Dr. Kira Jones is Ballbylon bound
@flaviansophist.bsky.social
Classicist. Gamer. Art historian. Actual Dr. Jones. she/her, stick around for antiquity in videogames and general nonsense.
This is Mia, my absolute best friend and baby. We said goodbye in January after a long fight with kidney disease. She was the bravest girl, queen of blankets, and lover of anything scrunchy.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is Mia, my absolute best friend and baby. We said goodbye in January after a long fight with kidney disease. She was the bravest girl, queen of blankets, and lover of anything scrunchy.
Sushi update: nothing to see here. Just sitting on an air fryer. Screaming.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Sushi update: nothing to see here. Just sitting on an air fryer. Screaming.
I'm at GJCL Fall Forum today doing workshops on prepping for college Latin. With swag!!
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm at GJCL Fall Forum today doing workshops on prepping for college Latin. With swag!!
I won't ask you to refrain from jealousy but
I was eaten by a goat today
I was eaten by a goat today
October 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I won't ask you to refrain from jealousy but
I was eaten by a goat today
I was eaten by a goat today
Sitting under my desk going through files while listening to police helicopters. And the semester hasn't even started yet! Stay safe, Emory friends.
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sitting under my desk going through files while listening to police helicopters. And the semester hasn't even started yet! Stay safe, Emory friends.
American Halloween decorations continue to be unhinged.
August 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
American Halloween decorations continue to be unhinged.
Made a new friend this week.
He dive bombed me twice, he owed me these pics.
He dive bombed me twice, he owed me these pics.
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Made a new friend this week.
He dive bombed me twice, he owed me these pics.
He dive bombed me twice, he owed me these pics.
If you are seeing this, Sushi has declared an emergency doomscrolling break. Go take a breath and enjoy something.
June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you are seeing this, Sushi has declared an emergency doomscrolling break. Go take a breath and enjoy something.
Sushi update: my therapist acknowledged him during our telehealth appointment and now he crashes all zoom calls that are longer than 15 minutes.
Also, he stole the pouf under my desk.
Also, he stole the pouf under my desk.
June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sushi update: my therapist acknowledged him during our telehealth appointment and now he crashes all zoom calls that are longer than 15 minutes.
Also, he stole the pouf under my desk.
Also, he stole the pouf under my desk.
Sushi update: I scored a floor pouf off Freecycle. It turned out to be much larger than expected.
It turned out to be the perfect size.
... I'm not getting it back.
It turned out to be the perfect size.
... I'm not getting it back.
June 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sushi update: I scored a floor pouf off Freecycle. It turned out to be much larger than expected.
It turned out to be the perfect size.
... I'm not getting it back.
It turned out to be the perfect size.
... I'm not getting it back.
Sushi update: he is getting better at asking politely for things. We are still working on the "you just insulted my entire line of ancestors" level of offense when told no.
Pic for tax, as I have not managed to capture the offended face yet.
Pic for tax, as I have not managed to capture the offended face yet.
June 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sushi update: he is getting better at asking politely for things. We are still working on the "you just insulted my entire line of ancestors" level of offense when told no.
Pic for tax, as I have not managed to capture the offended face yet.
Pic for tax, as I have not managed to capture the offended face yet.
I just entered my Etruscan tomb reconstruction in the #ESOWelcomeHomeContest and put it on home tours as TombOfPaintedReliefs. I had so much fun building this and learned so much about the tomb itself through recreation...like matching reliefs with existing furnishings in game.
#archaeogaming
#archaeogaming
May 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I just entered my Etruscan tomb reconstruction in the #ESOWelcomeHomeContest and put it on home tours as TombOfPaintedReliefs. I had so much fun building this and learned so much about the tomb itself through recreation...like matching reliefs with existing furnishings in game.
#archaeogaming
#archaeogaming
Sushi update: what happens when you live with an art historian.
May 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sushi update: what happens when you live with an art historian.
Would an unqualified person make this? No. No, they wouldn't.
May 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Would an unqualified person make this? No. No, they wouldn't.
I'll be talking Savathûn in #destiny2 at #PAXEast this week with the Psychgeist folks! Come join us (or maybe hop on the stream - I think we will be on it? More soon) and find out if we did or did not throw enough grenades.
#archaeogaming #classicalreception 🏺
#archaeogaming #classicalreception 🏺
May 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'll be talking Savathûn in #destiny2 at #PAXEast this week with the Psychgeist folks! Come join us (or maybe hop on the stream - I think we will be on it? More soon) and find out if we did or did not throw enough grenades.
#archaeogaming #classicalreception 🏺
#archaeogaming #classicalreception 🏺
Sushi update: s t r o n g
Also, if anyone has recommendations for something like da bee that is sturdier...he has decimated two in as many months.
Also, if anyone has recommendations for something like da bee that is sturdier...he has decimated two in as many months.
April 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sushi update: s t r o n g
Also, if anyone has recommendations for something like da bee that is sturdier...he has decimated two in as many months.
Also, if anyone has recommendations for something like da bee that is sturdier...he has decimated two in as many months.
Little did Alexios know, there was a creature more terrifying than the writhing dread, more powerful than the hundred hander, more fearsome than anything the ISU or Cult of Kosmos could imagine.
That beast...was Sushi.
#assassinscreed #assassinscreedodyssey
That beast...was Sushi.
#assassinscreed #assassinscreedodyssey
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Little did Alexios know, there was a creature more terrifying than the writhing dread, more powerful than the hundred hander, more fearsome than anything the ISU or Cult of Kosmos could imagine.
That beast...was Sushi.
#assassinscreed #assassinscreedodyssey
That beast...was Sushi.
#assassinscreed #assassinscreedodyssey
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky 🦋
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky 🦋
Sushi update: he would like to inform you that your closing of the bathroom door is against regulations.
March 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sushi update: he would like to inform you that your closing of the bathroom door is against regulations.
Sushi update: he says hi
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sushi update: he says hi
Cave, et cetera.
March 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cave, et cetera.
No comment.
March 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
No comment.
Sushi update: handsome boy.
March 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sushi update: handsome boy.
It came in today and it's SO PRETTY.
I'm thrilled to be in a volume with such amazing co-authors (and raid team members).
I'm thrilled to be in a volume with such amazing co-authors (and raid team members).
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It came in today and it's SO PRETTY.
I'm thrilled to be in a volume with such amazing co-authors (and raid team members).
I'm thrilled to be in a volume with such amazing co-authors (and raid team members).
"Have you said thank you even once?"
March 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Have you said thank you even once?"