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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill
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δοῦλος χριστοῦ. Latin, Greek, Gaelic, Patristics, Language acquisition. PhD. academic ronin. anti-fascist.
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
jeltzz.bsky.social
Kicking off new #SeumasU classes in less than 2 weeks! Latin and Greek, oh my.
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January 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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sallymub.bsky.social
Classics/ancient history friends, is there anyone at USyd who could scan this for me plz?

D'Agostino, B. (1974). "Il mondo periferico della Magna Grecia." In Popoli e civiltà dell'Italia antica, eds. B. D'Agostino, P. E. Arias, and G. Colonna,
pp. 177-272. Rome: Biblioteca di Storia Patria.
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
jeltzz.bsky.social
Now's about the right time to sign up for #SeumasU classes starting in January. Latin and Ancient Greek a plenty.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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At the risk of hugging the third rail, the truth of the academic job market, at least in history or classics, is neither DEI or anti-DEI.

It is that that 1) there are no jobs and 2) our hiring culture treats candidates like they 'spoil' after a few years.

No one knows who is mediocre or not.
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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wilsonmcleod.bsky.social
The Scottish Languages Act 2025 comes into effect today - but its significance will only become clear over time. It's a complex, incrementalist measure and much depends on how it's implemented. My analysis here
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
jeltzz.bsky.social
How on earth did the Athenaze textbook become ***so*** expensive?? Ridiculous
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
jeltzz.bsky.social
ugh, trying to fit all the courses I'd like to teach into the tiny windows of time that I have for teaching.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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alyssakaye.bsky.social
A reason I can be in church without collapsing under the weight of cognitive dissonance is that I go to church with this family and many other congregants contributing in whatever ways they can.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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drchristinah.bsky.social
Evergreen meme
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Just to be clear, it’s all convos with Satan
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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bloghawk.bsky.social
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
photo of the First President of Tanzania - Julius Nyerere - with the quote, "The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them."
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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yappelbaum.bsky.social
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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stillicides.bsky.social
can't stop thinking about this Gàidhlig saying duolingo taught me
is fheàrr Gàidhlig bhriste na Gàidhlig anns a' chiste. better broken Gaelic than Gaelic in the coffin.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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ianthis.bsky.social
Favorite work on teaching classical languages? Especially blog/online/otherwise atraditional stuff that won't show up in a library search
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
jeltzz.bsky.social
today I started teaching two sections of a new course I'm developing, designed on the premise, "what if you wanted to learn conversational Ancient Greek, as if you were travelling to a modern country and wanted to have (CEFR) A1 level conversations?"
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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dorhamidbar.bsky.social
The National, Scotland, 13 October 2025:
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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gregorystringer.bsky.social
I know where they can get those answers (and much, much more!) 😉 www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray. “I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.” But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire. “We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week.

My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."

There may have been some subtext.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...

Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
YouTube
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September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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mikeaubrey.bsky.social
Force is ubiquitous in everyday life. We act and are acted on by causal sequences that require the exertion of force. Typical force interactions shape our inferences about the world and how we communicate in language. 1/#
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
jeltzz.bsky.social
two weeks to go until the new term of #SeumasU
I'm feeling excited and enthused about language teaching, which is a great thing!

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September 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
jeltzz.bsky.social
seall air seo. it's Horst Wessel and the Reichstag fire rolled into one. designate your enemies as terrorists, invert blame for violence, and silence your opponents until there is no democracy left in america.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 25
Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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nporter.bsky.social
Lux Patrum is hiring! We are looking for people to produce bilingual editions of texts.

Required:
- a reasonably strong command of Greek or Latin
- competence in Microsoft Word.

Reach out to nathan@luxpatrum.com if you're interested.
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM