Just saw a girl on IG exclaim "Pulp! OMG, *my grandpa* loves Pulp!" and I suddenly feel a billion years old 🫩

Ehboboy

If we keep at it, we're gonna go all the way back to reliving the Great Schism

OMG! This is SO good! 😁

Mary Astell dropping some serious truth bombs

I'm probably gonna be kicked out of Montreal for this but

🤫 Simit is better than Montreal-style bagel 🤫

A coisa que eu (e todo gringo feliz que eu conheço) mais gosto em SP — e possivelmente a única coisa ainda gostável lá — é a lei cidade limpa. Aí esse arrombado vai colocar outdoor luminoso até no cy das pessoas no centro. É isso mesmo?

Does anyone know why this would be kept in the same collection/section as the Prophet's relics in Topkapı?

Remembering (names, things, words) 🫠.
And also: forgetting.
💔

Only two days later, I'm happy to report back that Asclepius was indeed successful and incredibly effective 🙌

Vaccines save lives, and a whole lot of pain and awful symptoms. If you're in a civilized country (viva o SUS!), the shingles vaccine is free. If you're in Canada and you have decent insurance, it should run you under $80 total for the two doses. If it's out of pocket and you can afford it, get it.

Two PSAs:

1. Get the shingles vaccine. (Get all vaccines, actually — but especially this one). Hopefully, you won't have to know the hell you've dodged.

2. If you can (and if you're reading this, chances are you can), donate to Wikipedia.

Sign pointing toward the entrance to Asklepion

Wandering unwell philosopher washing her hands in healing water at Asklepion

Remains of Asklepion: three ancient standing columns with the remains of the ancient theatre in the background

To say I was feeling unwell today would be a huge understatement. This was a very apropos visit, once again.

The OQLF is the only institution with enough power in Quebec to stop this, comically/tragically enough

Photo of Resignation letter from Dr. Martin Peterson

First Plato—now Dr. Peterson—out the door at Texas A&M!

Who’s next?

Here is Dr. Peterson’s letter of resignation, which he just shared with the faculty.

The temple of Artemis at Ephesus def looks less impressive now than the one in Sardis (pic from two days ago) but I came, I saw, etc.

Also: bonus points for the stork nesting on top of the standing column.

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Right??
Doing well, thanks! Hope you are, too! Yeah, I saw her account but seems inactive indeed.

How things have changed in almost 20 years! 😮😬

I still remember the *very* early days of philosophy twitter... It was @keithwilson.eu , Pamela Hobart, me, and tumbleweed 😆

Photo of a road sign that says "Artemis Tapinagi"

Philosopher who travels to see old rocks poses in front of the remains of the temple of Artemis.

Very apropos timing: came to pay my respects to Artemis for taking us back to the moon, etc.

“You will destroy a great empire”

Tablet fragment with Hittite cuneiform text

Tombstone with Hittite hieroglyphs

Also, some cool-looking Hittite cuneiform and Hittite hieroglyphs:

Mas não tá muito longe em termos de conteúdo, não.

Aparentemente, o povo daqui em geral, independente do período, é conhecido pelo uso indiscriminado da Lei de Gerson 👀

Clay tablet containing writing in an Old Assyrian variant of Akkadian

Clay tablet containing writing in an Old Assyrian variant of Akkadian

I probably have a follower or two who reads Old Assyrian Akkadian?

Anyway, here's a little treat from Kayseri:

My favorite thing on the internet right now is watching people who can't even read contemporary cursive confidently attempt palaeography in a language they can't read/understand.

It's actually rather infuriating but to a much lesser degree than everything else on the internet rn

If it wasn't for what many of you call "unnecessary screening tests" and "gender-affirming care" (where I come from, it's just called "healthcare", go figure 🤷‍♀️), I probably wouldn't be here today, so I won't be taking questions or comments, thanks

Cartoon from @twonks on instagram: shows George Jetson vacuuming while Rosie the robot maid paints a canvas

haha how silly… oh

(from @twonks.bsky.social)

48 debaixo do sobretudo, os outros dois já escapuliram pelas mangas

Had he been to the, *AHEM*, BAV, he would know this, no?

Só passei na sua frente porque eu obviamente (dado meu sobrenome) sou dona e proprietária de um bairro inteiro da zona norte, mas te prepara!