Isabel Köster
@iotasubscript.bsky.social
PhD; associate professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; author of Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination (Michigan, 1/2026); never speak for my employer
The course will tell you to report the suspicious email to tech services. Could be fun in this case. (I just suffered through my training)
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The course will tell you to report the suspicious email to tech services. Could be fun in this case. (I just suffered through my training)
1000% that would have saved me a lot of pain 2 years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
1000% that would have saved me a lot of pain 2 years ago.
Speaking of the grand staircase, I noticed these guys hanging out under the handrail for the first time today. Aren’t they adorable?
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Speaking of the grand staircase, I noticed these guys hanging out under the handrail for the first time today. Aren’t they adorable?
I now feel even more strongly that they should have made the Hokusai look from this summer permanent.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I now feel even more strongly that they should have made the Hokusai look from this summer permanent.
... and then you discover they have an Excel fetish...
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
... and then you discover they have an Excel fetish...
Also, "is the cost of your island getting you down?" is "humans of late capitalism" gold.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Also, "is the cost of your island getting you down?" is "humans of late capitalism" gold.
I guess so, though I don't think of islands in terms of "I could get something slightly above average in my local real estate market or an island for this money."
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I guess so, though I don't think of islands in terms of "I could get something slightly above average in my local real estate market or an island for this money."
Looks worried in Coptic.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Looks worried in Coptic.
Raise your hand if you thought islands were more expensive…
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Raise your hand if you thought islands were more expensive…
Now that I know that BlueSky has a “Rude” filter, I don’t either.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Now that I know that BlueSky has a “Rude” filter, I don’t either.
Also, the number of alerts this semester is just wild. It’s someone’s school at least once a day, it seems.
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Also, the number of alerts this semester is just wild. It’s someone’s school at least once a day, it seems.
I mean, I wish I had never and could repress the memory.
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I mean, I wish I had never and could repress the memory.
Wishing you the best. I’ll miss your content.
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Wishing you the best. I’ll miss your content.
I wish I’d kept photos of the PDF of plates to go with an article interlibrary loan once sent me— 20 pages of pitch black instead of inscription photographs
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I wish I’d kept photos of the PDF of plates to go with an article interlibrary loan once sent me— 20 pages of pitch black instead of inscription photographs
I took an entire suitcase of wrong layers to East Asia :-( (t-shirts? What do I need t-shirts for during a frost warning?)
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I took an entire suitcase of wrong layers to East Asia :-( (t-shirts? What do I need t-shirts for during a frost warning?)
Oh my :-( hang in there, Jen!
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Oh my :-( hang in there, Jen!