VT just closed its religious studies department.

“Syracuse University paused admission to 20 majors in the College of Arts and Sciences without faculty input” dailyorange.com/2025/09/coll...

this exists it is called thinking

"what are your research plans for the upcoming year" have you never heard of the evil eye

In London last week, I remembered what it's like to live on foot. There's magic in the spaces in-between, which one can only see while walking. American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...

In London last week, I remembered what it's like to live on foot. There's magic in the spaces in-between, which one can only see while walking. American politics has many pathologies, but some (I suspect) stem from cities made for cars rather than people...

Whenever I see a TV news clip now, I feel like I'm watching the opening scenes of a zombie movie where the broadcasters are "getting reports of individuals acting in a disturbing fashion" right before the apocalypse breaks out

the numinous normal (Oxford, 2025)

Oxford glow

Oxford at dusk

sarcastic Mary / London religion

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political theology in the field: Labor Day / #NoKings

pro-worker, #NoKings: Labor Day in Tallahassee solidarity > tyranny! @aflcio.org @uff-fsu.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisibletlh.bsky.social

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This beautiful book is now out! It's freely available as an open-access ebook (thanks to funding from @templetonrelig.bsky.social): www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

.....two weeks ago there were radioactive wasps....today there are radioactive shrimp.....which part of the animal kingdom is gonna be radioactive tomorrow

Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide. This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?

Who had "radioactive wasps" on their apocalypse bingo card?

me: please i need to sleep my new sleeping pill: ok but your body can’t know about it tomorrow

I'm definitely borrowing some of these ideas (with attribution)!

quiet scenes on the Panhandle coast

(In case it needs repeating: yes, covid remains a serious disease. The evidence is clear that there's still lots of it around, and - as I now know - even a mild case can cause lasting harm. Please look out for each other!)

Visiting scholar in environmental humanities at Princeton, with religion listed as an area of special interest. Deadline October 31, 2025.

After catching covid in March, my recovery has been extremely slow. Although I'm tired of feeling terrible all the time, I'm grateful that I can convalesce on Florida's Panhandle coast. It's a special place.

After catching covid in March, my recovery has been extremely slow. Although I'm tired of feeling terrible all the time, I'm grateful that I can convalesce on Florida's Panhandle coast. It's a special place.

also clock the way that "elite" is being used as a stand-in for a cultural position and not economic and political resources.

🪩 deadly disco by Terry Guyula 🪩 This track is pure magic - smooth synthpop sung in Liyawulma’mirr-Djambarrpuyngu, a Yolŋu language from remote Northern Australia. Do yourself a favor and give it a spin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeB6...

🪩 deadly disco by Terry Guyula 🪩 This track is pure magic - smooth synthpop sung in Liyawulma’mirr-Djambarrpuyngu, a Yolŋu language from remote Northern Australia. Do yourself a favor and give it a spin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeB6...

When I first did an actual search engine search, all on my own, in 1995, using Alta Vista or some such, I felt like I'd landed on the moon. When I've entered the essay questions I assign to students into ChatGPT to see what it'll spit out, I've felt like I wanna do a murder. Vibes = very different.

The other is that, if you recognize something now happening to many people in many places was already happening to some people in some places, you can find out how those people have fought back against it and minimized harm and learn from them So there's both a solidarity reason & a strategy reason

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

We are all Cole Palmer. #wth #mood

“Flexible schedule” in academia means you are free to work whenever you feel guilty.

Journalists, don't use this framing ("despite"). It's objectively confused. The whole point was that to achieve effects beyond named parties you need to use the class action mechanism and not universal injunctions. This "consistent" with the SCOTUS decision. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

i'm not "over the word limit" i'm embodying an abundance mindset

This is a devastating loss - for Indiana and for the nation. It is also anti-democratic, in its origin and in its effects. "The language was added into the state’s budget bill at the 11th hour without public comment or debate."

This is a devastating loss - for Indiana and for the nation. It is also anti-democratic, in its origin and in its effects. "The language was added into the state’s budget bill at the 11th hour without public comment or debate."

how it feels to scroll past stupid and/or offensive posts wo engaging

David Newheiser, UFF-FSU member reflects on how public institutions, like our national parks, can be a force for good. It's a reminder of what we can achieve when we invest in our shared resources. 🇺🇸 Read more: www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025... #FSU #AcademicSky #USA #Tallahassee #NationalParks

Later today I'm chairing a webinar for the American Academy of Religion @aarweb.bsky.social on the crisis of the humanities - and what we can do about it. It's at 3pm Eastern (US) time, and registration is free. Here's the link to register: papers.aarweb.org/roundtable-s...

Republicans' proposed cuts to higher ed are a part of a desired social engineering scheme to increase inequality, close off opportunity, and saddle more people with debt for longer. newrepublic.com/article/1970...

Time to make some sorbet! 😋

This is so true, so much of the time.

So sweet! 🥰

This is not normal. showyourstripes.info/b/northameri...