Roman historian at W. Mich U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, & film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Antifascist. Always learning from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.
Anise K. Strong
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KAITLAN COLLINS: Are you okay with Iran having missiles?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I prefer that they not, but they have to defend themselves
COLLINS: You think Iran needs to be able to defend itself?
MARSHALL: I do, otherwise we turn this into a forever war
Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."
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Today I encountered @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social's persuasive argument Juvenal's Messalina doesn't have "golden nipples," as I once translated; she wears a gold-thread breastband as if a high-class sex worker. This makes her virginal white costume in the 1954 _Demetrius_ all the more fascinating!
When you haven't read any books and you don't know any history, you sign a treaty at Versailles.
O'DONNELL: Why not allow the world to see whatever this deal is you signed with Iran?
JD VANCE: So, there is frankly some diplomatic protocols that I don't fully understand
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Aaron Rupar
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And it's why the biggest internet safety advice I give parents of teenagers is to make crystal clear that they will never blame their kid for being the victim, because that is the ONLY way they will ever know there's a problem. bsky.app/profile/raha...
Anise K. Strong
I've been delaying writing this analysis for weeks because, while highly useful, I find Delmar Daves' script notes on how to "improve" the character of Messalina in the 1954 film Demetrius and the Gladiators so deeply squicky & also indicative of contemporary attitudes.
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Helen Kennedy
The Cheese and the Worms is triumphant as a pioneering book in microhistory and narrative history, but I have also especially loved it for Ginsburg’s willingness to remind us that history is _weird._
Anise K. Strong
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Related: People I know IRL who know what I do for a living often ask what they need to know about online safety for their about-to-be-teenagers, and there's a lot of answers, but the thing I always emphasize most is: under no circumstances should you ever threaten to take access away from them.
Trump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it."
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Aaron Rupar
Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...
And a lot of you post the photos but put an emoji sticker over the kid's face or whatever: that is really, really, really not sufficient to prevent people from doing things with them you do not want to know about. Do not post photos of your kids online, period.
rahaeli
Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline.
www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...
Michael Lobel
This is how I found out Aimee Mann is also a cartoonist. (H/t @tonybreed.bsky.social )
Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari
I am one of those people who is *really, really good* at identifying exactly where and when a photo was taken from basic context clues (a skill I developed for human rights research and journalism purposes).
Trust me on this, don’t post photos of your kids on the public internet.
Faine Greenwood
People can absolutely determine the exact location of an image by analyzing lighting, shadows, landmarks, or natural elements in the background. The amount of data needed to identify someone—or even their current location—is shockingly small. Any privacy book worth it's salt explains this.
