Niels Grotum
@ngrotum.bsky.social
Pronounced with the umpty.
(he or they)
(he or they)
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Ugaritic phrase of the day:
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ugaritic phrase of the day:
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
spr ẓlm ("document of shades").
Pictured: Jonas Brun's wonderful novel "Skuggland" ("Shadowland"). A personal favorite of mine. So, so sad, though...
Sounds less than great, somehow
www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-de...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-de...
Microsoft detail 'agentic AI' plan for Windows 11, immediately admit it might install malware on your PC
Windows 11's promised AI helpers carry a serious security risk, according to Microsoft themselves.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sounds less than great, somehow
www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-de...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/microsoft-de...
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Sign up for this afternoon's #EpiDoc "office hour" and join us for questions, advice, introduction or informal chat with other epigraphists, papyrologists and encoders. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
EpiDoc office hour
www.sas.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Sign up for this afternoon's #EpiDoc "office hour" and join us for questions, advice, introduction or informal chat with other epigraphists, papyrologists and encoders. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
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Recently learned that you can do "blueprint" printing quite economically. Large scale color Pompeii (36x48) for $12. The rest under $10 each.
They are already making great teaching aids!
They are already making great teaching aids!
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Recently learned that you can do "blueprint" printing quite economically. Large scale color Pompeii (36x48) for $12. The rest under $10 each.
They are already making great teaching aids!
They are already making great teaching aids!
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NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NOVEMBER 17,1941
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NOVEMBER 17,1941
Neil Innes/RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION appreciation thread
Never seen the whole thing as it wasn't shown in this parish, but Innes and Idle complemented each other very well, regardless of later happenings.
Never seen the whole thing as it wasn't shown in this parish, but Innes and Idle complemented each other very well, regardless of later happenings.
There have been many attempts at lampooning Elton John over the years, but the brilliance in Neil Innes' approach from RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION is to emulate Elton's musicianship while gently ribbing the oft-times endearingly flowery/nonsensical nature of Bernie Taupin's lyrics...
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Neil Innes/RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION appreciation thread
Never seen the whole thing as it wasn't shown in this parish, but Innes and Idle complemented each other very well, regardless of later happenings.
Never seen the whole thing as it wasn't shown in this parish, but Innes and Idle complemented each other very well, regardless of later happenings.
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[clapping hymnal on back of pew]
Me: [chanting] Unam Sanctam II, Unam Sanctam II-
Other parishioners: Unam Sanctam II, UNAM SANCTAM II
Bishop: [beating altar] UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II!
Me: [chanting] Unam Sanctam II, Unam Sanctam II-
Other parishioners: Unam Sanctam II, UNAM SANCTAM II
Bishop: [beating altar] UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II!
The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
“Pope Leo Is a Tool of Our Enemies”: Homan Leads MAGA Attacks as Hayworth, Others Pile On
It’s the latest MAGA attack on Pope Leo’s pro-immigrant stance. Disgraced border chief Tom Homan — caught taking a $50,000 bribe in a Cava takeout bag — led the charge against Leo and the bishops.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
[clapping hymnal on back of pew]
Me: [chanting] Unam Sanctam II, Unam Sanctam II-
Other parishioners: Unam Sanctam II, UNAM SANCTAM II
Bishop: [beating altar] UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II!
Me: [chanting] Unam Sanctam II, Unam Sanctam II-
Other parishioners: Unam Sanctam II, UNAM SANCTAM II
Bishop: [beating altar] UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II, UNAM SANCTAM II!
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Further citation, since I was curious! (Seems like the researcher elaborated in press interviews) archive.org/details/chri...
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Further citation, since I was curious! (Seems like the researcher elaborated in press interviews) archive.org/details/chri...
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The Guardian gave Goodwin lots of space in the 2010s to whitewash racism as Legitimate Concerns, imbue those Concerns with faux working class authenticity, and denigrate anti racism as the bleatings of a cosmopolitan elite. Its a bit late to start Noticing now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Guardian gave Goodwin lots of space in the 2010s to whitewash racism as Legitimate Concerns, imbue those Concerns with faux working class authenticity, and denigrate anti racism as the bleatings of a cosmopolitan elite. Its a bit late to start Noticing now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wake up babe, the new syllabus boilerplate just dropped.
Ending all of my emails with DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT from now on
Stay classy Larry
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wake up babe, the new syllabus boilerplate just dropped.
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COOGAN: i haven't heard your Peter Griffin but I assume its something along the lines of "Holy Crayup, Lowis"
BRYDON: That is where you're so wrong, thats the very thing I don't do.
COOGAN: well, do your Peter Griffin.
BRYDON: before the cancellation Peter said "howely CWAP, Louis,"
BRYDON: That is where you're so wrong, thats the very thing I don't do.
COOGAN: well, do your Peter Griffin.
BRYDON: before the cancellation Peter said "howely CWAP, Louis,"
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
COOGAN: i haven't heard your Peter Griffin but I assume its something along the lines of "Holy Crayup, Lowis"
BRYDON: That is where you're so wrong, thats the very thing I don't do.
COOGAN: well, do your Peter Griffin.
BRYDON: before the cancellation Peter said "howely CWAP, Louis,"
BRYDON: That is where you're so wrong, thats the very thing I don't do.
COOGAN: well, do your Peter Griffin.
BRYDON: before the cancellation Peter said "howely CWAP, Louis,"
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taken from my college honors thesis, “On Stairs.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
taken from my college honors thesis, “On Stairs.”
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Repost with an iconic fictional band (narrow-casting edition).
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band (narrow-casting edition).
In addition to everything else here (OGLAF is great; read OGLAF!), this is how I (a) learn that Americans don't know the great FOOTROT FLATS ('FÆHUNDEN' round our way) and (b) realize that I haven't read it in decades.
Never read that many comics, but I used to be fascinated by the art in that.
Never read that many comics, but I used to be fascinated by the art in that.
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In addition to everything else here (OGLAF is great; read OGLAF!), this is how I (a) learn that Americans don't know the great FOOTROT FLATS ('FÆHUNDEN' round our way) and (b) realize that I haven't read it in decades.
Never read that many comics, but I used to be fascinated by the art in that.
Never read that many comics, but I used to be fascinated by the art in that.
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Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
Nature is healing
Scenes at the Canadian Premier League final between Atlético Ottawa and Cavalry FC, which is underway in Ottawa. Goalkeeper Nathan Ingham is helping clear snow off the pitch.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Nature is healing
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Details
Toughness
and they
Finish
???
Toughness
and they
Finish
???
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Details
Toughness
and they
Finish
???
Toughness
and they
Finish
???
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I’ll need to see 50 more cases like this to form an opinion on how the marriage of professional sports and legalized gambling is going. Hard to say from here.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’ll need to see 50 more cases like this to form an opinion on how the marriage of professional sports and legalized gambling is going. Hard to say from here.
That's an astounding save
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
That's an astounding save
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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get in bitch we're destroying the west
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
get in bitch we're destroying the west