Patricia Y. Hatcher

A can of Libby’s Corned Beef Hash against a plain background, showing the red label with a bowl of cooked hash on the front.

It legit tastes like corned beef hash. And now I am kind of let down about this revelation.

YouTube video by Save Ferris - Topic Spam

So after a whole life of wondering what the deal with Spam is...
youtu.be/EjFIp66DL7s?...

Slices of SPAM and round bologna-like meat grilling on a flat-top griddle, with several round pieces cut to look like Pac-Man shapes.

Growing up, Spam was too expensive for our family. We bought bologna instead.

**NO, Spam and bologna are NOT the same thing.

Wall of stacked SPAM cans arranged in tight rows, each can showing the blue label with an image of a SPAM sandwich on the front.

OK, so I'm having Spam for the first time in my life. It's been on my shelf for years (literally).

Jeffrey Gibson’s Guardian Animals Grace The Met’s Facade The artist’s bronze sculptures for the museum’s exterior suggest the merging of the natural and the artistic, the real and the mythical.

I can't wait to see these in person!

hyperallergic.com/1041058/jeff...

"Following the screening, join Professors James Romm and Andrew Lear for a lively Q&A that brings ancient history face-to-face with contemporary conversations about LGBTQ+ identity and the role of love and courage in military life."

Premiered at the ASCSA!
Screening + Discussion (via Zoom)
Sunday 9/28
2pm EDT

www.eventbrite.com/e/army-of-lo...

#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #blueskyclassics

Link in case you'd like to also complain.
help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/req...

I will NOT be buying anything until they take down all this garbage. And if they don't do it soon, well, I'll close my account.

A screenshot of a live chat window with Etsy customer support. The Etsy Support Bot says the estimated wait time is 1–3 minutes. Then, a support agent named Nora joins and introduces herself: "Thanks for reaching out us, I'm Nora from support team and it will be a pleasure assist you today." The user responds in a dark blue text bubble: "Hi Nora-- I know you are not responsible for this, but I need to know why is Etsy letting people sell merchandise for 'Alligator Alcatraz'? This is hate speech. I was going through and flagging all the items I found, but then realized... this is not my job. It's Etsy's. What is Etsy doing to combat this horrific merchandise being sold?" The message is timestamped at 12:51 PM. The chat input field is visible at the bottom of the window.

A screenshot of an Etsy customer support chat. The support agent, Nora, replies with a message in two parts. First, she says: "We understand that certain products may feel upsetting or out of line with your values, and we appreciate you voicing how this particular item made you feel." Then she continues: "We take feedback like yours seriously and regularly review listings on our site to ensure they align with our policies and community standards. While individual sellers manage their own shops and product offerings, we strive to maintain a marketplace that respects a broad range of perspectives while staying within our guidelines." The user responds in a dark blue message bubble: "It is out of line with Etsy's purported values as well. This is glorifying a concentration camp. But now I know Etsy's stance. Thank you." The message is timestamped as "Sent · Just now." The chat input field is visible at the bottom.

A screenshot of a continued Etsy customer support chat. The support agent, Nora, responds with the following message: "I’ll be sharing your input with the appropriate team for further review. Thanks for taking the time to let us know, and we encourage you to continue reaching out if you come across anything else you’d like to bring to our attention." The message is timestamped as "Just now." The Etsy logo is visible beside the message, and the text input box remains at the bottom of the chat window.

I WAS going through and flagging all the items being sold with the "Alligator Alcatraz" stuff on it, then I got angry that Etsy wasn't doing this themselves.

I was on their chat with customer service to complain. Here are the screenshots of what was said. UNBELIEVABLE.

#Etsy #immigration

Here's a good video if you have Insta!

www.instagram.com/reel/DKcXjXK...

McDonald's unveils 'ancient' fast food mosaic in Rome A mystery 'ancient Roman' mosaic unearthed in central Rome this week features a banquet scene whose protagonists are dining on what appears to be fast food.

www.wantedinrome.com/news/mcdonal...

#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

Annual Spring Lecture 2025 — The New York Classical Club Alexander the Great:  What New Research Tells Us and Why He Still Matters by Dr. Rachel Kousser, Professor and Executive Officer, Program in Classics, CUNY Graduate Center Alexander the Great...

Rachel Kousser, EO for @classicsgc.bsky.social department, is giving the big Spring Lecture for the New York Classical Club on Friday May 16th!

Starts @ 4pm
The Hewitt School
Open to all (so invite your undergrads and high school students)

www.thenewyorkclassicalclub.org/calendareven...

QR code to join the Zoom for the Conference tomorrow.

TOMORROW is our 17th Annual Classics Grad Student Conference!

Please find below the QR code for the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

PhD Program in Classics
The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

#HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

[Colloque] Le centaure. Hybridité et dualité de l’Antiquité à nos jours Colloque organisé par l’Université de Tours-CESR et l’Université d’Oslo-IFIKK

This looks pretty cool!

[Conference - ONLINE] The Centaur: Hybridity and Duality from Antiquity to the Present Day

May 13, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Starts at 3:30am EST...

cesr.univ-tours.fr/centre-detud...

Simaetha Drenched with purple,

Simaetha
H.D.
1886 – 1961

Drenched with purple,
drenched with dye, my wool,
bind you the wheel-spokes—
turn, turn, turn my wheel!

poets.org/poem/simaetha

Fulvia — the most dangerous woman in ancient Rome She started a war and spat on the severed head of Cicero — so why is Fulvia still known as the wife of Mark Antony? Jane Draycott corrects the record in her lively biography

I am a Fulvia stan!

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

News - Two Near Life-Size Statues Uncovered at Pompeian Tomb - Archaeology Magazine POMPEII, ITALY—The Guardian reports that authorities from the Pompeii Archaeological Park discovered two near life-size […]

"Although similar tomb sculptures found in the Roman world often represent a married couple, the researchers are not wholly convinced that is the case in this instance."

archaeology.org/news/2025/04...

Ancient whalers' graves in Svalbard are vanishing as permafrost melts The frozen landscapes of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago, have long concealed 17th- and 18th-century European whalers' graves.

archaeologymag.com/2025/03/whal...

I had to bring this here because it’s so good

When will we wake up and DO SOMETHING about these oligarchs in office? They only see other humans as commodities.

I love that I know my students aren't using ChatGPT for their streams-of-consciousness assignments because they keep misspelling the name as MAdea!

A list of Queens area Buy Nothing groups from a Facebook search.

You'd be surprised sometimes what people would love to receive from you! Outgrown baby clothes, extra food sent by a restaurant by accident, school project supplies, old furniture for practicing carpentry, leftover cupcakes from someone who works at a bakery...

A list of Chesapeake area Buy Nothing groups from a Facebook search.

I HIGHLY encourage you to find yours on Facebook and join. Makes giving things away super easy! Make some space and help out a neighbor. Fewer items wind up in landfills!

Examples of what you find when you search specific areas for a group on Fb:

BuyNothing | Home Buy Nothing survives thanks to your generous contributions. Click here to make a charitable donation today to keep the Give-Ask-Gratitude going for everyone.

No Buy Day is a good time to remind everyone of your HYPER-LOCAL GIFTING COMMUNITY! Every area has a BUY NOTHING group where neighbors: give freely of items they no longer need; ask for gifts of time or items; give thanks for the support of the village.

buynothingproject.org?fbclid=IwY2x...

Some of the Nolan fanboy quotes are just 🙄

Matt Damon's 1st Look as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's Mythical Epic The Odyssey Out Now The film also starring Tom Holland, Zendaya & Robert Pattinson will release in theatres on July 17, 2026

A third user reacted, “Of course, because if there’s one thing Damon’s known for, it’s playing a guy who can’t find his way home whether it's space, earth, or ancient Greece.”

I am intrigued and horrified all at the same time.

www.mensxp.com/entertainmen...

This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII

I wrote about my love for the American Numismatic Society over at the Society for Classical Studies!

#coincamp #coinsandclassics #ANS #numismatics #SCS #Classics

classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/pha...

This actually was one of my main questions. What have they been doing until this point? I have my materials for background AND texts, which are all incorporated into the *GASP* syllabus!