Exhibit explores identity through ancient coins 'Expressions of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins' opens Wednesday as a collaboration between the Department of Classics and the CU Art Museum.

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Thirty lines of the "Physica" of Empedocles found in a Cairo papyrus The news this week, that thirty lines of the Physica (Φυσικά, On Nature) of Empedocles have been found in a papyrus held in Cairo, is exciting for everyone interested in ancient literature. Not that m...

A bit of background to the new find of 30 lines of Empedocles in a Cairo papyrus.

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At this point they’re your friend who you know ain’t gonna break up w the guy or gal. At a certain point you stop listening and just go mmm damn that’s crazy

The Onion plans to turn Infowars into a comedy site with satirical echoes of the fringe conspiracy theories that Mr. Jones is known for. Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destination for independent and experimental comedy. “I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity,” Mr. Heidecker said in an interview. During a recent trip to Philadelphia, he traveled to the Liberty Bell to film a video in character as the new creative director of Infowars.

Get excited.

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Grolier Club should be on people's list to visit in NYC.

What in the world are you talking about? The first two quotes I read are these:

"“He may be more liberal than I want, but we need a change.”

“His voice for the working class has been inspirational, and it’s coming from an authentic place.”

"..a certain Abbot Hadrian, a man of African race and well versed in the holy Scriptures.....and equally skilled in the Greek and Latin tongues."

BL Cotton MS Tiberius C II; Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum; 9th century; England;f.94r
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Please check out this new Fate of the Arts podcast episode in which I was interviewed by my brilliant friend, poet and palindromist Anthony Etherin!

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

Jesus

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Just like cryptocurrency 4 years ago. So many Superbowl ads, which proved that it's NOT money. You don't need to advertise money, people like it already.

“In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan.”

RENEGADE (Palindrome)

Named a general,
war began.
Amid, I manage, brawl —
a renegade man.

black and white drawing of an underwater scene. a large bird sticking it's head into the water, surrounded by shocked fish

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

Fate of the Arts, with Anthony Etherin. Episode 8: Lori Wike On the Present and Future of Symphony Orchestras

New podcast!

FATE OF THE ARTS, Episode 8

I met with my friend @lori-wike.bsky.social to discuss her work in the Utah Symphony, why AI can't write palindromes, and more...

Listen here:

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Why is Lena Dunham being shoved down everyone's throat when the US is literally at war and fighting off a fascist takeover?

I don't hate her. I don't love her. I just don't care.

I guess this a good reminder that white affluent Millennials are just as narcissistic as their Boomer parents.

Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thiel’s Online Influence Empire New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enem...

New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer aka “Weev” became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging “memetic warfare” against their enemies.

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Question: there's a palindrome attested in 3 Carolingian MSS, "Omina ne regito lotiger en animo." Alcuin taught Ludger (Liudger) in York; do folks think this refers to him?

Alternate possibilities: Charlemagne's last wife Liutgard? Hartoch Luttger von Sassen of Freeseland?

The job of a university is to reduce students' ignorance. I'm not sure why you're surprised. His honesty? You think he should pander and flatter more?

Screenshot of "Zen and the Art of Mimeo Maintenance" article in issue one of the Whole Fanzine Catalog by Brian Earl Jones.

The first issue of Whole Fanzine Catalog (1978) ends with an article to help aspiring zine makers understand the labor & cost involved. He breaks it down step by step & concludes, "You can count on a 24 page fanzine of 200 copies to take about 50 hours to produce." fanac.org/fanzines/Who...

Coptic in Manchester .

We've launched the website for our 'Coptic in Manchester: Connecting Manuscripts and Communities' UKRI-funded project ('26–28) with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social !

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NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC.

Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

Lawyers please adopt the TK thing that journalists use. TK is a very uncommon combination of letters in the English language, so throw it in anywhere you want to add something ("TK cite" "TK intro") and train yourself to do a quick ctrl+F before you submit anything.

No lynxes in unisex nylon.

#palindrome

I like how Nancy Pelosi calling you is still the grim reaper showing up to say you're done, let's go. That's an appropriate function for a party elder.

Never thought I'd say this, but I'm starting to feel some sympathy for Byzantine iconoclasts.

Evina Stein reports via the Digital Medievalist list, "I am very glad to share that (after many travails) the Innovating Knowledge database of the early medieval manuscripts transmitting the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville has undergone its annual update this month." 🧵

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This was really good, gets into how hard it is for a reporter to get a piece done even on an open secret like Swalwell, and how this really raises questions about everyone who endorsed him while probably knowing about it

I'm intrigued by a comment by Heiric that Haimo loved puzzles but I have seen no other evidence of that. (I say that as someone studying a sylloge containing palindromes that is closely linked to Auxerre, c. 860-875.) I wonder, aenigmas? Ciphers? Carmen figurata as in Optatian?