Can Vance visit Netanyahu next

On Thomas (John 20): Recognition by scars is a trope in antiquity, as when the much older and changed Odysseus, returning from his wars and wanderings, is recognized by his old nurse (Odyssey, 19.353-56). Yet there is no comparable elapse of time here; so why emphasize the marks of crucifixion? 1/5

Yes this is real. The same man that read that fake message about Easter that Franklin Graham wrote and Bishop Barron clapped. Looking forward to the Christo-fascists scrambling to excuse this one.

I came across this while doing some liturgy research on the web: “While each person has [their] own spirituality & personal quest for truth & meaning, group experiences of worship are also important… (cont.)

Perhaps you need to hear Paul Robeson singing "Joe Hill" to Scottish miners. youtu.be/B0bezsMVU7c?...

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.9 billion, to $6.2 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

This is 100% true. Pay the TSA agents.

She was driving her suitcase straight toward me. My life passed before my eyes.

Does anyone other than @nytimes.com believe Israel was earnestly and optimistically wanting regime change in Iran?

41 people have died in ICE detention since the start of the second Trump administration. 12 of those deaths have occurred since January 1, 2026, roughly one every six days. Adam Sawyer and I mapped every death. Here's what the data shows. 🧵

I know the passion narratives are difficult and the problem of anti-Judaism should be addressed. I don't think Episcopalians need more excuses to avoid difficult biblical texts. We need more and better teaching and study, not hermeneutics of excision and deflection, in Holy Week and otherwise.

So "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" is never going to be one of my favorites, but you can just about make it work to the tune of Marty Robbins' "El Paso.”You’re welcome.

so @archive.org - is there an issue with the site atm?

Congress must be rolling over in their graves right now.

Columbia leaders stating that “misrepresenting identity and other facts to gain access to a residential building is a breach of protocol” now counts as brave opposition. In fact these are breaches of law, not protocol. Authoritarianism has cowed us.

Farmer Calls 4 Horses In The Distance "Probably Nothing"

If this wasn't putting the world at risk it would be funny.

I suspect that those who buy and sell the rest of us daily don't really care whether we're getting our bread and circuses from Bad Bunny or Kid Rock.

Fascists. Racists.

I don't believe the current proposals for assessing Australian universities on their response to antisemitism are commensurate with free speech, academic integrity, or for that matter constitute a genuine commitment to opposing racism in all forms. 1/4

I’ve worked with online tools up to now and am fairly tech-savvy at least for age and field. I’ve used some AI tools. My response as a pedagogue now is now to develop courses using only - at least for classes - physical books and close reading, oral exams and hand-written assessment.

Analysis | The revelation of Trump giving the UAE military-grade AI chips in exchange for a $500 million bribe could push his Republican approval rating below 95%.

also “propitiator.”

Actually @nytgames.bsky.social this was a day we needed “apotropaic” on the list.

On Feb 12 at St Mary the Virgin, Times Square, I inaugurate the Powell Lecture for @STMVNYC - "The Tabernacle and the Table: Reserving the Eucharist and Feeding the Poor." The title nods to Frank Weston's dictum: :""You cannot...worship Jesus in the Tabernacle if you do not pity Jesus in the slum."

How long, O LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? / how long shall thy wrath burn like fire? Psalm 89.45 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 446)

Contrary to some claims, the three gifts were not seen by patristic authors as representing Jesus' identity as "King, and God, and Sacrifice," as "We Three Kings" puts it. The problem lies in the confusion in later theology about sacrifice as about violence and death. 1/4

Be of good cheer. All is in order.

The actually offensive thing should be that Trump took his oath on a Bible.

So none of you told me they were 'sacrificing' life-size Pop-Tart mascots at that bowl game. I feel a bit slighted.

I didn't want to write this piece on Christmas stealing from pagan festivals because I have always thought that was a myth. BUT in researching it I realized something interesting 1/6 www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti... featuring: @praxeas.bsky.social @zafulotus.bsky.social

After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's. Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1. Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.

Basically pathetic, of course, but if they were to accept the logical corollary that guns are an addiction crisis for the USA, I'd accept it

A new 3-year JRF in Theology and Religion at Oxford, based at Trinity College. Applications due 21 January! www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Anti-Semitism is utterly vile and must be opposed unequivocally.

Initial 'D'(ixim[us]) depicting Dunstan pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs. Ouch! BL Harley 315; Canterbury Passionale; 12th century; England, S. E. (Canterbury); f.15v

We don't have to guess how an at-will public employment system will be used under Trump, because we have a de facto at-will system already in place. Under that system, here are some of the reasons you can be fired from the federal government: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...

Currently grumpy that the RCL and even the 1979 BCP lectionary include Matt 1:25 in Advent IV Gospel (noting that original Roman lectionary does not). Prior to 3 yr lectionaries, Advent IV was John the Baptist.

Now that Trump has been awarded the FIFA War is Peace Prize, we expect the FIFA Ignorance is Strength prize to be hotly contested by the members of the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures bullying their universities.

While the classics types don't like comparisons with Nero, Caligula, or Elagabalus, I must say that this guy is a big help for understanding the motivation behind "Damnatio Memoriae."

I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'd be disturbed if recent statements from the administration about Somali and Afghan people led to our making generalizations about the behavior of people from particular ethnic backgrounds. In fact, not every second-generation German migrant is a kleptocrat or a fascist.

Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

You know who I think of when I read “not a net asset to the United States,” “undermine domestic tranquillity” and “non-compatible with Western Civilization”?

If Joe Biden had claimed that he redesigned the hulls of Coast Guard cutters, we'd be way over in 25th amendment territory. With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.

As clear as day - the attacks on public broadcasters are not about bias they are about the truth.

All you Prayer C peeps...

Happy Martinmas. Thank you for laying down your arms, sharing with the poor, and refusing to use state power for religious ends. abmcg.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-sa...