this man has no mask on and is surrounded by people holding cameras and still feels complete impunity to violently throw this woman on the ground because he's wearing a badge abolish ICE

"What does it mean to “fund Antifa,” given that “Antifa” is not an actual organization? As ever, it’s whatever Donald Trump’s Justice Department wants it to mean—which feels like the whole point." www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...

As Trump holds Northwestern University hostage with $800 million in frozen funds, Northwestern leadership cracks down on students' right to free speech. These policies put more than 22,000 students at risk of punishment for peacefully protesting for any cause in any way.

Not to interrupt production at the takes factory but they should probably identify and catch the actual killer before we decide what it all means.

When even Rand Paul thinks you’re despicable.

Rhea is back with a new book review! @eancients.bsky.social reviews @mbinzurich.bsky.social, "Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2019). Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

Finished my PhD and getting married right in time for Texas to declare war on Illinois. Nice!

My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again. So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels. #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky

Here some of Coptic Scriptorium’s next steps in the wake of the NEH mass cancellations. It includes ways to give, if you have the capacity blog.copticscriptorium.org

Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day. Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.

Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

It is just like that story in the Bible when David demanded an apology from Nathan for his parable.

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

The message translation of James 5 goes so hard.

[Mexico City, Mexico] Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building. Via Ghost of Durruti

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

Youtube took down Mr Beast's (their largest channel) video criticizing US Health Insurance because their advertisers complained about it. Even the largest people aren't allowed to speak out against the system.

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%. Batteries supplied up to 12% of nighttime demand by storing and redistributing excess solar energy. 🔌💡 electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...

Merry Christmas to my friends who celebrate! But as a gift to all of you, behold the cookies my girlfriend and I made.

One of the very cool things about this case is that the court called one of the original framers of the MT state constitution to help interpret it because our constitution is only 50 years old and Mae Nan Robinson Ellingson was 24 years old when she helped write it.

Sometimes you just want to design a signet ring based on an ancient magical seal: P.Oxy. 924, 5306, 5307.

I'd never heard of these amulets (phylacteries) before, so it was interesting to cover the discovery of one -- complete with an 18-line Latin incantation -- in Frankfurt. 🧪🏺

“This is why I am continuously surprised and dismayed to see some faculty embrace uses of this technology that inevitably devalues their human labor.” We academic workers can be terribly naive. See the linked article👇

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world… english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

The AI madness is so far out of control that "Our product wrote a completely false news alert and credited a real news source" doesn't even rate a corporate comment, let alone an ashamed apology and pulling the product www.bbc.com/news/article...

Insane overreaction by the state. See whom they serve. Not us.

Happy to see several friends and acquaintances will be attending this year's Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity in Tulsa! If you'll be at SFXVI this year, let me know if you want to hang outside of the conference activities! sites.utulsa.edu/shiftingfron...

oh and if you mean the word-scraping-for AI: yes thethiefandtheairbender.tumblr.com/post/7674706...

I had no idea recent versions of Word do this. Time to go through my settings! No feeding the AI data monster.

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Spotted in Chicago. In ANDERSONVILLE.

What a waste. Of time. Of money. Of potential. I can't help but despise this.

12-Year-Old Girl Discovers 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Amulet While Hiking

something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens

I get this is Duolingo's brand but... can we be less threatening? I just want to be able to say Im a "yo sabo" kid.

The ReMeDHe Graduate student get together went super well. Thanks to Misa and Jon Paul for organizing it! Glad to meet everyone this past #SBLAAR2024

Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.

If anyone is milling about SBL/AAR this year and looking to say hi, DM me and we can grab coffee and chat! Ill be in town til Monday morning!