Gregory Hays's Avatar

Gregory Hays

@aristofontes

Teacher, Latinist. Neither the son of true believers nor of good reputation. Once translated Marcus Aurelius, but I don't speak for him. (Neither of us speaks for UVA.) Minor outlying island. Can serve briefly as a boat. He/him.

3,641
Followers
1,358
Following
14,232
Posts
13.10.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Gregory Hays @aristofontes

That's been my experience also.

09.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like an obvious "Make her deny it" situation.

09.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look, if Leavitt's going to answer every question with "all options are on the table," she can do her own damage control.

08.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Only Nixon could go to China!

08.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're looking at that, we're looking at a lot of things

08.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She and Bari seem very well matched.

08.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Small fee for first class carriages, but you get to murder one (1) person who did you wrong long ago.

08.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

did ted cruz write this tweet

08.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Simpsons meme: 'You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.'

The Simpsons meme: 'You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.'

08.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All the "Technically they're not war crimes" posting is starting to feel a lot like "It's not technically fascism" discourse.

08.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that the one where we own slaves

08.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This reminds me of one of my favorite Iraq war cartoons: Condi Rice atop a war elephant, telling an aide to "ask Wolfowitz what's beyond Syria"

08.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats need to start branding their good ideas to sound dumb as hell. Medicare For All is now Operation Healthmaxxing. A billionaire tax? You must be confused. This is the Pedo Tariff.

08.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh God. I'm really sorry.

08.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"No DMs" still undefeated as a red flag.

08.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mentally gave her twenty minutes and blocked her at the end of it. (She'd posted other things in the interim, so I'm confident she saw the reply.)

08.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not comfortable with this image and I'm going to ask you to take it down.

08.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Eat Early Day to all pets that celebrate

08.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
08.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enh. There are bigger things to be mad about, even just today.

08.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Work made for hire. (You'll notice I haven't done any more translating.)

08.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Alas, none of it goes to me!

08.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it because

08.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is true, if β€œthe good life” means β€œdrinking heavily and networking with other sons of the gentry, followed perhaps by an easy job in the Church,” and β€œthe humanities” mean β€œLatin and theology.”

08.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Why are we doing this

08.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

That certainly, but also charismatic in an untidy kind of way. Like a nicer, smarter Boris Johnson. Everybody loves Bill!

08.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You will hate me, but I don't think that's Haydon at all. The essence of Haydon is that he's extremely likeable, and Colin Firth nails it in a way Richardson just can't.

08.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also I think Ian Richardson was miscast as Haydon but would have been a perfect Justin.

08.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of his best IMO, and with an amazingly sneaky POV/focalization switch, but that's all I'll say.

08.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just reiterating that this is the platform I am looking for this November, and in November 2028. Very clear and easy to remember.

08.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0