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Just your friendly reminder that @asor-research.bsky.social continues to platform, partner with, and fund complicit Israeli institutions & illegal excavations, against international law, to normalise Israel's archaeology war and heritage crimes everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/s...

I keep reading very passionate pieces critical of the new Odyssey film, scathing the film for treating Greek mythology as a crude mineral prime for greedy exploitation. But each piece has framed their argument exclusively around Helen, often repeating throughout their posts "Helen was Greek".

Savage.

Update: I decided to forgo the wedding dress tradition and instead decided to buy a non-white, non-wedding dress that would suitably match a sword. I live once. If I get to one day to dress up as a dragon slayer from medieval literature, it's my wedding day.

Wedding dress shopping in the age of AI is basically impossible. All the second-hand websites and filled with AI images, and don't get me started on Etsy

I was dying with anorexia and honestly didn't think life was worth anything anymore. Then, I had a seminar with a lecturer in Roman history & thought "oh my god, I want to make people feel about learning how she makes me feel." She gave me incredible essay feedback, & that night I applied for an MSc

Just doing to throw my hat into the ring here. The Odyssey Discourse Is Embarrassing youtu.be/8Pf8HycN_SI

Nothing makes me feel more secure than receiving hundreds of derogatory, insulting & vitriolic comments telling me to shut up, that I'm stupid and "blabber on" than the men leaving these comments in a video in which I pointed out the men lying about a woman's academic work were motivated by misogyny

As a huge fan of her work, I find this rather disappointing. Knowing that she used AI for her last novel (and will likely use AI for her future short stories), I won't bother buying or reading her upcoming work. Now I wonder how much of the books I've loved of hers was even her imagination at all

Hard mode? I do believe this is easy mode for Autistics. I struggled to narrow this down to a single film

On Wasting Your Life Online youtu.be/O124GKxdMhA

I feel like I got dealt the really shitty neurodivergent card whenever I have to acknowledge I'm neurodivergent. No, I'm not super knowledgeable about a subject. No, I can't hyper focus. No, I never forget to eat. No, I really struggle to read (dyslexia). No, I don't have a special interest...

I'm struggling with my PhD. Like, severely struggling to the point I have night sweats about failing. Even at the peak of my fear, I'd rather fail than use any AI.

i genuinely do not understand why *anyone* would want a phd if they're trying to outsource their thinking to claude. like, there are no jobs, no work-life balance, no resources (for most of us), and the work gets tougher every year. the thinking is the only fun part, i promise.

My friend took me to see Florence + the Machine a few weeks ago & from the moment that concert ended, I've had horrific mental health stuff & bad luck. After 3 days, I joked that I may have been cursed at that concert. After weeks of it getting even worse, a curse the only sensible explanation.

I always find myself in awe of the confidence & accomplishments of many people a decade younger than me. Then, when I look them up, 80% of the time, they come from mind-blowing privileged backgrounds (one I just looked up went to a 60K pa school) Money isn't everything but DAMN, it must help

Interaction from my bookselling days at a bookshop which offers alumni discount for select unis Him: Do you accept alumni discount up here? Me: We do Him: Which alumni card should I give you? My Oxford alumni card, or my Cambridge alumni card? Me: Whichever one gives you the tingly feeling you want

The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following “concerns” by a UK-based Israeli advocacy group. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-bri...

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

After three days of looking extensively, I've had to come to the conclusion that I someone accidentally recycled my slipper in the waste-paper recycling box. How I didn't notice that it came off my foot as I stomped down the paper, nor notice I was one-shoed for the rest of the day, I have no idea

The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Thomas Hubbard showing up in the files? Why, who could have predicted this, short of every classicist in existence?

I was today years old when I discovered the shocking news there is currently only TWO Gruffalo books. I thought there would have been 15 or so... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

She has doubled in side since December when this photo was taken, but I can't help but share how darn adorable baby Sappho is

I thought it would be fun at the gym this morning to put on some boxing gloves from the selection and have a go at the punch bag. NEVER put your hands in communal boxing gloves. My hand stank even after three washes.

Thankfully, I only ever bought my Noam Chomsky books second hand

I took a break from therapy for a few months, and when I reached back out to start back up, my therapist ignored my emails. It was really hurtful that my therapist of over two years ghosted me and took offence because I needed a break. But now I'm grateful, because my new therapist is AWESOME.

If I were Bill Clinton, I'd be wondering if I could exploit the overzealous American legal system and sue the government for an "unfair and unjustified" impeachment for my blow-job affair scandal in light of what they're allowing Trump to get away with

I'm curious about scholars on here: what is your preferred note taking system? People on social media primarily use Notion, but I've had bad experiences with it. I was wondering if Notion was the go-to note-taking method across humanities academia in general, or if people use other things?

None of my family went to uni, but none of them begrudged their tax money going towards them. I don't want children (I don't even like them). But you can take all my tax money for free school meals, extracurricular activities, and school libraries. Nor do I drive: again, take my taxes for roads.

a phd

"I don't believe in Phrenology, but I practice Phrenology."

Oh dear, have some people only just realised, in the year 2026, that the second amendment is a lie? The only people who have ever benefitted from it are the most rich and powerful. But it took how many school children dying for people to question the government's intentions?

Media: "Awww how sweet! An accident which saw a smiling horse stitched into a sad one for Chinese New Year's has become viral and popular with the youth of China because they resonated with it!" Me:... have we asked them why that may be and see if they're OK? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As someone who sits crossed legged most of the time as her feet don't touch the floor (I know it's not good for my knees, it's just comfy, ok?), upgrading from a foot rest to a whole ass foot stall/pouffe under my desk is life changing

Met up for first bookclub of the year. "Cinzia, how was your Christmas period?" "Last month, I popped a record four stress balls."

The fact that an American man screamed at me on social media for two days calling ME stupid (because I said I'm not from a colonial British background as he was accusing me of, as all my family is Irish) because I "didn't know" that Ireland "was Britain and part of the UK" just...says it all, really

If you know anyone who uses ChatGPT, especially for academia (I'm looking at you, fellow students), ask them to ask it how many 'r's are in the word strawberry. Prepare to be majorly gaslit.

Two Towers done. Managed to sit through the whole film without leaving for the toilet this time. Bringing a folding fan for the cinema was a game changer (I thought I'd die of overheating the night before). The real test is tonight. #TheReturnoftheKing

John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.

Watched the extended edition of LOTR (Fellowship) last night with people who had never seen the films in the cinema before! I felt old but also privileged. & as as adult watching it this time, I really got to appreciate how flawless Elijah Wood's foundation was on big screen. Two more films to go!

Last week, I was the recipient of the cutest proposal ever at a bookshop 📚 ♥️

I take this insult with pride

The new Wuthering Heights film continues to baffle and confuse me every day…

I’m really scared to return to my PhD, as I feel I’m not smart enough to continue. But then I read some of the obscenely confidently wrong, Dunning-Kruger comments I get from people on my YouTube videos “correcting” me with the wildest inaccurate info that’s easily Google-able and I’m like

We need to talk about Nolan's Odyssey trailer... youtu.be/iYhrW9d6DB8

Is there a Bluesky equivalent to saying “tweet”, “tweeted” or ”retweet”?