Reposted by Timothy M TeeterYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026graffiti in garbadella, rome 136227
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterAndrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This really cheared my Friday: Paleoartists you are supported even by the pope 👇 #Paleobio 16117
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet 1583455946
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'll wait for the paperback but, for all his flaws, Harris writes a good Roman thriller. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/b...nytimes.comA Front-Row Seat to Ancient Rome’s Slide Into Autocracy (Gift Article)Robert Harris’s new novel, “Agrippa,” follows a statesman who witnesses the transformation of a republic into an empire. 010
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social 440123105657
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/08/2026College students’ increasing reliance on AI, John Paul Rollert argues, is teaching them a “knack for cutting corners, a disdain for community rules, and an assumption that a spirit of integrity, and the sacrifices it assumes, is the reserve of suckers and wimps”:bit.lyA Society of CheatsStudents’ use of AI is teaching them a knack for cutting corners, a disdain for community rules, and an assumption that a spirit of integrity is the reserve of suckers and wimps. 88423
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is a stain on this nation. Especially on the Trump administration of course—but also on every member of Congress who’s failing to step forward to end this. I hope they can sleep at night. Actually, I hope they can’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...nytimes.comDeportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICETen deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties. 20643197
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterWanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Stayin’ Alive: An elderly man and woman dance their hearts out on a summer evening in Rome’s Piazza Testaccio. 1267
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026 371956716
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways. 22680982174
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The typical voter almost never sees, and the media conveys only tiny and often sane-washed snippets, his rambling gibberish both on Truth and on camera. There is definitely something to the point that people are actually under-exposed to how constantly, manifestly batshit insane he is. 161099170
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterWanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Passengers travelling through Terminal 1 in Rome’s Fiumicino airport are greeted with ancient Roman marble statues from Ostia Antica. 0245
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Ha ha I hate it here 624110722090
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/06/2026There are currently more Fox News personalities at Trump's Great American State Fair in DC than actual attendees. 911715
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026So I wanted to find the exact location of Symmachus' famous phrase 'Great is the love of custom' in his 3rd relatio and asked the Google AI. Not only did it send me to two different paras that were both wrong (it's para 4 in my edition), it incorrectly quoted the latin. 010
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026At least a few people who once liked Trump must now see that he is embarrassing and ruining America If he can't *clean a pool* without stealing money from us, hiring the wrong people, overpaying, conspiracy-theorizing, lying to us and calling in the Guard, he can't run a country 701229356
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If Trump stuck two french fries in his nose and said he's going to tell Westeros to invade Narnia, Fox would devote 10 hours a day to the Narnian threat and the New York Times would run articles headlined "President Considers Expanding Conflict Zone; Critics Raise Questions" 552768669
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Read the whole thread. It's the world we live in now. 010
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterJonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 16/06/2026theatlantic.comWhy July 4 Turned Into a Trump RallyThe president has never accepted that the head of state and the leader of the Republican Party are separate roles. 073
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterJeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 16/06/2026once again the Guardian is showing U.S. editors what an accurate headline looks like www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comTrump hails Iran deal that fixes nothing except a problem his war causedDeal will leave things almost exactly as they were before feckless war of choice started 81023310
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Three clay female figurines, all from the third century BCE but with different points of origin: Alexandria, Corinth, Tanagra. A good bit of color remains. My photo. Dresden, Zwinger Museum, Skulptursammlung. 000
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026When they're debating nipples in the Situation Room (no, I'm not kidding, read the article), you know we're in trouble. And this is just the summary. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/m...nytimes.com6 Takeaways From the Story of How the Epstein Files Paralyzed the White House 021
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/06/2026"It’s unfortunate that almost none of the people behind these accounts know very much about the ancient world." Unfortunately, ignorance is not the only thing wrong with them. @bretdevereaux.bsky.social on Elon Musk's X and the fascist statue accounts: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-stone-... 11627185
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/06/2026And that's what it's all about lnk.thebulwark.com/4x5m6VB 8308100
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Not the Onion. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/u...nytimes.comWoman With No Right Hand Is Pulled Over for Using Phone in Her Right Hand 010
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policynytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: President’s Ballroom and New Fund Face Test in Congress 25352392421
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterThe_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 24/05/2026A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. 9889174352
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026So Trump blew up Obama's deal with Iran, launched a new war, depleted our arsenal, cost us tens of billions, exposed the US as weaker to the world, and ended up just going back to a version of Obama's deal but worse? Do I have that right? 27841061064
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterDennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Have you been injured? #slushfund 331844746
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterPolitical polls @politicalpolls.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New - Generic Ballot poll 🔵 Democrats 50% (+11) 🔴 Republicans 39% Highest lead for Democrats 🟤 Trump approval: -22 (Lowest approval in Trump's history) Sienna #B - RV - 5/15 1118343
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"Because of A.I., most of us now take our tests by writing in blue books, like students a century ago, scribbling out answers by hand under keen observation. Meanwhile, we wonder constantly what will happen next." For the record, I have never stopped using Blue Books.nytimes.comOpinion | My Classmate, ChatGPT 010
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’ve been saying it for years!!!!! 3555869
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Just arrived in a charming small city (Halle) in Germany. Once my taxi driver found out I was American she asked me what I thought of Trump. Her opinion? "Verrückt." 000
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterWanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Tourist charged after she climbed on to the 16th-century Neptune Fountain in Florence, causing €5,000 worth of damage, as part of a pre-wedding challenge to touch the statue's genitals.wantedinrome.comTourist charged for climbing Florence's Neptune Fountain in pre-wedding stuntA foreign tourist has been charged after she climbed onto Florence's Neptune Fountain in a pre-wedding challenge, causing damage estimated at about €5,000. 0102
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026“If your master plan involves swapping LEGOs for linguine, we can promise your plan will be cooked al dente,” the police said. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...nytimes.comMan Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say 000
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3insidehighered.comFaculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing CensorshipFed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom. 14332781275
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterBrian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026VIKTOR ORBÀN CAN STILL WIN IF MIKE PENCE HAS THE COURAGE. 332179266
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterWanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Rome’s rose garden on the Aventine Hill reopened today - earlier than usual - and will stay open for free every day until 14 June. 0309
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 05/04/2026“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV 6344541002
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterAri Kuscnir @arikuschnir.bsky.social · 02/04/2026📚🐬TRUMP “LIBRARY” 2030 - You are invited to the Library/Museum/Hotel/Legacy in Miami 38317138
Reposted by Timothy M TeeterJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Dear World, Don’t help him. Oppose him. Defy him. Embarrass him. Arrest him, if you’d like. We’re not with him. Sincerely, Decent Americans 372140333576
Timothy M Teeter @timothymteeter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Apparently there is such a thing as "a physicist and cat-falling expert. . ." “To prevent injury, we placed a thick, soft cushion at the landing site,” Dr. Higurashi said. “One of our undergraduate students did the dropping.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...nytimes.comWhy Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet 000