CJ Schmidt (he/him)

We’ve shifted money from helping people to hurting people.

An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

So excited to incorporate AI into the classroom and liberate my students from boring tasks like reading and thinking

Columbia, Cornell only Ivies to not join amicus brief backing Harvard lawsuit against Trump administration Columbia and Cornell University are the only Ivy League institutions that have not joined an amicus brief in support of Harvard’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over canceled ...

The Columbia Spectator notes that Columbia and Cornell are the only Ivies that didn't sign on to a new amicus brief defending Harvard against the Trump administration.

(Other signatories include Tufts, MIT, JHU, Rice, Rutgers, Caltech, Colorado State, Oregon, Oregon State, Maryland College Park)

It is hard to imagine a bigger violation of the university’s commitment to students than this. What a deplorable program.

a man stands in front of a sign that says $ 8,400 on it Alt: a man stands in front of a sign that says $ 8,400 on it with “I’ll take missing the point for 500, Alex” above

Bye.

Eww.

I can’t understand how it’s legal for a public university to grant a full semester’s worth of college credit to missionaries from one particular branch of one particular religion.

How I Lost Faith in My University’s Mission (opinion) Cynthia Stark explains why she is no longer proud to teach at the University of Utah.

A bave and heart-breaking opinion piece in @insidehighered.com

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Happy to see Democracy Now! made the list

one of my first articles was on foucault's author function... almost 3 decades ago (!!!)

works.hcommons.org/records/3d3k...

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way Unfortunately for the Romans, high tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic woes.

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

theconversation.com/ancient-rome...

WIPE YOUR FEET! Are you giving ghosts a free ride? When you walk over their graves, the ghosts who reside there can cling to your shoes, then come off later and haunt where they are unwanted. Help protect this fragile boundary between the land of the living and the spirits of the dead don't accidentally introduce invasive ghosts. PLEASE USE GHOST BRUSH BEFORE LEAVING THE CEMETERY Thank you, City of Portland Bureau of Supernatural Containment

It's always a good idea to wipe your feet, wherever you are.

Loved the first episode! Can’t wait for the next one!

Today is terrible.

I believe we can get through this together. So I've partnered up with @bradleyonishi.bsky.social over at Straight White American Jesus to bring you my new podcast, One Nation, Indivisible.

Subscribe for full content:https://axismundi.supercast.com/

Drops in Feb.

Every Democrat who lost in a district in 2024 should hold a town hall if those Republicans won't.

The USA's Villain Era Arrives Podcast Episode · Straight White American Jesus · 02/24/2025 · 41m

Straight White American Jesus invited me on to speak about Trump and Elon’s fascist coup, how that connects to gender violence and Russia, and why our institutions (Congress, legacy media) are failing to meet the moment.

Thank you @bradleyonishi.bsky.social for the great conversation!

Can’t believe it’s taken me this long to finally read #ParadiseLost.

Reading this text after being trained in biblical studies is a real treat!

📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!

it’s not inverted; it is christianity. no religion, including christianity, is an essential good because no religion exists apart from people who practice. people are not essentially good.

religion professors have been trying to get this across so hard.

Ur-Fascism Umberto Eco Ur-Fascism June 22, 1995

Umberto Eco’s haunting 1995 essay “Ur-Fascism” is definitely worth a (re)read.

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...

This book is an opportunity for us to share what we have always known, that to be a skilled academic, a passionate Classicist, and an engaging professional writer, you do not need to have come from a private school or an upper-middle class background - or adhere to the stereotype of "stale, pale, and male".

A graph showing class background percentages. 79.5% working class, 20% other

A graph showing gender identity percentages. 29.1% male, 48.7% female, 6.8% other, 15.4% nonbinary

A graph showing schooling background percentages. 81.2% state school, 13.7% private school, 2,6% homeschooled, 2.5% other

Representation is key in all that we do, this book is no exception. Take a look at some of the stats behind this project:

A book cover for A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology showing a classical painting with a superimposed periodic tabel element styled square with athena's head and name on it.

ANNOUNCING...

A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉

📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
👇 Read more...

Yours truly wrote the entry for Chaos, because of course I did. Excited to get my copy and read everyone else’s contributions. Lots of fine folks and familiar faces took part in this.

117 entries (116 are of the highest quality).

Handsome illustrations.

Access to gorgeously designed poster.

A wonderful introduction to the characters of Greek mythology for young readers or as a teaching resource in the Classics, English or History classroom.

Buy this immediately.

If you'd like to brush up on your Odysseus facts before Nolan's Odyssey comes out I recommend reading my contribution 😉

It was an honor to contribute to this amazing project. Pre-order now to read my entry on the obscure Ophion, a monstrous serpent from Pherecydes’ cosmogony! (I even managed to work in a little Egyptian and Indiana Jones).

I wrote the section on Cassandra!! Still can’t believe I got to be part of this, alongside so many classicists that I respect so much!!

Thrilled to have been involved with this fabulous book! I'm excitedly waiting to see the contributions in print ☺️