Christian 🇻🇦

☩ || Classics PhD student
Nature, poetry, and mosquito enjoyer

𝑄𝑢𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑠, 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@snoopys_version The defense attorney has been saying "he," "him" and said that it was "one man" holding up the jury.

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Went onto r/medicalgore and saw male-pattern baldness...

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The collection is complete!

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A question from a non-mathmetician. It's my impression that most of the recent breakthroughs in math have been the discoveries of counterexamples to conjectures. Is it the case that LLMs are sophisticated enough to do this but not to develop those conjectures in the first place?

[Pinball🍎❄️🔻▐┛ @PinballWiz4rd]

“Shit I just remembered it’s 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed”

“We gotta get outta here before The Sea Peoples: Warriors of the Ancient Mediterranean 1250-1150 BC attack”

“Ok first we gotta loot Troy and Its Remains (1875) by Heinrich Schliemann ISBN-13: 978-0486280790”

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@becimay If an essential part of an institution's educational mission is to form character, and its definition of good character involves Christian values, then obviously they're only going to hire Christians. It would be stupid not to.

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@ryanburge Worth noting that Facebook has previously majorly inflated viewership numbers and had to settle a lawsuit over it.

https://t.co/4WOiOO1r5R

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He would never have let this happen to us

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

A Greek mentor told me of her first day at graduate school. Professor walks in and asks the students to conjugate εἰμί. When they couldn't do it to his satisfaction, he just walked out.

[Elena Shalneva @ShalnevaE]

My medieval literature professor -- who was both absolutely exceptional & absolutely vicious, not even trying to hide her contempt for subpar students -- threw a student out of her class once with the words: "I cannot let you taint Villon with that provincial accent." I'm guessing her approach wouldn't go down well at Berkeley of 2026.

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

My girlfriend is a better cook than him and she disagrees

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

I got to have dinner with Massimo Bottura at his incredible restaurant in Modena a couple years ago. He said something that’s stuck with me: there are only two styles of cuisine in the world, Chinese/French & Japanese/Italian. The first is all about technique and layers. The second is all about quality ingredients and simplicity.

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@big_yemm You get paid to do a PhD in the US too. In my field they fund you for twice as long as Europe.

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@siimland I did this and can confirm it worked for me.

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@0xb____ @batouposting @zackdfilms1 I don't think it's an overly legalistic interpretation at all. What is a penitent except someone sorrowful for his sins?

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@0xb____ @batouposting @zackdfilms1 One might argue that confessing a future sin means you aren't penitential and therefore aren't technically a penitent.

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@tormential @david_perell Yeah. Haven't read it in some time but I'd be not at all surprised if it's feminine there too since it's such a rich novel. I just remember that metaphor in C. 132 very specifically. My favorite chapter in the book.

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@zackdfilms1 Your video is entirely about the seal of confession.

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@zackdfilms1 Planning a future sin means you are not contrite. No contrition → not a valid sacramental confession → no seal

From the Council of Trent:

[Christian 🇻🇦 @HopkinsEnjoyer]

@HaydenSBruce @zackdfilms1 Here are a few examples of Catholic priests who were martyred for refusing to break the seal of confession.
https://t.co/ZtCjdlsY46