Eric Orlin

Watching commentators still refusing to see the white nationalism of this administration and arguingTrump is targeting Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit because they are blue cities is just, it’s got to be intentional at this point. There are a ton of blue cities. These are majority Black cities.

Oh man, this looks awesome! Wish I were still on the Left Coast! At least there's a publication to look forward to?

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 By Amanda Goreman We wake with no words, just woe & wound. Our own country shoot ing us in the back is not just brutal ity; it’s jarring betrayal; not enforcement, but execution. A message: Love your people & you will die. Yet our greatest threat isn’t the outsiders among us, but those among us who never look within. Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience. Know that to care intensively, united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today & a profound, daring hope for tomorrow. We can feel we have nothing to give, & still belove this world wait ing, trembling to change. If we cannot find words, may we find the will; if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our humanity. The only undying thing is mercy, the courage to open ourselves like doors, hug our neighbor, & save one more bright, impossible life.

“Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience. Know that to care intensively, united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today & a profound, daring hope for tomorrow.”

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You are why we can’t have nice things. There’s a war on and all you can do is decide you don’t need very available ally to fight it.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

(I can attest to the fact that Russ did a similar fundraiser for Bolts — and delivered plenty of resources thanks to all of you reposting!)

Don’t know why they didn’t use one or more in defense. Clock was never going to be an issue for the Rams

1) she shouldn’t have been kicked out
2) it’s a deliberately provocative thing to do and shows no sensitivity to the situation.

Greco-Roman Antiquity, the Basis of White Identity At the end of 2015, as the white supremacist “Alt Right” movement had begun to attract mainstream attention, one of its leaders, Richard Spencer, released a video that he wrote “expresses our fundamen...

Depends on your course and your aims. I've often wanted to discuss white nationalism/supremacy and there are plenty of posts there. One I've used is pharos.vassarspaces.net/2021/06/04/r... but there are plenty of others.

Curtis Dozier and his Pharos site are the go-to for misappropriations of the ancient Greeks (and Romans!).

See Jo Quinn's book "How the West was Made" for a demonstration that civilizational thinking is fundamentally incoherent.

Some people just can't resist bringing that in everywhere. I wonder if there's a name for that kind of person?

"When we stop fetishizing the tenure track as such and start focusing on job security (which must include academic freedom), pay, and benefits the way workers in every other sector do, we can graduate from the academic underclass."

It seems like hugging the third rail today would be asking whether the tenure system in the US is a net positive or a net negative for faculty, taking everything - including its effects on the hiring process - into consideration. Or is it the least bad of all the options?

I loved Aosta - had fun imagining the southern Italians who might have been stationed there!

Does it factor in that HOU had gone 3 & out for the whole second half? Feels like malpractice to even risk giving them the ball in FG range.

good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.

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Yes, and “virtually any” is still not Open. I get that there are logistical issues, but that’s the point of this tournament.

So we're really clear that this is no longer an "Open" cup. Such a shame.

No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.

Prayer in the Ancient World chocolate bar

Academia dos have *some* nice perks. Thanks @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social !

We humanists are going to need to develop a new analogy. in the Things I've Learned category, scientists say that water is not wet, water *makes things* wet.

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

New issue of Religion in the Roman Empire Vol. 11, No.2 (2025) www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/rel... @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social The Epigraphy of Roman Religion: Problems and Solutions @ericorlin.bsky.social @elericousins.bsky.social

Seriously, this piece is awesome.

Woo hoo!

That was as crappy a call as the first one. Hand on the defender, but doesn’t extend the arm to push off.

You’re usually spot on Carlos, but I take issue with a number of these. Boston is more arrogant or insufferable than entitled (like Andrew I’m considering the longue duree). And as a former Seattleite, I think barely relevant is better. Maybe your recent birthday impacted your cognitive abilities…

“All the news that’s fit to print”. Who are we to argue?