Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
@profyarrow.bsky.social
Numismatics. Ancient History. ANS Fellow. Chair of Classics, Brooklyn College. Typo-Queen.
I treat this space like the office water cooler.
Blogging at livyarrow.org
I treat this space like the office water cooler.
Blogging at livyarrow.org
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PUBLICATION DAY "The Coinage issued in the Mithridatic Years" for RBN article with L. Carbone. We test traditional quantification techniques against new data, suggest a new means of comparing the intensity of coin production and trace Roman intervention in Eastern Med livyarrow.org/2025/12/01/n...
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Republics are already unusual, rare, beautiful things, historically speaking. A republic composed of some small sliver of every country, people, language and culture is an even more wondrous, special thing. And to have it have succeeded so remarkably.
To betray that...I have no words.
To betray that...I have no words.
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Republics are already unusual, rare, beautiful things, historically speaking. A republic composed of some small sliver of every country, people, language and culture is an even more wondrous, special thing. And to have it have succeeded so remarkably.
To betray that...I have no words.
To betray that...I have no words.
All that is old will be new again! “I’ve never seen real static!” “Why doesn’t the controller doesn’t have joy stick?!” “What does the eject button do?”
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
All that is old will be new again! “I’ve never seen real static!” “Why doesn’t the controller doesn’t have joy stick?!” “What does the eject button do?”
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I just got a DM from someone that pirated my game.
They said (paraphrasing) that with hindsight the game was absolutely worth the price, and were asking my preferred avenue for them to buy it (Steam vs Itch).
I've gotten a lot of great DMs from players, but this one is probably my favorite.
They said (paraphrasing) that with hindsight the game was absolutely worth the price, and were asking my preferred avenue for them to buy it (Steam vs Itch).
I've gotten a lot of great DMs from players, but this one is probably my favorite.
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I just got a DM from someone that pirated my game.
They said (paraphrasing) that with hindsight the game was absolutely worth the price, and were asking my preferred avenue for them to buy it (Steam vs Itch).
I've gotten a lot of great DMs from players, but this one is probably my favorite.
They said (paraphrasing) that with hindsight the game was absolutely worth the price, and were asking my preferred avenue for them to buy it (Steam vs Itch).
I've gotten a lot of great DMs from players, but this one is probably my favorite.
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Something I'm really grateful to have learned by doing a mythology podcast for 5 years is that the Heroes Journey/Monomyth is largely a fraud constructed by Joseph Campbell through cherry picking and misrepresenting different myths. Its more relevant to mediocre screenplays than actual mythology.
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Something I'm really grateful to have learned by doing a mythology podcast for 5 years is that the Heroes Journey/Monomyth is largely a fraud constructed by Joseph Campbell through cherry picking and misrepresenting different myths. Its more relevant to mediocre screenplays than actual mythology.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Lower ‘tenure density’ is a hell of a phrase.
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lower ‘tenure density’ is a hell of a phrase.
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TIL Ghislaine Maxwell's father invented the paywall model for research papers and owns most of the US textbooks market. Really.
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
TIL Ghislaine Maxwell's father invented the paywall model for research papers and owns most of the US textbooks market. Really.
In the exurbs, at the kitchen table, I heard praise for LLMs & anecdotes of how good they are making people sound smart. I tried to interject with some experiences as an educator on coaching individuals to find their own voice. And the response: "but now one can learn from the computer!" Grim. 1/
a stuffed animal is sitting at a table with a plate of donuts .
Alt: miss piggies bangs her head at a table with a plate of donuts .
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In the exurbs, at the kitchen table, I heard praise for LLMs & anecdotes of how good they are making people sound smart. I tried to interject with some experiences as an educator on coaching individuals to find their own voice. And the response: "but now one can learn from the computer!" Grim. 1/
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Germany’s far-right AfD party accused of gathering information about Western arms transports to Ukraine for the Kremlin‼️
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Germany’s far-right AfD party accused of gathering information about Western arms transports to Ukraine for the Kremlin‼️
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
At least it’s not an inflatable crucifix, comments my child, as we enter the exurbs.
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
At least it’s not an inflatable crucifix, comments my child, as we enter the exurbs.
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We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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graeco-roman magic predates christianity. so, it really bums me out when scholars write like magic is antecedent and derivative to christian miracle. if you really think about it, miracle is the derivative and antecedent category.
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
graeco-roman magic predates christianity. so, it really bums me out when scholars write like magic is antecedent and derivative to christian miracle. if you really think about it, miracle is the derivative and antecedent category.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
I'm reading an art historical analysis by an undergraduate comparing medieval and roman 2D compositions through the lens of gender space. It is so good I want to weep. It should be a grad school term paper or a draft of a publication. I knew she was good, but this is fucking brilliant.
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm reading an art historical analysis by an undergraduate comparing medieval and roman 2D compositions through the lens of gender space. It is so good I want to weep. It should be a grad school term paper or a draft of a publication. I knew she was good, but this is fucking brilliant.
LGI ALUMS! we are looking of photos of your t-shirts!
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
LGI ALUMS! we are looking of photos of your t-shirts!
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I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
Yoni steams are being compared by my students to treatments in the Hippocratic corpus. Do I dare google to learn more? I think not from the context clues.
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yoni steams are being compared by my students to treatments in the Hippocratic corpus. Do I dare google to learn more? I think not from the context clues.
Again I love my students and what they find. This adorable cartoon from the Beazley archive made me go check the original object. Which alas is v v creepy.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Again I love my students and what they find. This adorable cartoon from the Beazley archive made me go check the original object. Which alas is v v creepy.
Here's another new to me today delight from my grading. CREEP-TASTIC
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's another new to me today delight from my grading. CREEP-TASTIC
As I grade my sexuality and gender class, I am reminded I can still learn new things. Like that this exists: www.phallus.is
The Icelandic Phallological Museum
Explore the world's only genuine phallus museum in Reykjavik, Iceland.
www.phallus.is
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As I grade my sexuality and gender class, I am reminded I can still learn new things. Like that this exists: www.phallus.is
Aeneas carries his father out of troy, his son follows, his wife turns back and is lost.
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Aeneas carries his father out of troy, his son follows, his wife turns back and is lost.