Another first day of school and another chance to make the world a better place for this little girl ❤️

Did Hegseth say what would happen to those in military who cant maintain certain physical fitness standards? Because I can think of one commander in chief who is not passing the test

There are lots of differences… but a number of important similarities between the recent memorial service and the media coverage of Pat Tillman in 2004

My lovely daughter is almost 2 years old and her speech is coming along so well. She does have a hard time pronouncing the “S” in words that begin with that letter. She’ll normally swap the sound for a “K” This makes asking for socks very strange.

This doggo is definitely anti-fascist

I’m writing a public-facing piece on my childhood church (which I still have close family links to) and their alarming demonisation of political enemies from the pulpit. Their hatred has made them incapable of empathy for the other, leading them to march to the CA State Capitol 1/

Somebody watched that @netflix.com show and didn’t want to get caught

Zichro L'MAAPACHA May his memory be for the revolution ❤️‍🔥 The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence, was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +

A politician saying they prayed, or referencing their faith, is not Christian nationalism. Christianity of various expressions in our civic discourse is not Christian nationalism. Claiming the above is as equally invalid as claiming Christian nationalism is just “loving Jesus and the US.”

Read @krishk.com's response to the "Christian Heritage" speech in the House of Commons. www.csbvbristol.org.uk/2025/07/27/a...

Stop what you're doing and read this extraordinary essay by Rümeysa Öztürk: "I am free, but my true freedom is interlinked with the freedom of many women I lived alongside in ICE prison."

As a kid, I was fascinated with the lost colony of Roanoke. These colonists disappeared and they were thought to have either been brutally massacred OR assimilated into a neighbouring indigenous people group. The only clue was a single word carved into a tree: Croatoan. This likely was a reference…

Exactly. Neither can you access free childcare hours for working parents.

These targeted ads are getting wild

Can’t believe the Torries are doing this again! We REALLY need to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social in power.

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Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One theonion.com/every-t...

Applying for jobs is honestly one of the most soul-draining things. Getting harassed by scammers can be quite fun, especially when you can successfully rickroll them.

Our colleague @brandonhurlbert.bsky.social is heavily involved in this online conference running next week. Do have a look and sign up if you are interested.

If the last 10 years have taught me anything, it’s that it can always get worse.

Do these people hear themselves?? Might as well just confess they never actually read the Orwell book they were so thirsty for and proudly declare, “War is peace”

Earlier this year @teachlearnwar.bsky.social and myself published an article examining the British media coverage of the Iraq War at the 20th anniversary. I imagine it'll make for some relevant reading today... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Well super glad the research project I’ve been unsuccessful in getting funding for — religion, the Bible and Iraq war — has absolutely nothing to contribute today.

Christian religious leaders have a moral and ethical obligation to use the little clout we still have in society and offer it up at the altar of the God who died for the poor. Melt ICE with the fire of Pentecost.

A very cute card from my daughter but I’m going to have nightmares from this

It can only be called a preemptive strike if it’s from a particular region in France. Everything is else is just a sparkling start to a war

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Top class political commentary about the LA protests here.

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Obligatory reminder that Sen. Cassidy, in explaining his decision to vote to confirm RFK Jr., stated that RFK Jr. had committed that "[i]f confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes." This... is a change.

I talked with the Washington Post about our new report describing big changes in the global religious landscape www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Authoritarians look for an excuse to deploy troops against civilians. Do not give it to them. The power of nonviolence is that it can expose the cruelty that steals all of our humanity.

This is really going to mess with some historians and religion scholars in the future

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

Sad to hear Walter Brueggemann has died. News comes from biographer Conrad Kanagy (his book on Brueggemann: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/review-and...). I've read numerous Brueggemann books & learned a lot. Glad I got to meet him several years ago.

WATCH: “You stand in my church. You promised me.” A Minneapolis pastor confronts the chief of police about helping ICE

'This week, archaeogaming expert and ancient history podcaster Lexie Henning discusses gamifying history and the future of humanities teaching.' pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...

Search committees—I’m begging you to remember how you got your TT job 20 years ago with having only published a book review.

Has anyone checked on Aaron Sorkin lately? The dude probably just melts when he turns on the news

This is a really common belief but... Jerome absolutely understood the translation choice he made (from קרן, “radient”, to cornuta, “horned”). In fact, in his commentary on Ezekiel he wrote: "Moses’ face had been glorified, or as it says in the Hebrew, horned." A 🧵 on translation & its afterlives

Germany paved the way for officials--often descendants of Nazis-- to police Jewishness in service of a narrow Christian Zionist vision of what Judaism is and isn't allowed to be, often over the objection of, you know, Jews.

Here’s your v important reminder that the story of Esther, among other things, is about the corrupting nature of imperial power. Esther & Mordecai mimic the actions of Haman, becoming the very evil they fight against. In the end, they also commit a genocide. So ya, maybe the name is appropriate. 🤷🏻‍♂️

For literal decades, the Christian right fought tirelessly to get their ideologues onto the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade. Now with that victory, they simply abandon all pretence of caring for life and rule of law.

A new blog post up today, pushing further on my ideas about how political rhetoric often (intentionally) blurs the line between ontological and moral monsters. (And just to be clear - that's a fake image, and a perfect example of how we create monsters.) www.brandonrgrafius.com/blog/monster...

Can anyone point me to SLA studies about the benefits or disadvantages of using transliteration in introductory language courses?

He will also have to file taxes! Does the pope actually take a salary though ?

Say what you will about this administration, but it’s doing wonders for my imposter syndrome