Andrew Riggsby
@antiquethought.bsky.social
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
IIRC, the preface to mine suggests the author thought of it as a conversation with his wife (who's a high-powered lawyer, but not an academic). And it does have a genuinely conversational feel.
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
IIRC, the preface to mine suggests the author thought of it as a conversation with his wife (who's a high-powered lawyer, but not an academic). And it does have a genuinely conversational feel.
Re: humor. If you ever stumble on the original dissertation, keep a constant eye on the footnotes. Wicked.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Re: humor. If you ever stumble on the original dissertation, keep a constant eye on the footnotes. Wicked.
I have two accounts on here, this one for "work" and the other for food and (mostly local) politics. I can see a difference between the two in terms of how much national politics filters in, but not as much as I would like.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I have two accounts on here, this one for "work" and the other for food and (mostly local) politics. I can see a difference between the two in terms of how much national politics filters in, but not as much as I would like.
I didn't know you did non-map diagrams (which I use a lot more in my work than actual maps). What kinds of things?
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I didn't know you did non-map diagrams (which I use a lot more in my work than actual maps). What kinds of things?
Interesting. On the one hand, I think you’re right to be skeptical about that as a “name.” On the other hand, it could maybe be a literal/concrete description of that style. 🤷. Hopefully someone on here (Laura up-thread?) is connected in hair world.
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Interesting. On the one hand, I think you’re right to be skeptical about that as a “name.” On the other hand, it could maybe be a literal/concrete description of that style. 🤷. Hopefully someone on here (Laura up-thread?) is connected in hair world.
I suspect there may be particular influence from Ovid AA 3.138-40: Sic erat ornatis Laodamia comis. Exiguum summa nodum sibi fronte relinqui,.Ut pateant aures, ora rotunda volunt (which still doesn't actually give that as the name of the style as a whole).
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I suspect there may be particular influence from Ovid AA 3.138-40: Sic erat ornatis Laodamia comis. Exiguum summa nodum sibi fronte relinqui,.Ut pateant aures, ora rotunda volunt (which still doesn't actually give that as the name of the style as a whole).
OLD s.v. (3) has "a mass or bunch [of something] secured by a knot," with 4 examples specifically to do with hair. That does make me suspect that any usage to denote a specific tied-up hair style is a modern narrowing of that usage.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OLD s.v. (3) has "a mass or bunch [of something] secured by a knot," with 4 examples specifically to do with hair. That does make me suspect that any usage to denote a specific tied-up hair style is a modern narrowing of that usage.
This is an algorithm I could use in so many situations.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is an algorithm I could use in so many situations.
Which plan do you have? I just checked mine, and I think I'm still grand-fathered into some that is no longer available.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Which plan do you have? I just checked mine, and I think I'm still grand-fathered into some that is no longer available.
I thought this was familiar, but couldn’t place it. I think she must have had this idea already in grad school.
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I thought this was familiar, but couldn’t place it. I think she must have had this idea already in grad school.
This may be a little reductive, but without those fields, what is the point of the New School?
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This may be a little reductive, but without those fields, what is the point of the New School?
That's served hot?
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
That's served hot?
He also has a second piece on the topic that will hopefully be appearing fairly soon.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
He also has a second piece on the topic that will hopefully be appearing fairly soon.