I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com. Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.

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Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire

The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae thinks I’m working too hard.

Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!

Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

Another great way to help out the food banks and get a little something (or a lot of something if you’re like me 🫣) in return!

If you’re free tomorrow at 8am US Eastern / 1pm CET, come talk with me about the Byzantine apocryphal reception of Onesimus! genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...

Join us on Friday, November 7 for @nasscal.bsky.social’s First Friday Workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov on “Textual Fluidity in the Coptic Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles”!

Everything's bigger in America... When I was given the chance by Basic Books to translate and adapt my 2022 Dutch biography of Diogenes they said they wanted more Diogenes and to their credit did not blink when in the end I gave them as much as 50% more.

Trump Touts Productive Call With Putin About Ballroom Sconces https://theonion.com/trump-touts-productive-call-with-putin-about-ballroom-sconces/

Dr. Phyllis Tribble 1932-2025 Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012) www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...

It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!

Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR

Excellent piece by @fishkin.bsky.social! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Sweet Lord, this is absolutely appalling. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

October 20, 460 CE: Death of poet & Augusta Aelia Eudocia. The daughter of a rhetorician, she was married off to Theodosius II but never stopped writing or reading. We have 3,000 lines of her poetry today, which Brian Sowers trans. in an open access volume in 2020. chs.harvard.edu/book/sowers-...

Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.” Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party” Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.” NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.

»No Kings«-Bewegung gegen Donald Trump: Millionen Menschen bei Massenprotesten: Von New York bis San Francisco: An mehr als 2600 Orten in den USA haben sich Menschen versammelt, um gegen die Politik der Trump-Regierung zu protestieren. Experten rechnen mit mehreren Millionen Teilnehmern – und…

Charlottesville No Kings at 2X speed.

Wahoowa!!!

Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...

WAHOOOWA www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Outstanding turnout for UVa’s rally to reject the compact today.

Seen on the Lawn.

Happening now at UVA!

New letter out this morning from 40 UVA Law professors in opposition to the compact.

Today at noon, UVA folks!

Tomorrow at noon, UVa folks!

And USC rejects the compact! Four down, UVA to go… www.president.usc.edu/2025/10/16/u...

Tomorrow at noon, UVa folks!

Penn rejects the compact!!! www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Like others, this journalist emphasizes the wrong issues with the compact, but the piece ends on the right point. “Because once research, speech, and scholarship require political permission, the price of funding is freedom itself.”

*Rally against the #Compact - Friday, October 17 at noon at the Rotunda. #UVA DO NOT SIGN! DO NOT FOLD!

Again: the importance of Religious Studies Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

This Friday! Come for the UVA rally, stay for the @rarebookschool.bsky.social open house! #Charlottesville #Cville

Seen on Grounds.

Seen on Grounds.

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

I found the war on Christianity

I wish UVa were the first to respond in this way! But I’d still be super happy if our interim president followed Sally Kornbluth’s lead. This is an excellent response. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...