At times like these, it really is the little things…

Married people who took your spouse’s last name, this would also include you if someone wanted to make an issue of it

Watch the quoted tweet, then watch the Casablanca scene again. So good. youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg?...

Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me in the comments section of the NYT Spelling Bee complaining about lexical not working but pitapat or dingdong or whatever onomotopoeia counting as a word.

Deleting signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on the Betsy-Tacy proto-listserv on Prodigy. @conmartin.bsky.social

This tweet is @metalclassicist.bsky.social coded.

BRB adding “trained (somewhere)” to my CV.

Goal.

She blinded me with logistics!

CHICAGO LOCALS: I have a young friend (20s) looking to move to Chicago and find a roommate to share expenses. In my day, you might use the Reader to find that, but where do folks go to find possible roommates these days?

😂😂😂

Woke up, as I'm sure so many of us did, thinking about that little boy and his family. Somehow I have to write today, but IDK how to focus on my diss topic, which I do think is important, but feels like Shakespeare* when we need boots. Wish I were teaching today. *it's not at all esoteric & yet...

“What you see happen to children happens to us, too, who are but slightly greater children.” quod vides accidere pueris, hoc nobis quoque maiusculis pueris evenit. #Seneca

Shout out to those who enlarged the picture to read the album titles!

No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.

I'm posting about minutiae because I am struggling to process the real stuff going on.

Briefest survey I've ever seen...oh, CPS.

Post a car picture you took.

bus saga

THIIIIS It's like getting drunk: I know it's not actually improving my situation and the vibes are temporary but it feels SO FUN and I'm going to enjoy the night

It's not vegetables, but I'll take it! 🍅

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Yet, it is Pliny who becomes the center of the letter, as he uses his own interaction with Artemidorus to illustrate the latter's virtues."

Pterodactyls imply the existence of pterospondees.

So many...Gullivers & What's Cooking (still searching for the taste of their weekend coffee cake) in Chicago; Bombay Kabob House in Evanston...but the one that hurts most is HaShalom on Devon in Chicago, which closed a few weeks before my son was born in Mar. 2010. We celebrated everything there! 1/

μέγα βιβλίον, μέγα κακόν.

Delighted to learn that my paper has been accepted to the Children's Literature Association 2026 Conference & excited for a wonderful conference in Pittsburgh this May! Also, the kindness and colleagiality of the organization is manifest in even the subject line of the email!🎉💜 @chlaorg.bsky.social

Antiphospholipid syndrome is no joke. Don't ask me how I know. #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #Vaccinate #CleanTheAir

🚨Flash sale on Medify MA-14 purifiers!🚨The best deal is a black 2-pack for $63! They also have single black models and 2-packs of white models for slightly more. Medify has great CADR: this model advertises that it cleans 213 sq ft in 30min. #CovidIsNotOver #CleanTheAir medifyair.com/products/ma-...

Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people are grooming them to be Nazis.

Just announced: Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop: Apuleius, Apologia (Pro se de magia). July 13–18, 2026 blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2026/01/...

Espirit.

Introduce yourself with 5 facts 1. I've had enough of danger And people on the streets 2. I'm looking out for angels Just trying to find some peace 3. I think it's time That you let me know 4. There are things that I don't want to learn 5. I know you're wrong, you're not that strong.

1) It's a world of laughter 2) A world of tears 3) It's a world of hopes and a world of fears 4) There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware 5) It's a small world after all

Delighted to learn that my paper has been accepted to the Children's Literature Association 2026 Conference & excited for a wonderful conference in Pittsburgh this May! Also, the kindness and colleagiality of the organization is manifest in even the subject line of the email!🎉💜 @chlaorg.bsky.social

They reversed mine (before I was born)

At this point they’re clearly just trying to make us too sad and angry to read the news.

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that’s all I need to know about you.” -Brad Meltzer

girls who have never been told they're funny

Slightly diminish a band The Dead Milkboys

Long shot: does anyone have a better photo of this inscription in the Vatican Museums (CIL 6.1272)? The best I can find is the second photo (from the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg) but it is cropped off at the edges

No student should have to disclose medical vulnerability or defend their morality just to avoid discipline. Clear policies reduce stress. Vague policies push stress downward. We’ve already been here. People noticed then. They’re watching again. 👀

Now in 2017, Twitter was probably as usable as any social media site may ever be. And I was the beneficiary of so much knowledge and experience that I had not been party to. I learned things I hadn’t. I stepped out of line occasionally, was humbled, and I learned to be a better listener.

George Harrison Cloud nine.

No gnus is good gnus.

Renee Good

First album you bought with your own money

"Soured" on her? Abughazaleh primaried Schakowsky! I think that act might have...set a tone, perhaps?

Someone always takes my choreography. It’s like Lord of the Dance on here.

Bed, Bath, and Betelgeuse.