Antifa ist überall.

Just days after a far-right majority in the Dutch parliament asked the government to designate “Antifa” as a “terrorist organization”, far-right “protesters” shows yet again that they are the real threat to public order in the Netherlands.

Anti-fascistisch is een democratische ondergrens, net als anti-authoritarian, toch?

Zecharia Sitchin would say: I told you so...

Nothing screams "First day back on the job", like urging colleagues everywhere to delete their Academia Dot Edu pages. Which I'm about to do myself as soon as I got coffee in me.

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

I finally finished "Fingerprints of the Gods" and am looking forward to read how Hancock in later books explains why the world hasn't ended yet...

Er zijn veel soorten Romeinse amuletten. Dit piepkleine steentje is aan de voorkant gegraveerd met magische afbeeldingen, zoals een slang die in zijn eigen staart bijt en een magische cirkel vormt. Op de achterkant staat in het Grieks: ‘Verteer!’ Een amulet voor buikpijn dus. Object RMO, Leiden 🧿/3

If you're in there, register here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

And also: "Of course from some angles Christianity does looks like a business, but then from many angles a dolphin looks like a fish. It swims, eats and lives like a fish but there’s an important difference. It suckles its young."

Rhea is back with a new book review! @eancients.bsky.social reviews @mbinzurich.bsky.social, "Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2019). Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

So maybe they should not have illegally used our books?

Interessante #religion Stelle in Basel! stellenmarkt.bs.ch/kbs/job/deta...

For the #IAHR Krakow crowd: I'll be here the entire week to talk about theorizing history and religion.

honderdduizend hartjes voor @alainverheij.bsky.social

I'm working on some of the classics, but I'm unfortunately not loving this one...

Would anyone have a pdf of this book for me? www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Would you know any good publications on the function of b/w images in non-fiction and/or academic books after the 1950s/1960s? #history

To whom it may concern: There is an open acces Anti-Autocracy Handbook (2025) calling to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. Download: zenodo.org/records/1569... #academia #academicchatter #academicSky

Private viewing today of a variety of artefacts from late antiquity in the @chesterbeatty.bsky.social collections! From Coptic amulets and monastic papyri, to Ephrem's commentary on the Diatesseron, the Medinet Madi material, and the Panopolis papyri!

We'll have a private viewing today of some 4rd and 5th century manuscripts in Dublin! Finally some time alone with the Manichaeans viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image...

Less ambition in Ambizione

Question for those who know many American #conspiracy theories: do Colin Powell's satellite images "proving" WMD in Iraq show up somewhere? Or is it "just a detail" lost in nefarious intentions?

4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot

In less than two weeks, I'll be hosting this @researchireland.ie New Foundations event @chesterbeatty.bsky.social and @dublincityuni.bsky.social! Very much looking forward to working with a fab team on ideas about 'home' and the late antique artefacts in Beatty's collections!

there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3

it's here! it's here! @vox-magica.bsky.social's amazing new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is live and ⚡free⚡ to download for the next two weeks! get it! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Jullie weten natuurlijk al lang dat deze nieuwe wetten over het strafbaar stellen van illegaliteit zowel moreel als praktisch problematisch zijn. In het Noelhuis zetten we ons al 37 jaar in voor mensen zonder papieren. En dat blijven we doen. noelhuis.nl/gastvrijheid...

OMG, a PhD in Asterix Studies!!!! HELL YEAH!

Would any of my US colleagues have access to the archive of National Enquirer?

late antiquity nerds! @vox-magica.bsky.social's awesome new Element is scheduled to drop *this week* so bookmark now so you can get your ~free~ download when it hits! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Wir suchen Vorstandsmitglieder! www.benevol-jobs.ch/en/volunteer...

Can anyone access the first two pages of this article online? journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

The Hobbit, of course!

Tomorrow, I'll be interviewed again for a professorship. This is a great honor, but it also comes with a lot of work! I'm looking forward to giving these two talks (see titles below) and meeting the students!

Can someone please take me there?

Professor (W3) of New Testament & Ancient History of Religion, University of Osnabrück, Germany. FT or PT/tenured. Focus incl. NT and Christian-Jewish Studies. Required ability to teach in English, membership of a Protestant Church. Deadline 30 June. www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

Are you a scholar of religion with a passion for public scholarship? Want to share your work with an enthusiastic, global audience hungry for deeper learning? We’re inviting scholars to give lectures in a live Zoom series hosted by Religion for Breakfast. More here! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Would anyone know how to access the National Enquirer from March 17, 1974? #research

Wat heeft Faber nou eigenlijk bereikt? Dagblad @trouw.nl: Enkel dat de bestempeling van kwetsbare mensen tot zondebokken voor alles, hun reducering tot cijfers en “gelukszoekers” en het illegale afpakken van mensenrechten nu als normaal beleid beschouwd worden. En niet meer als moreel schandaal.

Wat Miriam Krekel uit Amsterdam zegt. Het kritiekloos verspreiden en opblazen van leugens over migratie en asiel valt sommige media hoe dan ook aan te rekenen.

De hedofascist wil, anders dan de fascist uit de jaren dertig, geen offers brengen maar eist vrijheid. Uiteraard gaat dit om een zeer specifieke vrijheid voor een specifieke groep: de vrijheid om te kunnen blijven genieten, dat wil zeggen om te kunnen blijven consumeren, vervuilen, discrimineren...

I have a few words on why John North (who died at the weekend) was so important in the study of Roman religion. tinyurl.com/bdezvkdm

It's a sunny day at my Alma Mater!

Would anyone have a #pdf of Martin Riesebrodt's "Theses on a Theory of Religion" 2008 for me?

Möchten Sie diese Ausstellung in Ihrem Umfeld zeigen? Wir sind auf der Suche nach Museen, Cafés und Debattierzentren, um unsere Arbeit zu präsentieren! #aargau #schweiz #religion

Look at this aesthetic... Very well done!

Junior Researcher & Lecturer at the Ethnographic Museum in Zürich #jobs jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...