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Mikko Toivanen @mtoiv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It has been brought to my attention that the forest fires around Bordeaux are burning up the pine plantations set up on drained wetlands there in the 19thC, a project widely admired and imitated around the world. In case someone wants to fund my global history of pine project.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thinking about it now, I suspect the term is sometimes used to differentiate between corporeal, fleshly beings and more powerful abstracted ones

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s often used in the Edwardian material I study to refer to satyrs, Pans, fauns etc

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

'Redundancies will be concentrated in the schools of humanities and heritage; engineering and physical sciences; social and political sciences; chemistry; geography; and design and architecture, as well as the Lincoln international business school.' 2/3

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sort of spurred by this: I still think that part of the whole Post Pandemic Social Settlement should have been a huge (inter)national effort to properly ventilate our spaces and that should have included ACs and heat pumps for places in Europe, and it's just a shame we generally didn't do this.

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate this petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A brief appreciation thread for some of my colleagues in Classics at Exeter, who the University of Exeter have put at risk of redundancy @exeter.ac.uk. A few are on here, most are not, but I'm going to say nice things about them anyway.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/06/2026

this is what i mean when i say ai is a rhetorical technology. functionally this is a tool for *justifying deportation*, not a tool for assessing age. when someone is pitching an ai product, don't ask them what it's supposed to do. ask yourself what it's supposed to justify

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Such a tough choice! A technology no one asked for or a livable future. 'Sorry kids, I know you Southern Europe used to be a nice place before the summer temperatures destroyed crops and made it unlivable, but having to compare my own emails was such a drag.'

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Simpsons: Helen Lovejoy - Think Of The Profits

Alt: Simpsons: Helen Lovejoy - Think Of The Profits

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026

Sorry for the threads screenshot i stole, but this is important. I knew a dude who got his master's degree in religious studies in his eighties. People come out start dating or transitioning in their 90s. Life is wild and can be so wonderful, and as long as you're drawing breath, change is possible

Screenshot of an exchange on threads

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Alright y'all, I need a reminder that 37 isn't too late to change careers and go back to school to get a master's because it feels like it is.

thisoneOverhere:
We're all late bloomers in my family, I wrote my first book at 40, my mom went back to school and became an orthodontist at 45 and now runs one of the county's best clinics for children with severe cranio-facial irregularities, and my grandmother married her high school crush at the age of 89 and is happier than she's ever been...it's never too late for anything actually:)

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 12/06/2026

The guy who was the best at painting British rain, has died. #RIP #DavidHockney

A perfect painting of rain on a green pond against green grass

A perfect painting of a silver grey pond with rain coming down on it, against green grass

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Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What a life, RIP David Hockney. Thank you for brightening the world with your art 🎨

A poster print of Nichols Canyon by David Hockney with a rainbow of vibrant colours

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Had a fantastic time at The Shop for Mortals and All Fools, a one-woman rendering of The Bacchae (plus a bit extra), created by Vinicius Salles. A moving and multi-sensory immersive experience. Heartily recommended www.tickettailor.com/events/murmu...

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Select tickets – The Shop For Mortals And All Fools – Colab Tower

The Shop For Mortals And All Fools – Colab Tower, Multiple dates and times - Old relics, curious finds, hidden trinkets and heirlooms, remnants of forgotten stories. In this enigmatic shop, a select a...

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Women’s Classical Committee UK @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our newest blog post is now out! Check out what PhD candidate Ilaria Truzzi did with our small grant scheme 🏛️ wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/05/21/s...

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned

I can summarize that for you

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Women’s Classical Committee UK @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today!! 🏛️

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Is it really bad that I can’t stand this style of account and block them on sight? Why does the maker use an AI avatar? What’s going on with the subjectivity here? I feel a bit old-man-shouting-at-clouds about this.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

That’s fab and sounds super helpful.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Great! And remember 4 months now is worth at minimum 8 months of your first year because you know so much more now!

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

That’s great that they’re being lovely and so supportive! 4 months is plenty of time! That’s a third of a year! I’m sure you can find a path together if you’ve not already discussed it and you think it’s something that might help you.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

And what edits will help you avoid a resubmit? (Not that there’s any shame in that but it can definitely be stressful for some people). Are you submitting a complete draft by a certain date? Have faith in all the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired & can use in determining your plan for submission

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Without knowing anything about your relationship with your supervisors, it’s important to remember that you are the boss of your thesis. If you’re worried about getting through the next two months, perhaps talk to your supervisors about your plan for getting it in. What edits are nice-to-haves

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I can’t say I’m the model of a sustainable way to finish the thesis, but yes, the best kind of thesis is the one that is finished and the one that is finished is never perfect.

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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Well done, gender criticals. If trans women aren't safe, no women are safe. Poor soul. Just let people live their lives in peace.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A few weeks ago we rushed over to a bird rescue centre with a nest of hatchlings we found discarded. We thought they were all dead at first, but then two moving slightly. Just found out they were goldcrests and one has survived 🥲 You can donate to them here wildlifeaid.org.uk/contact-

wildlifeaid.org.uk

If you have found an injured wild animal, please visit the Emergency Helpline hub or call us on 01372 360404.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I’ve thought about it too! Have you tried VT Reedle shots as a home mimic of the process?

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I would just like to get through one week without having genAI’s ‘benefits’ advertised at me.

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Worst Movies Ever @worstmovies.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

That’s AI-more ♫ When the shape formed by rain will forever remain That’s a Zoongie When you walk with a stride that young benches would ride That’s a Zoongie When your dress fumbles light and your laugh steals delight That’s a Zoongie When it looks to your eye like it’s writ by AI That’s a Zoongie

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The Granta slop story has, uh, given a new meaning to morning wood.

They called her Zoongie. Maybe it was a name; maybe rain took a shape and decided to keep it. She had the kind of walking that made benches become men.
Hair tumbling wild, a dress that caught and released light, laughter with iron under it. Eyes that skimmed and did not land, as if what she wanted was elsewhere and she had to pass through men to
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@rhiannone.bsky.social You are Julia Cleopatra aka Lezbia.

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Latin word for you: blatta, -ae. "An insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc." A fragment of 'The Maiden' by Decimus Laberius: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim

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Dr Rhiannon Easterbrook @rhiannone.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My apologies to the girl on the train with whom I accidentally made eye contact while she was covertly eating straight jam out of a jar with a spoon: I did not mean sour your communing with the fruit.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

'Hallucinated citations are more prevalent in work authored by researchers with little pre-2022 publication history. When fake citations occur, they disproportionately credit already established, highly cited, often male authors, the study found.' 2/2 arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723

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LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations

Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 14/05/2026

People will be like ‘Bluesky is all academics & historians’ & I’ll be like, ‘You mean the people who enthusiastically tell me the coolest shit I ever heard?????’

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Final days to apply: Non-stipendiary Early Career Research Associates (ECRAs) Deadline Wednesday 20 May Each position is tenable for up to three years and is open to UK-based researchers in any field of classical studies. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...

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Early Career Research Associates

The Institute of Classical Studies offers non-stipendiary research positions for early-career classicists, providing library access, research expenses, and opportunities to contrib

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