I just managed to properly do the mental math and that conversation must have been back in 2019, which means it was happening as we were hearing the news from Halle. What I need you to understand is this: none of the old men would let any of us take their place at the door.

An honest Unetanneh Tokef, something that's been coming to me over the last few years... spore.social/@jondresner/...

I'm sure there's a joke to be had about repentance and suffering from the fact that I am spending tomorrow marking exams and then in a workshop on digital research infrastructure. But a meaningful fast to everyone who will be better occupied.

Going to sleep when things get hard isn’t a sign of depression!! It’s prophetic!!

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

I deeply relate to Jonah because I, too, would rather be swallowed by a whale than have to talk to people even though talking to people is literally my job.

And we cannot argue with science.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

I'm a historian of religion. I think ritual purity is a problematic and mostly misunderstood concept, but sewage systems are sexy.

JOB> University of Toronto - Religions of Transnational East Asia networks.h-net.org/jobs/69189/u...

I am suddenly overcome with a craving for Spaghetti-O's.

remember, bun:

This may take, as Lawrence Oates famously observed, "some time."

Entirely too relatable.

"Do you think your calculator really wants to see boobies?"

it’s time 🧛

Fucking FINALLY.

Post a banger that's not in English. youtu.be/YnopHCL1Jk8?...

Right, I don't know enough sports Swedish and the woman in the bar next to me is speaking super fast, what's LFCa done to get her so animated? Other than losing to Palace?

When you look up the expression "that's not a bug it's a feature" you get this post

"We are Jewish professors, staff, students from universities across the US. We hold various views about Israel, Palestine, student activism . But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our communities” docs.google.com/document/d/1...?

Just noting, for the record, again, that Cheyfitz himself is Jewish (with kids living in Israel) and that many of the faculty being targeted for these actions are Jews, in case you were wondering whether any of this is GoodForTheJews(tm)

It's that time of year when I do my periodic update of books available for review in Literature & Theology. Instructions on how to request a book are found via the link in the very top row. This is LAST CALL for books published in 2023. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

THE MEME IS REAL

Offered without comment, can you honestly say you don't want to leave one?

Talk about nominative determinism--this seems almost... predestined.

Wow. I wonder if Dale was the one who came up with the famous SUPERMAN (1978) tagline, "You'll believe a man can fly." I wouldn't be surprised. What a life

It was a good day for Pride.

Something that always bothered me as faculty was that colleagues didn't use the perks of the academic career track to make good trouble. They would say academia is so much better than "industry" because of academic freedom, but then it was always "Well, not until after tenure."

Well don't I feel stupid

Big Bird Puppeteer Job Posting: “I want you inside me”

Phallic fallacy: the tendency to attribute gravitas and expertise to persons with more masculine presentation at the expense of their femme colleagues.

@alana-m-vincent.net is recording the next episode of @hugohistory.bsky.social with me on Sunday. We're discussing James Blish, A Case of Conscience. I've just done my first-draft writeup of a plot summary and...it's so long! So many things going on!

it is once again shut the fuck up shabbos

When people say they want the country to follow "Biblical values," they always mean hating queer people and never mean canceling everyone's debts after a certain period of time.

Yizkor about to start

Here’s my brief introduction to the Race & Class in UK Religious Studies and Theology project I’m co-convening with Dulcie McKenzie and Caroline Starkey. Do join us for the project launch on Wed 1st October to hear more.

How has Teams managed to become even more user hostile and how is it still somehow a preferred document sharing platform?

The Crank Case by Ford Ford Ford

When there is a thread that includes posts with muted words, those muted posts should not break the damn thread.

Ljónið, Nornin og Skódinn. The Lion, the Witch and the Wartburg.

TURN US AND WE SHALL RETURN (to our tents). RENEW US AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD (when we lived in tents).

OK, but the cinnamon buns they serve at work are less good than the ones from the French bakery downtown and if Cinnamon Bun Day is always on a work day I can't go to the bakery downtown.

How soon did we start asking “if Gedalia were alive today would he fast for you?”!

This may actually be my most cancellable Jewish opinion.

Ruin a book with a car: Are You There God? It’s Me, Mazda