Professor Nutella
@jpnudell.bsky.social
Pizza appreciator, ancient historian, reader, writer, baker. In some order.
Blogging here: https://joshuapnudell.com/blog/
Blogging here: https://joshuapnudell.com/blog/
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bestie gave me some encouragement that i think will be helpful to many on the skyline, so i’m sharing:
if you’re an imposter, you’re a damn good actor. remember that.
if you’re an imposter, you’re a damn good actor. remember that.
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
bestie gave me some encouragement that i think will be helpful to many on the skyline, so i’m sharing:
if you’re an imposter, you’re a damn good actor. remember that.
if you’re an imposter, you’re a damn good actor. remember that.
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Probably the funniest part about this post is how many people *in the comments* seem not to get the meme & the point that the Immaculate Conception is about *Mary*... not Jesus....
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Probably the funniest part about this post is how many people *in the comments* seem not to get the meme & the point that the Immaculate Conception is about *Mary*... not Jesus....
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and then Alan Moore carefully cut and pasted corresponding images from books and magazine into an inspirational collage that he set above his writing desk
If Alan Moore did not exist, you probably couldn’t invent him. Here he is describing how he came up with V for Vendetta ceeeej-blog.tumblr.com/post/1240411...
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
and then Alan Moore carefully cut and pasted corresponding images from books and magazine into an inspirational collage that he set above his writing desk
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This guy pulls a $300k plus a year salary to teach a 1-1
Fixing the academy begins with firing the economists
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This guy pulls a $300k plus a year salary to teach a 1-1
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This is keeping me from getting my actual work done this morning because just wow. The actual detailed article is open access at publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi... .
Five artifacts and the only known Sanskrit inscription mentioning a Roman emperor prove the presence and worship of Indians in the port of Berenike
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Five artifacts and the only known Sanskrit inscription mentioning a Roman emperor prove the presence and worship of Indians in the port of Berenike
An international team of archaeologists has discovered in the ancient Egyptian port of Berenike (or Berenice), on the coast of the Red Sea, a set of six exceptional artifacts that demonstrate, for the...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is keeping me from getting my actual work done this morning because just wow. The actual detailed article is open access at publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi... .
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a bold and risky vision for the university of the 21st century
Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
a bold and risky vision for the university of the 21st century
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I had a student tell me that one of the reasons they think that less people are majoring in history is because "people find our future too depressing to learn about what has led to the current state of things" and, that's one explanation I've not heard before.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I had a student tell me that one of the reasons they think that less people are majoring in history is because "people find our future too depressing to learn about what has led to the current state of things" and, that's one explanation I've not heard before.
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I want jobs for humanities experts to kill AI systems.
I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I want jobs for humanities experts to kill AI systems.
My overriding thought based on observations, conversations, and overheard snippets from the last few weeks of this semester is that the kids (i.e. college students) are alright, but they're also not okay.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
My overriding thought based on observations, conversations, and overheard snippets from the last few weeks of this semester is that the kids (i.e. college students) are alright, but they're also not okay.
Weekly Varia no. 159
New varia post: some of the ways I spent this weekend not working even as I'm thinking about gearing up to next semester, plus links about history, slop online, AI, and some current events and what I'm reading and watching.
New varia post: some of the ways I spent this weekend not working even as I'm thinking about gearing up to next semester, plus links about history, slop online, AI, and some current events and what I'm reading and watching.
Weekly Varia no. 159
New varia post: some of the ways I spent this weekend not working even as I'm thinking about gearing up to next semester, plus links about history, slop online, AI, and some current events and what I'm reading and watching.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Weekly Varia no. 159
New varia post: some of the ways I spent this weekend not working even as I'm thinking about gearing up to next semester, plus links about history, slop online, AI, and some current events and what I'm reading and watching.
New varia post: some of the ways I spent this weekend not working even as I'm thinking about gearing up to next semester, plus links about history, slop online, AI, and some current events and what I'm reading and watching.
One of the many issues with US society right now is that we’re making things that should be public concerns (misinformation; health policy) the responsibility of individuals, while claiming a public concern over things with a strong component of individual responsibility (e.g. cocaine use).
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the many issues with US society right now is that we’re making things that should be public concerns (misinformation; health policy) the responsibility of individuals, while claiming a public concern over things with a strong component of individual responsibility (e.g. cocaine use).
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
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I started my PhD in 2009 just as the first big waves of austerity were hitting the higher ed sector from the Recession, and at no point in my career have I seen the trend tending in the other direction.
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I started my PhD in 2009 just as the first big waves of austerity were hitting the higher ed sector from the Recession, and at no point in my career have I seen the trend tending in the other direction.
13-10 must just be a cursed score in Ohio.
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
13-10 must just be a cursed score in Ohio.
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I am 100 percent convinced that the Supreme Court is going to gut birthright citizenship the way Plessy v Furguson gutting equal protection.
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I am 100 percent convinced that the Supreme Court is going to gut birthright citizenship the way Plessy v Furguson gutting equal protection.
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
November Reading Notes
November Reading Notes
A books post (somewhat belated) with comments about everything I read in November.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
November Reading Notes
Thread. I’ve landed in the same place.
I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thread. I’ve landed in the same place.
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the point being that Buddhists are humans like everybody else and humans are real fucking shitlords sometimes
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
the point being that Buddhists are humans like everybody else and humans are real fucking shitlords sometimes
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So great to see this published! Just in time for the holidays with a 40% discount! 😆 Seriously, though, it was such a pleasure to work with my co-editor @wehutt.bsky.social and our fabulous contributors. Check it out!
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Memory, Ritual, and Identity in Ancient Greece and Rome
The essays in this volume consider the triptych of memory, ritual, and identity in ancient Greece and Rome. The issue of identity has recently dominated the arena of public discourse with renewed urge...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
So great to see this published! Just in time for the holidays with a 40% discount! 😆 Seriously, though, it was such a pleasure to work with my co-editor @wehutt.bsky.social and our fabulous contributors. Check it out!
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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The digital version of my book is on sale from the good place for $2.99!! bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
Essays
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December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The digital version of my book is on sale from the good place for $2.99!! bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
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Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a very strange film.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a very strange film.
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This newsletter is half about Mad Men, half about AI podcasts, and all about being human. Go read it!!
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December 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This newsletter is half about Mad Men, half about AI podcasts, and all about being human. Go read it!!
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-v...
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-v...