podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... What is the “Great Speckled Bird” in the Bible? And is there a great speckled bird in the Bible? A discussion with Martin Strong of Roy Acuff’s classic gospel/country song and the Hebrew words that in the Septuagint became not a bird but a hyena.

Haters say “do it the right way,” but we're being arrested at our green card appointments. “What risk did the community face from my client who... is the caregiver to his 17-year-old son, works, pays taxes, has no criminal history and was applying for a green card."

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... Under discussion: The Great Speckled Bird by Roy Acuff & Gospel music with Martin Strong. Also under discussion: does a speckled bird appear in Jeremiah 12:9? Or a hawk? Or a hyena? Not under discussion: Kevin Eng’s beautiful version of the Great Speckled Bird.

Like reading a confession—brainwashed by monetized techne, we have no need for sophia. It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Universities | The Guardian share.google/m4lvluONHWK6...

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... Under discussion: The Great Speckled Bird by Roy Acuff & Gospel music with Martin Strong. Also under discussion: does a speckled bird appear in Jeremiah 12:9? Or a hawk? Or a hyena? Not under discussion: Kevin Eng’s beautiful version of the Great Speckled Bird.

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:

But on issues such as respectability and morality, I think you should judge people by their deeper, more important actions. That doesn't mean how they dress, but how they treat others on a more meaningful level. I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.

If you have not read it, please do - this will allow you to understand any future plans

Come on, @nytimes.com. There is a massive scandal brewing that Russia authored the purported American "peace" plan and *these* are your headlines on what is happening?

Beyond parody and comprehension.

UBC and SFU PIH chapters are partnering with us to host a Global Health Case Competition — built by students, for students. Happening next Sat, Nov 29th. If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social

The lecture by Sarah Johnson, followed by a lively panel and question period has now been posted. Join in on what was a terrific night of thoughtful engagement! youtu.be/fxF9lkJUR14

Tomorrow night! At St Mark’s College in person or streaming live wherever you are. Based on Sarah’s new book with Oxford UniversityPress and featuring a great panel with Nick Meisl and Alisdair Smith. www.eventbrite.ca/e/occasional...

Tomorrow night! At St Mark’s College in person or streaming live wherever you are. Based on Sarah’s new book with Oxford UniversityPress and featuring a great panel with Nick Meisl and Alisdair Smith. www.eventbrite.ca/e/occasional...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

MAGA when asked for a single piece of evidence

this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

This podcast also contains information on hollowed out turnips with candles in them which, to my mind, makes it necessary listening. Unless you know everything you need to know about turnips and purgatory.

This podcast also contains information on hollowed out turnips with candles in them which, to my mind, makes it necessary listening. Unless you know everything you need to know about turnips and purgatory.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... What’s the origin of Halloween? How’s it connected to All Saints Day? All Souls Day? What about Samhain? I didn’t cover everything, but I did, with the help of Nicholas Roger’s book “Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night,” cover a lot! Don’t be scared!

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

Doug Ford: master of psyops

The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish. The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy

“It’s sort of like, my worst fears realized, to be frank," a women's studies scholar at Ohio University told Jezebel of the East Wing demolition. www.jezebel.com/trump-bulldo...

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed" Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

the ballroom will never be built and he’ll just pocket whatever money he collects because he is a grifter first and foremost

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... How to respond to the Christian Nationalism of Stephen Wolfe, Douglas Wilson, and Pete Hegseth? Steven W. Tyra does it with close readings of the Bible and the concept of dominion and with the same close readings of Calvin and Luther. The episode is available now!

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... How to respond to the Christian Nationalism of Stephen Wolfe, Douglas Wilson, and Pete Hegseth? Steven W. Tyra does it with close readings of the Bible and the concept of dominion and with the same close readings of Calvin and Luther. The episode is available now!

Not throwing shade at a reasonable question, but to what extent is the USA functioning under the rule of law? Who will stop him from doing anything he wants? What legal or illegal means to him?

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

October 21 is the Feast Day of Saint Ursula. She is the patron saint of teachers & students, but also, when her 11,000 maidens were killed by the Huns, they turned into ghosts and then haunted them into fleeing. And that’s what you call a Hunny trap (sorry). www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

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Valuable reporting here. I think the key thing is the use of Venezuela to accustom American armed forces to lawless murder. The goal then is to get them to do the same thing inside the US. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls display a keen interest in the Israelite priesthood. Robert E. Jones' look at the Aramaic Levi Document reveals that this may have to do with the shifting fortunes of the priesthood in the 3rd cent BCE! www.ancientjewreview.com/2025/10/17/hellenistic-context-aramaic-dss

The weather was damp but the spirits were bright at the #NoKings march in downtown St. Louis. To be Catholic is to care for the poor, the immigrant, and the marginalized. So I dutifully put in my Roman collar and rain coat and headed downtown for democracy.

“I hope that if anyone sees this video and is disturbed by it, that what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark.” Grateful for the prophetic witnesses in our midst. baptistnews.com/article/unit...

amazing how you can write about culture professionally and still have no idea what’s going on in the world

Hopeful that Jesus can fix Luke 6:20 for Buckley’s Chance: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” It’s apparently influenced the Pope and now how can he believe in God with the Pope following Jesus’ words? #DilexeTe

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god