Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 1hAt least the block function here works as it should... But yeah, some people should really take a critical look at what (sometimes also how) they write and what their texts actually imply. 020 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistJoel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 8hHi friends ❤️ Due to a payroll delay, I won’t receive my first paycheck until October 31, despite already teaching for four weeks. I’m trying to raise $500 to help cover expenses until then. If you can give a few dollars or share this post, I’d really appreciate it. ko-fi.com/joeltillmanko-fi.comBuy Joel Tillman a CoffeeBecome a supporter of Joel Tillman today! 024 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Next Wednesday is the launch for my book on late ancient Gazan literature! Looking forward to getting to speak virtually at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem with Mitri Raheb, Asma El Khoudary, Abaher El-Sakka, and Sari Nusseibeh — along with Palestinian students and faculty 14419 0
Reposted by Philological Essayistdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 15hif you think that car is real and not a studio prop, i don't know what to tell you other than you are musk's target customer 47012 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistKenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 21hAnnoyingly, this also works for 1970s TV shows, including: • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em For Tax Purposes • Three's Company For Tax Purposes • The Six Million Dollar Man For Tax Purposes 10374 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Es sollte, meines Erachtens, bemerkt werden: das war er schon vorher. 000 0
Reposted by Philological Essayistevgeny-shtefan.bsky.social @evgeny-shtefan.bsky.social · 16/10/2026В России собираются снимать фильм об участии северокорейских войск в боях с украинцами в Курской области. На одну из главных ролей приглашён южнокореец Ли Хёкчун (이혁중, на фото). Читать далее: tinyurl.com/452but69 001 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Established in the late 1700s, architecturally the Mahakan Fort community was a collection of wooden houses to the south of one of Bangkok's 14 original forts and crowded between a still-existing portion of the old city wall and the Ong Ang Canal that once served as the city's moat 13611 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistCopticWiki @coptic.wiki · 07/08/2026My project on the Crum dictionary transcription is nearly complete! For the time located on remnqymi.com/crum/, try it out!remnqymi.comⲡⲓⲖⲉⲝⲓⲕⲟⲛ | Coptic Dictionary 082 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Maybe we can stop pretending AI is useful for student learning “if used properly” and start focusing attention and energy on mitigating its massive educational harm? Call me crazy. 011255 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 15/10/2026(That's what I tell my students, anyway). 120 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 15/10/2026In the Dutch standard (with the noted exception of speakers from Frisia, Groningen, and other northern parts), the "-n" is dropped in any word ending in "-en" with the preceding "-e-" pronounced as schwa. 130 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 15/10/2026Anyone else notice that the three authors caught up in these scandals don’t speak English as a first language or speak English from countries with unique english dialects thanks to colonialism? 25412 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026When it comes to Black people/ Africans and AI... Major tech companies have been paying Africans slave wages to do the traumatizing, digital grunt work of cleaning up AI models for use in the West. Meanwhile, people in the West use AI to destroy African/Black writers' reputations. NASTY WORK. 116552 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistJohn P. DiMoia @jdimoia.bsky.social · 15/10/2026recordfair.krSEOUL RECORD FAIRSEOUL RECORD FAIR 111 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 14/10/2026... maar vergeet niet, Peter, je mag er pas iets over zeggen als je zelf een airco in je huis hebt geïnstalleerd, ofzo. 110 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Aaaah... Weer iets nieuws. Wat een geweldige marketeer is-ie toch! 200 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistUwe Edelheid feat. mariazielenbach @mariazielenbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Google translate translation otd: Korean "daewang" 'maharaja' 💫 173 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistKaveh Hemmat @desirepathtarjuman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Well well well. So we finally meet in person. 1013420 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistPeter Kidd @mssprovenance.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This looks very useful: a new online searchable version of Cappelli's _Dizionario di abbreviature_ reader.contubernalesbooks.com#/paleo/cappe... There is also a section on how to actually read a manuscript, which looks like a very useful teaching/learning tool: reader.contubernalesbooks.com#/paleoreader.contubernalesbooks.comRead Latin and Greek with help on every wordSeven books free, no account needed. Notes, scansion, facing texts and games built from each book's own words. 04326 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Well, the "plague alert" in Siberia has turned out to be a damp squib. Lots of bogus reporting circulated. And a lot of people showing their ignorance by getting very basic facts seriously wrong. 5393 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistKriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026#BBCNews - Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDeloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealthBackdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds. 12315 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistVincent E. @vincente.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Together with Sabine Schmidtke, I will be hosting a workshop on the "Oriental" Book Trade in the early twentieth century. 29-30 April 2026 in Hamburg; deadline for proposals: 30 October: 1157 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistRich Alderson @alderson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Big Brother and the Holding Company/Full Tilt Boogie Band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young The Grateful Dead Cream Jefferson Airplane 1969/1970 was great for music… 152 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistRyan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 12/10/2026Not only do "artificial" and 「人工」 mean the exact same thing, they even share the same etymological roots, with the latter having entered the modern Chinese vocabulary via Meiji-era Japanese translations of European-language texts. Good to see that linguistic phrenology is alive and kicking, though. 1349 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 476201597088 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It will boil down to the old chestnut as to which powers belong to the legislative branch and which to the executive. It will be ugly in practice. 020 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Essential to know when handling the Nekronomikon! 010 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistZev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Today (October 9) is Hangul Day 한글날 in South Korea. One of only a very few official holidays that celebrate a writing system! To mark the day, I'm reposting a thread that originally appeared in April, 2024 over on the other site. I've made minimal edits, so apologies for any outdated references! 13811 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026we built a machine that can automate internet crimes. who should be held accountable? nobody of course 613424640 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sowieso, als je als docent/school het moet hebben van "lespakketten" van for-profit brancheverenigingen, dan moet je sowieso jezelf aangaande je eigen levenskeuzes au sérieux bevragen. Maar inderdaad, van háár hoef ik dat niet te lezen. 220 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Seems like those webinars may be -very- relevant and potentially helpful for many working in open office spaces (as well as those still grappling with what "went wrong" in their previous open workspaces)! 020 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026But by all means: Do make mention of the titles. If there's anything Open Access that's out there: don't hesitate to let us know. Every now and then I also let les autres know (good!) stuff to find, for instance in this article: philologicaltryouts.substack.com/p/learners-f... 2/2philologicaltryouts.substack.comLearners for Serious (?) Language Learning in 2022 - Part Two of TwoGreat Introductions that can be Obtained for Free on the WWW! Only... Mostly not in English 010 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thank you! It looks appealing, Brill knows how to market its stuff. Unfortunately, I am not of the class for which Athens has been opened, or to which the Shibboleth has been shared, and the price that the commoners are supposed to pay might just be a bit too punitive. 1/2 110 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026... (But you could have guessed that, given how I call myself on this platform). 120 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I, for one, would also love to hear you on the languages of interest to study the (local or slightly less local) histories, official and non-official. I won't complain if every now and then you throw in links to materials for studying those languages either!... 120 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistDr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Register for the 28 October webinar on decolonial thought in Central Asia and Eastern Europe below: ruta-association.org/event/ruta-h...ruta-association.orgRUTA hosts online launch of the special forum "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Interdisciplinary Decolonial Dialogues on Central Asia and Eastern Europe" - RutaRUTA will host the online launch of the special forum Looking Back, Moving Forward: Interdisciplinary Decolonial Dialogues on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, 145 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistDr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Why North Korea is at the heart of South Korea’s strange rift with Ukraine | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-as...independent.co.ukWhy North Korea is at the heart of South Korea’s strange rift with UkraineThe unusual public confrontation between Ukraine and South Korea has raised questions about how relations between two nations facing the consequences of growing Russian-North Korean military cooperati... 011 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh awesome. Not only has my book been scraped to train generative AI, but someone also used AI to translate it and is now selling it on Amazon. Unlucky for me, this is technically legal, as the book was published with a CC-BY 4.0 open access license. 74016 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Aaah, yes, you wrote it yourself in your original post: "governor race." 010 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So the Colorado senate seat will be certainly occupied by a Democrat? That would be some relief, but in this very context: it would have been a relief even if the Democratic candidate in Colorado had been Fetterman himself! 110 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Perhaps this one is actively working in order to accelerate the Verelendung. Wonder what the polls are saying about his chances. 120 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Additional tip: Don't identify yourself with the protagonist you're playing, but rather with the geezer of the organization called something like "the Albanian World Domination Movement," because it cannot get anything more based than that! 000 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If something has been stolen that was part of her mind, can she recollect anything, in any way? Dunno, such questions are way above my pay grade. 110 0
Reposted by Philological EssayistSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So a Sharon-splainer of what's happening in India: Basically, in India, election rolls are a lot more centralized than in the US. As a result, the national electoral commission has been engaging in heavy voter roll reviews (primarily in opposition-friendly states) called SIRS. 223740 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026-Completely unrelated, of course-: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_1... The game begins on a particularly interesting note. You can play it online here: playclassic.games/games/busine...en.wikipedia.orgFloor 13 (video game) - Wikipedia 110 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Trust, but verify." Very good! Yes, it's particularly bad. 020 0
Philological Essayist @pessayist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026She oozes out Boomer vibes, with all the self-centeredness, but without the quite exquisite musical taste of your average liberal Boomer. 010 0