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@docscoot.bsky.social
I’ve got a PhD in classical history. I like bikes, art, & music. My politics are socialist. I’m a union member. Reformed shit poster. I live in Meanjin, stolen land never ceded.
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Time to get the ole pillow out and send the Grey Lady to the hereafter
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Time to get the ole pillow out and send the Grey Lady to the hereafter
I used to be
A poaster of the shit
And I was
Committed to the bit
Now I am
Reformed and cleand of it
So I can
Have a worthless kind of wit
A poaster of the shit
And I was
Committed to the bit
Now I am
Reformed and cleand of it
So I can
Have a worthless kind of wit
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I used to be
A poaster of the shit
And I was
Committed to the bit
Now I am
Reformed and cleand of it
So I can
Have a worthless kind of wit
A poaster of the shit
And I was
Committed to the bit
Now I am
Reformed and cleand of it
So I can
Have a worthless kind of wit
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When you look beyond their initial contributions, it’s really insane how spectacularly Meta & google have failed to do anything of note beyond taking advantage of our total lack of antitrust/monopoly laws & corporate regulations
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
When you look beyond their initial contributions, it’s really insane how spectacularly Meta & google have failed to do anything of note beyond taking advantage of our total lack of antitrust/monopoly laws & corporate regulations
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This is the best way I've ever learned about a death
My dad knew Cheney since he was fords chief of staff and would always say “i liked him then. Idk what the hell happened”
In the run up to the second Iraq war my dad wrote an article comparing it to the gulf of Tonkin and Cheney himself made sure my father was fired from his gov job
Anyway he’s dead
In the run up to the second Iraq war my dad wrote an article comparing it to the gulf of Tonkin and Cheney himself made sure my father was fired from his gov job
Anyway he’s dead
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is the best way I've ever learned about a death
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"If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: 'To fight against Fascism,' and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: 'Common decency.'"
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: 'To fight against Fascism,' and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: 'Common decency.'"
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
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uh dracula is the phylum, yes all vampires are draculi
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
uh dracula is the phylum, yes all vampires are draculi
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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I cited actual Kirk quotes where he calls Black women less intelligent, demonizes me for being Muslim, & dehumanizes LGBTQ people—& his supporters are upset at me for “speaking evil of the dead.”
If quoting him is “speaking evil” maybe ask yourself why you followed someone who believed evil things.
If quoting him is “speaking evil” maybe ask yourself why you followed someone who believed evil things.
September 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I cited actual Kirk quotes where he calls Black women less intelligent, demonizes me for being Muslim, & dehumanizes LGBTQ people—& his supporters are upset at me for “speaking evil of the dead.”
If quoting him is “speaking evil” maybe ask yourself why you followed someone who believed evil things.
If quoting him is “speaking evil” maybe ask yourself why you followed someone who believed evil things.
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If we don't do something they can easily leverage, they'll make something up, lie and say we did, or weaponize something that has nothing to do with us. That's why the respectability policing—and thinking that if everyone moves and talks just so, they won't be able to escalate—is magical thinking.
September 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If we don't do something they can easily leverage, they'll make something up, lie and say we did, or weaponize something that has nothing to do with us. That's why the respectability policing—and thinking that if everyone moves and talks just so, they won't be able to escalate—is magical thinking.
Ye reap what ye sow
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ye reap what ye sow
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
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Since its inception in 1940, Meanjin has fostered a rich and rigorous national conversation through the cultivation of hundreds of Australian thinkers and writers.
The closure of Meanjin represents a significant loss to the Australian literary sector and to the development of new Australian talent.
The closure of Meanjin represents a significant loss to the Australian literary sector and to the development of new Australian talent.
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Since its inception in 1940, Meanjin has fostered a rich and rigorous national conversation through the cultivation of hundreds of Australian thinkers and writers.
The closure of Meanjin represents a significant loss to the Australian literary sector and to the development of new Australian talent.
The closure of Meanjin represents a significant loss to the Australian literary sector and to the development of new Australian talent.
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I’m hearing good things about pelican mouth
June 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’m hearing good things about pelican mouth
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This reminds me of a grad school prof who said “just as digital cameras are now just called ‘cameras,’ one day ‘digital humanities’ will just be called ‘humanities.’”
We in academia are being inundated with a new fallacy: The all-tech-is-the-same fallacy.
As educators, part of our job is to evaluate different technologies, using some & rejecting others based on their actual utility (or potential harm) in meeting properly *educational* goals.
As educators, part of our job is to evaluate different technologies, using some & rejecting others based on their actual utility (or potential harm) in meeting properly *educational* goals.
Ironically the AI pushers keep telling us resistance is futile in academia, and that this is how mathematics teachers reacted to the introduction of the calculator, to which I would say, AT LEAST THE CALCULATOR DOESNT MAKE SHIT UP
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This reminds me of a grad school prof who said “just as digital cameras are now just called ‘cameras,’ one day ‘digital humanities’ will just be called ‘humanities.’”
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Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
July 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
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ICE agents read the Diary of Anne Frank & thought it was a guide on how to catch fugitives in hiding
July 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
ICE agents read the Diary of Anne Frank & thought it was a guide on how to catch fugitives in hiding
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with alt text for accessibility. the New York Times has a long history of Nazism & a fascistic editorial bias.
July 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
with alt text for accessibility. the New York Times has a long history of Nazism & a fascistic editorial bias.
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It is truly upsetting that a senior scholar in classics, with the protections and stature of tenure, would openly gloat about the US denying visas to people (often nontenured) due to their political views. Maybe the worst thing I've ever seen on the Classics listserv, and that's saying something.
July 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It is truly upsetting that a senior scholar in classics, with the protections and stature of tenure, would openly gloat about the US denying visas to people (often nontenured) due to their political views. Maybe the worst thing I've ever seen on the Classics listserv, and that's saying something.
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"This is a Classicists List not a political one."
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
July 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"This is a Classicists List not a political one."
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
I saw the thread in my email inbox. I thought I had unsubscribed. The Liverpool CLASSICS-L had always been a cesspit of crusty reactionaries but that thread takes the cake for utter bullshit.
I’m glad I’m not part of the classics academia community any more. Useless tossers.
I’m glad I’m not part of the classics academia community any more. Useless tossers.
"This is a Classicists List not a political one."
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?
July 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I saw the thread in my email inbox. I thought I had unsubscribed. The Liverpool CLASSICS-L had always been a cesspit of crusty reactionaries but that thread takes the cake for utter bullshit.
I’m glad I’m not part of the classics academia community any more. Useless tossers.
I’m glad I’m not part of the classics academia community any more. Useless tossers.
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I love how one of these full professors at prestigious universities spouting this nonsense puts in their lengthy email signature a Livy quote cherry-picked to justify their privileged detachment from their political reality.
Buddy, studying Livy doesn’t mean we should BE Livy.
Buddy, studying Livy doesn’t mean we should BE Livy.
July 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I love how one of these full professors at prestigious universities spouting this nonsense puts in their lengthy email signature a Livy quote cherry-picked to justify their privileged detachment from their political reality.
Buddy, studying Livy doesn’t mean we should BE Livy.
Buddy, studying Livy doesn’t mean we should BE Livy.
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May this ancient Roman tintinnabulum bring you all manner of good fortune this #PhallusThursday🍆
If good fortune can be multiplied by the amount of phalluses, well, this contender is certainly in the running!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
If good fortune can be multiplied by the amount of phalluses, well, this contender is certainly in the running!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
July 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
May this ancient Roman tintinnabulum bring you all manner of good fortune this #PhallusThursday🍆
If good fortune can be multiplied by the amount of phalluses, well, this contender is certainly in the running!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
If good fortune can be multiplied by the amount of phalluses, well, this contender is certainly in the running!
#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
All those talking about ‘GC Action’ in the various #tdf hors categorie mountain stages this year — do they mean watching Pogacar riding, still seated, up off the front from the other GC riders, or …?
July 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
All those talking about ‘GC Action’ in the various #tdf hors categorie mountain stages this year — do they mean watching Pogacar riding, still seated, up off the front from the other GC riders, or …?