Amy Pistone
@apistone.bsky.social
Classicist who works on agonistic things (tragedy, sports, drinking games), professor, enthusiast of sports and trash pop culture, feminist, dog owner
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LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY! 😍😍😍
Happy #WorldHippoDay! 🦛❤️
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY! 😍😍😍
Never giving up on my bit of announcing that something is rotten in Denmark every time Denmark takes the lead in hockey
"ATTENTION: now something is no longer rotten, we're tied!"
"OH GOD, AGAIN ROTTEN IN DENMARK!"
"ATTENTION: now something is no longer rotten, we're tied!"
"OH GOD, AGAIN ROTTEN IN DENMARK!"
February 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Never giving up on my bit of announcing that something is rotten in Denmark every time Denmark takes the lead in hockey
"ATTENTION: now something is no longer rotten, we're tied!"
"OH GOD, AGAIN ROTTEN IN DENMARK!"
"ATTENTION: now something is no longer rotten, we're tied!"
"OH GOD, AGAIN ROTTEN IN DENMARK!"
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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who isn't a Nazi, and especially to the trekkies.
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who isn't a Nazi, and especially to the trekkies.
Is it possible that it's a secret third thing? That studying the human condition, combined with the relative brokeness that resulted from defunding, increasing wealth inequality, and the corporatization of higher ed, inclines one to more progressive views & Mellon's politics are an effect not cause?
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Is it possible that it's a secret third thing? That studying the human condition, combined with the relative brokeness that resulted from defunding, increasing wealth inequality, and the corporatization of higher ed, inclines one to more progressive views & Mellon's politics are an effect not cause?
Ah, I take back my outrage, someone with such a nuanced understanding of consent and power was surely doing a responsible job with his class on *checks notes* mythologies of rape. Thankfully, he shared his incisive commentary: Epstein did nothing particularly wrong
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Ah, I take back my outrage, someone with such a nuanced understanding of consent and power was surely doing a responsible job with his class on *checks notes* mythologies of rape. Thankfully, he shared his incisive commentary: Epstein did nothing particularly wrong
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
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THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
I just really like that my boy Psyduck got a shout-out
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I just really like that my boy Psyduck got a shout-out
Not exactly shocking news but it's worth noting that Hubbard seems to have requested money from Epstein to fund an anti-Title IX conference (something in line with, say, his class & multiple conference talks about how women are regularly making false rape claims)
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
Dismissed UT Professor Sought Financial Contribution from Epstein Foundation
Former UT Professor Thomas K. Hubbard wrote a letter to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein requesting funds for a conference critical of new Title IX rules.
thetexasorator.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Not exactly shocking news but it's worth noting that Hubbard seems to have requested money from Epstein to fund an anti-Title IX conference (something in line with, say, his class & multiple conference talks about how women are regularly making false rape claims)
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
Y'all, there is something really incredible happening with the Magic: The Gathering community -- they've now raised MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS (and counting!) for @translifeline.org and are closing in on a record-setting amount (live until 10am PT on 2/7)!!
24 hours left!
We are at $450,000 for @translifeline.org and going utnil Saturday morning at 10am Pacific. Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
Thank you to the entire Magic: The Gathering COMMUNITY for being here and being a part of this.
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
We are at $450,000 for @translifeline.org and going utnil Saturday morning at 10am Pacific. Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
Thank you to the entire Magic: The Gathering COMMUNITY for being here and being a part of this.
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Y'all, there is something really incredible happening with the Magic: The Gathering community -- they've now raised MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS (and counting!) for @translifeline.org and are closing in on a record-setting amount (live until 10am PT on 2/7)!!
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The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Medievalist & historian of race @profcwhit.bsky.social discusses NPS' removal of plaques documenting slavery in Philly 🔔 Then, the ceramics of Roberto Lugo, a new DH project on the artifacts of refugees, ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more
Pasts Imperfect (2.5.26)
This week, medievalist and historian of race Cord J. Whitaker discusses the National Park Service's removal of an exhibit on American slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. T...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Medievalist & historian of race @profcwhit.bsky.social discusses NPS' removal of plaques documenting slavery in Philly 🔔 Then, the ceramics of Roberto Lugo, a new DH project on the artifacts of refugees, ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more
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Mouseion: Journal of the @cacscec.bsky.social Vol. 21, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56328 @projectmuse.bsky.social @utpressjournals.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @brekekekexkovax.bsky.social Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Mouseion: Journal of the @cacscec.bsky.social Vol. 21, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56328 @projectmuse.bsky.social @utpressjournals.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @brekekekexkovax.bsky.social Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World
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This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
I spent the evening outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis, where the feds have been releasing people they detained — often for no discernible reason — into the freezing cold... wearing whatever little clothing they had on at the time they were taken.
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Appreciate the list of ways to run the damn ball from @channel6.bsky.social -- everything is awful but it helps a bit to know ways to do more than just (persistently, fueled by burning rage) call my reps every day on my drive to work. Every little bit helps!
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Appreciate the list of ways to run the damn ball from @channel6.bsky.social -- everything is awful but it helps a bit to know ways to do more than just (persistently, fueled by burning rage) call my reps every day on my drive to work. Every little bit helps!
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Proud of our students and our community ❤️
More than 100 Gonzaga University students joined protesters across the country today in a demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies, calling for their campus to become an "ICE free zone."
Gonzaga students protest ICE policies in campus demonstration
SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 100 Gonzaga University students joined protesters across the country today in a demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies, calling for their campus to become
www.kxly.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Proud of our students and our community ❤️
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Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
Hi #AIASCS friends, I'm just getting into town and would love to see you all! That said, looking at "site that shoots news into my brain" is liable to make me hide in my hotel room and cry, so I'll try to check in here intermittently but also if you see me at a reception please just yell at me!
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Hi #AIASCS friends, I'm just getting into town and would love to see you all! That said, looking at "site that shoots news into my brain" is liable to make me hide in my hotel room and cry, so I'll try to check in here intermittently but also if you see me at a reception please just yell at me!
This FCS championship game is perfect. I'm not sure the remaining CFP games (games full of teams in legitimately excited to see make it this far in the first place) even have a chance at beating this viewing experience
January 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This FCS championship game is perfect. I'm not sure the remaining CFP games (games full of teams in legitimately excited to see make it this far in the first place) even have a chance at beating this viewing experience
Happy new year from me and also a dog who doesn't particularly being posed for photo ops and REALLY doesn't appreciate that this is one of those fireworks holidays!
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Happy new year from me and also a dog who doesn't particularly being posed for photo ops and REALLY doesn't appreciate that this is one of those fireworks holidays!
Publication news! Very excited to share that this special issue of Mouseion, with a focus on "Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World," was just published! Natalie Swain deserves so much credit for organizing this and I'm really excited about all the pieces here!
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Publication news! Very excited to share that this special issue of Mouseion, with a focus on "Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World," was just published! Natalie Swain deserves so much credit for organizing this and I'm really excited about all the pieces here!
Please enjoy our department's annual "who wore it best" contribution!
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Please enjoy our department's annual "who wore it best" contribution!
I'VE NOTICED YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK INSTEAD OF GIVING ME TREATS I'M SURE THIS WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE PLEASE REMEDY IT AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE THOUGH
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'VE NOTICED YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK INSTEAD OF GIVING ME TREATS I'M SURE THIS WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE PLEASE REMEDY IT AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE THOUGH
STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS VERY GOOD BOY WHO GOES TO COLLECT THE TEE AFTER DAVIS KICKS OFF!! I NEED AN ENTIRE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS PERFECT DOG
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS VERY GOOD BOY WHO GOES TO COLLECT THE TEE AFTER DAVIS KICKS OFF!! I NEED AN ENTIRE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS PERFECT DOG
After a long day of cooking and drinking and watching football, it's food time! Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I hope your day is full of delicious food and loved ones!
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
After a long day of cooking and drinking and watching football, it's food time! Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I hope your day is full of delicious food and loved ones!