Hell, I’m here for the Teen Girl Squad reference alone!

For anyone looking for some summer PD opportunities or just general collegiality with fellow Classicists, CANE Summer Institute will be fully virtual this year and open to anyone, no membership in CANE required! caneweb.org/csi/

Oh, the people who blow up ships are the bad guys? Huh.

The Lion, the Witch, and the IKEA Brimnes

But I was told we needed to tone down the rhetoric

The answer is never. The media is irrevocably broken and has failed entirely at their primary purpose for at least the last decade.

For anyone preparing for the looming Latin AP exam, I’ve been working to get more informational texts (many are AP EKs) loaded onto the site: lapis.practomime.com/index.php/in... It’s time to move towards history and culture being embedded language content rather than tacked on English.

For anyone preparing for the looming Latin AP exam, I’ve been working to get more informational texts (many are AP EKs) loaded onto the site: lapis.practomime.com/index.php/in... It’s time to move towards history and culture being embedded language content rather than tacked on English.

Guess #actfl has too many quality Latin presentations this year. I mean, last years total was like 3, with a cancellation. Too much competition to accept little ol’ me 🤣

I have SO MANY thoughts about these schools and the broader movement and gave a paper about them at a conference last month. Overall, this isn't an awful article but I do have an issue with the credulous parroting of this "apolitical" line www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

It’s almost as if they are all in on it too…

“UConn missed 18 of its first 19 attempts from 3-point range and finished 5 for 23. The fifth will be remembered in Connecticut for generations.”

So many of you have asked—happy to announce... Latin BERT v1 now available on HuggingFace 📦 Model: huggingface.co/latincy/lati... 📝 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2009.10053 Original weights, experimental repackaging—leave issues/etc. in the HF discussions #nlproc #digiclass cc: @dbamman.bsky.social

Pretty much my afternoon at this point.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 15 years ago, a group of us started The Pericles Group (periclesgroup.org) in order to formally work on our games & learning endeavors. It has been an amazingly fulfilling ride creating Operation LAPIS, successful Kickstarters (CARD-tamen, VERBA, Underlings of Underwing), (1/7)

Getting close to last call for registration for the CANE Annual Meeting, March 20-21 at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Check out the details and program here: caneweb.org/annualmeeting/ Can't wait to see you there! The program looks great!

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 15 years ago, a group of us started The Pericles Group (periclesgroup.org) in order to formally work on our games & learning endeavors. It has been an amazingly fulfilling ride creating Operation LAPIS, successful Kickstarters (CARD-tamen, VERBA, Underlings of Underwing), (1/7)

You can now register for the Annual Meeting, being held at Brandeis University from March 20 to 21. A draft program and more information is available at caneweb.org/annualmeeting.

American not only becoming a cult of personality but becoming the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the human species is a lot to process

Tomorrow is our first #LGBTQIA+ #Educators #Affinity Group for language teachers who identify as LGBTQIA+. I'd love to see you there! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested or reach out to me with questions. @actfl.bsky.social #languageteachers #wle www.actfl.org/educator-res...

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT As of January 1st 2026, John and I are **no longer** the owners of Complexly (the educational media company we started 15 years ago that makes Crash Course, Eons, SciShow, Study Hall, and a bunch of other shows.) We have been the sole owners for all that time...

I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is: "My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities." 1/14

The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.

a second angle of the killing in south Minneapolis today is even worse warning: video is graphic

(1/X) People often say things like "why does Trump appeal to people?" The answer is simple: he tells them what they want to hear. He has no beliefs of his own so he has infinite flexibility to do so. That is what narcissistic sociopaths are like. And that is why in any discussion of Trump...

Two very exciting sales through the weekend! For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span... For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde... Please share widely!

Two very exciting sales through the weekend! For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span... For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde... Please share widely!

Hi there, #EduSky! We're so grateful to have such a rich, talented community of educators with whom we share a passion for innovative, creative, and empathetic pedagogical design. Can't wait to trade worldbuilding-based teaching practices, assessment methods, activity ideas, and more! ✨🌎

(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news. @ryanjreilly.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

(1/X) Can this country to back to the way it was before Trump? No, it cannot. Narcissistic sociopaths break things in ways that can't be fixed.

Just watched @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLf... This should be on loop in the office in every congressional Democrat so they can internalize what needs to happen. Chris can be, and should be, the party leader at this point.

Final weekend to register for next week's CANE Annual Meeting @ Yale University: caneweb.org/annualmeeting/ Reminder to CAES and CAAS members, you're invited without being a member of CANE! DM me for more details! We'd love to see you there! #classics #latin

I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.

It's too bad that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is one of the only elected members of the Democratic party willing to demonstrate that they "get it" I'm thankful for having such an amazing Senator representing Connecticut. It isn't going to be enough when leadership across both chambers is what it is.

Sure looks like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov are far more interested in their book tours than their actual jobs or fighting for, you know, the government itself. But hey, I'm sure those royalties and comps from the publisher are great!

I am sure government shutdown before a book tour is not a good look either.

Despite @chrislhayes.bsky.social best efforts here, @schumer.senate.gov managed to argue both for & against voting for cloture using the same argument -- namely "they are already doing all of the terrible things I'm worried they are going to do during a shutdown." Weak. youtu.be/SJDHET0MAz8?...

If you use the tiered Latin readings site (lapis.practomime.com/index.php/op...), please consider writing a short testimonial. I need to collect a few to submit a nomination for the American Classical League's new award for Excellence in Creating Technology-Based Educational Resources #latin

In 2018 the buzz phrase was the cruelty is the point. In 2024 the keyword for Trump and Vance was "weird." What's unfolding now in 2025 deserves a new word, and only one word will do: Evil. Evil, not in the figurative sense of the word. But actual, theological evil.

A tale of two presidential coverages by WaPo. A stark example of how the legacy media helped push us into this disaster. On the top, Trump today with 151K jobs. On the bottom, Biden in 2021 with 194k jobs.

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Less than a month left to register for @caneweb.org's Annual Meeting at Yale University, March 21-22 caneweb.org/annualmeeting/ Full program available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Less than 1/3rd of banquet slots left! This is shaping up to be the largest CANE event in decades!

The @caneweb.org Annual Meeting registration & program is now live! March 21-22 @ Yale in New Haven caneweb.org/annualmeeting/ Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny