Dr. Zoé Elise Thomas
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Dr. Zoé Elise Thomas
@archaeadne.bsky.social
she/her VAP @ Millsaps College. Roman archaeologist working on public architecture and politics, esp in Gaul, plus projects on osteology and reception. Malcontent and “feistful” sometimes. Opinions are mine alone.
In case it's of use to anyone else trying to decide how to address AI in their course syllabi, here's the policy I came up with last Friday while mad at 5:30am. With citations!
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Made it to Jackson MS and Millsaps, and to my brand new office. So excited to meet my new batch of students in the coming days!!! And teach Greek and Latin!!! And a bit terrified.
August 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Day 7: my personal favorite to wrap up the week of Waggener graffiti. Always comforting to know that when things got hard, this graffito was ready to greet me. I will always keep these words of wisdom in my heart. 10/5 ⭐️
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Day 6: the U-Haul is packed and my last night has me feeling introspective so here’s what I like to call the philosophy bro stall. 2/5 ⭐️ I prefer not to think deeply while in the bathroom. 4/5 ⭐️ for discuss these nuts lmao nerd, unoriginal and lacking creativity but effective
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Mea culpa for missing a day, I was ~overwhelmed. Here’s a picture of chicken to make up for it
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Day 5: a double header, both 5/5 ⭐️
That cute little dog doodle always cheered me on when I needed it, and as the person who dislocated their knee this year I heartily endorse fuck these stairs
August 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Day 4: 5/5 ⭐️ they’re not wrong but also was maybe the black mold infestation. Probably both. www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...
August 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Day 3: 7/5 ⭐️ the lesbians are alive and well in Texas and we love to see queer joy!!!!!
August 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Day 2: 2.5/5 ⭐️ love the doctor who references, although allons-y kind of detracts from bad wolf. someone should probably check on how the writer’s superwholock tumblr is going.
August 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Day 1 Starting strong with “WHORE 4 GREECE” 3/5 ⭐️ love the enthusiasm for Classics, am cautiously intrigued by the concept of Greece having sex with people à la the Pounded in the Butt series by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Not sure who the intended audience is. Cannot award extra credit unless signed.
August 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You find the damndest things while sorting
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How can I possibly write today when there’s a rescued kitten that needs socializing living in the bedroom
December 17, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Happy second birthday and first adoptaversary to our beloved Canned Chicken Schlurp!!!
November 18, 2024 at 3:22 AM
November 13, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Meet the newest Austin Cryptid, Canned Chicken Schlurp! Seven months old, cross eyed, and already breaking out of her introduction detainment room (the bathroom)
November 17, 2023 at 3:42 AM
Nothing quite like hiking around on top of a rainy misty mountain that was once the planning site of Gaulish resistance to Julius Caesar and Rome!
October 28, 2023 at 7:50 AM
Same joke but big beautiful wdolia
October 17, 2023 at 8:03 AM
Nîmes (and environs)
October 17, 2023 at 7:58 AM
Yeah you could say I like bbw (big beautiful wtemples)
October 17, 2023 at 7:48 AM
…and finally made it to the south after a detour to Sarlat and the best éclairs I’ve had in my lifelong quest to find the perfect éclair.
October 14, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Spent a day in Périgueux at Vesunna, which also had an unexpected but great Agatha Christie exposition (and how I learned her official profession was “married woman”). The museum has some really incredible artifacts—look at the teeny torque on the tiny Apollo statue! Complete with inscription!
October 14, 2023 at 6:20 AM
Austin folks! Do you need a new furry friend in your life? Four little kitties rescued by UT grad students need homes. Feel free to share, and maybe add a new member to your family! @fishtopher.bsky.social @jortsthecat.bsky.social
October 9, 2023 at 5:39 PM
October 9, 2023 at 7:49 AM
A donkey ate my homework is probably a new one for my advisor, huh
October 9, 2023 at 7:45 AM
And another kind of research is going well (Hermès, Fox, et Ketchup)
October 8, 2023 at 4:22 PM