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Dr. Jeremy Swist

@metalclassicist.bsky.social

Important reading on how Twitter algorithms promote far-right classicist accounts.

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Michael Maris's avatar Michael Maris @edrobot.bsky.social
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I reccomend playing Fallout: New Vegas as a vaccine

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Brekekekiwi's avatar Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social
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Is there a good classicist feed on bluesky?

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Imogen 's avatar Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social
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Really interesting. Thank you for this analysis of X Twitter. I think your thesis is in very good hands.

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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Interesting. Same for climate science! @ketanjoshi.co ketanjoshi.co/2023/03/28/m...

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Ben Kreiter's avatar Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.bsky.social
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Would be interesting to see this done in multiple categories. Like does following Musk right off the bat give you more alt-right recommendations in general (esp. at the start) and then it feeds you "your interest + alt-right" eventually? Or is classical history uniquely positioned to end up here?

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Sock Puppet Pundit's avatar Sock Puppet Pundit @sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social
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It seems weird to me that there's so many misogynists fixated on ancient Rome when the first names that pop into my head are Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes. (By the way, The Ancients podcast is pretty good and covers far more than Greco-Roman culture.)

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rhaco_dactylus, phd's avatar rhaco_dactylus, phd @rhacodactylus.bsky.social
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damn, that undergrad exhibited greater methodological rigor, theoretical coherence, and accessible writing than any of the people who consider themselves to be park of the intellectual dark web do. give her all the degrees right now!

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Dr. Ashok Karra's avatar Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social
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oh i need to read this

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GlentheFossa's avatar GlentheFossa @glenthefossa.bsky.social
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The thing that kills me about these people is that they're so fucking stupid. They just post a picture and go "wow can't do that because of woke" but act like they just completed the trivium, quadrivium and defend their 'angels dancing on a pin' thesis in oxford.

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TS Luikart's avatar TS Luikart @tsluikart.bsky.social
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I feel the need to point out in this thread that Marcus Aurelius was a hell of a writer and his books that we still have remain excellent reads. Don't let these lump heads claim him.

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Rachel Moss's avatar Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
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@drhelenroche.bsky.social have you seen this piece?

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👾 QU𖤐GGᶻ 𝗓 𐰁's avatar 👾 QU𖤐GGᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 @quagalagg.bsky.social
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And there I was wondering where I went wrong, who I followed, what I liked, to make my feed be flooded with bitcoin and American abortion ban supporters when I don’t even live in America, the fact that Elon promotes “true freedom of speech” yet conveniently boosts only the things he agrees with is..

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