thx 🙏 to Elizabeth Meyer & Alberto Samonà. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...nationalgeographic.comThe Ancient Romans Had a Strange Ritual After ThunderstormsArchaeologists excavating at Hadrian’s Villa outside of Rome have unearthed a marble slab dedicated to Summanus, the god of nocturnal lightning. 212941
Reposted by Tom ElliottTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566293330
Reposted by Tom ElliottMarc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To Trump, everyone who works for the government is his employee, and its their job to carry out his orders. 022
Reposted by Tom ElliottCandida 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 Tom ElliottJenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New papyrology curator job in Oxford/London! As part of rebuilding its HQ, the @theees.bsky.social is establishing the Grenfell & Hunt Papyrology Centre, for which it is hiring a new curator (initially to be located in Oxford). See full details here: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/we-...ees.ac.ukWe’re looking for a CuratorWould you like to join the EES team? 066
Reposted by Tom ElliottDoug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A sitting president doesn’t go to a safe state a month before an election. Alabama is in play, folks. 515151
Reposted by Tom ElliottEllen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One option for humanities classes going forward: don't schedule the class, schedule the work 126917
Reposted by Tom ElliottDan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Etruscan tumulus of Pisa, ca. 700 BCE. Carefully excavated in the 1990s, no remains were found in the central chamber, and is interpreted as a cenotaph. An iron trident was deposited above, and a horse was sacrificed on an altar on top, which was then dismantled and interred. 15610
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No. Everybody who knows anything knows that ancient Lutetia was born when a Roman centurion stuck Obelix's less well-known cousin Interrabanx on the head with an axe and the city popped out fully formed. Get it together people. 040
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In the Braga (Portugal) museum, Bühler-Brockhaus collection (i.e., not from Braga itself): an unprovenanced, mold-poured lead ingot inscribed Neronia Aug(usti) Britan(nicum) l(egio) II. Same text, but it looks to me like not the ... full original post: hcommons.social/@paregorios/... #epigraphyhcommons.socialTom Elliott (@paregorios@hcommons.social)Attached: 1 image In the Braga (Portugal) museum, Bühler-Brockhaus collection (i.e., not from Braga itself): an unprovenanced, mold-poured lead ingot inscribed NERONIS AVG(usti) Britan(nicum) l(egio)... 130
Reposted by Tom ElliottPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665759953
Reposted by Tom ElliottTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...texastribune.orgDPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to countiesCounties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar. 4119421413
Reposted by Tom ElliottPleiades gazetteer @pleiades-gazetteer.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (14-22 September 2026): over the course of the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 11 new and 119 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Anne Chen, Damian Noah […] [Original post on hcommons.social] 035
Reposted by Tom ElliottOpenHistoricalMap @openhistoricalmap.org · 23/09/2026September is almost over and we didn’t post the statistics for August yet! Since the start of August, we added 3.9 million dated elements, more than doubling what we had before. That includes 1.6 million more buildings and 17,192¼ more railroad miles than we had before. #HockeyStick 182
Reposted by Tom ElliottDan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026these days, when basically anyone can feed a prompt and create a historically-dodgy video of ancient life, the work of serious reenactors is more important than ever imo. Staying with the Roman context, in particular, the non-military aspects of ancient life are not particularly well represented 193
Reposted by Tom Elliottekansa.bsky.social @ekansa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Chis Nicholson (Executive Director of Digital Antiquity / tDAR) and I wrote an article with a critique of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) use of #AI for #culturalHeritage conservation policy. See: mydigitalpublication.com/publication/... #LLM #AIagents #Democracy #archaeologymydigitalpublication.comThe SAA Archaeological Record • September 2026, Volume 26 Number 4 • Page 19The SAA Archaeological Record 055
Reposted by Tom ElliottAlison Babeu @alicatlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026While the onslaught of bots and LLMs taking down both P4 and the Scaife Viewer has been significant, it has not stopped the Perseus research team and it's many awesome collaborators from publishing both open data and new publications that I'd like to higlight (sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdat...)sites.tufts.eduOngoing Outages and So Many Publications » Perseus Digital Library Updates 172
Reposted by Tom ElliottAliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New thread for the 2026/27 Athens theatre season. First show of the Autumn, Little Eyolf at the outdoor theatre of Kolonos (Colonus). 031
Reposted by Tom ElliottSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thanks so much to @jacoprisco.bsky.social at @cnn.com for speaking to me about the new research on Roman roads 🛣️ coming out of Itiner-e.org. However! I wanted to add a few predecessors that allowed Itiner-e to exist in the impressive form it does now. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/s...cnn.comWhy all roads don’t lead to Rome | CNNAn analysis of the Roman Empire’s road network disputes the myth “all roads lead to Rome,” citing the importance of other cities and reviewing long-held assumptions. 16516
Reposted by Tom ElliottFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They knew this 1,000-year-old archaeological site was here. It had been mapped, published, and reported to the agencies responsible for the land. Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it /1 Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM 4188110
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Look, ma, Huntsville's famous! theonion.com/landlord-tak...theonion.comLandlord Takes Hornets’ SideHUNTSVILLE, AL—Claiming he had looked into the issue per the tenant’s request, local landlord Ernest Morton told one of his renters Thursday that he had no choice but to take the hornets’ side in a re... 010
Reposted by Tom ElliottCandida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Amazing review of @sarahebond.bsky.social 's new book in the AHR (you probably need sign in credentials to view) congratulations to Sarah! academic.oup.com/ahr/article-... 091
Reposted by Tom ElliottJen Baird @jenbaird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We're hiring a (full-time, permanent) colleague to join us as Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage in @bbkhistorical.bsky.social and the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSY235/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Archaeology and Heritage at Birkbeck, University of LondonApply for the Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 11214
Reposted by Tom ElliottRhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hey y’all! It’s hard to know how to feel somedays about the music industry, but one thing I know is that there are a lot of amazing folks working tirelessly to get music they care about out to you- 49818
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure) of a scholar with a dual focus on Computational Humanities and on Roman Archaeology. See further: isaw.nyu.edu/jobs/computa...isaw.nyu.eduAssociate Professor, Computational Humanities and Roman ArchaeologyThe Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure) of a scholar with a dual focus on Computational Hum... 01511
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Inspired by @sebhth.bsky.social's "graph databases" class at #ISAWNYU (I'm auditing), I've started work on an RDF representation of my dissertation "Epigraphic Evidence for Boundary Disputes in the Early Roman Empire." It's still early days, but making some progress: github.com/paregorios/d...github.comGitHub - paregorios/demarc_graph: extracting RDF from the dissertationextracting RDF from the dissertation. Contribute to paregorios/demarc_graph development by creating an account on GitHub. 030
Reposted by Tom ElliottSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026September 17, 264 CE: A veteran named Ammonianos at Karanis in Roman Egypt in the reign of Gallienus, is given an ostracon receipt that notes that he delivered an enslaved man (δοῦλος) as security for a loan (O. Mich. 3 1098, Straus, L'esclave dans l'Égypte romaine 54 2020). papyri.info/hgv/9963 0162
Reposted by Tom ElliottJeremy Simmons @caeliambulator.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Now available globally! 1165
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Check out "Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World" in the galleries at #ISAWNYU today through 13 December. Wed-Sun 11am-6pm; Fridays 11am-8pm. Free guided tours Fridays at 6pm and Saturdays at 11am. isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions #ancientBluesky #classicsBluesky @isawnyu.bsky.social #NYCisaw.nyu.eduExhibitions at ISAW 000
Reposted by Tom ElliottErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My latest investigation on stolen cultural heritage now out from @himalsouthasian.bsky.social. I followed the tracks of Mary Slusser, an American academic who thought she was “saving” Nepal’s culture by smuggling sacred artifacts out of the country - killing at least one ritual. 19941
Reposted by Tom ElliottJoel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026while 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 2468
Reposted by Tom ElliottMark G. Bilby @mgbilby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Authentic human writing is limited synthesis rooted in each life's particularities, scaffolded from birth, ever striving and adapting, flourishing in and out of rhythms of sleep. LLM gen-AI is pansynthesis, rootless, instantaneously whole, perfect overconfidence, always awake and never really awake. 011
Reposted by Tom ElliottRhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My new album is out on Friday! 49828
Reposted by Tom Elliottphilologistgrc.bsky.social @philologistgrc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026while we continue to do battle with bot swarms (and hope to agreed on a more advanced strategy with Tufts), this paper appeared. Useful as the Perseus DL can be as a website, our bigger contribution is probably providing data for many other projects. This only begins the story. 0156