Dame Averil Cameron obituary Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer

And Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026), historian of the Byzantine empire bit.ly/4ex8POD #Skystorians

Wauw!!1!

Nee, en bovendien onacceptabel

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Steph Smith: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problem, without even needing to submit it.

AI folks have now discovered “thinking”

“Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn “reasonable” and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to stop and speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.”
― Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

I only took two pairs with me and I regret not taking an extra pair of sneakers (because I brought dress shoes and we’re walking 25,000 steps a day)

Haha, I always worry about that too!

Not sure why I brought 18 shirts for a 10-day journey, but I guess I’m not the most efficient traveller

Villa Hadriana, Tivoli

Original sculptures of the Villa Hadriana, with a crocodile in the foreground, rivergods behind him, and more statues men and women in various states of undress behind them

Fontana dell’Organo, Villa d’Este, Tivoli

Selfie with the fishpounds in the background at Villa d’Este in Tivoli

Tivoli, intermezzo

😂 “L’olandese e le sue studentesse”

Selfie with a cap in Rome

Borgia Apartment in Vatican Palace, view of a painted niche (trompe-l’oeil) on a wall with eastern motifs, by Pintoricchio c.1490

Caravaggio’s Deposition, 1600-04

Raphael’s Transfiguration, 1519-20

Roma, parte prima

Ghehe

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Dank je wel!

Grazie!!

Already dreading having to wake at 4am but I’ll be going to Rome with students tomorrow, yay!

Wat een toffe foto!!

Hitler's NSDAP never gained the support of more than one-third of voters in free and fair elections!

Just like far-right leaders today, Hitler came to power because of the collaboration of right-wing elites, who either wanted to "fight off the left" or thought they could play the far right.

So the same Islamic ruling class in Iran now gets to put a toll on a Strait that was open and free before America intervened in the first place. Masterful gambit, sir

Color vertical photograph of Billie Holiday in a green off-the-shoulder dress, white gardenia flowers pinned in the center bodice of the dress, and 2 white chihuahua dogs in her arms. Her hair is in an updo and she wear gold stud earrings and a gold necklace. She wears 1 bracelet on each of her wrists. She appears to be looking up and to the right.

Black and white vertical photo of Billie Holiday outside the Pinkney Square housing building. There are 3 young girls surrounding her and a young man to the right. Billie wears a long sleeveless dress with a fur coat draped over her right arm and holding a metallic handbag purse.

Happy birthday to the illustrious Billie Holiday.

Adorned in her iconic white gardenia flowers, Holiday’s hauntingly beautiful voice filled rooms at jazz clubs during the Harlem Renaissance.

‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt

‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK

Kennis is macht! Maar lekker naar je stek in Skagen is nog fijner

Succes!!

Inspirerend

Three women stand on the left with lots of men in the right. The text below says, “SO LADIES, THANKS FOR BEING THE FIRST TO WITNESS AND REPORT THE RESURRECTION AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE?”

It’s time for my favorite cartoon of the year.

Klinkt alsof dit jouw Sanremo is hehe

Syracuse Drops 84 Programs Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian

Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari ❤️

I was there on Saturday

Beterschap, Hella! 😚