Alexis Christensen

This is not just cursed, its monstrous. The digital resurrection of a historian who died in January of this year, all so Grammarly can get some more clicks and engagement from students and/or scholars and/or others.

It feels so wrong on so many levels, these ghosts enslaved to AI forever

Who is making the US unsafe for visitors?

As part of an AI committee at my university, I spent this weekend trying out Claude (Opus 4.6) for writing, and I have to say, far beyond its hallucinations and the usual complaints, it is a baffling experience cognitively. I want to be more precise in my evaluation here than I usually am about AI.

What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor, saying it's just like when horses were replaced by cars. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

www.404media.co/whats-the-po...

"The decision to learn a foreign language is to me an act of friendship. It is indeed a holding out of the hand. It’s not just a route to negotiation. It’s also to get to know you better, to draw closer to you and your culture, your social manners and your way of thinking... 1/2

Definitive evidence of Roman alluvial gold mines found near ancient Iulia Libica in the eastern Pyrenees An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Universidade da Coruña (UDC) has conclusively confirmed the existence of Roman-period alluvial gold mi...

Definitive evidence of Roman alluvial gold mines found near ancient Iulia Libica in the eastern Pyrenees
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/d...

“Concepts”

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences With invalid driver’s licenses and birth certificates, transgender people are at risk for more than just steep fines and imprisonment.

theconversation.com/kansas-revok...

Hmmm, I felt pretty good about buying The Chicks album back when they were being blacklisted for speaking out against Bush, but idk that opting for an AI for these reasons would do it for me.

Jfc

a collage of photos of 8 pigs in different sized rectangular frames. One of the frames is a cream color and brown texts says "happy national pig day"

March 1st is National Pig Day! Of course, every day is a good day to celebrate these incredibly smart, sensitive, social, and loving souls, but most people don't get the chance to know pigs in person so it's great to have an official day to show them off. ❤️

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

Sign the Petition Keep the Classical Languages Major at the University of Iowa

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

Yep, we were all promised checks and balances.

"Three-Ring Government" from Schoolhouse Rock, written and sung by Lynn Ahrens, aired on March 13, 1979.

A little boy learns the three branches of the U.S. government (legislative, executive, judicial) by using a circus analogy.
#WomensHistoryMonth

I wrote about Plato in part because some of the most controlling people in education use references to Socrates in an attempt to dazzle people into believing they have authority that they just don’t have.

They don't *need* AI to make these decisions. But they *want* AI to make these decisions. Because the tech gives them plausible deniability--something to blame (other than themselves) when things go wrong.

Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/

Arabic document from 17th-century rubbish heap confirms existence of semi-legendary Nubian king A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa explores new historical evidence of one of pre-colonial Dongola's earliest rulers. Previously considered semi-legendary, the disco...

#Archaeology

Hosting the Utah Classical Association spring meeting today!

Terrible headline (this is NOT what the new research - link below - shows!), terrible AI image! Argh!
Here’s the actual research:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Where do I start?! 1/4

Looks like it’s ripped from a romance novel cover.

I’m embarking on a new collaborative research project that deals with a part of the USA I haven’t studied much. #Skystorians , what are your favorite books and articles about #envhist , science, and technology in the Mountain West/PNW?

(This project is mostly about Idaho.)

Metropolitan Museum Acquires Another Vase

Metropolitan Museum Acquires Another Vase https://theonion.com/metropolitan-museum-acquires-another-vase-1830499658/

If anyone's curious what the royalties are for a one-time Amazon "best seller" textbook (within a specific category), that's been assigned on hundreds of academic syllabuses, the answer this year is $17.42. Before that it was $10, $12, $55, $56, $124, $158, $138, $109, and $109.

🧪🏺 Seen a few cases of gen- #AI art creeping into #archaeology & #HumanOrigins publications recently, this is not a trend we should engage in or simply accept...

sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/defaul...

*hear

ugh.

when I here the word "billionaire" I still feel very confused about how we live in such a world where some people have that much money.

It's like I'm Dr. Evil.

Asking for a student: Does anyone have thoughts/advice about the CUNY or Berkeley summer intensive Greek programs? I never did any intensive language programs, and I'm not sure I know anyone who has gone through these. This student is excellent in Latin and very motivated to learn languages.

video game character graphics haven't changed much in the last 5,000 years 😄

“We are taking back your papers, you have no papers now” is even more chilling than “show us your papers”