Dr Victoria Austen

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

r/SaaS u/soasme I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP. Everyone's busy adding Al to everything. I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work. I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything. Guess what? I see more registered users and higher retention. That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better? Here's my question: Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

Using ChatGPT

Yeah I also ran 17km yesterday and all my grading was still there waiting for me after. Rude.
Maybe 18 is the magic number 😅

I’m in this post and I don’t like it.

Ken in pink shirt meme: my job is email

live the the life of the mind, they said

Graphic reads: Video #1: Disability in Ancient Greece with Dr. Debby Sneed Video #14: Kara Cooney talks about Women and Power in Ancient Egypt Video #10: Katherine Blouin talks about the Cult of Isis Video #17 Tattoos in Ancient Egypt with Anne Austin https Video #16: The Hyksos with Danielle Candelora

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Description from Kunsthistorisches Museum: “The cameo shows Augustus, clad in a toga – the heads of the figures are all modern – viewed from the front in a chariot being pulled through the sea by Tritons. The triumphant naval victor holds a branch in his right hand and a sceptre in his left. An oak wreath is attached to the parapet of the chariot, and a shell is attached to the end of the handle. While the two middle Tritons – one holding a horn in his right, the other a dolphin in his left – each raise an arm symmetrically as if pointing at Augustus, the two outer Tritons carry the symbols of his reign in front of him: the left holds a globe, on which a shield with an oak wreath (clipeus virtutis) flanked by two ibexes, and the right shows Victoria floating on the globe. The cameo was probably created soon after 27 BCE, when Augustus was awarded the oak wreath, which - together with the ibex - was also engraved on the back of the stone in the 16th century.”

Witness Augustus as you’ve never seem him, re-sculptured to look nothing like himself!

The scene is ostensibly Augustus driving a chariot of Tritons. The imagery includes Tritons holding a shield with an oak wreath (thought to be the clipeus virtutis) and Victoria.

#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome

Then let it die.

That feeling when you can clear all the tabs once you’ve submitted a piece of writing 🤌🏻

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

Incredible journey. This Roman tombstone has travelled further than the man it commemorates. It seems to have come to New Orleans probably through post WW2 looting.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

"Universities and colleges have one mission: to advance knowledge. Faculty carry out the mission by conducting research and teaching students. The knowledge they produce and circulate is independently assessed by professional peers."

www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

quick, while we still have people around who know some other mode, let’s fix it

Yup.

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

10/10. No notes.

Painting of King Henry VIII in all his glory wearing white stockings, a red coat, and a grey and white embroidered silt undercoat and a red/white/black cap

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR. POPE

A thin lead sheet with holes pierced in it.

In the spirit of Halloween, October’s #ImageOfTheMonth is a particularly cursed item: a Roman curse tablet (defixio) from 1st–4th century CE London (British Museum 1934,1105.1).
This thin sheet of lead wishes ill-health to a woman named Tretia Maria /1

Outcry after Rome cuts down cypress trees at Mausoleum of Augustus City authorities claim trees in Piazza Augusto Imperatore posed a risk to public safety. Most of the iconic cypress trees that circled Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus have been chopped down, sparking an ...

WELP.
Something to talk about in the new book I guess 🙃 www.wantedinrome.com/news/outcry-...

Love that Jane Goodall was all, “why yes, I do have jolly nice legs! Good job, legs,” when asked about the attitudes of jealous male scientists towards her body and image.

I heard "there's artificial intelligence, and there's actual intelligence" and almost choked to death on this cough drop

I am currently running a @wikieducation.bsky.social assignment with my Roman art and archaeology class and I guess I now have a new exhibit to discuss with the students 🙃
Also 1) these people woefully misrepresent how the platform works and 2) their focus on *bios* is so incredibly telling.

Coffee spill on paper.

Grading my student journals is going well this morning 😅

My whole approach to life right now.

Alright classicists and ancient historians, do you have someone you wish to nominate for the @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach prizes? The deadline is coming up on October 31, 2025, so please take a look at both the Forum and The Mary-Kay Gamel Outreach Prizes to see if your fav should be nominated.

The Great Pumpkhanate of Illinois!

Well here’s a fun fact about my now-home state.
🎃 all hail the pumpkin king!