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The tech bro motto

PSA: Greek Anthology “When I’m dead, the earth can be f***ed by fire. It means nothing to me since I’ll be totally fine.” Ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί· οὐδὲν μέλει μοι· τἀμὰ γὰρ καλῶς ἔχει.

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Midtown east, shaking off the rain before dawn

Picture of manhattan from lower east side eaplanade before dawn

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe forgetting my homecoming tonight

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

chronicle’s got a problem problem

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

what's happened to the chronicle

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

a more complex issue than people think 1. lectio difficilior is a basic, if not somewhat flawed, principle that when there are manuscript variants, the more difficult or strange option is to be preferred because it is unlikely that copying error or scribal intervention would produce something weird

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, if we use these tools to reconstruct poetry and other creative forms how can they possibly account for the creative extremes good poets take even traditional language too. Great verbal art changes the meaning of language and pushes it to a breaking point.

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David Smith @dasmiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a good question, given how language models are usually explained as giving the most likely completion/correction of a text. How would they ever decide to emend a text to be more unusual?

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Chris Strauber @cstrauber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great thread about a pretty technical point of manuscript analysis. But the thing is, the problem with this is a problem with how LLMs see everything. The Internet and the rest of the training data are convenience samples.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the fundamental question I have had for these applications is how can LLM or statistical based methods support the "lectio difficilior?

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Your enemy is not one who is doing wrong, but the one who intends to.” ἐχθρὸς οὐχ ὁ ἀδικέων, ἀλλὰ ὁ βουλόμενος. #Democritus

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sun rise over Long Island

Picture of sun cresting between high rise apartments. Taken from west side of east river

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In twilight the central park paths look like something from a Sunnydale 98 set

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Little Island with WTC in background near dawn

Picture taken from pier 57 north of little island

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Our full statement on NYC's first-ever municipal strategy to combat antisemitism:

A M N Y headlien: "Mamdani unveils long-awaited antisemitism strategy with $7.4M for prevention, security." "The Nexus Project appreciates and encourages the implementation of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. We are pleased to see the Nexus Document included among the tools that the New York City government will utilize to identify and confront antisemitism."

Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: "“This plan shows that Mayor Mamdani has listened to the concerns of Jewish New Yorkers — and put forward meaningful commitments and real funding to help keep them safe. Mayor Mamdani’s strategy is rooted in an important recognition that confronting antisemitism is a critical part of the wider struggle against bigotry. Jews have always thrived in pluralistic democracies. When we defend one another and build a society where no group can be singled out for discrimination, we're all safer and more secure.”

Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We're proud and encouraged to see the Nexus Document is helping guide how New York City understands and responds to antisemitism.

Building this strategy on a strong, pluralistic framework will help stem the rise in antisemitism while protecting the free expression and civil liberties that keep all of us safe.”

Quote from Jonathan Jacoby, President, The Nexus Project: “We are particularly encouraged to see the strategy double funding for the Partners Against the Hate (PATH) program as well as significant investment in new resources to secure synagogues, nonprofits and other vulnerable institutions as well as expanding Holocaust and Jewish history and culture education.

This is a very important first step. The strategy’s success now depends on implementation and turning a plan into real action with real impact. We call on everyone across the ideological spectrum to help make it succeed — by offering feedback, working with city and communal partners, and encouraging the mayor's office to deliver on this promise.”

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Odysseus, coming up with the idea for the Trojan Horse

Boromir from the Lord of the Rings saying “It is a gift”

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Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New 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/...

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Polar Bears in the Roman Colosseum?

It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love that your answer was maximally inarticulate.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Son (14): if you were a better writer, would you write more books? Me: um what? S:..... Me:..... S: that was funnier in my head

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Over the years Elton and I have written seven articles/chapters together and three books. This is in many cases an entire academic career. This work in turn has shaped and encouraged the work we have done separately." sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/09/25/w...

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When Two Come Home Together: Twenty Years of Collaborating on Homer

This post is a continuation of Painful Signs, a series of posts on the Iliad. The full list of posts is here. New posts will be added on various books, with an emphasis on new projects and highligh…

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Aline M. Ramos @alinemramos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Exquisite corpse ou auto fill?

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"How were the 2 AM chips and HoHos?"

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I received this message through my website and I am tempted to respond mostly because I don't know how these words fit together

screen shot of message: "Where does your Homer fixation find breaths of city air when the drive up movie as such is Homeric dadaism for famous pre-Raphaelite asst. strip club-surveyors: vitamins available via mail order; Goethean fashions fascistically fictive, Historically? Answer: free-of-Charge.

Not a Homerian,"

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Large. Beautiful. Exhausted. Relatable.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hermes, eternally patient

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Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great piece reflecting on years of collaborative work. Given my own collaborations, this really resonated.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"There is so much more we can accomplish working together individually. Yet, until recently, we have had people wonder if co-authored work matters, if it is worth as much as single authored work. My friends, it is worth more." sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/09/25/w...

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When Two Come Home Together: Twenty Years of Collaborating on Homer

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kai Bird, ex. dir. of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, takes on one of American politics’ most notorious fixers in “American Scoundrel,” tracing Roy Cohn’s journey from Joe McCarthy’s right-hand man to Donald Trump’s mentor. He tells the story behind the story www.gc.cuny.edu/news/kai-bir...

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Kai Bird Turns His Eye to the Villainous Roy Cohn

The Leon Levy Center for Biography executive director and his co-author Susan Goldmark discussed the writing and revelations of their bestseller “American Scoundrel” at the Graduate Center.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hudson river, keeping New York and New Jersey in their corners

Picture of lower manhattan and new jersey with hudson river in between taken from little island

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's hilarious that Huang things not knowing his address, zip-code and phone number are a mark of how he is cognitively off-loading to technology and Klein doesn't seem to press him that what he's actually obviously doing is using the fact that he's rich to off-load onto other humans.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026