Gregory Hays
@aristofontes.bsky.social
Teacher, Latinist. Neither the son of true believers nor of good reputation. Once translated Marcus Aurelius, but I don't speak for him. (Neither of us speaks for UVA.) Minor outlying island. Can serve briefly as a boat. He/him.
"Civilization's going to pieces," broke out Tom violently. "I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' by this man Goddard?"
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Civilization's going to pieces," broke out Tom violently. "I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' by this man Goddard?"
Twenty Democratic senators voted to confirm Ratcliffe as CIA director.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Twenty Democratic senators voted to confirm Ratcliffe as CIA director.
That’s good, profluent stream is good
To his disciples, men who in
his life
Still followed him; to them
shall leave in charge
To teach all nations what of
him they learned
And his salvation; them who
shall believe
Baptizing in the profluent
stream, the sign
XII, 438-442
his life
Still followed him; to them
shall leave in charge
To teach all nations what of
him they learned
And his salvation; them who
shall believe
Baptizing in the profluent
stream, the sign
XII, 438-442
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
That’s good, profluent stream is good
Downfall (2004)
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Downfall (2004)
Endowing a faculty position runs about $2–3 million, in case you were wondering
LSU confirms Kelly was fired 'without cause' and is owed his full $54 million buyout
Former LSU coach Brian Kelly has received a letter from LSU confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed his full $54 million buyout.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Endowing a faculty position runs about $2–3 million, in case you were wondering
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Every website says put the meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh and has a stock pic of it in the breast
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Every website says put the meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh and has a stock pic of it in the breast
Just a routine Kavanaugh stop, nothing to see here
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just a routine Kavanaugh stop, nothing to see here
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heading westwards on a water buffalo and never looking back would fix me but I have nothing to offer the border guard
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
heading westwards on a water buffalo and never looking back would fix me but I have nothing to offer the border guard
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George Condo, The Fallen Butler, December 2009
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137261
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137261
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
George Condo, The Fallen Butler, December 2009
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137261
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137261
I have a lot of stuff I haven't seen in my queue, but I think I'm just going to watch Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon again.
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I have a lot of stuff I haven't seen in my queue, but I think I'm just going to watch Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon again.
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I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE EVER AGAIN IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE EVER AGAIN IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK
Noem trying to position herself for the succession struggle, but it ain't happening. She and Corey go out in round one, and pretty early in the round, I would say.
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Noem trying to position herself for the succession struggle, but it ain't happening. She and Corey go out in round one, and pretty early in the round, I would say.
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William Gropper, The Senate, 1935
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134832
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134832
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
William Gropper, The Senate, 1935
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134832
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134832
I'm sorry, you can have "TRUMP" or you can have the rest of the words in this sentence, but not both.
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP IS NOT CONSIDERING A DIRECT TWO-YEAR SUBSIDY EXTENSION AND WILL SOON MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE POLICY IMPROVEMENTS
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm sorry, you can have "TRUMP" or you can have the rest of the words in this sentence, but not both.
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"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
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Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support the authors and our local literary community this fall. Pictured here, our last two author events of the year: Hannah Rosenberg's event for Same, and Inger N.I. Kuin's event in conversation with @aristofontes.bsky.social for Diogenes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to support the authors and our local literary community this fall. Pictured here, our last two author events of the year: Hannah Rosenberg's event for Same, and Inger N.I. Kuin's event in conversation with @aristofontes.bsky.social for Diogenes.
SELL SELL SELL
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
SELL SELL SELL
St. Louis
if there were an american avignon papacy which city would be avignon?
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
St. Louis
I think the key sentence here is "I'm not involved in the conversation." Bessent knows what deep shit they've gotten themselves into and he wants to be far away from it.
Bessent on CNBC re: White House health care plans: "I'm not involved in the conversation. I know President Trump wants working Americans to keep more of their money, cut out the insurance companies, and we'll see. He's the president of solutions, and I'm sure that we will have a solution to this."
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I think the key sentence here is "I'm not involved in the conversation." Bessent knows what deep shit they've gotten themselves into and he wants to be far away from it.
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Well well well, if it isn't
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Well well well, if it isn't
I was going to say isn't a sacrifice supposed to be something of value, but in fact the Greeks routinely offered the gods a pile of bones and inedible gristle covered with animal hide, so James would be perfect.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I was going to say isn't a sacrifice supposed to be something of value, but in fact the Greeks routinely offered the gods a pile of bones and inedible gristle covered with animal hide, so James would be perfect.
"These aren't the sort of people we're supposed to be arresting" ifyouknowwhatimean
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"These aren't the sort of people we're supposed to be arresting" ifyouknowwhatimean
She's a 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 but she has some unacceptable opinions about Scaliger
1 2 3 all over the face. This numbered face is part of an #earlymodern book about physiognomy, the art of face reading, and chiromancy, the art of fortune-telling by looking at your hand. The numbers described the person's character, personality or body functions from their outer appearance.
1/2
1/2
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
She's a 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 but she has some unacceptable opinions about Scaliger
Petition to replace Pete Hegseth with Pete from 'Ghosts'
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Petition to replace Pete Hegseth with Pete from 'Ghosts'
Board of Smol Bean Birthday Boys
“We are volunteers, you shouldn’t expect much from us, and I’m not providing any new information” isn’t exactly a strong defense of the BOV by one of its own
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...
Doug Wetmore: The straight facts about UVa from a board member
Although members of UVa's board are appointed by politicians, my experience is that we are for the most part not ideological.
dailyprogress.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Board of Smol Bean Birthday Boys