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Andrew Riggsby

@antiquethought.bsky.social

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Ancient Historian/Classicist. IT/Cognition/Law. | Fellow @GuggFellows.bsky.social and American Academy in Rome | Never, ever speak for my employer | Also cooking @foodoriented.bsky.social

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · Sep 21

Me on cognitive models in Roman land-surveying (OA):
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 16h

Kat is very smart. 👇👇👇

Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 17h

ICYMI: Katharine Huemoeller's _The Child Follows the Womb_ comes out today!

This book is a game-changer for our understanding of enslaved women's reproductive labor in the Roman world

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The Child Follows the Womb

A new and incisive exploration of female slavery and reproduction in ancient Rome One of ancient Rome’s most significant legacies is a legal framework for...

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 17h

The Child Follows the Womb

A new and incisive exploration of female slavery and reproduction in ancient Rome One of ancient Rome’s most significant legacies is a legal framework for...

yalebooks.yale.edu

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 1d

Fair. I guess the priorities were visual > narrative overlap > political message > individual characters.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a bit surprised by "empty," though not at all by "fashy."

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 9d

I hadn't heard of anyone increasing course load. How does that operate?

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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 12d

Humans being good humans.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/n...

Carrying for a Cause: Meet the Man Lugging Shelter Dogs Around New York

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 15d

I don’t make biryani, but this is also the way with most of the Persian rice dishes I do make.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 15d

Agree on all points.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 17d

But isn’t there a real danger he’d remove the tripwire force on a whim next year or something?

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 17d

Agree

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 19d

Willis has...thoughts...about your "happy holidays."

Brindle dog of indeterminate breed glances suspiciously to his left, as Christmas ornaments hang to his right. The background is dark gray.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

Pickled onion. This is seven fishes at the best Italian restaurant in town.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

Just had some!

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

Here that would be "service to community or nation."

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

Fair.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

I'm not invested in historical (whatever that would even mean) accuracy of technology, but this suggests a huge tonal failure. Like Nolan is reaching for "gritty" that makes no sense in the Lake Wobegon world of epic, where bronze is always "shining" or "sharp" etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2...

The Odyssey | Official Trailer

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21d

physical therapy

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 22d

Immensely sad I've never been invited to a bark mitzvah.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 22d

There's a paper I've never gotten around to writing about how notionally negative portrayals of "tyrants" in Roman declamation provided a poetics of absolute power that emperors tapped into from time to time.

Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 23d

Something of a side question. Here judgment of "academic dishonesty" issues was recently 100% centralized. There are various good reasons for this, but also some concern that it may incidentally mean little/no punishment for AI violations (given admin's AI enthusiasm). What's the situation there?