went back and forth on how to sign-off emails to my students/advisees in the new gig and finally landed on "Dr J" which they seem to be taking a shine to

reminder for friends fasting tomorrow: remember to get nice and hydrated today! fasting you will be grateful.🚰

"a few of our presidents have fallen and it became a part of their legacy" his pudding brain thinks Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford on SNL was real

From his mad ravings to the generals meeting yesterday (transcribed in @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletter this morning). This kind of shit is what they're trying to hide:

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wake up, babe, new metaphor for our crumbling government infrastructure just dropped

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)? Hoover FDR Truman Eisenhower JFK LBJ Ford Carter And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

Alright classicists and ancient historians, do you have someone you wish to nominate for the @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach prizes? The deadline is coming up on October 31, 2025, so please take a look at both the Forum and The Mary-Kay Gamel Outreach Prizes to see if your fav should be nominated.

It's the second anniversary of my discovery of THAT picture of Benedict Anderson.

these are 2 different books?

my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons. so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.

We're looking for someone to join us as Treasurer and Board Member at the @catacombsociety.bsky.social. If you're interested or know someone who might be, contact us at the email address below.

"This is incredibly embarrassing for the United States.... Imagine sitting through this in person.” whoo boy theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook. "Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

Yall!!! I went in to sign some books and they were putting these out. Fresh out the box! There’s a new one.

“Siri, zoom in.” @calltoactivism.bsky.social

WE HAVE LIFTOFF www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Teaching one of my favorite into to rel. lessons about indigenous creation stories. I have students research a place they consider home with the native-land.ca tool and then research one creation story from a tribal nation from their home using this story as a model: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfcz...

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

New book arrived yesterday! 😊

sorry have to share the Jerome, Eusebius, and Howard the Duck ms. page with the world (with Latin-in-Greek-characters on the bottom) (more info here: portail.biblissima.fr/fr/ark:/4309...)

The guy has a Crusader tatoo. What do you expect?

I interview Elie Mystal today. I interviewed Judy Reyes last week. You haven't lived until you've spent 45 minutes talking to Carla Espinosa about anti-capitalism and the importance of community.

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

Like, if we’re swearing in this meeting, why are we saying F-A-F-O? I don’t know. I prefer consistency in profanity usage. Swear or don’t swear! This is like saying “I don’t give an effing shit.”

getting a lot of questions about just how big the big bus I'm driving for work is. happy to answer them here: www.thechatner.com/p/fielding-q...

thanks to everyone who replied to this! it was actually a really helpful image to put up with Burton's tomb (!) and the drawing of him as a pilgrim from some editions of *Personal Account* to get class talking about Burton's often contradictory self-presentations

Excited to share my review of Jodi Magness’ ‘Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik’s Schweich Lectures’ in the recent issue of The Jewish Review of Books! jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary...

Call for Papers! Our 3rd annual student conference will be January 22-23. New, expanded program: Thursday evening begins with a reception & special lecture; parallel sessions run on Friday. Are you a student exploring graduate programs? We have travel funding for you! DM for info.

I’m always saying that!

New pod! Mike talks to Jennifer Barry about Gender Violence in Late Antiquity podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/episode/0YH2...

you can refresh with me www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social

I will be teaching a Coptic intro course starting 10/27 with The Religion Department. Come for some accessible + fun philology! All materials authored by me and based on my 12+ years of daily reading and expertise. DM for any questions. Sign-up here: www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

just made this powerpoint slide. happy monday.

not now, diminishing daylight!

not a hot-dog-suit-from-i-think-you-should-leave big enough for this clown

so tomorrow in my little pilgrimage class we're scheduled to talk about Sir Richard Burton and hajj, and we will, but we are also *definitely* going to debrief my trip to Monticello! it is, as the kids say, a very rich text!

"Regardless of genre, period, or area of expertise" you go get yours, Ausoniusists

Sturm *UND* drang? In dieser Wirtschaft??

all right TJ let's do this

So, a bit of news. I will be watching my beloved 🦅 from a different perch this year... I will be away at @ox.ac.uk on a fellowship to write and recoup from these awful (for me) last two years. I'm tired folks. profantheabutler.substack.com/p/im-back-so...

lol raising questions are we still doing this folks?

friends who read Arabic! what did Burton put below his name. here?

Learn or re-learn some Coptic, and some handy sayings, this Fall!

"I hope to convince historians that partisans of theory need not be branded as disciplinary insurrectionaries; rather, they raise in new guise issues of long-standing intellectual discussion." -Clark, in the preface to _History, Theory, Text_

Interested in learning Coptic? Check out my 8-week primer focused on Gospel of Thomas (Sahidic/Lycopolitan Mixed Dialect). Part 1 Starts Oct. 27 Asynchronous and Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) via The Religion Department Sign-up here: www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...