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Things are starting to feel a little cultural revolution-y.

Sarah E. Bond

@sarahebond.bsky.social

A BMCR review by me of a new open access book on corruption in Ancient Rome. “… “our” should not stand as a synonym for “European” or “western” simply because it is a book in English written about ancient Rome, if we hope to open up Classics to a global antiquity and future cultural comparison.” 📕

bmcr.brynmawr.edu

Discursive constructions of corruption in ancient Rome – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Katherine Bowers 🌻

@katiabowers.bsky.social

Since so many people in my timeline seem to be considering deleting academia.edu, here's a thing I wrote ages ago that is still mostly up to date info about good ways to share your academic work green open access: blog.seej.org/index.php/20...

blog.seej.org

The Ins and Outs of Open Access

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge

@histoftech.bsky.social

you do what you can

“They did not get there in time. They did not save the ship. It can be argued that they may not even have saved a single life; we have no way of knowing. This was still a horrific maritime disaster mired in arrogance an incompetence and a lack of care.”

sea shanty stan account ⛵️@anarchoshanties.bsky.social

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

mylordshesacactus

Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours.

(Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.)

Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it.

All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her.

He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once.

I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope.

Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out.

By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets.

And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support.

Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors.

He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster.

I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done.

Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half.

No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge

@histoftech.bsky.social

quite likely

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social

RFK Jr is holding a panel on Long Covid the day before Covid vaccines are discussed at ACIP. I wonder if he's going to claim that Covid vaccines cause Long Covid.

MEDIA ADVISORY—FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY

Livestream: Secretary Kennedy Convenes ‘Leading the Way on Long COVID’ Roundtables

WASHINGTON—SEPTEMBER 17, 2025— Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will lead two roundtable discussions to drive actionable steps against Long COVID in the United States — one focused on patient experiences and the other on research. The event underscores the Trump Administration’s commitment to confronting the “invisible illnesses” that affect millions of Americans.

WHO:

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS)

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN)

Congressman Jack Bergman (R-MI)

Additional patients, providers, medical professionals, and others researching, treating, and who have been affected by Long COVID.

WHEN:

Thursday, September 18 at 2 pm ET

WHERE:

The event is not open to the public but press and the public are invited to watch the event livestream on HHS.gov, X, YouTube, and Facebook.

pam lach

@plach.bsky.social

OMFG it's way too early in the semester for students to be this sick. There's so much hacking+coughing in our overcrowded library. One student has been sneezing non-stop outside my office (maybe it's allergies🤞😬). And Covid is going around (more than the summer). I'm so grossed out, even in my mask

Starshaped Press

@starshapedpress.bsky.social

We’ll be a part of Open House Chicago again this October and the studio will be in full glory. This was last year’s print, made in collaboration with @chiarchitecture.bsky.social. Learn a bit about Chicago’s print history!

Hand holding a print with city images made from metal type ornaments. For open house Chicago 2024.

Trip Kirkpatrick

@triplingual.bsky.social

This week, on episode eighty-twelve + 1 of "Just Give Them Money," we learn — again — that Just Giving Them Money works.

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

www.theguardian.com

bri watson 🐝

@brimwats.com

In order to delete your account without first agreeing to these terms you have to 1) login on desktop or desktop mode on the phone. 2) Click privacy policy (and not "agree") 3) click the profile icon and scroll down & click delete account. I had to do this cycle twice before it let me fully delete

Ordinary Notes@hystericalblkns.bsky.social

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

Heather Froehlich

@heatherfro.bsky.social

I haven't logged in for several years but this was the nudge i needed, maybe you do too? Academia dot edu was both such a good idea initially ("facebook for academics"), later a place where people who found specific repositories too confusing went, then eventually a dated + dead place

Ordinary Notes@hystericalblkns.bsky.social

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Sarah E. Bond

@sarahebond.bsky.social

Who says history doesn't rock? Teaching the history of the Philistines tomorrow, so you know that we will be doing some slinging lessons in class. Although much later, I do love this depiction of a slinger from Trajan's column. 🪨

EUR: Trajan's Column casts, photo by Mike Bishop on Flickr
Slingers on Trajan's Column. The man in front has a sling (with amunition stored in his cloak) but the one behind has a hand-thrown stone.

johnedwinmason

@johnedwinmason.bsky.social

Again annoyed that the Charlottesville police attach mugshots to media releases about arrests. (Releases are distributed widely via email, not just to media.) Charges against those arrested haven't been proven. They're innocent until they are. But circulating mugshots is a form of punishment.

Trip Kirkpatrick

@triplingual.bsky.social

Man's not pure, but welcome to the team, Senator.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Bernie Sanders has become the first US senator to call Israel’s assault on Gaza 'genocide'. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

www.aljazeera.com

Alt National Endowment for the Humanities

@altnehgov.altgov.info

Please do FOIA everything coming out of the National Endowment for the Humanities this year - including all the grants that you were told were never reviewed. That's your labor and your tax dollars, and you have a right to know. www.neh.gov/about/foia

www.neh.gov

The Freedom of Information Act

@jvancamp.bsky.social

Do we know if the Tikvah Fund grant went through regular review (panel, staff, National Council) before award by the Chair? Chair's Grants without that review are limited. Also curious if anyone has obtained the grant proposal under FOIA.

Trip Kirkpatrick

@triplingual.bsky.social

Definitely naming the people and groups they consider outside the social contract in a civil way.

Michael Kagan@michaelgkagan.bsky.social

The Regime politely asks to be criticized less

Dean Spade

@deanspade.bsky.social

There are over a 1000 copies of Love in a F*cked-Up World available for people inside prisons and jails! Request a book for someone through this link: airtable.com/app87WhX08mp... Prisoners can request a book by writing to: 1977 Books 1468 Woodley Road Montgomery, Alabama 36106

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Kate Watson

@loreandordure.com