Journal editors really need to check themselves that all citations are real. I’m checking student essays (this batch have been good).

Well I guess a new platform will be needed

Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

"My identification with the characters of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series hit me like a lightning strike—intense, immediate, and singingly powerful." Alongside the season 2 premiere, @alwaysfern.bsky.social reflects on growing up with–and beyond–Percy Jackson: #PercyJackson

Alarums everywhere! And parties too

Shout out to Tom McKinney on @radio3.es who has really settled in to Breakfast and makes it warm, welcoming and resonant. Doing a great job and much appreciated.

Mild as spring today. The birds and plants also think so. I am both sad that it’s winter and sad that it’s not winter enough.

Last week of this semester’s teaching. Very tired. Starting to think about overdue research, and Christmas presents, and other things that aren’t doing the next meeting, giving the next lecture or playing the next carol. Feels strange.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

I would watch this

Just spent half an hour reconstructing a children’s book Jonny and I created in our heads on the way to and from nursery when he was about 6. The Cat Who Couldn’t and The Dog who Did. This was not what I was supposed to be doing. I still think the concept has legs. Maybe I should now just do it

No subjectivity in text editing or commentaries! And now you can be rewarded for objective elegance.

Just imagining new ways of doing student feedback. Real time video of me annotating and reading the work with reaction shots? Ha ha ha no

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

I agree with this. It is also reassuring. I’m also open to many different approaches to assessment and different colleagues are trying them out. Mini viva? Open book exam? Translation comparison? Critiquing AI produced material? Tying assessment to authentic personal goals?

Three who would definitely be in my list, so I’ll probably love the others. Who is in your less well known treasure author category? I’d go for @zanzjan.bsky.social, and for children Annelise Gray.

How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage. Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar. Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...

Deer squirrel rabbits badger mice - all in our garden!

Very interesting. Shows how dominant imperialism is in gaming. The Argonauts board game is a bit different. Pandemic is very different. Credo also v different. Could we make games about preventing war?

Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"

Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th... And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Strategic case for change = mutually incompatible goals, no disciplinary contextualisation, benchmarking against the wrong institutions. All the hallmarks of bullshit consulting syndrome. We have many excellent data scientists in this institution. Could we please involve them?

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? Either

Just finished @kbwagers.com Indranan War trilogy and absolutely loved Angele Masters’ narration. Very sad I can’t access the Farian War audiobooks in the UK. It’s particularly annoying as a blind person. I’d be very happy to pay full price and download, but just not available 😢

Peter Swallow (Lab) asks about protecting smaller subjects. JS: universities should be thinking first about how to protect student choice. Mentions extra payment for costly subjects. [No joy for modern languages here alas]. Refrain is that HEIs pride themselves on autonomy so are responsible. 10/n

Where is the executive function?

Released today, the ‘Who Stays and Who leaves: Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers’ report. @ncace.bsky.social pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...

Everyone is so strung out, brittle and overwhelmed right now. It’s like peak November. Almost feel like there might be something in astrology. Or maybe it’s just the cumulative effect of AI induced stress and alienation.

I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!

@uonhumanities.bsky.social @uonclassarch.bsky.social

Two days to go till this event! Shouldn’t be full so if you don’t get round to filling in the form, please do come along. But do fill in the form or email me for the link if you’d like to attend online. My Phineus PowerPoint is all ready, and I did not find what I expected…

Not a good start to the day. Left house 5 mins late because trying to mend broken radiator valve. Messed up login to teaching computer because didn’t see caps lock was on. Had to WhatsApp myself my lecture PowerPoint. Good session even so. Sometimes being blind sucks, but I appreciate resilience.

I love this. She returns home and everyone is pretty pissed of that she went away. Especially the cats.

"The Lady has made an Ally from among The Heroes. He is very nice and helpful, but he still gets a lot wrong, so she’s doing her best to educate him and be patient. Also, her Ally will not shut up about his ex." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

Very interesting. Does this also apply in the uk and can our politicians learn from it? What is racial resentment and how do we reduce it? Given race is a social and political construct, why are people racialising themselves in this way? Why do people WANT to be racist??! Do they? Or just parroting?

I may have worked too hard on this module. Getting the student evaluation part way through when they’re at their most anxious about projects probably doesn’t help. I know from my many years of teaching that they always are anxious about open ended assessment and that they punish the convenor for it.

@uonhumanities.bsky.social @uonclassarch.bsky.social

Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th... And you can book in here forms.office.com/e/TzeiHiWp2n Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it! Hope to see you there!

I like rain up to a point. This is that point.

Thanks for this - and the kindness and solidarity often comes from immigrants. My family came here a few generations ago. We are all incomers. Let’s appreciate the people who want to be here.

The other news sources have obvious reasons for wanting to discredit the BBC. It’s not perfect but is mostly excellent. Local reporting that is accurate, sensitive, professional. Arts and culture. Radio. It’s amazing. Also my main source of news, even if I had to give up Today for being too annoying

Gorgeous. And I love all the intense listening faces around her.

JACT Latin Summer School www.theclassicslibrary.com/jact-latin-s...

🏺 It's been such a pleasure talking with @sentantiq.bsky.social, Hristomir Hristov, Monica Silveira Cyrino, Louise Hitchcock, Tom Palaima, Andrew McClellan, and up next is @helenlovatt.bsky.social! Season One is coming together! #podcast #Greek #epic #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #Homer #love

Pleased that this describes most of what I post on social media.

I’m now being conscientious about doing my delay repay applications every time it is relevant. I don’t think I’ve had an on time journey this semester yet, and although I’ve always budgeted enough fiasco time, it’s irritating and stops me getting on with things as I go into waiting mode.

The car’s on fire, and there’s no driver at the wheel… We’re trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Kudos to my 85 year old dad who still got me to the train on time, despite having to turn around and go back for the crucial bag containing wallet phone and keys. I hope he’s ok.

The question of where the centre is remains a crucial issue in global politics. Everything is in flux, and the Overton window is flapping around like a contested flag.

Shoutout to the Classics Library at Senate House in our latest #VirgilsAeneidPodcast, in which we discuss whether Aeneas was a pious #Faithful or a #CelebrityTraitor! youtu.be/fmZZI5NtBbQ?...