Fans from several countries participating in the World Cup must deposit up to $15,000 in bond payments to be granted a tourist visa to enter the United States, while organiser FIFA is privately pressing the Trump administration to make exemptions for players. @adamcrafton.bsky.social

I think the call for political messages in art is self-defeating for this reason. political art is likeliest to work if the underlying artistic work is successful as art, which is only likely if the artists focus (heavily if not exclusively) on the art itself as art.

new position: University Professorship in Egyptology at Freie Universität Berlin #Egyptology

Just a reminder that this is coming up next week... at Lincoln Center

The mark of the beast goes WHERE?!? #maklelan3174 youtu.be/-s6CGBLmPMk

well helloooooo brill.com/view/journal...

The public sent more than 35,000 comments about President Trump’s planned White House ballroom project to the National Capital Planning Commission. More than 97 percent were critical, a Post analysis found. https://wapo.st/47taaBJ

not only that, if you are an Elements author you get lifetime access to the *entire* Elements library! interested? hit me up! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

"We demand that ICE and CBP be dismantled," retired United Methodist Bishop Minerva Garza Carcaño said at the rally.

"Most kids who enter adult prison at 16 don’t have... a parent’s voice echoing in their head. They don’t have an internal compass strong enough to counter what adult prison rewards: aggression, dominance, emotional numbness, and violence as currency."

Quick plug: I’ll be presenting at the "New Insights into the Hebrew Bible" conference March 20–22. Join me and 12 other scholars for a deep dive into Genesis. Register by Feb 28 to save up to 25%. bartehrman.com/nihb

“We have this narrative that explicit misogyny is something from the ’50s and ’60s, and what we have now is like implicit bias and microaggressions… misogyny is still out there in science and in academia, it’s just perhaps behind closed doors.” 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

Breaking News: The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. trading partner. nyti.ms/46kvngJ

If you have access to the Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies database, the new article by my Belmont colleague Ann Coble, "Bible and Climate Change," is now available -a great new resource! www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book! RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/

Trump’s cuts to your health care are funding ICE’s terror.

Get the ebook of Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace for $5.00 from 19–22 Feb. when you use code BHM26. buff.ly/y3gipTu #BlackHistorySBL26

Takamitsu Muraoka (1938-2026) paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/taka...

An amazing essay by art historian Dr. Denva Gallant. 😇 hyperallergic.com/all-about-lo... for @hyperallergic.com

Regius Professorship of Greek at University of Oxford www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL776/r...

Congrats to our collaborators @worldlyscribe.bsky.social, Giorgia Nicosia, @madalinatoca.bsky.social, and Adrian Pirtea for their articles in the newly published thematic issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies (co-edited by Marion). Several in Open Access! brill.com/view/journal...

New piece: From body cams to masks to independent investigations of recent shootings, the public supports a wide range of major reforms for ICE/federal agents www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...

Two Minnesota school districts and a teachers union asked a judge to order federal officers to stay away from schools, alleging that the nation’s largest immigration operation has spilled onto campuses, affecting attendance statewide, according to a lawsuit.

America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers. And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate. Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.

If you are working on Asian or Asian American approaches to biblical interpretation, we would love to see your work. Please consider submitting a paper proposal for the 2026 SBL Annual Meeting. See the call for papers below!

Applications due this Sunday, February 1!

We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000. Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026. More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...

My book published by T&T Clark is finally out. See the link below! amzn.to/46j7mGL

GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this. “This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”

Breaking News: The chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, to appear in court on Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt.

A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB

The change of heart.

A certain number of “regular” White folks realizing the corrupting nature of white supremacy and state violence is a start. Hopefully it sticks this time.

this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying

The results of an independent autopsy for Renée Good show the mother of three sustained gunshot wounds to her left arm, right breast and head after she was shot by an ICE officer. https://wapo.st/3ZqShix

The Department of Theology at Marquette University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in New Testament beginning August 2026. employment.marquette.edu/postings/242...

It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This is tyranny,” Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general, told our columnist Lydia Polgreen as she was reporting from Minneapolis. “We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door.”

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Minnesota braces for federal troops amid immigration protests. And, Trump asks nations to buy into a new U.S.-led board of peace to manage Gaza and other world conflicts.

fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?

Congratulations to @gorgiaspress.bsky.social author Jamal-Dominique Hopkins on the publication of the paperback edition of his important work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Order here and save 20%! www.gorgiaspress.com/cultic-spiri... #deadseascrolls #paperback #newbookrelease

Jan. 18, 1926: Fascist Italy enacts a law requiring that place and family names in the ethnically German region of South Tyrol be “Italianized.” The city of Bozen is now Bolzano; Kastelruth becomes Castelrotto; and similar names “deformed by foreign orthography” are changed. 1/2

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Review: This fascinating slice of history is long overdue for a biopic, but you probably never would have expected one that looks like “The Testament of Ann Lee.”

Excited to see this happening, and a huge THANK YOU to @drewjakeprof.bsky.social for seeing this through!!

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days Tuesday. n.pr/4aSM6uK

In Minneapolis