Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’ve been on a real emotional rollercoaster today. 010
Reposted by Ellen W.Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Much like 1967, the 2026 Red Sox rode into the playoffs thanks to Yastrzemski. 4949
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I am looking for someone who works at an airline because logistics fascinate me and I have a genuine, non-snarky question about checked luggage and it’s nothing I’m mad about. 111
Reposted by Ellen W.post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026ok look The Odyssey is very much a sequel 1053705425
Reposted by Ellen W.Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nihilism is boring. Care about stuff. 17223
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I wrote about some last lines and fast reads. spurioustuple.substack.com/p/last-lines...spurioustuple.substack.comLast linesAnd fast reads 000
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m not sure how I’m pulling this off but I am simultaneously deeply unhappy, deeply happy, and utterly exhausted. There’s nothing good to look forward to but there’s also so much good to look forward to. 010
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I got relentlessly peer pressured (saw a few Instagram posts) to read this lil chunk of a book. 010
Reposted by Ellen W.Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️ 194335177159
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I wrote up some mini book reviews.spurioustuple.substack.comHot book summerI’m on a streak and I’m here to tell you about it. 000
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I don’t want to put in the work to be book influencer but unfortunately I do covet the print copies and swag. 001
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Great discussion of this complex book in book club today! I really had to overcome a lot of fears when I started this book club and it’s been a total success - we’re into our second year now. Our selections: Heartwood Love Forms Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Heart, Be At Peace Whidbey 100
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There seems to be a lot of mountain discourse right now but the Cascades are being overlooked. They blow up! Show some respect to that subduction zone! 000
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I tweaked my neck by sleeping funny Tuesday night and by last night it had started to loosen up - not totally back to normal but headed that way. Last night I slept funny again and now it's so stiff and sore that to turn to the right I need to pivot from the waist. Aging is not for the weak. 100
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Hey fountain pen folks, I am looking for a rich, deep blue, dark but not indistinguishable from black ink for my Waterman Carene. Recommendations welcome! 220
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 13/08/2026One of the most valuable career skills you can learn is when you are too dumb to complete a particular task at a particular moment. Better to say, “I don’t have the bandwidth for this right now, I will prioritize it when my brain is fresh tomorrow,” than forge ahead and screw something up. 120
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I just bought a ticket to see the Twins play the Guardians at Target Field while I’m in MN for a little solo trip. A soft launch of stadium chasing - won’t have the time to dedicate to that for a few years yet. Aside from Fenway all the others I’ve been to no longer exist/function that way. 110
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 07/08/2026for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? At least one allen key that doesn’t fit anything in the house 000
Reposted by Ellen W.EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Here's a recommended book-list-interview, for a UK publication. For everyone who has had enough of discourse (as I certainly have): it has a tiny mention of Nolan as the hook, but then we move on to some reading. www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/emil...countryandtownhouse.com‘Homer Is For Everyone’: How Emily Wilson Elucidates & Obfuscates In Equal MeasureClassicist Emily Wilson has made headlines in recent weeks for slating Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey – for which the director, 832561
Reposted by Ellen W.thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder. 7383282107
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 31/07/2026@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social Thanks to Odyssey mania I’ve gone down a classics rabbit hole and am revisiting high school Latin but in English - I’ll finish the McGill/Wright translation of The Aeneid this weekend. Is there a Metamorphoses translation you particularly recommend? 110
Reposted by Ellen W.EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...theonion.comTranslator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film AdaptationPHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ... 258239454577
Reposted by Ellen W.Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Let’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons. 133303910
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If I get past the Bookshop gatekeepers I’m going to level up my book nonsense. You have been warned. 110
Reposted by Ellen W.Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I saw The Odyssey twice in theaters so far, most recently in 4DX, and had a grand old time. I also read Emily Wilson’s review and loved it. We exist 38148459
Reposted by Ellen W.EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 19761601560
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Highly recommend seeing The Odyssey with two high school English teachers, one person who’s fully down a rabbit hole, and one person with only the vaguest idea of the story going in. 010
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I stress purchased three more translations of the Odyssey. At least it’s not drugs. 110
Reposted by Ellen W.Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The only time a drone got brought down at the World Cup is when Zlatan and Thierry made fun of Alexi Lalas 51347172
Reposted by Ellen W.EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations. 91627510
Reposted by Ellen W.Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy" 182630556
Reposted by Ellen W.Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂 194136093863
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Fountain pen aficionados, I am in search of a spiral bound notebook, somewhere around letter sized, preferably with the binding on the left. The Rhodias with the left binding seem a bit small. Anyone used the Kokuyo Campus line? 400
Reposted by Ellen W.Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply 120125103556
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I have had the worst week of my professional career this week, with no end in sight, but it’s Friday and I got something cool in the mail. This is an Armed Services Edition of Of Human Bondage from World War II. 122 million of these editions were distributed, over 1300 titles. 020
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This turned out to be a banger. I hated it in high school. 010
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Reading dead white guys, the men’s World Cup, and a little baseball, as a treatopen.substack.comThe rereading projectI'm just calling it a project because it's fancier that way. 000
Reposted by Ellen W.Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026(leaning over to my wife in the theater) "This is where they got the name for our Honda minivan" 2161845
Reposted by Ellen W.darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/06/2023if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong 6366521276
Reposted by Ellen W.Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Looking forward to Argentina vs. Switzerland: Who Holds More Nazi Gold? 632220418
Reposted by Ellen W.J¡m Vaughn @jiminyspigot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I, for one, welcome our new gay baseball overlords.them.usThe Women’s Pro Baseball League Is Here — And It’s Even Gayer Than the WNBAThe WPBL shared the names and jerseys of its first four teams in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. 591749263
Ellen W. @spurioustuple.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath last night and that book hits way harder as a grown ass adult. 010
Reposted by Ellen W.Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026MAMA THERE GOES THAT HARD HEADED VIKING 118514
