Julia M Perroni
@juliamperroni.bsky.social
She/her, writer among other things.
Classics grad: UBC ➡️ KCL ➡️ UWisc.
I like epic and tragedy and queer stuff of all kinds! Co-Host of Classically Trained Podcast.
Classics grad: UBC ➡️ KCL ➡️ UWisc.
I like epic and tragedy and queer stuff of all kinds! Co-Host of Classically Trained Podcast.
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I've gained a TON of followers the last few days, so I'll do one of those "get to know your followee" threads!
“It’s supposed to answer questions between 6-9pm when I’m not around.” Damn, apparently people have never heard of email, or possibly are more demanding about turnaround than my students before an exam.
I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“It’s supposed to answer questions between 6-9pm when I’m not around.” Damn, apparently people have never heard of email, or possibly are more demanding about turnaround than my students before an exam.
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when reviewer 2 wants you to cite 3 texts by the same scholar
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
when reviewer 2 wants you to cite 3 texts by the same scholar
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
DRAFT DONE!!!! A couple weeks knocking off side projects to clear my plate (and my head) and then on to chapter two…
I’m so close to finishing the rough draft of this chapter that I can taste it. Is it filled with “go look this up”/“say more”/“this needs to be restructured”/“find the page number”/“does this even make sense” notes? Yes. But it’s a drafted chapter of the dissertation!
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
DRAFT DONE!!!! A couple weeks knocking off side projects to clear my plate (and my head) and then on to chapter two…
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Appel à soutien: Études classiques et médiévales à l'Université de Calgary - The Classical Association of Canada
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January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!
Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...
I’m so close to finishing the rough draft of this chapter that I can taste it. Is it filled with “go look this up”/“say more”/“this needs to be restructured”/“find the page number”/“does this even make sense” notes? Yes. But it’s a drafted chapter of the dissertation!
January 29, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I’m so close to finishing the rough draft of this chapter that I can taste it. Is it filled with “go look this up”/“say more”/“this needs to be restructured”/“find the page number”/“does this even make sense” notes? Yes. But it’s a drafted chapter of the dissertation!
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Thys was my Heated Rivalrye
January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Thys was my Heated Rivalrye
At times like these, it really is the little things…
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
At times like these, it really is the little things…
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petty psa:
If you go to work in a coffee shop and do not need outlets, and are in a place where outlets are a rare commodity, please be mindful of not taking one of the few seats next to them
🌈 all the little ways we gotta make room for other humans in this world ✨
/ petty psa
If you go to work in a coffee shop and do not need outlets, and are in a place where outlets are a rare commodity, please be mindful of not taking one of the few seats next to them
🌈 all the little ways we gotta make room for other humans in this world ✨
/ petty psa
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
petty psa:
If you go to work in a coffee shop and do not need outlets, and are in a place where outlets are a rare commodity, please be mindful of not taking one of the few seats next to them
🌈 all the little ways we gotta make room for other humans in this world ✨
/ petty psa
If you go to work in a coffee shop and do not need outlets, and are in a place where outlets are a rare commodity, please be mindful of not taking one of the few seats next to them
🌈 all the little ways we gotta make room for other humans in this world ✨
/ petty psa
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
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My book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is out! Promo Code WIN26 will get you 30% off at @yalepress.bsky.social. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The White Pedestal
How white nationalist thought leaders use ancient Greece and Rome to claim historical precedent for their violent and oppressive politics It is difficult ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
January 21, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is out! Promo Code WIN26 will get you 30% off at @yalepress.bsky.social. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Hit skeet courtesy of Silvannen Gerrard's excellent article in CQ 73.1 (2023), which you must read
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hit skeet courtesy of Silvannen Gerrard's excellent article in CQ 73.1 (2023), which you must read
I’d like to bump this one not just for tourists but for students. If you’re on an F1—like I am!—then working remotely at home, freelancing, etc. are all potentially illegal work. Be Fucking Careful.
Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I’d like to bump this one not just for tourists but for students. If you’re on an F1—like I am!—then working remotely at home, freelancing, etc. are all potentially illegal work. Be Fucking Careful.
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there’s stuff circulating about Wikipedia and AI; I’d ask that you dig into this thread before getting concerned.
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
there’s stuff circulating about Wikipedia and AI; I’d ask that you dig into this thread before getting concerned.
Not what you want your kitchen floor looking like five days before start of term… or ever.
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Not what you want your kitchen floor looking like five days before start of term… or ever.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
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Grievous is the citizens’ speech filled with rancour, as it has the power of a curse ordained by the people.
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Grievous is the citizens’ speech filled with rancour, as it has the power of a curse ordained by the people.
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics
The problem with good conferences is you come away with three new ideas for articles and yet somehow no new time to write them in.
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The problem with good conferences is you come away with three new ideas for articles and yet somehow no new time to write them in.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
Rough week. Good SCS, though. I'm really looking forward to being in my own home with my cat and my tea collection and my own fucking bed.
January 11, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Rough week. Good SCS, though. I'm really looking forward to being in my own home with my cat and my tea collection and my own fucking bed.