For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For posting AI generated videos of Himself flying a Plane full of Shite

This is what democracy looks like (in Denver).

Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.

I'm a Black woman. I know democracy isn't meant for me but I've fought for it because of my ancestors who've come before me. @antheabutler.bsky.social at CU Denver event. @thejainguy.bsky.social

TODAY! Dr Anthea Butler and Dr Randall Balmer will discuss “White Christian Nationalism and the Future of US Politics.” Doors at 6:00 PM; event starts at 6:30. SCB 1600. Free and open to the public! @cudenverclas.bsky.social @antheabutler.bsky.social #whitechristiannationalism

Next on “Shameful Displays of Fascism by Billionaire Trustees of Ivy League Universities” that would be easily thwarted with real shared governance. Anyone who thinks that university admins & trustees and Trump aren’t on the same side is a fool.

Talking about the Cairo Geniza today in my Indian Ocean class. I like to think of it as the productive value of never getting around to doing that chore you were supposed to do.

Meta tried to hide that it trained its AI on pirated books. One staff member wrote: “If there is media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated, such as LibGen, this may undermine our negotiating position with regulators on these issues” Fantastic @knibbs.bsky.social story

FWIW, here's a 1970 version of that apocryphal Thomas Jefferson prayer that Mike Johnson read in the House of Representatives today. It appeared in The Cross and the Flag, the magazine of Gerald LK Smith, a white supremacist & Christian Nationalist who was America's most notorious antisemite.

A thing of beauty…x2. #notredame #sugarbowl

Fucking SEC refs. #sugarbowl

Well worth the read to understand the insane idea that billionaires are the real populists.

This fascinating new book by Sunila Kalé and Christian Novetzke shows us #yoga in a refreshingly unconventional light: its political and even militant applications over history. cup.columbia.edu/book/the-yog...

Y’all: do you think rel studies has something to offer to address major challenges in the world? Do you want to encourage the turn in RS scholarship toward more public engagement? Please offer feedback on draft AAR guidelines on evaluating public scholarship: aar.wufoo.com/forms/r1rkox... #aarsbl24

@aasasianstudies.bsky.social In light of recent videos of white supremacists carrying Nazi flags and chanting racial slurs marching in Columbus, site of the 2025 annual conference, a statement would be in order.

And for those whose work focuses on South Asia, any culture, tradition, or discipline—though likely humanities and social sciences at its core go.bsky.app/BugNwc7 This list too is a work in progress; please comment to be added or suggest adds. #southasia #academia #asianstudies #humanities

@arianam.bsky.social Thanks for the follow! Need a Jainism scholar in the starter pack? 😬🙋‍♂️

I’m honored to now hold the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Endowed *Chair* in #Jain Studies at the University of #Colorado #Denver! Thanks to the US Jain community, we will have MA fellowships, grants for students and faculty, and public programming to learn more about #jainism & Jain ethics! #GoLynx

I’m #48,838 in line for the throne. Does this make me effete?

Hot off the press! I’m super excited to dig into Tyler Williams book, If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi (Columbia UP).

Happy #MahavirJayanti! #MahavirJanmaKalyanak Mubarak Ho! In this image, Indra, king of the gods, takes the newborn Mahavir to the top of Mount Meru, the axis mundi, to give him his first bath.

I read scary stuff for a living, but this is one of the scariest things I have read in a long while. And unless stopped it is coming to every military and police department near you. This how a reality where everyone is a STEM major and nobody cares about humanity, morality, and values looks like.

Tampa! Join me at U South Florida, c/o the Bhagwan Padma Prabhu Endowment, to kick off the #Jain Community Lecture series next Wednesday (Mar. 6). I’ll discuss my forthcoming book, Reimagining Jainism in Islamic India: Jain Intellectual Culture in the Delhi Sultanate (Routledge).

A story on contemporary transnational Jainism, with some quotes from yours truly. www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...

Like all fascists, the Likud Party will burn the down the world to rule over the ashes. There is no regaining one’s own humanity after committing genocide. Nuclear weapons on Gazans will not “restore this country’s dignity, strength and security.” www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231010-isr...

Thinking about this today.

The first rule of Aimee Mann fight club is hush hush.

So if Twitter is becoming X, can Bluesky become…Twitter?

Are we getting serious on here yet? Because this is seriously an awesome project on Hindutva! @themodsisyphus.bsky.social

A clear take on recent efforts to add #caste to anti-discrimination laws, which have been increasingly muddied in the media, from the South Asia Scholar Activist Collective #sasac. via Religion News Service