I take a slight exception to this: the Ancient Greek lexicographers were plagiarists of the highest degree. Probably to such an extent that we can’t even reliably identify the first. (excerpt from the generally excellent “Word By Word”) https://t.co/WLMtwgAE9M
Reported an account encouraging violence against journalists. Account found in violation, but not banned—and they’ve now switched to private to retain their 5,000+ followers with less scrutiny. https://t.co/FvhIHYeFKJ
I believe the 19th century editor here has (excuse the pun) misinterpreted the D… http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/priap/prp54.htm
Is…is this the first ASCII art penis? (Carmina Priapea 54) https://t.co/i55CvdZvMU
The majesty and realism of Ancient Egypt.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/tid=CUSA05855_00 https://t.co/0yZyc46kgV
Final selections for the @nyrbclassics sale, after culling about 12 titles that were available and suitable as e-books… https://t.co/HcaBjJmPXZ
Short new blog post: Browsing With Privacy in 2018. How I've switched to @Firefox to try to optimize for greater privacy on the web. http://ryanfb.github.io/etc/2018/06/27/browsing_with_privacy_in_2018.html
Basically, highlight RTI needs a light source at varying angles, but a fixed distance from the subject. Often this is done with a fixed length of string attached to a flash on a monopod. But if an app could instead just turn on a phone's flash when it's at the right distance…
Crazy idea I had today while brainstorming potential #RTI/#PTM setups: an iPhone app that uses ARKit to measure camera distance and provide the flash for highlight RTI.
“Languages fall by the wayside because Musk believes we will all soon have immediate, real-time computer-aided translation.”
Tweet cross-posting lost the original link, which is here: http://archaeologicalnews.tumblr.com/post/175242677797/ancient-diagnosis-cancer-found-in-egyptian
In other words, the article very clearly wants to push an alarmist “you’re 100 times more likely to get cancer than an ancient Egyptian!” narrative while ignoring changes in life expectancy.
Capasso 2005 is available online & OA: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.20610
What it actually says is this: https://t.co/T8ctCUDeoJ
The article claims “the LTCR in today’s western societies is 100 times greater than in ancient Dakhleh”, which outlets like LiveScience are definitely going to highlight. It waves away life expectancy changes with this: https://t.co/wS7wbMX5Qo
An under-reported aspect of this story: Kroger recently purchased Harris Teeter for $2.5B. They're now using it as a way to fire unionized Kroger employees and make them re-apply for non-union HT jobs, by changing Kroger stores into Harris Teeters. http://www.newsobserver.com/latest-news/article213090544.html
Saved up some money in AC: Origins to buy a rare horse & they're just chilling, unmountable, atop these crates... https://t.co/APaQWzumbV
A note if you’ve mostly been following today’s SCOTUS ruling via headlines—it only seems to protect location *history*, and not e.g. Stingray use at protests: “the decision didn’t address whether police can use tower data to track someone in real time”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-22/u-s-supreme-court-bolsters-mobile-phone-privacy-rights-jiq2bj8x
A little odd that they still don’t seem to be entertaining the idea of honoring his express wish to be “buried at sea in a lead coffin to prevent gravediggers exhuming his remains and selling them to the medical establishment”… http://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/22/irish-giant-may-finally-get-respectful-burial-after-200-years-on-display
The Digital Athenaeus Named Entities Digger now also searches headwords in the DC3 Index of Ancient Greek Lexica! 🎉http://digitalathenaeus.org/tools/KaibelText/named_entities_digger.php (via @Monica_Berti)
Twitter obliviousness in action is buying a “trust and safety as a service” startup and immediately shuttering it for all existing customers who were using it “to combat fraud, abuse, harassment, scams, spam, and other security issues” https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/twitter-smytes-customers/
