Dr. Christina Hotalen
@drchristinah.bsky.social
Roman historian working as a Program Manager. Alt-ac enthusiast. Gender, material culture, digital humanities, classical reception in metal music. I also make chain maille. Academic CV and links to my other pages: https://linktr.ee/infestissima
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It arrived today on the last day of the year, and I couldn’t be happier. It is very validating to see my name in a Cambridge University Press publication.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
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November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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For the love of all things good, can some of y’all stop lionizing Gavin Newsom who literally ripped apart a homeless encampment and threw people’s belongings in the trash bin? Have some damn morals.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For the love of all things good, can some of y’all stop lionizing Gavin Newsom who literally ripped apart a homeless encampment and threw people’s belongings in the trash bin? Have some damn morals.
35 rotations around the sun.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
35 rotations around the sun.
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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
Why anyone would willingly leave NY for FL genuinely befuddles me. Hurricanes are getting worse, housing & insurance is outrageous, it’s unbearably hot from May-September, and you MUST own a vehicle to live there. There are barely any walkable cities and the big cities don’t offer as much as NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Why anyone would willingly leave NY for FL genuinely befuddles me. Hurricanes are getting worse, housing & insurance is outrageous, it’s unbearably hot from May-September, and you MUST own a vehicle to live there. There are barely any walkable cities and the big cities don’t offer as much as NYC.
Woke is back!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Woke is back!
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rip dick cheney, you wouldve loved the illegal war in south america we’re about to start
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
rip dick cheney, you wouldve loved the illegal war in south america we’re about to start
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I’m so invested in the mayoral election of a city I don’t even live anywhere near
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’m so invested in the mayoral election of a city I don’t even live anywhere near
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This is tomorrow. Don't forget to register if you'd like to attend!
Nov 4 online (Tampa Museum of Art, 6pm EST) Dr Jeremy Swist, Ta Megala Thēria: Heavy Metal Music’s Reception of Mythological Adversaries. Register (free): tampamuseum.org/event/virtua... @metalclassicist.bsky.social
Virtual Lecture - Ta Megala Theria: Heavy Metal Music’s Reception of Mythological Adversaries
While the genre has traditionally signaled its rebellious ethos within a Christian paradigm through satanic themes and imagery, more and more bands have embraced analogous elements from pre-Christian ...
tampamuseum.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is tomorrow. Don't forget to register if you'd like to attend!
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Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
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UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
'Active attacker with a gun' reported at UVa
UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
richmond.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
Picasso paintings at the University of Michigan Museum of Art
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Picasso paintings at the University of Michigan Museum of Art
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.
Going through comments and feedback is soul draining.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Going through comments and feedback is soul draining.