After some delay, monthly #pleiadesgazetteer changelogs have now been posted through April 2026: https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/changelogs-for-december-2025-april-2026 They document the publication of 242 new and 4,031 updated place resources during that time period, reflecting the work of […]

Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 15 new and 81 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at 11 place […] [Original post on hcommons.social]

New in PN: The assault on higher ed goes deeper than you think "This is bigger than budget cuts. It’s not just a continuation of things like longtime GOP efforts to cut Pell Grants. It’s a wide-ranging assault designed to drastically limit access to higher ed for all but the rich & well-connected."

Save the Latin program at Upper Dublin School District & advocate for public HS students! c.org/fxJCZ6BL99

As the first farmers expanded across Central Europe c. 5500–4900 BC, they built large cemeteries. Radiocarbon dates suggest cemetery burial was in fact a relatively short-lived practice, reflecting the dynamic social changes of the Early Neolithic. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The president is negotiating against his own administration to shake down taxpayers for $10 billion. The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm. ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...

I'm offering a 3-session online course for @92ndstreety.bsky.social in June on white nationalism and GrecoRoman antiquity. The far right knows more about ancient history than you expect, but there are traditions of classicism that challenge their narratives. Join me! roundtable.org/live-courses...

The Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has refurbished and relaunched their digital map of places mentioned by Hierokles. https://awmc.unc.edu/maps-for-texts-series/#Hierokles Over on BlueSky, AWMC Director […] [Original post on hcommons.social]

A dimension where time has no meaning. Also known as math class. #CalvinandHobbes #SchoolLife

"If you think about it, the Voting Rights Act actually took away political representation from white people. They went from being wildly overrepresented in Congress to being slightly less overrepresented." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...

If you talk to people who work in public health, you will pick up a clear level of concern. It’s not simply because the spread of any lethal virus is, quite rightly, a reason for them to be vigilant. The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social:

the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

"I supported the Emperor because I thought he’d learned from the Clone Wars. I thought this time would be different. But now there’s this constant vibration I can feel deep in my bones."

At the McAllen airport, Dr. Bolivar was asked if she was a US citizen. “She showed them her work permit,” said her husband, who noted it was valid until 2030. “They told her, ‘That is not valid. No documents from Venezuela are valid.’”

Canvas, the courseware service, is down everywhere due to a ransomware attack. My students are supposed to submit their final projects on Canvas by midnight. I can't even email them to let them know what's going on because course management of that nature is handled through… Canvas.

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

"Catching up with the daughters of Atlas". #pleiadesgazetteer managing editor Tom Elliott delivered this paper in the Presidential Panel of the Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting 2026 in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, 16 April 2026 […]

Striking that earlier in the day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, asserted from the White House podium that Project Freedom was a favor to the world and the next phase of the operation, then jetted off to Italy, and this Trump post does not mention him or any diplomats.

The State Department has officially terminated hundreds of Foreign Service Officers who are qualified, trained, and have years of experience.

The CDC quietly stopped helping states test for infectious diseases like rabies. RFK Jr. is gutting critical public health services and making our country less safe. I'm calling on him to answer for his dangerous choices.

The disintegrating states of America

daily - sometimes multiple times per diem - we are subjected to the Reality that this delusional and rotting sack of meat is POTUS. yet there are no checks or balances, no accountability. Not even basic competence, not to mention complete loss of all civic dignity and situational awareness. Bleak.

Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (27 April - 4 May 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 13 new and 165 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling and Enes […] [Original post on hcommons.social]

"Trump’s initial post about removing US troops from Germany came just hours after he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to reduce the number of NATO troops in Europe... "The Pentagon 'was not expecting it'... www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Mike Luckovich

What is happening in Louisiana right now is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this Fall. The governor has declared a state of emergency to suspend the congressional elections because he doesn't like the current map.

The regime’s reliance upon ridiculous and laughable falsehoods competes daily with their reliance on ridiculous and adolescent hyperbole that has no basis in any reality whatsoever.

Twenty five billion dollars 💵 worth of instruments of senseless and wanton death and destruction. apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This devastating attack from the Court majority destroys protections for voters of color across the country.

We're really proud of this one. Explaining the ingenuity of Brunelleschi's Dome required we put in as much effort as the Renaissance architect did to span that enormous cathedral in Florence! Our video lays it all out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOQ...

Extremely glad to see this in the wild, and many thanks are due to my @smarthistory.bsky.social colleagues Kayla, Beth, Steven, and Julia for helping see this through to completion.

he thinks he owns the country and rules us as king

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

Ah yes. The plaintiff strains of peace, love, and harmony from a cabal of bootlicking cultist gangsters. The cacophony tornado 🌪️ consuming the final remnants of this beshitted republic spins on. Such a miserably stupid ending.

Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (20-27 April 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 10 new and 104 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady […] [Original post on hcommons.social]

Aren't maps great? So much argument, so much presumbed objectivity. Read Dr. Maya Jiménez's useful article here smarthistory.org/torres-garci...

A Reuters investigation found a broader-than-previously known Trump administration effort to expand federal control over elections across at least eight states reut.rs/3OOM7Ht

This is a persistent pattern with MAGA -- whenever some lone attacker lashes out, they pretend it was a hit organized by the Democratic National Committee. Trump routinely talks about how "they" tried to kill him in Butler PA, rather than focusing on the actual shooter.

It is fantastically stupid here on this planet. 🌎

The mainstream American media is an incredible, colossal failure.

This entire thing is ridiculous.

Grotesque ghouls chiseling for access at the sunset of this republic.

Dystopian Saturday night shit show.

23 April 1885 | Jewish man, Moses Krupp, was born in the Russian Empire (today Leckava in Lithuania). In 1905 he emigrated to Norway. A merchant. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.