Dr. Rachel Schine

idk when they'll sleep but they'll figure it out...

I requested a bunch of chapters through interlibrary loan this morning. They all just came in some 10 hours after I placed the requests... courtesy of the University of Tasmania's ILL services. Man, I love international research collaboration.

They could just do this at night. Iftar, second Iftar, elevensies (PM), pre-suhoor, suhoor, second suhoor, done.

I swear that one wasn’t me! And also likewise!!

As soon as he’s better lol

Exaaaaactly

I love it when folks make my job easy. Doing a book manuscript review rn and this book is gonna be so freakin' fire I cannot wait for you all to get a chance to read it and learn from it.

Perhaps diaspora communities should be given grace and also not granted the presumption of special knowledge or influence around shit happening in the old country, as a general matter.

Coffee, straight out of my nose.

Tiny groggers for dogs is my pitch here, btw.

I hate how dumbass politics-pilled we’ve all become I just looked at my dog and said “so Kristi Noem is the closest thing you have to Haman, isn’t she?”

nope still that

Sure!

I would take all of these though

Lol I can send it your way! It’s not my usual course, I borrowed it from a colleague temporarily but the syllabus was my revamp :) and I had a lot of fun!

Sorry wait you can teach me how to live a worthwhile life??? Please share.

Fiiiiine:
1. Intro to Islamic Civ
2. Islam in Africa & the African Diaspora
3. Making Middle Eastern Identities (Arabness, ethnogenesis, and minority cultures course)
4. Islam & the Body
5. What is Religion?
6. Beyond the 1001 Nights (history of Arabic popular literature and culture course)

The design of a flying phoenix on the rim was frequently represented on vessels and tilework of this period. The motif was derived from China, most likely transmitted on prestigious silk textiles.

Ceramic dish with deer, phoenix, and lotus blossoms https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.742

1. Potions
2. Wishcasting 101
3. Strange Magick: A Survey
4. Anatomy of Newts: Not Just Eyes! (interdisciplinary Gen Ed, this one enrolls a ton of STEM majors)

Oh wait you were serious?

Names of Athenian Triremes: Investigating Group Cohesiveness and Social Identity in the Athenian Navy of the 4th Century BC - Journal of Maritime Archaeology The set of inscriptions known as the Naval Inventories of Athens (IG II2 1604–IG II2 1632) provide a wealth of information regarding the state of the Athenian navy in the fourth century BC. The inscri...

I guess I didn’t wake up thinking I needed to know the names of the 279 named triremes ⛵️in the 4th century BCE Athenian navy, but it appears we all do. link.springer.com/article/10.1... I do like that 3.58% had animal names like Λεοντῆ (lion skin) and Λέαινα (lioness). Greek epigraphy is fun! 🪦

I'm so sorry--if it's any consolation, I now know way more about Maine (one of our less populous and less notable states) than I ever wanted to *and I'm one of ~them~*

Mais oui. 😭

It’s only a world war if it comes from the World War region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling shitshow.

Not to my knowledge! Just a procrastinator apparently 😬

One of my text chains with a friend rn is just a running tally of number of countries technically involved. I think we're at 16? When do we decide it's "worldwide?"

that definitely helps!

It’s a no-lose situation!

The great thing is that you can use it to not write and then your house is cleaner!!!

It’s an older book so hopefully someone did the slapping already!