Dr. Jim Getz 🔜 PAXU
@jimgetz.bsky.social
Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Associate Prof of Intellectual Heritage at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk.
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Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
he/they/Dr
Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
Folks, today academic look is sporting a sweater vest and a Harris Tweed. Give the people what they want!
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Folks, today academic look is sporting a sweater vest and a Harris Tweed. Give the people what they want!
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My latest for @hyperallergic.com looks at a late Roman shipwreck (ca. 320 CE) found off the coast of Mallorca with over 300 amphorae. A ton of implications for understanding early Christian trade and of course … garum 🐠 Thanks to @hakimbishara.bsky.social for edits! hyperallergic.com/1056159/near...
Nearly Intact Roman Shipwreck Rests Just Six Feet Beneath Mallorca’s Waters
Discovered in 2019, the 1,700-year-old merchant ship reveals details about early Christian trade.
hyperallergic.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My latest for @hyperallergic.com looks at a late Roman shipwreck (ca. 320 CE) found off the coast of Mallorca with over 300 amphorae. A ton of implications for understanding early Christian trade and of course … garum 🐠 Thanks to @hakimbishara.bsky.social for edits! hyperallergic.com/1056159/near...
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they're gonna show that game on a loop at CIA black sites for years
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
they're gonna show that game on a loop at CIA black sites for years
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Saquon chewing up 5 yards a clip, perfect time to throw twice. I cannot stand Patullo.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Saquon chewing up 5 yards a clip, perfect time to throw twice. I cannot stand Patullo.
Alright. Let’s do this.
a woman in a green hat is speaking into a microphone while standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: Mayor Parker being unable to spell “Eagles”
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Alright. Let’s do this.
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The bears have got my back.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The bears have got my back.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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I'm finally finishing my parts caster Fender precision bass today. I'd like to believe this will be the last gear I need, but I already know that's a lie.
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm finally finishing my parts caster Fender precision bass today. I'd like to believe this will be the last gear I need, but I already know that's a lie.
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Just heard that James Watson died, which by James Watson logic means I’m the first person to discover this
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just heard that James Watson died, which by James Watson logic means I’m the first person to discover this
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As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
Modern day omen:
Protasis: When you want the copier to single-side your copies it double-sides them, but when you want it to double-side them it prints singles-sides.
Apodosis: Ghosts 👻
Protasis: When you want the copier to single-side your copies it double-sides them, but when you want it to double-side them it prints singles-sides.
Apodosis: Ghosts 👻
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Modern day omen:
Protasis: When you want the copier to single-side your copies it double-sides them, but when you want it to double-side them it prints singles-sides.
Apodosis: Ghosts 👻
Protasis: When you want the copier to single-side your copies it double-sides them, but when you want it to double-side them it prints singles-sides.
Apodosis: Ghosts 👻
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I'm frankly sick of this kind of ahistorical misinformation. Droidekas, while well-shielded against energy weapons, are notoriously vulnerable to melée weapons at close quarters. Actually Caesar should have used Ysalimiri to disable Brutus's and Cassius's force powers
The assassination of Julius Caesar might have gone very differently if he had a couple of droidekas to back him up
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm frankly sick of this kind of ahistorical misinformation. Droidekas, while well-shielded against energy weapons, are notoriously vulnerable to melée weapons at close quarters. Actually Caesar should have used Ysalimiri to disable Brutus's and Cassius's force powers
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
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Gotta love a game seven.
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Gotta love a game seven.
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Ahhhhh, yes. Frankenstein. That inspired cautionary tale about what happens when a bright but arrogant student completely ignores the syllabus and just does their own thing, as completely befits the season of "2/3 through the semester and people are panicking."
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ahhhhh, yes. Frankenstein. That inspired cautionary tale about what happens when a bright but arrogant student completely ignores the syllabus and just does their own thing, as completely befits the season of "2/3 through the semester and people are panicking."
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When we were kids if you had given us a potato we would have burned your house down. But the ‘70s were like that.
Gemma Keith hopes to collect a potato or two this Halloween. She got one last year and considered it the find of the night.
What appears to have started as a joke has spread, with the potato prized as a treat over even full-size candy bars.
🥔 : on.wsj.com/3JdUERA
What appears to have started as a joke has spread, with the potato prized as a treat over even full-size candy bars.
🥔 : on.wsj.com/3JdUERA
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When we were kids if you had given us a potato we would have burned your house down. But the ‘70s were like that.
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
Every damn day.
man. i really really really wish theyd give septa enough money to just buy non-exploding trains. like, fuck, cmon
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every damn day.