Theodulph
@theodulph.bsky.social
Classicist, medievalist, gamer, and goatherd. he/him 🏳️🌈
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
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To know Susanna Elm is to stand in awe of her writing, kindness, & depth. Her new book from @ucpress.bsky.social is out now and open access: The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity. I do love a tale of Theodosian beauty
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1... 📕
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1... 📕
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To know Susanna Elm is to stand in awe of her writing, kindness, & depth. Her new book from @ucpress.bsky.social is out now and open access: The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity. I do love a tale of Theodosian beauty
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1... 📕
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1... 📕
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Calling all teachers and professors of Classics, history, mythology, etc. please join us in VA next June!! We’d love to learn and hear from you, especially if you are from the VA area!
www.aclclassics.org/ACL-Institut...
www.aclclassics.org/ACL-Institut...
ACL Institute 2026
www.aclclassics.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Calling all teachers and professors of Classics, history, mythology, etc. please join us in VA next June!! We’d love to learn and hear from you, especially if you are from the VA area!
www.aclclassics.org/ACL-Institut...
www.aclclassics.org/ACL-Institut...
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Today would’ve been Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday. In 1964, she asked a question that still echoes:
“Is this America… where our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings?”
inthesetimes.com/article/i-qu...
“Is this America… where our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings?”
inthesetimes.com/article/i-qu...
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today would’ve been Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday. In 1964, she asked a question that still echoes:
“Is this America… where our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings?”
inthesetimes.com/article/i-qu...
“Is this America… where our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings?”
inthesetimes.com/article/i-qu...
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Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
August 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.
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"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.
www.lgbtqnation.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
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"A large coalition of religious organizations is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for what it describes as a policy that has intimidated their parishioners through the 'threat of surveillance, interrogation, or arrest' at houses of worship."
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Faith Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Immigration Raids at Houses of Worship | Common Dreams
Religious organizations sue DHS over policy targeting parishioners at houses of worship. Lawsuit alleges violation of First Amendment rights.
www.commondreams.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"A large coalition of religious organizations is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for what it describes as a policy that has intimidated their parishioners through the 'threat of surveillance, interrogation, or arrest' at houses of worship."
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
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RIP Tom Lehrer, musical master of satirical and "blithely subversive" wordplay - the Post's term. I'm sure my dad's love of Lehrer and my multiple listenings to his records helped embed a love of language and a skepticism toward authority in my young self. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tom Lehrer, master satirist of Cold War era, dies at 97
In song, he brilliantly skewered clichés about romance, patriotism and small-town life.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
RIP Tom Lehrer, musical master of satirical and "blithely subversive" wordplay - the Post's term. I'm sure my dad's love of Lehrer and my multiple listenings to his records helped embed a love of language and a skepticism toward authority in my young self. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?
July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?
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This is also something the Nazi regime started doing in their first few years.
Exactly this
Exactly this
Trump is going to put all homeless people & 'individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public' into camps.
Remember, they consider being a leftist, trans, a climate change believer, etc. 'mental illness.'
Get armed and get a plan with your friends. Protect each other!
Remember, they consider being a leftist, trans, a climate change believer, etc. 'mental illness.'
Get armed and get a plan with your friends. Protect each other!
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is also something the Nazi regime started doing in their first few years.
Exactly this
Exactly this
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The regimes media stooges are working to recast Maxwell as the victim in the Epstein files.
We can’t forget this lying lowlife was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity & conspiracy. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ghi...
We can’t forget this lying lowlife was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity & conspiracy. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ghi...
Ghislaine Maxwell engaged in 'significant pattern of dishonest conduct,' DOJ said in 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell engaged in a "significant pattern of dishonest conduct," federal prosecutors said in a 2022 sentencing memo.
abcnews.go.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The regimes media stooges are working to recast Maxwell as the victim in the Epstein files.
We can’t forget this lying lowlife was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity & conspiracy. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ghi...
We can’t forget this lying lowlife was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity & conspiracy. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ghi...
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New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization.
news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization.
news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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Journalists should *always* be prepared when interviewing a politician who "refuses to deal in hypotheticals" to respond with examples of when the politician previously dealt in hypotheticals.
July 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Journalists should *always* be prepared when interviewing a politician who "refuses to deal in hypotheticals" to respond with examples of when the politician previously dealt in hypotheticals.
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Not the point of this fascinating article, but it remains darkly ironic to me that the Humanities have fallen backwards into being the safe financial bet of degrees
July 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not the point of this fascinating article, but it remains darkly ironic to me that the Humanities have fallen backwards into being the safe financial bet of degrees
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Also let’s note that JD Vance has the kind of Christian who thinks you should apologize for saying “bullshit” but not for lying about a group of immigrants stealing and eating pets in order to fan the flames of immigrant-hate.
July 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Also let’s note that JD Vance has the kind of Christian who thinks you should apologize for saying “bullshit” but not for lying about a group of immigrants stealing and eating pets in order to fan the flames of immigrant-hate.
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Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
July 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
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Why are House Republicans blocking the release of the Epstein files?!?
July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Why are House Republicans blocking the release of the Epstein files?!?
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So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent: