Gregory Stringer
@gregorystringer.bsky.social
Latin Teacher, historian, slow runner, hack drummer, amateur essayist, allstar Trekkie. 🖖 https://gregorypstringer.medium.com/fathers-and-sons-98e89b258a6d
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Νικώμεν! A more than a decade long ambition was achieved today as I ran in and completed THE Marathon (so-called Athens Authentic Marathon). It was my first (and probably only) - such a great, if quite challenging, experience! And Athens in November is perfect.
These ornaments are pretty great! #RIPMichaelHutchence
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These ornaments are pretty great! #RIPMichaelHutchence
By the prophets and in the name of the Emissary if they actually put the name USS Defiant anywhere near this colossal monument to stupidity… 🤬
December 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By the prophets and in the name of the Emissary if they actually put the name USS Defiant anywhere near this colossal monument to stupidity… 🤬
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Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
A Latin joke in “Scrooged” (Bill Murray) …
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A Latin joke in “Scrooged” (Bill Murray) …
Plicare (“to fold”) and its compounds are some of the most common doublets and I teach my Latin students about them all the time!
Sometimes they use different meanings of the prefix reply (re = back), replicate (re = again) sometimes different objects imply (ideas) implicate (people). Fascinating!
Sometimes they use different meanings of the prefix reply (re = back), replicate (re = again) sometimes different objects imply (ideas) implicate (people). Fascinating!
The French word ‘employer’ (to emploi) has the same origin as ‘impliquer’ (to imply).
The former was inherited from Latin, while the latter was borrowed from it later.
They’re called doublets.
Stay tuned for doublets in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Galician, Dutch and English.
The former was inherited from Latin, while the latter was borrowed from it later.
They’re called doublets.
Stay tuned for doublets in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Galician, Dutch and English.
December 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Plicare (“to fold”) and its compounds are some of the most common doublets and I teach my Latin students about them all the time!
Sometimes they use different meanings of the prefix reply (re = back), replicate (re = again) sometimes different objects imply (ideas) implicate (people). Fascinating!
Sometimes they use different meanings of the prefix reply (re = back), replicate (re = again) sometimes different objects imply (ideas) implicate (people). Fascinating!
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This is the difference between someone with loud opinions and a large following versus a competent operator with expertise based on years of training and experience
Here’s hoping everyone else who denies the difference gets the same lesson.
Here’s hoping everyone else who denies the difference gets the same lesson.
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is the difference between someone with loud opinions and a large following versus a competent operator with expertise based on years of training and experience
Here’s hoping everyone else who denies the difference gets the same lesson.
Here’s hoping everyone else who denies the difference gets the same lesson.
The intrusion of “AI” and its imaginary sources is extra maddening since we spent the whole 20th century improving the discipline of historiography. Prior to the 19th c plenty of poorly sourced “facts” got passed down but in the 20th we created a robust peer review system that largely prevented that
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The intrusion of “AI” and its imaginary sources is extra maddening since we spent the whole 20th century improving the discipline of historiography. Prior to the 19th c plenty of poorly sourced “facts” got passed down but in the 20th we created a robust peer review system that largely prevented that
You can just hear “The Remedy” by Puscifer twinkling in AJ’s head.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You can just hear “The Remedy” by Puscifer twinkling in AJ’s head.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Winter Courses at LAC are officially open!!
We teach ancient languages the way humans learn: rich input, low stress, meaningful communication, and a community that cheers for you.
Whether new or returning, there's something for you!
Courses: habesnelac.com/courses ❄️
We teach ancient languages the way humans learn: rich input, low stress, meaningful communication, and a community that cheers for you.
Whether new or returning, there's something for you!
Courses: habesnelac.com/courses ❄️
a penguin is reading a book with the words knowledge is power written below it
ALT: a penguin is reading a book with the words knowledge is power written below it
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Winter Courses at LAC are officially open!!
We teach ancient languages the way humans learn: rich input, low stress, meaningful communication, and a community that cheers for you.
Whether new or returning, there's something for you!
Courses: habesnelac.com/courses ❄️
We teach ancient languages the way humans learn: rich input, low stress, meaningful communication, and a community that cheers for you.
Whether new or returning, there's something for you!
Courses: habesnelac.com/courses ❄️
More Latin connections for nerds who like that kind of thing. 😜
connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofd_A0...
connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofd_A0...
Connections – Capitulum XXVIII - Puzzle 1
Create custom puzzles based on the game popularized by New York Times
connections.swellgarfo.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
More Latin connections for nerds who like that kind of thing. 😜
connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofd_A0...
connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofd_A0...
Here’s a connections for all the Orberg Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata fans out there! connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofdb7G...
Connections – Capitulum XXVII - Connections 2
Create custom puzzles based on the game popularized by New York Times
connections.swellgarfo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here’s a connections for all the Orberg Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata fans out there! connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-Ofdb7G...
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A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
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Two very exciting sales through the weekend!
For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span...
For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde...
Please share widely!
For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span...
For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde...
Please share widely!
Spanish Core Set | The Pericles Group, LLC
VERBA: Español core set. Includes 50 "grey" sentence cards and 146 "white" noun cards. Designed for the novice learner.
tpg-104198.square.site
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Two very exciting sales through the weekend!
For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span...
For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde...
Please share widely!
For Spanish teachers/learners, VERBA Español for less than the original Kickstarter pricing ($25!) tpg-104198.square.site/product/span...
For Dragon fans, Underlings of Underwing also for $25 tpg-104198.square.site/product/unde...
Please share widely!
This post gave me so much FOMO that I immediately (and successfully) ordered one here in the US. Now $400 later feeling a bit sheepish…
Is YOLO the exact ideological inversion of LLAP? 🖖 🙈
Is YOLO the exact ideological inversion of LLAP? 🖖 🙈
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This post gave me so much FOMO that I immediately (and successfully) ordered one here in the US. Now $400 later feeling a bit sheepish…
Is YOLO the exact ideological inversion of LLAP? 🖖 🙈
Is YOLO the exact ideological inversion of LLAP? 🖖 🙈
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A reminder of the 'Teaching With Ovid' symposium - accepting paper and panel proposals through to January! Do you use Ovid in teaching, or do you have an idea you'd like to road-test?
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A reminder of the 'Teaching With Ovid' symposium - accepting paper and panel proposals through to January! Do you use Ovid in teaching, or do you have an idea you'd like to road-test?
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
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📢Just in time for holiday shopping, we are thrilled to announce our first ever AAACC merch drop! 📢
Order now and be the first to don our newest AAACC logo, designed by the brilliant @toriflee.bsky.social. Head over to our Redbubble page to order yours today!
🔗: www.redbubble.com/people/AAACC...
Order now and be the first to don our newest AAACC logo, designed by the brilliant @toriflee.bsky.social. Head over to our Redbubble page to order yours today!
🔗: www.redbubble.com/people/AAACC...
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
📢Just in time for holiday shopping, we are thrilled to announce our first ever AAACC merch drop! 📢
Order now and be the first to don our newest AAACC logo, designed by the brilliant @toriflee.bsky.social. Head over to our Redbubble page to order yours today!
🔗: www.redbubble.com/people/AAACC...
Order now and be the first to don our newest AAACC logo, designed by the brilliant @toriflee.bsky.social. Head over to our Redbubble page to order yours today!
🔗: www.redbubble.com/people/AAACC...
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It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
Perhaps @dannybate.bsky.social can help me? I went to see my school’s production of Miller’s The Crucible last night and got into a discussion with the directors (both English teachers) and a few others about the etymology of the word - specifically when & how it took on its metaphorical one…
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Perhaps @dannybate.bsky.social can help me? I went to see my school’s production of Miller’s The Crucible last night and got into a discussion with the directors (both English teachers) and a few others about the etymology of the word - specifically when & how it took on its metaphorical one…
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This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
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and of course @rheaclassical.bsky.social, also open access - a book review journal prioritizing underrepresented scholarly voices rheaclassicalreviews.com
Rhea Classical Review
More inclusive scholarly reviews.
rheaclassicalreviews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
and of course @rheaclassical.bsky.social, also open access - a book review journal prioritizing underrepresented scholarly voices rheaclassicalreviews.com
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if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
New England Classical Journal | College of the Holy Cross
A publication of the Classical Association of New England, New England Classical Journal is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, notes, and reviews on all aspects of classical an...
crossworks.holycross.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
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Does anyone have reading(s) they like to assign to undergraduates on Cleopatra? I'm finding things that are criminally short or book-length but little in between. Ideally ca. 20 pages?
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Does anyone have reading(s) they like to assign to undergraduates on Cleopatra? I'm finding things that are criminally short or book-length but little in between. Ideally ca. 20 pages?
1 year ago today! The culmination of an almost 15 year journey, I completed the Authentic Athens Marathon!
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
1 year ago today! The culmination of an almost 15 year journey, I completed the Authentic Athens Marathon!
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
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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!
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)