beautiful cover illustration from 1670s, Isaac Cardoso

at the part of the paper writing process where im costantly writing it in my head. Crafting little mental footnotes. Its shaping up.

Bugun ogrendigim sey: Niksar (Tokat) adi Nea Caesaria’den geliyomus. Yani Turkiyede adi Sezar olan iki sehir var. Oburu eskisi zaar, direkt Caesaria = Kayseri

Turkce tayfa sonunda twitterdan buraya gelmeye basladi. Artik burasi canlanir

This is the content i want

A delightful Turkish saying translated into Ladino in Vienna’s Ladino paper El Koreo de Viena 1871. “El azno se fue ala Kâbe, azno se fue i azno torno” The ass went to the Kaaba (on hajj) he went an ass and returned an ass. Hadnt heard it in either language!

Preparing a syllabus might be one of the most enjoyable academic things ive done Inshallah they let me teach this class on the history of Istanbul

Radical honesty in footnotes

your interlibrary loan request is ready to pick up btw if you even care

This made me crack up “It is not appropriate here to say whether they (christians) or the Jews are the more accursed community.”

finally caught up all the things i had sent myself on twitter to read (aug-dec) Whens @bsky.app gonna introduce a way to save stuff or dm oneself?

I didnt publish much this year bc ive been buried under phd course work. The things i'll remember from this year are my essay on yogurt and the english translation of a a Ladino story. 1 - Yogurt in Sephardi Life, w reminiscing about Buyukada. jewishstudies.washington.edu/sephardic-st...

Christmas-themed version of Titane

Feeling similarly and finding that many many people are failing the test.

Destroying a worldclass public uni to own the libs

What the hell is a cinnamon ukulele

Ok rude

Reading this rn and for a book from 2010 it feels fresh

Endivina ken topi en la prensa djudia? una famoza turka "Halide Edib Hanum, la eskrivana bien konosida la kual fue un sierto tiempo komisarya dela instruksyon publiko en angora."

Bluesky’s gonna make it

Turkce twitter tasinsin da burasi o zaman senlenir, daha sakin simdilik

Are people still calling posts on here “skeets”? I really hope that caught on

When i search the word “ottoman” in bluesky, most of the posts that come up are photos of cats and dogs sitting on ottomans. The empire has really disintegrated i guess

Is everyone on bluesky an academic? It seems disproportionate

I joined bluesky my last day on the job doing social media and it was v exciting for a week Then i stopped looking, now we’re back i guess

Do i have to start posting both places?

Early modern class finally got to the ottoman empire, im Home 🫡

My ideology? There’s Food at Home Thought ✍️

Pov youre my friend

Moving has shown once again that i am not handy

"Ne Diyarbakır’ın Sur’unda ne de Eski Mardin’de Yahudilerin yaşamış olduğunu sezmek mümkün değil. Diyarbakır ve Mardin’in Yahudileri artık sadece Yunus/Yona’nınki gibi hikayelerde, Margosyan’ınki gibi öykülerde mevcut." @avlaremoz t.co/sIF0WOk9Cz t.co/sIF0WOk9Cz

Tabi ki bu platformda da varız! Antisemitizme karşı, Türkiye’de ve dünyada Yahudiler ve Türkiye’de azınlıklar hakkında yayınlarımızı mecradan da takip edebilirsiniz. Avlaremoz.com

We created Mi Mundo en Ladino to introduce new learners and kids to the language of Sephardic Jews using images. On sale now! https://www.arasyayincilik.com/urun/mi-mundo/?v=ebe021079e5a

I dont think i have it in me to post as much as i did on twitter that got me to 10k I was a politically enraged boy then, now im a tired man who just wants to be in a park

Also, this is widespread: "THE PROFIT OF THE OWNERS IS DRIVING US OUT OF OUR HOMES"

Her masada variz

Aki esta el primer skeet en djudyo. Ayde dizid ke muestra lingua esta muerta yalla!

Start prepping the weekend skeets

same, unrelated to skeets

Now im home

Commenting to know

Put it on dark mode cause it’s night now

I’m posting through it*!!! *life

Its an app on the phone, but its fun???

Im begging this place to take off fast enough for the Turkish election crowd to move over

You come to me on the day i quit my social media management job

Yep pretty much

Alandayiz