“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today”
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06.03.2026 08:46
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“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today”
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Re-suspension B.A. spécialisé en Antiquité grecque et romaine : le département « Nous sommes choqués par cette volonté d'ignorer les intérêts des Franco-Ontariens. »
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#SOSÉtudesAnciennes #ONfr #DroitsLinguistiques #uOttawa #Ottawa
Department's response to uOttawa's re-suspension of Greek and Roman studies: "We are shocked at the willingness to ignore the interests of Franco-Ontarians."
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#SOSClassicsUO #ONfr #LanguageRights #uOttawa
"Stop me if you've heard this one before"
Beowulf, 2013
Meghan Purvis 🇬🇧
As y'all head off to #awp26, I am calculating our author royalties. I cannot stress this enough - buy small press books directly from publishers. It's the way everyone makes the most money and art can continue to happen!
It's PUBLICATION DAY for my debut novel, IN THE DESERT!
I've been writing for decades (many) and this is such a hugely big day for me.
Thank you so much to my publisher @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in this book and to everyone who has helped along the way!
Links to buy in thread 1/
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter re my opposition to Canadian support for US war on Iran . Write one here, with a customizable template: actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...
shortsighted decision to cut classical languages at UIowa Petition here c.org/ZVhdNSckD8
Timeline of harm to Franco-Ontarian students:
Oct 2025: French classics program suspended
Jan 2026: "Reinstated" after pressure
Feb 2026: Re-suspended after 10 weeks
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#SOSClassicsUO #ONfr #LanguageRights #uOttawa #Ottawa
Share petition to stop the shutdown of the thriving & griwing Classics program at University of Iowa c.org/SwBDCvdGgZ
Croeso!
Le Droit donne la parole au département sur la re-suspension.
« On a un rayonnement, une visibilité » - Geoffrey Greatrex sur l'importance du programme pour la communauté
Lisez et partagez.
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#SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #ONfr #DroitsLinguistiques #uOttawa @ledroit.com
Hey poetry bluesky, I’ve been querying my manuscript exploding Catullus 85 into 85 different translation variations for a little while now. Any tips for publishers (or agents?) that might be interested in a less traditional translation project?
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’
Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got
Hi, if you’re asking AI to write your book you’re not actually writing. You’re poking a Frankenparrot fashioned from rotting flesh on stolen bones covered in the feathers of a million other birds. You’re condoning theft. You’re trashing our planet. You’re robbing yourself of the chance to grow
Even beyond our Covid failures -- we could at least still be masking in high-risk situations, improving ventilation, and testing regularly -- I think a lot about how we actually met our climate goals bc so many ppl were working from home, and we threw that away in favor of corporate landlords
I bet there were cringe boomer druids who thought human sacrifices should be more of a dialogue between priest and victim (‘in a way, everyone inside the wicker man is a priest’) and who replaced chanting with Greek lyres because they thought it would make sacred groves more relevant to young people
6 bad doodles with text under each one. horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab. shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style. crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes. shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away. crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped. horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.
#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request
The existence of sabbaticals implies the existence of esbaticals
Support every trans, non-binary or questioning person you know. Speak out for those you don’t. Vote for politicians who want to expand humanity, not shrink it. And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter or the works of those who want to ruin the lives of our loved ones out of their own ignorance.
A group of green crocheted frog purses in various states of finished, with one up front reaching towards the camera
A large green frog purse waving?
A selection of various pink frog coin purses, and a pastel pink rainbow fish coin purse.
A stripey pink fish coin purse
Tryin to sell 20 frogs today to try and get on track for some of these surprise bills flowing through the ether today... I'm at 2/20 sold
I also gotta get fish on my website - if you're interested in a fish just shoot me a DM
www.figmentpudding.com
The Sun's Return
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1993
"Utterance"
W.S. Merwin
The Rain in the Trees, 1987
CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.
This hit so fucking hard today.
"Take frequent breaks,
especially if you have
a broken heart."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Shoveling Snow by Vicki L. Wilson (2017 @rattlepoetry.bsky.social) rattle.com/shoveling-sn...
Fancy a Jelly Baby?
In a human sacrifice to deity there might be at least a mistaken and terrible beauty; in the rites of the moneychangers, where greed, laziness, and envy were assumed to move all men's acts, even the terrible became banal.
Cover of my book, "The Sound of Breaking Glass," with a quote from Gabino Iglesias. "Creepy, surreal, cerebral horror."
Cover of my book, "The Sound of Breaking Glass," with a quote from Claire Holland. "Makepeace's words infiltrate your mind."
I was just reminded I released a book of weird short fiction that was well received but never got any footing.
Check out these blurbs from @gabino.bsky.social & @clairecwrites.bsky.social
Here's the Amazon link (I know, gross)
www.amazon.com/dp/B09F95CNSP
Or you can get a copy direct from me.
I like reading books by authors who say they had fun while writing it.