Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It’s the first Friday in November and it feels like summer here in North Dakotaland with temperatures soaring into the upper 50s beneath hazy skies. It feels like football outside and I can almost hear Ohio State’s TBDBITL. 

I’m sneaking out West today for a quick surveillance trip through the Bakken with my trusty camera and notebook at my side. Look for images next week!

Otherwise enjoy a little list of quick hits and varia:

• Digenis Akritis.

• Medieval Muslims on Ancient Egypt.

• How do you know when society is about to fall apart?

• Maybe the answer is in the endless Dirk Obbink drama?

• American and the Fall of the Roman Republic.

• The politics of casting Cleopatra.

• Hearing Corwin Hall (also live).

• Blank Screen: Don DeLillo’s The Silence. 

• There is No Truth, There is Only Workflow.

• Is it Bandcamp Friday?

• The Waldan Heritage Collection.

• California Audio Labs Alpha Tube Analog Processor (DAC).

• What I am reading: Edward González-Tennant, The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence (2018). 

• What I am listening to.