I had a Day on the Lawn (in Old Cabel)

Congratulations, @bakerdphd.bsky.social ! As always, read everything Dominique writes

Pope Leo: "To put my message on the same plane as what the president has attempted to do here I think is not understanding what the message of the gospel is."

Our Lt Gov is a PHD in English and ran a Center for teaching and learning!

Hire religion reporters.

That was a fun post to do a dramatic read of for Geoff

Magyar’s speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: “He’s basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired.”

Join us for this, our second Scholar-Advisor book talk of the year, featuring the inimitable @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social in conversation with @tkennyfountain.bsky.social and hosted by @drewjakeprof.bsky.social !

The problem with waking up when you have a cold is waking up when you have a cold

was once New Amsterdam.

Orbán has conceded. Péter Magyar said on FB: “Viktor Orbán just called me on the phone and congraulated us on our victory."

Yes, one

Well, this is what Geoff and I would be arguing about at the Pacers game

We’ve been paying even closer attention than usual this week to Harmeet Dhillon, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights division chief who, reports suggest, could soon be in line for a promotion. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I’m not ready

I love this photo of Saint Luke with piles of manuscripts in his lap from the Gospel Book of Otto III (c. 1000 CE) (Manuscript (Clm. 4453), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). Probably projection, but he looks traumatized by all the reading he still needs to do before the end of the semester.

Maybe I’m an ethicist after all

We had the honor of seeing Herbie Hancock play three years ago at the @universityofiowa.bsky.social’s amazing Hancher Auditorium. What a legend.

Alright, I filed our taxes

Well that was an unexpectedly direct fortune cookie

Counterpoint: everyone who makes it through a full week of work deserves a party at the end of the

Him Straight of Hormuz 🤝 Refuses to open up to you

Writing something good this morning

Early team, look how far we’ve come

Just a reminder that it costs you absolutely nothing to be kind or neutral in an email

Whether as an advisor, professor, or mentor, I have really loved or really love helping people see things in themselves

This imposter is not me

First-Year Experience with some truly excellent colleagues

Big day on grounds, get psyched!

Everything is the nineteenth century

Days on the Lawn surprise

Obviously

My hovercraft is full of bees

Swollen RFK Jr. Warns Americans Not Eating Enough Bees https://theonion.com/swollen-rfk-jr-warns-americans-not-eating-enough-bees/

Joining the Crusades to fight the False Pope for Pope Leo because Deus Vult

What we are doing at the University of Virginia is exceptional. We have made an extraordinary investment in undergraduate excellence and the liberal arts. We have doubled down on the critical transformation of human mentorship.

Is this a good day to read a Katabasis, I ask myself for no reason

Everyone send positive vibes as we try to make it through first year enrollment tomorrow and Thursday

Would murder a bowl of pasta right now

Hearing that the splendid Dame @averilcam.bsky.social has passed. She was an amazing scholar. She will be missed. Please note her memoir and remember to cite her as one of the pivotal founders of the field we now call Late Antiquity. www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Today I thanked one of my lead fellows for his company and he responded for saying “thank you for your bossing” and I’m not sure what to think about that other than I sure am bossy

Every day a roller coaster

was watching the mario movie from a few years back with my son in preparation for the sequel and it does legitimately feel like anti italian discrimination that mario is voiced by chris pratt

Maybe they’re coming in for Days on the Lawn

Join us in Los Angeles at the MLA to hear @anypersons.bsky.social and Matt Martello present “Hybrid Academia: Scholar-Advisors at the University of Virginia” as part of a session on the future of the Humanities! Be there or you know what

Never change, sky

The musical vibe when I cook is somewhat different than when Geoff cooks

Even Trump Unsure How Rambling Speech On Iran Veered Off Into Ranking The ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Films