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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Do you know what is the BEST 50th Birthday Present a Woman can receive! To get to start her second half-century kicking off a new experiment as PI at a Particle Accelerator with Muonic X-Rays! With a kick ass team and fantastic research partner. [I just got the dates! @bkgeo.bsky.social]
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@meirazk.bsky.social new motto for our team?
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo: A liberal arts education will release you from prison and help you exact revenge on your enemies
February 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
@meirazk.bsky.social new motto for our team?
I said this 20 years ago (2006: 74). I still cannot quite make up my mind if Nicolaus is cribbing Dionysius or visa versa. Thoughts?! Do I have historiographical Bsky connections that can help?
[No I don't have access to BNJ right now, but I will have to check the commentary.]
[No I don't have access to BNJ right now, but I will have to check the commentary.]
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I said this 20 years ago (2006: 74). I still cannot quite make up my mind if Nicolaus is cribbing Dionysius or visa versa. Thoughts?! Do I have historiographical Bsky connections that can help?
[No I don't have access to BNJ right now, but I will have to check the commentary.]
[No I don't have access to BNJ right now, but I will have to check the commentary.]
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
The line dividing federal & state authority in migration was politically determined before the Civil War
And it is now too
Violets are blue
The line dividing federal & state authority in migration was politically determined before the Civil War
And it is now too
Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
ALT: a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
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February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The line dividing federal & state authority in migration was politically determined before the Civil War
And it is now too
Violets are blue
The line dividing federal & state authority in migration was politically determined before the Civil War
And it is now too
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Here’s my review of @nyamakop.co.za’s RELOOTED.
Returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist in Relooted
Breaking the law for a good reason.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Here’s my review of @nyamakop.co.za’s RELOOTED.
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A History of Fermented Dairy in Central Asia - From the steppe to space!
Listen to the latest, informative and fun episode of The Delicious Legacy with Dr Simi Rezai-Ghassemi here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Enjoyyy!
Listen to the latest, informative and fun episode of The Delicious Legacy with Dr Simi Rezai-Ghassemi here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Enjoyyy!
A History of Fermented Dairy in Central Asia - From the steppe to space!
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 12/02/2026 · 1h 2m
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February 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
A History of Fermented Dairy in Central Asia - From the steppe to space!
Listen to the latest, informative and fun episode of The Delicious Legacy with Dr Simi Rezai-Ghassemi here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Enjoyyy!
Listen to the latest, informative and fun episode of The Delicious Legacy with Dr Simi Rezai-Ghassemi here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Enjoyyy!
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Southcom strikes which illegally kill people on boats in the Carribean that three months ago elicited shocked headlines in US news media are now being reported in low priority spaces buried deep in news outlet websites.
Normalisation of what are in effect US military death squads.
Normalisation of what are in effect US military death squads.
February 15, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Southcom strikes which illegally kill people on boats in the Carribean that three months ago elicited shocked headlines in US news media are now being reported in low priority spaces buried deep in news outlet websites.
Normalisation of what are in effect US military death squads.
Normalisation of what are in effect US military death squads.
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THIS. Students don't need chatbots to spit out utterly mediocre essays for them. They need the accessibility office to not be increasingly understaffed every goddamn year.
Universities buying into this shit under the guise of "equity" makes me SO angry
Equity for my students would be access to the databases and journals we've dropped subscriptions for. It'd be having a paid human to caption videos and make PDFs screen-reader compatible. Not this shit.
Equity for my students would be access to the databases and journals we've dropped subscriptions for. It'd be having a paid human to caption videos and make PDFs screen-reader compatible. Not this shit.
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
THIS. Students don't need chatbots to spit out utterly mediocre essays for them. They need the accessibility office to not be increasingly understaffed every goddamn year.
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Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
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On this day I remember the RE advisor who laughed in my face when I suggested that Valentine's Day was/is connected w religion.
SO FUN that these people are responsible for writing school curricula!
Anyway, Happy totally-secular-definitely-nothing-to-do-w- religion-ever SAINT Valentines Day! 💘
SO FUN that these people are responsible for writing school curricula!
Anyway, Happy totally-secular-definitely-nothing-to-do-w- religion-ever SAINT Valentines Day! 💘
February 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
On this day I remember the RE advisor who laughed in my face when I suggested that Valentine's Day was/is connected w religion.
SO FUN that these people are responsible for writing school curricula!
Anyway, Happy totally-secular-definitely-nothing-to-do-w- religion-ever SAINT Valentines Day! 💘
SO FUN that these people are responsible for writing school curricula!
Anyway, Happy totally-secular-definitely-nothing-to-do-w- religion-ever SAINT Valentines Day! 💘
If you had to cite just one publication (book or article) on the evolution of the Augustan constitution between Actium and his death? What would it be. Bonus points if it was written in the last 10-15 years.
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
If you had to cite just one publication (book or article) on the evolution of the Augustan constitution between Actium and his death? What would it be. Bonus points if it was written in the last 10-15 years.
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Notes on a PhD I never wrote: livyarrow.org/2026/02/13/p...
Presence of the Author in Polybius
In Spring 1999 in my first grad seminar with Fergus Millar and Robert Parker, I gave a presentation inspired by my future (at that time unknown to me scholar). Clarke, Katherine. “In Search of the …
livyarrow.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Notes on a PhD I never wrote: livyarrow.org/2026/02/13/p...
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I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Notes on a PhD I never wrote: livyarrow.org/2026/02/13/p...
Presence of the Author in Polybius
In Spring 1999 in my first grad seminar with Fergus Millar and Robert Parker, I gave a presentation inspired by my future (at that time unknown to me scholar). Clarke, Katherine. “In Search of the …
livyarrow.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Notes on a PhD I never wrote: livyarrow.org/2026/02/13/p...
Usually I cross post by first writing here and then sharing a screen shot. This time visa versa.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Usually I cross post by first writing here and then sharing a screen shot. This time visa versa.
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Happy Darwin's birthday!
Darwin's birthday is always a good excuse to share these delightful drawings by his children, some of them on the back of the manuscript of On the Origin of Species.
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Happy Darwin's birthday!
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Jeremy Carl wrote a book ("Unprotected Class") that offers the most unvarnished possible expression of the white-persecution complex that fuels the far right. Where every change is a loss for whiteness. Every gain for others, an attack on white America. 400 pp of grievance. This is the Trump admin.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Jeremy Carl wrote a book ("Unprotected Class") that offers the most unvarnished possible expression of the white-persecution complex that fuels the far right. Where every change is a loss for whiteness. Every gain for others, an attack on white America. 400 pp of grievance. This is the Trump admin.
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A REQUEST: I have a student who is wheelchair bound+their dream is to participate in an archaeological
excavation... not a "token" desk job but for real, to dig. Their disability means they have to stay in the chair. What is out there for opportunities/adaptive aids etc? 🏺 (shared w their blessing)
excavation... not a "token" desk job but for real, to dig. Their disability means they have to stay in the chair. What is out there for opportunities/adaptive aids etc? 🏺 (shared w their blessing)
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A REQUEST: I have a student who is wheelchair bound+their dream is to participate in an archaeological
excavation... not a "token" desk job but for real, to dig. Their disability means they have to stay in the chair. What is out there for opportunities/adaptive aids etc? 🏺 (shared w their blessing)
excavation... not a "token" desk job but for real, to dig. Their disability means they have to stay in the chair. What is out there for opportunities/adaptive aids etc? 🏺 (shared w their blessing)
Do you know what is the BEST 50th Birthday Present a Woman can receive! To get to start her second half-century kicking off a new experiment as PI at a Particle Accelerator with Muonic X-Rays! With a kick ass team and fantastic research partner. [I just got the dates! @bkgeo.bsky.social]
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Do you know what is the BEST 50th Birthday Present a Woman can receive! To get to start her second half-century kicking off a new experiment as PI at a Particle Accelerator with Muonic X-Rays! With a kick ass team and fantastic research partner. [I just got the dates! @bkgeo.bsky.social]
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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Robin Good-Fellow (Puck)
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Robin Good-Fellow (Puck)
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.