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Jeanne Reames

@mathetria.bsky.social

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Mother, writer, history professor, Homer fangirl & Alexander the Great geek * ATG Court Prosopography * Writing academic monograph on Hephaistion & Krateros * Director, Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program at UNO * Author, Dancing with the Lion duology

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · Nov 9

With several new followers: I have one foot in Classics/ancient history and another in the writing community. I teach Greek history at the Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha, answer "asks" on Tumblr as public history, and write history-inspired SFF and historical fiction. Not a prolific poster here, alas.

Cover images for Dancing with the Lion: Becoming & Rise. "The story of Alexander before he became 'the Great.' Available at Riptide Publishing."

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 17h

Alexander kinda famously *didn't* have a beard.

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 17h

I've also got a YouTube channel on him, meant for non-specialists, but run by a Macedoniast.
www.youtube.com/@mathetria-a...

Let's Talk Alexander the Great & Ancient Macedonia

Dr. Jeanne Reames answers questions, debunks popular misconceptions, and brings the receipts on Alexander the Great and ancient Macedonia. She has written academic articles and blogs about Alexander ...

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 17h

There's a decent recent bio called "Alexander the Great: Lives and Legacies" by Stephen Harrison that covers his career. Always check the author. ATG gets a lot of interest and not everyone writing on him is even a historian, never mind knows Macedonian history (which is a specific subfield).

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 17h

Awful. Historic building trashed for one man's ego.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 21h

Seems like an opportune moment to re-up our paper about AWS seeking infrastructural dominance in education through a range of operations that include platforming the edtech industry on its cloud services codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2022/07/12/h...

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21h

How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?

You know what platform never crashes?

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20h

Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.

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Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.social · 2d

This dude is punk as fuck 🤘

Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 2d

If you can't protest, there are other ways to get involved.

Phonebanks need volunteers. There are post card campaigns that need help too.

I say this because I don't want anyone to feel left out or left behind.

Community action boosts mood & strengthens your social links. S-rank those contacts!

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 2d

This is how it's done... Just like the Frog vs. ICE.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

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Indivisible Nebraska @indivisibleneb.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you all for a fantastic #NoKings in Omaha! We heard a low-end estimate of 6k and a high of 8k for the turnout -- what we can say is that we had so many donations we were able to give two food banks as much as they could haul away, with a carload left over for a third organization!

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

This is the biggest single day protest in US history.

Millions upon millions of people across the United States reject the Trump regime and fascism. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. Very useful.

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 4d

I love this. I may use it in my Greek History class. Looking for more interactive things. Do you have more?

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 4d

I've seen some fear-mongering regarding #nokings this weekend. Obviously be peaceful. But even more, be JOYFUL. They're trying to paint this as terroristic hate. So we give them joy, and dance, and singing, and frogs. Be cautious, sure. But they want us afraid. Don't give them the satisfaction.

Multi-hued frog making the peace sign on a green background with "Peace Frogs" beneath.

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 5d

Btw, I loved he "Door Into..." series, but somehow missed there was a companion series, so will be looking into these! Plus, I must, as they feature a Ceci-twin!

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 5d

Ah! Thanks!

Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 5d

She look SO much like my Cecilia (who totally tries to lay on my books, notes, computer...). A little more white, however. Is this from a movie set?

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 6d

Can indigenous Americans suggest the neo-Nazis “remigrate” off our land?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 6d

When floodwaters hit remote Alaska villages, recovery isn’t as simple as fixing up a home in the Lower 48.

No roads. No hardware stores. Winter closing in.

Families are facing impossible choices after Typhoon #Halong.

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Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 6d

There are very few images of Hephaistion anywhere, and only this one where he is actually named. (The rest are guesses that it's him.) If you're curious about his image, this entry might be of interest. :-) www.tumblr.com/jeannereames...

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💬 0 🔁 6 ❤️ 40 · Hephaistion’s Image · do we have any idea of what hephaistion actually looked like?? I finally have access to my books again, so tackling this much-delayed query. The short answe…

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 6d

Radical notion...and long overdue, imo.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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Jeanne Reames @mathetria.bsky.social · 7d

IMO, frogs should be a major theme for No Kings 2.0. Kiss a lot of frogs...kiss no princes.

Katharine Kit Kerr @kitkerr.bsky.social · 7d

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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Patrick Doran @patrickdoran.bsky.social · 11d

I found this map showing which states used Dominion Voting Machines in the 2024 race. With an election denier as the new owner of Dominion which is now Liberty vote, I definitely would advise all states to get out of their contract with them & find a new one.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11d

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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