Ben Cartlidge
@benjcartlidge.bsky.social
Classics. Languages. Cat. Violin.
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The reckless joy of the addict
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The reckless joy of the addict
This was terrific fun - sharing my own 'bit', but do watch the whole thing!
www.youtube.com/live/T7x5syH...
www.youtube.com/live/T7x5syH...
Overboard! 2025
YouTube video by Classics for All
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This was terrific fun - sharing my own 'bit', but do watch the whole thing!
www.youtube.com/live/T7x5syH...
www.youtube.com/live/T7x5syH...
New Nyx furniture
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New Nyx furniture
As always, Nyx is grateful to @noreenmasud.bsky.social for telling her papa to get silvervine
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As always, Nyx is grateful to @noreenmasud.bsky.social for telling her papa to get silvervine
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Makes his own kimchi and likes the warm sound you only get with vinyl.
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Makes his own kimchi and likes the warm sound you only get with vinyl.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
It was Black Cat Day yesterday and we missed it! Sorry Nyx.
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It was Black Cat Day yesterday and we missed it! Sorry Nyx.
Schattenfroh + Schatten
October 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Schattenfroh + Schatten
It was the curry best of times.
It was the Currywurst of times.
It was the Currywurst of times.
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It was the curry best of times.
It was the Currywurst of times.
It was the Currywurst of times.
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Compulsory Greek & Latin course for medical students propose
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Don seeks compulsory Greek, Latin course for medical students
A Professor of Classics at the University of Ibadan, Prof. Olakunbi Olasope, has urged the introduction of a compulsory course in Greek and Latin roots of
punchng.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Compulsory Greek & Latin course for medical students propose
punchng.com/don-seeks-co...
punchng.com/don-seeks-co...
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'universities are not companies...their leaders do not play a direct role in fulfilling the academic mission. Their role is twofold: to ensure the financial solvency of the institution, and to create the conditions in which academic staff and students can pursue excellence. Both are essential.' 1/2
Leaders and academics must rebuild trust – or risk losing excellence
Threat of financial collapse is causing universities to double down on an officious management style that is sapping academic morale, undermining excellence and damaging collegiality between academia’...
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
'universities are not companies...their leaders do not play a direct role in fulfilling the academic mission. Their role is twofold: to ensure the financial solvency of the institution, and to create the conditions in which academic staff and students can pursue excellence. Both are essential.' 1/2
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there’s an essay here about when the joke starts in the U.K. it just gets an extra long day by rolling west but if it starts in the states when Australia is awake we can all keep it going indefinitely
Americans are just on the verge of accepting it’s probably not true and going to bed when suddenly all the Brits wake up and start hooting and hollering
August 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
there’s an essay here about when the joke starts in the U.K. it just gets an extra long day by rolling west but if it starts in the states when Australia is awake we can all keep it going indefinitely
Ra Ra Rasputna,
Lover of the orange tsar
There was a cat that really was gone!
Lover of the orange tsar
There was a cat that really was gone!
Laura Loomer is now touting her new title as “Trump’s Rasputin” for her growing political influence, à la the Russian Svengali who advised the Romanov family.
Laura Loomer Reveals White House Clout Has Earned Her a New Nickname
The alt-right influencer has skyrocketed to notoriety for her White House purges.
trib.al
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Ra Ra Rasputna,
Lover of the orange tsar
There was a cat that really was gone!
Lover of the orange tsar
There was a cat that really was gone!
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Personally, I won’t even say hello to A.I. Just a death stare.
Opinion | These College Professors Will Not Bow Down to A.I.
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Personally, I won’t even say hello to A.I. Just a death stare.
Tonight Nyx listened to Ethel Smyth and learned about feminism.
August 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tonight Nyx listened to Ethel Smyth and learned about feminism.
Some recent Nyx pics
July 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Some recent Nyx pics
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A well known, longstanding and important problem gets another look in a new HEPI report this week.
Link to the HEPI report is: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/t... 1/2
Link to the HEPI report is: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/t... 1/2
Students in England shun foreign languages at A-level, report finds
Ofqual figures show a sharp fall in pupils taking exams in French and German
www.ft.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A well known, longstanding and important problem gets another look in a new HEPI report this week.
Link to the HEPI report is: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/t... 1/2
Link to the HEPI report is: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/t... 1/2
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Hallo lett me intorduce myselve I am Gonzo Ca'at I will bite yore enomys fore a smol cashmonie fee or perhabs a treet of pupperpony
June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hallo lett me intorduce myselve I am Gonzo Ca'at I will bite yore enomys fore a smol cashmonie fee or perhabs a treet of pupperpony
Then again, I might use this next time I need an example of a false dichotomy
This isn't a drinking game, this is downing a bottle of vodka through a straw.
Drinking game with a shot every time Beekes writes that a word as a "pre-Greek" origin
May 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Then again, I might use this next time I need an example of a false dichotomy
This isn't a drinking game, this is downing a bottle of vodka through a straw.
Drinking game with a shot every time Beekes writes that a word as a "pre-Greek" origin
May 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This isn't a drinking game, this is downing a bottle of vodka through a straw.
"Damn you, curtain, why must you oppose my will?"
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Damn you, curtain, why must you oppose my will?"
Nyx clearly wants something and I can't figure out what. (I'm aware the answer is almost certainly dreamies...) but she seems more insistent than usual.
May 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Nyx clearly wants something and I can't figure out what. (I'm aware the answer is almost certainly dreamies...) but she seems more insistent than usual.
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I wrote about the widespread adoption of AI in education, and why there needs to be more resistance to it
open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...
open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...
What makes me mad about AI in education
How to crush a generation and tell them they're winning
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wrote about the widespread adoption of AI in education, and why there needs to be more resistance to it
open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...
open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...