Geoff Nathan
@geoffnat.bsky.social
Roman historian, specializing in Late Antique social history. When not professoring, fond of traveling, surfing, eating out and finding the perfect cortado.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I need to get back into the habit of posting here. So here’s a piccie.
October 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I need to get back into the habit of posting here. So here’s a piccie.
Japanese opinion of our 47th
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Japanese opinion of our 47th
Always need to be on the lookout for the newest fads in Japan.
April 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Always need to be on the lookout for the newest fads in Japan.
Two of my favorite people.
March 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Two of my favorite people.
Obsequious toadying. Good for Kluwe.
Former NFL player arrested after protesting MAGA plaque | CNN
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested during a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California after what he called an act of civil disobedience over a plaque with an acrostic poem that spel...
www.cnn.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Obsequious toadying. Good for Kluwe.
Sometimes I feel like this.
February 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sometimes I feel like this.
Good job, Elon.
Tesla sales are diving in Germany and across Europe too
Tesla sales careened lower in Germany in January, as sales of the electric vehicle company headed by Elon Musk tumble across Europe.
www.marketwatch.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Good job, Elon.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bummer. Broken English is a classic.
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
The pop icon and celebrated torch singer Marianne Faithfull has died. The blonde, voluptuous Faithfull was an international celebrity before age 20 when she covered one of the first songs written by M...
apnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Bummer. Broken English is a classic.
Pork belly congee. Thanks, Atelier Manna!
January 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pork belly congee. Thanks, Atelier Manna!
Prepping for the next four years…
January 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Prepping for the next four years…
Reposted by Geoff Nathan
This is horrifying.
To all the people who keep saying, “we need to teach students how to use AI responsibly,” for the love of all things please tell me how we are supposed to teach students how to use a tool crafted so obviously to lead them away from history?
To all the people who keep saying, “we need to teach students how to use AI responsibly,” for the love of all things please tell me how we are supposed to teach students how to use a tool crafted so obviously to lead them away from history?
Through the good graces of school.ai this morning, I had a chat with Anne Frank.
I had a helluva time trying to get her to say a bad word about Nazis.
Here's our conversation in this thread.
#history #skystorians #historysky #holocaust
I had a helluva time trying to get her to say a bad word about Nazis.
Here's our conversation in this thread.
#history #skystorians #historysky #holocaust
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is horrifying.
To all the people who keep saying, “we need to teach students how to use AI responsibly,” for the love of all things please tell me how we are supposed to teach students how to use a tool crafted so obviously to lead them away from history?
To all the people who keep saying, “we need to teach students how to use AI responsibly,” for the love of all things please tell me how we are supposed to teach students how to use a tool crafted so obviously to lead them away from history?
Well played, Freddie.
Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland
Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland – which Trump says he would like the US to buy
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Well played, Freddie.
I’ve been spending my bedtime reading working my way through Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. I’ve gotten to the last, The Hydrogen Sonata. Such a talented writer, taken from us too soon.
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I’ve been spending my bedtime reading working my way through Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. I’ve gotten to the last, The Hydrogen Sonata. Such a talented writer, taken from us too soon.
I seem to have found myself amongst blue skies.
November 22, 2024 at 7:25 AM
I seem to have found myself amongst blue skies.