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Rhiwiel aka TheSingDesigns📚 „Gedichte“ („Poems“) by Friedrich Schiller at his finest, a satirical genius and one of the greatest German writers of all times. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goodread</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Deborah Minter<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readers</a> <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/siCq15i86Lc?si=SCKNQ22vgcAp9k9x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/siCq15i86Lc?si=SCKNQ22vgcAp9k9x</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> "We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> For a more in-depth introduction, see:Classics: A Very Short Introduction by Mary Beard & John Henderson, 2020, OUP This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a>

earthlingA Classic Book Reading List: 101 Timeless Masterpieces You Must Read Before You Die by Legacy Creative Press, 2025With bite-sized summaries and just enough info, you’ll know exactly which classics are right for you—no sweat! 101 Must-Reads, Made Easy: This isn’t a dense academic textbook—it’s a fun, approachable list to help you explore the classics at your own pace.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a>

Tom ElliottNew paper on machine learning for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/epigraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#epigraphy</a>Assael, Yannis, Thea Sommerschield, Alison Cooley, et al. “Contextualizing Ancient Texts with Generative Neural Networks.” Nature, July 23, 2025, 1–7. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09292-5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09292-5</a>."Human history is born in writing. Inscriptions are among the earliest written forms, and offer direct insights into the thought, language and history of ancient civilizations. Historians capture these insights by identifying parallels—inscriptions with shared phrasing, function or cultural setting—to enable the contextualization of texts within broader historical frameworks, and perform key tasks such as restoration and geographical or chronological attribution1. However, current digital methods are restricted to literal matches and narrow historical scopes. Here we introduce Aeneas, a generative neural network for contextualizing ancient texts. Aeneas retrieves textual and contextual parallels, leverages visual inputs, handles ..."<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancientHistory</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a>

Dr Ian McCormick“Aeneas helps historians interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary Latin texts,” said Dr Thea Sommerschield, a historian at the University of Nottingham. “That’s the grand challenge that we set out to tackle.” <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/23/google-ai-tool-roman-inscriptions-aeneas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/23/google-ai-tool-roman-inscriptions-aeneas</a>

Deborah Minter<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phantomoftheopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phantomoftheopera</a> <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/_eeinahmLjw?si=g9oRNLLv5wTiUWsJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/_eeinahmLjw?si=g9oRNLLv5wTiUWsJ</a>

Deborah Minter<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phantomoftheopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phantomoftheopera</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/FjboIUG5qe0?si=D-RsGu8VAO2jKQX-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/FjboIUG5qe0?si=D-RsGu8VAO2jKQX-</a>

Birds Books and BullshitDune by Frank HerbertVery good right up until the end, where it felt like Frank suddenly realized he had to actually finish the book. Definitely worth the read though. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Sci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sci</a>-fi <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dune</a>

Tao of MacNotes on Image Generation with GPT-4.1As regular readers may know, I have no compunction about using AI tools for reviewing my writing and generating occasional illustrations – I do it as a force multiplier, not as a r(...)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dalle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dalle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gpt4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gpt4</a>.1 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imagegeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imagegeneration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patterns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stablediffusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stablediffusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/styletransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#styletransfer</a><a href="https://taoofmac.com/space/notes/2025/07/20/1230" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://taoofmac.com/space/notes/2025/07/20/1230</a>

BibelexegeseCfP DIGITAL CLASSICIST SEMINAR BERLIN 2025/26. All info here: <a href="https://digital-classicist.bbaw.de/cfp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://digital-classicist.bbaw.de/cfp</a>. Deadline: 16 August 2025. This year's series focuses on the theme of **“Potential and Limits of Digital Methods”**. Digital methods offer enormous potential: they enable the precise documentation and analysis of sources and finds and facilitate access to data via digital platforms. They open up new perspectives on cultures from early times to late antiquity and allow for innovative research questions. At the same time, however, limitations are also apparent, for example due to technical and legal requirements, data incompatibilities, or methodological challenges. Possible topics could include: visualizations and their epistemic value; the application and long-term reusability of digital methods; reproducibility of results; challenges of big data, etc. We particularly encourage early career researchers to submit a paper! <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digiclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digiclass</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalhumanities</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a>

hugo.Reading the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Aeneid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aeneid</a> for the first time in over 20 years... Back when I was a student of Classics, we all tended to prefer Homer, but after all these years, I'm literally falling in love with <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Virgil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Virgil</a>. To think that he intended for this work to be burned to ashes after his death...<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ClassicalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalStudies</a>

Ulla RajalaPlanning to take part into TRAC2025 between 22nd and 24th October 2025 online through the Gather Town platform? I and Tess organise a session on the materiality of Roman architecture. If you are interested, send me an abstract of 200-300 words before August 31 at ulla.rajala(a)antiken.su.se <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a>

Michael MecklerClassics librarian job: The University of Cincinnati Libraries seek to fill the position of Head of the John Miller Burnam Classics Library. The Head of the Classics Library provides services to the internationally recognized Classics Department, researchers, faculty, and students. The successful candidate for this tenure track position will continue to enhance the library’s reputation as a world-class, top-ranking research library for Classics scholars at UC and globally.(On a personal note, I can vouch that this is one of the top Classics libraries in the US. It has an individual endowment that has enabled it to maintain a vigorous acquisition policy in an era of library funding cuts.)More information at the link below. <a href="https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Head-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Head-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AcademicJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicJobs</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#librarian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cincinnati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cincinnati</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalAntiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalAntiquity</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalArchaeology</a>

Rhiwiel aka TheSingDesigns📚 Unwiederbringlich“ („Irretrievable“) by Theodor Fontane a controversial book at its time, dealing with taboos in Fontanes realistic yet gentle way. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goodread</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

FunHouse Radio"The legendary arcade and family entertainment brand Chuck E. Cheese has just announced that it has launched a new set of arcades across the US geared specifically towards adults." <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weird</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/weirdnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weirdnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pizza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pizza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fun</a> <a href="https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/07/iconic-arcade-chain-chuck-e-cheese-launches-new-locations-aimed-at-nostalgic-adults" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/07/iconic-arcade-chain-chuck-e-cheese-launches-new-locations-aimed-at-nostalgic-adults</a>

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾This is a series of stories based on a famous real-life judge in China during the Song dynasty. It was written centuries ago, and one of the defining memories of my childhood is my dad giving me these very books to read. It has pictures but also Chinese and English writing. Rereading them and am amused by the fact that as a kid, I was reading about tortures, poisonings and how every story's "happy" ending ends with a decapitation of a bad guy. We Chinese kids have quite a morbid and grim diet for bedtime stories, looks like 😅In that sense, I think we have something in common with the Germans 🤣<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmReading</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classics</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a>

FunHouse Radio► <a href="https://FunHouseRadio.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://FunHouseRadio.com</a> <-- TUNE IN TELL YOUR WEIRD FRIENDS OK? <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comedy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/outsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outsider</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weird</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oddball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oddball</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/odd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#odd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/parody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parody</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/parodies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parodies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#random</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#variety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dj</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mixtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mixtape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/unsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unsual</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nerds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nerds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kitch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cringe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/coversongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coversongs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/demented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demented</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memes</a>

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu by Sept 30 2025 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hunger Games Prequels Call For...</a>

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