Lauren K

PhD ancient history, amateur lover of biology; full of opinions. Enjoys typos + dogs dressed as dinosaurs. (she) also @
violetconflict. bsky. social

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

Sometimes I'm sad that I will never be as funny as my student who, in response to a Latin quiz question asking them to decline a 2nd declension noun, wrote: "no thanks"

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

When we posted this a couple of weeks ago, we had some AI enthusiasts insist that this diagram was the result of poor prompting, or that the prompt that the original poster made was to generate a funny, bad diagram. So we decided to test ChatGPT's capability...

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

A Montreal company is staffing 'Alligator Alcatraz', what the fuck. Can we get a protest going or something?

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

Montreal-based ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ security contractor posts jobs for armed guards https://t.co/b86pXfEv9Z

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

Is there anything more depressing these days than reading about the history of measles? We could have had it all etc etc

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@apollojustus @eknielsen Please know that I paid no attention to this when I scrolled past it (other than appreciating the A+j+ kangaroo picture) but when I got to the picture of the dog I was like OH YES NAME IT ROO. and only THEN saw that it was originally in response to the q. So, objectively correct

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

Governance via ChatGPT

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Sure it’s not surprising. But it’s heartbreaking that this is our reality. https://t.co/t3weqvLfih

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

Voting is already happening and I can't find a website, position statement, CV... heck, even an article about the NDP candidate in my riding. What are they DOING???

[Nico Perrino @NicoPerrino]

This is an extraordinary letter from the federal government to @Harvard. It goes far beyond anything the Obama and Biden administrations did in their unlawful Title IX dictates.

The feds are essentially demanding Harvard become a vassal institution. In such an arrangement, there will be no free speech or academic freedom rights, and there will be ideological litmus tests for who gets hired or admitted.

Not only do these demands ignore the process for adjudicating alleged Title VI violations, they are fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment.

The feds cannot condition federal funding on a private university giving up its First Amendment rights.

This is big government "conservatism," plain and simple.

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

The answer is always, of course, both

[holden m. accountable @noahpasaran]

future historians debating whether dow jones, nasdaq, and S&P 500 were three separate gods of ancient America, or just three aspects of the same god

[Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand]

Anyone, anyone.......

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@meddiss The number of otherwise kind, thoughtful people I have spoken to who genuinely believe that the reason they don't have a job/the job they want is because of DEI hiring is truly shocking

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@WayToGoPaul How is this even a question. This is so bonkers

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

Oh great! I'm sure there weren't a lot of people around to expose to measles....... at a hockey game in Montreal

[Santé Montréal @santemontreal]

AVIS À LA POPULATION | Un cas confirmé de rougeole a été déclaré à la #SantéPubliqueMTL.

Durant sa période de contagiosité, la personne a fréquenté le Centre Bell de Montréal le 3 mars 2025, entre 17h30 et minuit.

➡ https://t.co/sWSa7X1ZZd

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@TVietor08 At least he's making the Trump-aligned Conservative leader here tank in the polls!

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@seeshespeak Kosher pizza - salami and LOX??

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

In 2015, along w Bryan Grenfell and colleagues, we discovered an exceptionally strong relationship between measles epidemics and all cause childhood mortality - following outbreaks of measles, child mortality was increased for 2-3 years.

2/

https://t.co/s7JhPZZHZb

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

I just really did not need more material for my "this is how white supremacists use Roman history" lecture, thanks

[the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing]

have never seen this called a “Roman salute” before this year and now all the media has just agreed to call it this? fuck off with this

[CAC SCÉC @cac_scec]

York University recently announced that admissions to the Classics and Classical Studies programs have been suspended for Fall 2025. Classical Studies colleagues and students at York would be grateful for letters of support.

How you can help: https://t.co/4PIYOmqlWT

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@meddiss Boar's tusk helmets are RIGHT THERE!

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@KatieMSandlin wow, I RT something and look away from Twitter for ONE DAY...

I'm sorry you're getting suck awful replies (and sorry this is all happening in the first place) - your unfailing politeness is impressive.

Best to you!

[Lauren K @violetconflict]

@meddiss Oof, that's terrible.