Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
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Big thanks to David for playing a track from Aïssaoua: Sufi Trance from Morocco on @wfmu.bsky.social
The album will be available until the end of November and then will be set to private. Grab it while you can:
hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-ssao...
The album will be available until the end of November and then will be set to private. Grab it while you can:
hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-ssao...
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Big thanks to David for playing a track from Aïssaoua: Sufi Trance from Morocco on @wfmu.bsky.social
The album will be available until the end of November and then will be set to private. Grab it while you can:
hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-ssao...
The album will be available until the end of November and then will be set to private. Grab it while you can:
hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-ssao...
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Fuck yes this is a badass Zorak
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fuck yes this is a badass Zorak
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my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers!
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
The Life of Thecla- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, re...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers!
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
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This Day in Labor History: November 23, 1891. A miner in Alaska named Patrick Whalen was injured in a mining accident. After a lower court awarded him financial compensation, the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure that injured workers would get nothing!!!!!!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 23, 1891. A miner in Alaska named Patrick Whalen was injured in a mining accident. After a lower court awarded him financial compensation, the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure that injured workers would get nothing!!!!!!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
Pete Seeger, /John Henry and other Folk Favorites/, (Harmony, 1969)
Originally released by Columbia as /Story Songs/ (1961); there's apparently another 1969 release by Odyssey with the title /3 Saints, 4 Sinners, and 6 Other People/, all three releases with different covers.
Originally released by Columbia as /Story Songs/ (1961); there's apparently another 1969 release by Odyssey with the title /3 Saints, 4 Sinners, and 6 Other People/, all three releases with different covers.
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pete Seeger, /John Henry and other Folk Favorites/, (Harmony, 1969)
Originally released by Columbia as /Story Songs/ (1961); there's apparently another 1969 release by Odyssey with the title /3 Saints, 4 Sinners, and 6 Other People/, all three releases with different covers.
Originally released by Columbia as /Story Songs/ (1961); there's apparently another 1969 release by Odyssey with the title /3 Saints, 4 Sinners, and 6 Other People/, all three releases with different covers.
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Jason Lewis became interested in learning the Choctaw language. At 21, he listened to recorded lessons in the language but still found it challenging to grasp it. In 2009, he decided to move to Mississippi.
Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Jason Lewis became interested in learning the Choctaw language. At 21, he listened to recorded lessons in the language but still found it challenging to grasp it. In 2009, he decided to move to Mississippi.
If you're at AARSBL and see /The Pearlsong/ at the @harvardpress.bsky.social booth, I'd love to know!
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you're at AARSBL and see /The Pearlsong/ at the @harvardpress.bsky.social booth, I'd love to know!
(translated into Syriac)
ܕܡ̇ܟ ܘܐܝ̈ܕܝܐ ܐܚ̈ܝܕܬܐ ܘܡܬܬܥܝܪ ܟܕ ܛܦܪ̈ܐ ܡܕܡ̈ܕܡܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܐܠܝܨ̈ܬܐ ܠܓܘ ܟ̈ܦܐ
/dåmeḵ w-iḏayyå ʔaḥiḏåṯå, w-mettʕir kaḏ ṭep̄rē mḏamdmåṯå ḏil-ēh ʔaliṣåṯå l-ḡaw kappē/
ܕܡ̇ܟ ܘܐܝ̈ܕܝܐ ܐܚ̈ܝܕܬܐ ܘܡܬܬܥܝܪ ܟܕ ܛܦܪ̈ܐ ܡܕܡ̈ܕܡܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܐܠܝܨ̈ܬܐ ܠܓܘ ܟ̈ܦܐ
/dåmeḵ w-iḏayyå ʔaḥiḏåṯå, w-mettʕir kaḏ ṭep̄rē mḏamdmåṯå ḏil-ēh ʔaliṣåṯå l-ḡaw kappē/
He sleeps with clenched hands; and wakes with his own bloody nails in his palms.
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
(translated into Syriac)
ܕܡ̇ܟ ܘܐܝ̈ܕܝܐ ܐܚ̈ܝܕܬܐ ܘܡܬܬܥܝܪ ܟܕ ܛܦܪ̈ܐ ܡܕܡ̈ܕܡܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܐܠܝܨ̈ܬܐ ܠܓܘ ܟ̈ܦܐ
/dåmeḵ w-iḏayyå ʔaḥiḏåṯå, w-mettʕir kaḏ ṭep̄rē mḏamdmåṯå ḏil-ēh ʔaliṣåṯå l-ḡaw kappē/
ܕܡ̇ܟ ܘܐܝ̈ܕܝܐ ܐܚ̈ܝܕܬܐ ܘܡܬܬܥܝܪ ܟܕ ܛܦܪ̈ܐ ܡܕܡ̈ܕܡܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܐܠܝܨ̈ܬܐ ܠܓܘ ܟ̈ܦܐ
/dåmeḵ w-iḏayyå ʔaḥiḏåṯå, w-mettʕir kaḏ ṭep̄rē mḏamdmåṯå ḏil-ēh ʔaliṣåṯå l-ḡaw kappē/
Parthian word of the day
/dašnag/
"dagger" 🗡️ (< /dašn/ "right hand/side")
as in Sundermann, MKG 807-809
/aδyān mard ēw bazzakkar až hō kadag bēh āsēndēh kē dašnag pad dašt dārēd/
"then a bad guy came out of the house with a dagger in his hand"
/dašnag/
"dagger" 🗡️ (< /dašn/ "right hand/side")
as in Sundermann, MKG 807-809
/aδyān mard ēw bazzakkar až hō kadag bēh āsēndēh kē dašnag pad dašt dārēd/
"then a bad guy came out of the house with a dagger in his hand"
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Parthian word of the day
/dašnag/
"dagger" 🗡️ (< /dašn/ "right hand/side")
as in Sundermann, MKG 807-809
/aδyān mard ēw bazzakkar až hō kadag bēh āsēndēh kē dašnag pad dašt dārēd/
"then a bad guy came out of the house with a dagger in his hand"
/dašnag/
"dagger" 🗡️ (< /dašn/ "right hand/side")
as in Sundermann, MKG 807-809
/aδyān mard ēw bazzakkar až hō kadag bēh āsēndēh kē dašnag pad dašt dārēd/
"then a bad guy came out of the house with a dagger in his hand"
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This evening, some psychedelic megaliths (psychedeliths?)
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This evening, some psychedelic megaliths (psychedeliths?)
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My preferred approach is simply to ignore Ethnologue and use Glottolog instead. It's not ideal for the field to be treating an American missionary organisation as a load-bearing part of the basic infrastructure, and I don't think it's necessary.
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My preferred approach is simply to ignore Ethnologue and use Glottolog instead. It's not ideal for the field to be treating an American missionary organisation as a load-bearing part of the basic infrastructure, and I don't think it's necessary.
Parthian word of the day
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Parthian word of the day
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
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Very here for these shots being fired. I know that academic publishing is a tough business and margins are tight, but the precipitous drop in production quality across the board in recent years (without a corresponding drop in prices!) has really been something to behold.
I recently got a volume from Brill's series, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, and the poor quality of the paper and binding would be surprising at any price: much more so at over $200. Caveat lector et emptor.
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Very here for these shots being fired. I know that academic publishing is a tough business and margins are tight, but the precipitous drop in production quality across the board in recent years (without a corresponding drop in prices!) has really been something to behold.
I recently got a volume from Brill's series, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, and the poor quality of the paper and binding would be surprising at any price: much more so at over $200. Caveat lector et emptor.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I recently got a volume from Brill's series, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, and the poor quality of the paper and binding would be surprising at any price: much more so at over $200. Caveat lector et emptor.
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What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
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Just got this from @blpublishing.bsky.social by @tanyakirk.bsky.social! 📚👻 shop.bl.uk/products/the...
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just got this from @blpublishing.bsky.social by @tanyakirk.bsky.social! 📚👻 shop.bl.uk/products/the...
Old Georgian word of the day
საჴუმილი
"oven, furnace, flame"
as in Limonarion (ed. Abuladze), 10.13-15
მიიყვანა იგი ადგილსა ბნელსა, სავსესა სიმყრალითა, რომელსა შინა ეგზებოდა საჴუმილი განძჳნებულად
"He brought him to a dark, stench-filled place, where a conflagration was being furiously stoked"
საჴუმილი
"oven, furnace, flame"
as in Limonarion (ed. Abuladze), 10.13-15
მიიყვანა იგი ადგილსა ბნელსა, სავსესა სიმყრალითა, რომელსა შინა ეგზებოდა საჴუმილი განძჳნებულად
"He brought him to a dark, stench-filled place, where a conflagration was being furiously stoked"
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Old Georgian word of the day
საჴუმილი
"oven, furnace, flame"
as in Limonarion (ed. Abuladze), 10.13-15
მიიყვანა იგი ადგილსა ბნელსა, სავსესა სიმყრალითა, რომელსა შინა ეგზებოდა საჴუმილი განძჳნებულად
"He brought him to a dark, stench-filled place, where a conflagration was being furiously stoked"
საჴუმილი
"oven, furnace, flame"
as in Limonarion (ed. Abuladze), 10.13-15
მიიყვანა იგი ადგილსა ბნელსა, სავსესა სიმყრალითა, რომელსა შინა ეგზებოდა საჴუმილი განძჳნებულად
"He brought him to a dark, stench-filled place, where a conflagration was being furiously stoked"
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«Extruding a text or an image using an AI service can appear as a smooth, frictionless transaction only because the space, energy, and water these require are removed from users’ experience.» www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Technoecologies - Daniel Cardoso Llach - The Mississippi Colossus
Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artif...
www.e-flux.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
«Extruding a text or an image using an AI service can appear as a smooth, frictionless transaction only because the space, energy, and water these require are removed from users’ experience.» www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social features host Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Ludovic Orlando, author of “Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World” asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social features host Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Ludovic Orlando, author of “Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World” asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
Parthian word of the day
/dašt/ "desert, plain"
as in Sundermann, MKG, 799-801
/aδyān až dūr maδyān dašt kadag ēw wēnēndēh/
"then from far away he sees a house in the middle of the plain"
/wēn-ēndēh/ is optative, a so-called "parabolic optative," on which see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §810
/dašt/ "desert, plain"
as in Sundermann, MKG, 799-801
/aδyān až dūr maδyān dašt kadag ēw wēnēndēh/
"then from far away he sees a house in the middle of the plain"
/wēn-ēndēh/ is optative, a so-called "parabolic optative," on which see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §810
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Parthian word of the day
/dašt/ "desert, plain"
as in Sundermann, MKG, 799-801
/aδyān až dūr maδyān dašt kadag ēw wēnēndēh/
"then from far away he sees a house in the middle of the plain"
/wēn-ēndēh/ is optative, a so-called "parabolic optative," on which see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §810
/dašt/ "desert, plain"
as in Sundermann, MKG, 799-801
/aδyān až dūr maδyān dašt kadag ēw wēnēndēh/
"then from far away he sees a house in the middle of the plain"
/wēn-ēndēh/ is optative, a so-called "parabolic optative," on which see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §810
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Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
(translated into Syriac)
ܣܒܪܬ ܕܫܦܝܪ ܙܒܢܐ ܗ̄ܘ܉ ܐܘ ܗܫܐ ܐܘ ܠܐ ܡܡܬܘܡ܉ ܘܥܕ ܠܐ ܕܥܟ ܢܘܗܪܐ܃ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܠܚܪ̈ܫܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܐܣܝܪ ܗ̄ܘܝܬ
/seḇreṯ d-šappir zaḇnå-w, ʔaw håšå ʔaw lå memṯom, w-ʕaḏ lå ḏʕeḵ nuhrå, d-ʔešrē l-ḥeršē hånon da-ḇ-hon men nuḡrå ʔasir-wēṯ/
ܣܒܪܬ ܕܫܦܝܪ ܙܒܢܐ ܗ̄ܘ܉ ܐܘ ܗܫܐ ܐܘ ܠܐ ܡܡܬܘܡ܉ ܘܥܕ ܠܐ ܕܥܟ ܢܘܗܪܐ܃ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܠܚܪ̈ܫܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܐܣܝܪ ܗ̄ܘܝܬ
/seḇreṯ d-šappir zaḇnå-w, ʔaw håšå ʔaw lå memṯom, w-ʕaḏ lå ḏʕeḵ nuhrå, d-ʔešrē l-ḥeršē hånon da-ḇ-hon men nuḡrå ʔasir-wēṯ/
I thought it was high time, now or never, before the light was put out, to break the spell in which I had so long been bound.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
(translated into Syriac)
ܣܒܪܬ ܕܫܦܝܪ ܙܒܢܐ ܗ̄ܘ܉ ܐܘ ܗܫܐ ܐܘ ܠܐ ܡܡܬܘܡ܉ ܘܥܕ ܠܐ ܕܥܟ ܢܘܗܪܐ܃ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܠܚܪ̈ܫܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܐܣܝܪ ܗ̄ܘܝܬ
/seḇreṯ d-šappir zaḇnå-w, ʔaw håšå ʔaw lå memṯom, w-ʕaḏ lå ḏʕeḵ nuhrå, d-ʔešrē l-ḥeršē hånon da-ḇ-hon men nuḡrå ʔasir-wēṯ/
ܣܒܪܬ ܕܫܦܝܪ ܙܒܢܐ ܗ̄ܘ܉ ܐܘ ܗܫܐ ܐܘ ܠܐ ܡܡܬܘܡ܉ ܘܥܕ ܠܐ ܕܥܟ ܢܘܗܪܐ܃ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܠܚܪ̈ܫܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܐܣܝܪ ܗ̄ܘܝܬ
/seḇreṯ d-šappir zaḇnå-w, ʔaw håšå ʔaw lå memṯom, w-ʕaḏ lå ḏʕeḵ nuhrå, d-ʔešrē l-ḥeršē hånon da-ḇ-hon men nuḡrå ʔasir-wēṯ/
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you misspelled “laundered”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
you misspelled “laundered”
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The Unintended Art Of Others
The shipyard painters who cleaned their brushes on the shipping container they store their paint in.
Banff
Scotland
The shipyard painters who cleaned their brushes on the shipping container they store their paint in.
Banff
Scotland
December 1, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The Unintended Art Of Others
The shipyard painters who cleaned their brushes on the shipping container they store their paint in.
Banff
Scotland
The shipyard painters who cleaned their brushes on the shipping container they store their paint in.
Banff
Scotland