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24.01.2026 16:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@colonus.bsky.social
Recovering Classicist. Greek Tutor and teacher.
I feel seen
24.01.2026 16:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Merry Christmas!
25.12.2025 11:16 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Haven't *bought* a single present!
19.12.2025 12:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Did you ever sit waiting for a train and decide to pass the time in some people watching, only to be confronted with the dawning realisation that you're entirely repulsed by humanity?
06.12.2025 19:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Well, I've bitten the bullet and become the owner of www.ancientalexandra.co.uk
14.11.2025 13:56 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0The Guardian Angels, but it's just me setting fire to any business thar puts Christmas shit up before December 1st.
08.11.2025 17:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Pythagoras would disagree...
05.11.2025 16:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I can write this for you if you give me some bullet points
03.11.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New blog post tomorrow on TheShelbiad.blogspot.com ๐ฎ
23.10.2025 08:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For those who want to dip their toes into the world of Latin, Malta Classics Association are once again running courses. All online, with expert instructors, and competitively priced: classicsmalta.org/lingua-latin...
16.10.2025 11:36 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Alexandra Sills has a Moody Professional Photoโข๏ธ. Officially unstoppable.
15.10.2025 23:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0'I can't express how little I care that it's your birthday.'
'I will outlive all of you.'
'Cruelty is the default mode of nature.'
All things I've said to a bunch of 12 year olds this week. Teaching is wild.
I planned a once-in-a-lifetime road trip, but could Turkey live up to my expectations? ancientalexandra.weebly.com/blog/a-turki...
11.10.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.
Autistic StoryTime โ Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
I told my students there are two basic plots in tragedy: 'Faafo' and 'shguti'. Respectively 'Fuck around and find out' and 'Shit happens, get used to it'.
11.10.2025 17:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0You were always a certainty.
09.10.2025 14:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'Syllabus'?๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
09.10.2025 14:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've just shown a bunch of 16 year olds a movie where David Lynch interrogates a talking monkey about a murder involving his ex-girlfriend (a chicken called Tootatabon).
Are you as shocked as them?
In your own files? What about the copy you submitted? Is it available through the college library?
08.10.2025 14:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Congratulations!
06.10.2025 05:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I would echo much of the advice here, although I would caution against Smithfield. Southside, Stephens Green or Merrion Sq. as focal point.
Buswell's Hotel is excellently situated, a very old-fashioned smaller hotel. Not necessarily the cheapest, but you'll be shocked at room prices here generally.
Why are all your suitcases so big? Are people packing multiple down jackets or something?
Currently on a train and watching a procession of cargo crates on wheels failing to navigate the aisle through the carriage...
Regarding the Kimmel situation, an overlooked but urgent cause for concern is the fact that nobody seems to know what 'preempt' means. From the initial statement by ABC or whoever, to actual journalists deploying the word in the same incorrect sense, the implications for modern literacy are dire.
24.09.2025 03:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How's the serenity?
22.09.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0What movie do consider to be perfect?
If you know, you know. It's the vibe.
I mean, he's not wrong. He's not saying what he thinks he's saying, but he's not wrong.
17.09.2025 12:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm shocked! (I would have bet money on 120k.)
29.08.2025 15:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Happy Birthday! Also, congratulations!
26.08.2025 05:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I became a teacher for three reasons: to set up course management systems, worry about AI dissolving my profession, and be broke in my 40s.
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