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[nusky01]

Potential Synopses for Indiana Jones 6

Four different directions that the movie series could have taken since the last entry.

This week, I wrote a few short summaries of different ways George Lucas and Steven Spielberg could have taken the Indiana Jones series.

[nusky01]

Latin Translation Exercise: Carry On, Wayward Son by Kansas

A prog-rock staple, rendered into an ancient tongue.

This week, I translated Carry On, Wayward Son by Kansas into Latin. My inspiration for choosing it was the return of The Elite in AEW and their new adoption of this theme song. Check it out and please subscribe!

[valtsv]

microdosing on catharsis by watching a fictional character or persona i relate to have an emotional breakdown until my chest starts to ache from the amount i've repressed

[aurpiment]

[hortensius-deactivated20240909]

sorry there will be nothing funnier to me than caesar’s attitude in the boat lift from pharsalia book 5

[hortensius-deactivated20240909]

no but really. he slips out of his camp at night, alone, knocks on some poor cunt’s door, sets sail on a fishing raft despite the signs of an incoming storm, he says, because fate can’t destroy him, he stands up against a super mega turbo epic storm with a brazen confidence i can only define as cartoonish, taunts fate by saying he doesn’t care if he dies in the middle of the sea because actually he’s #slayed enough and he’s a consul AND a dictator babeyyy. and then. then the sea Gently lays him down on the shore

[rarething]

View from the Treasury of Athens at Delphi, Greece

[nusky01]

Book Review: The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis

A review of the first novel in the critically-acclaimed series of detective novels set in Ancient Rome.

This week, I reviewed the first novel in a classic historical fiction mystery series about Ancient Rome.

[nusky01]

A Holiday Shopping Guide for the Modern Classicist

Some gift ideas for the linguist and/or historian and/or philosopher and/or anthropologist and/or archeologist in your life.

This week, I looked at a few different gift ideas that people who study the ancient world will appreciate.

[nusky01]

Latin Translation Exercise: The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson

A 2007 indie-folk hit, rendered into an ancient tongue.

I’ve been writing song translations and articles over on substack for almost two years now. Give me a shot to impress you if you’re into that sort of thing.

[dopaminenjoyer]

the exodus to tumblr is going well I think

[nusky01]

I refuse to change my posting habits if I migrate here. If the tumblr people don’t want me here then I’m gonna make this site so bad that Elon wants to buy it too

[protoninspector]

Nearly dropped my phone while pissing

[nusky01]

Two volume set of a pre-computer analysis vocabulary builder. The least recognizable word according to their research is “inchoate.”

[lasergiant]

listen fucker.

[nusky01]

I think I might try to post one book from my library per day until it gets boring. Here’s a wartime edition of Hoyle classic card games.

[kata4a]

she tower on my babel till I ἐπιούσιον

[in-sufficientdata]

#ἐπιούσιον is a word that’s only ever used in the Lord’s prayer#with extreme controversy surrounding its translation#i suspect the joke here is that this post forces the reader to do a bunch of linguistic research#only to not come up with a conclusive answer#mimicking the experiences of those who built the tower of babel#this has been another installment of overexplaining jokes until theyre not funny anymore with autistics via @exbeekeeper​

[visionaryness]

ok but you just saved my ass 30 minutes of research by explaining the joke and now i can laugh at it sooner you didn't make it not funny you made it funny faster

[nusky01]

Don’t mind me, I’m looking to expand my social media presence to promote my essays. Hey, check out Nusky.substack.com if you’re into ancient history.