I wonder if anyone else has found that the display on a Macbook is making their eyes swim since upgrading to Tahoe. I’ve done everything to minimise liquid glass, but still find it hard to use for more than a few minutes at a time.

Respectfully, @theguardian.com : the island is only “remote” to those who assume that the capital city is the basis for all perspective. To islanders, London is the remote place.

Day 1 of “The ‘Other’ and ‘Empire’ in Christianity: Postcolonial Readings of Late Antique Literature,” a small conference/workshop organised by Classics and Ancient History at Durham University (www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...). This has been a superb meeting so far.

Good to see our Head of Department, Simon Oliver, here, representing @durhamtheology.bsky.social and @durhamcathedral.bsky.social as Durham joins UNESCO’s Network of Learning Cities www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Two fully paid PhD positions at Lund University! One in Hebrew Bible and the other in Jewish studies, focus late antiquity. Gorgeous location and gorgeous colleagues. Don't sleep on this! (Set filter to HT to access these two in particular.) lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies

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Here’s my brief introduction to the Race & Class in UK Religious Studies and Theology project I’m co-convening with Dulcie McKenzie and Caroline Starkey. Do join us for the project launch on Wed 1st October to hear more.

The last week has seen the release of three U.K. university league tables and @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been ranked 1st in all of them. www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

Now available: my new book co-authored with computer scientist Dr. Ankur Gupta. The title is REAL INTELLIGENCE: Teaching in the Era of Generative AI. The book is open access (i.e. free), published by PALNI Open Press.

Ranked first for T&RS.

Good see @durham-university.bsky.social ranked at #5, up a place from last year. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

It is wonderful to see Douglas Davies from @durhamtheology.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social honoured for his incredible work. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

New digs (or, really, the view from my new digs). @durhamtheology.bsky.social (also, not sure if “digs” translates for non UK readers …)

I’m sorry that I couldn’t be at this year’s @bntsoc.bsky.social in person, with such a great line up of papers, many representing important interventions and disruptions in the field. This week is my first in post @durham-university.bsky.social @durhamtheology.bsky.social and I have to be in Durham

Anyone here living in New Hampshire? I'm looking to fill a show in or near Portsmouth NH on Friday 17th October for Iona Fyfe! If you know any halls, concert promoters, venues or bars looking for a Scottish folksinger and pianist, please comment! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

What an opening session line up! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

UK: What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has the answer: "Respirators would have dropped the rate of COVID transmission by an estimated factor of 9, compared with 0.6 for surgical masks. A factor of 9 is enough to put SARS-COV-2 into exponential decay! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks to Emily Dugan and the Sunday Times for exposing this aspect of how Maeve died from ME. A Devon County Council cover up. Maeve was taking them to judical review, dying in the attempt. Devon County Council may have learnt nothing from the inquest. I have learnt a lot about them. 1/4

The Scotsman: “Charities quit SNP Government's Long Covid network over 'broken promises' as £4.5m fund not spent” ‘Long Covid Scotland and Long Covid Kids have quit a Scottish Government network’ www.scotsman.com/health/chari...

So many of us living with long covid have no idea if this is our soon-to-be fate. One of the reasons we talk about it so much is we don’t know how long we’ll have to do so. Saddened to hear of yet another advocate losing their life.

New job: Associate/Full Professor, Endowed Chair in the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Times and Contemporary Media University of California - San Diego jobs.h-net.org/jobs/68946

Reupping this job ad too - applications due 9/1!

Edited version of BBC 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell phone-in (53 mins) on the DecodeME results. Professor Chris Ponting explains the findings, and callers share how stigma, misdiagnosis, and severe illness have shaped their lives with #MECFS. youtu.be/U9mc8lWvF-w?...

I hope it is okay to share this version of The Hollow Man by @marillion.com The song has been in my head for the last few weeks, triggered by the cynicism of our politics, especially at the international level (but an optimistic coda below). It is from the 1994 album, Brave. youtu.be/t-tXbVLe8-I?...

I interviewed Dr Rob Wüst about his team's new study comparing effects of exercise on people with ME/CFS and Long Covid vs effects on healthy controls who were deconditioned after 60 days of bedrest: virology.ws/2025/06/04/t...

@curwen01.bsky.social gave a presentation at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo about her @leverhulme.ac.uk project connecting music-evoked narrative imaginings and synaesthesia! #musicscience

Departmental Lecturer in Classical Arabic Literature at University of Oxford www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY803/d...

Nothing says “vacation” like being able to kick back with a good book.

Some important news from the Netherlands on scientific evidence, benefits and #ME/CFS. Let’s hope this gets strong coverage @georgemonbiot.bsky.social : you may be interested in this. youtu.be/2spHCW8Ki8c?...

We are seeking an intern to write about Britain for The Economist. The successful candidate will be given challenging, exciting work straight away. Interested? Apply by July 18th

The 3 year post funded by my @leverhulme.ac.uk Major Research Fellowship is now being advertised, now that the transfer of the grant to @durham-university.bsky.social @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been completed. Please share with exceptional candidates. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Some wonderful research fellowship opportunities have just been advertised, associated with the collections at @durham-university.bsky. @durhamcathedral.bsky.social @durhamtheology.bsky.social durhamcollections.org.uk

A great introduction piece to the work of @katherinemcdon.bsky.social in @durhamclassics.bsky.social. There are close ties between that department and @durhamtheology.bsky.social; reading this highlights how fruitful these might be. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Joyous, clever, quirky rhymes about numbers that are also gorgeously produced (analog heaven, indeed). @riesinclair.bsky.social and The Wonder Club. open.spotify.com/show/4y5GVNF...

@durham-university.bsky.social is advertising a professorial position in Pre-modern Heritage Collections. An exciting post in an amazing department, with close connections to @durhamtheology.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK253/p...

Unfortunately this is paywalled 😡 But the summary will give you the essence... Cövid is terrible for infants💔💔 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I shared this news yesterday in my own feed, but here is the post from @durhamtheology.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social . Thanks for all the kind messages

We announce the appointment of Professor Grant Macaskill as our new Lightfoot Professor of Divinity. He will join our leading Department of Theology and Religion this September. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @durhamtheology.bsky.social @grantmacaskill.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce that Professor @grantmacaskill.bsky.social will be joining the Department in September as our new Lightfoot Professor of Divinity. Find out more on the appointment here 👉https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2025/05/lightfoot-professor-of-divinity-appointment/

I took this photo recently while out on the bike. It is unfiltered; the fields had recently been limed.

Tonight’s sky is still beautiful

For those who may be looking for Master’s level study by distance, here is some information about the new flexible programme offered by @abdndivinity.bsky.social . There is also a residential M.Th. on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/new-...

‚(…) articles in recent months claiming that social media are driving diagnosis of ADHD and accounts of chronic illness, and books by doctors (yes, even doctors) hypothesising that the problem facing an increasingly sick population is actually “overdiagnosis”.‘ #LongCovid

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID. "Long COVID was defined as the presence of patient-reported symptoms 180 days after COVID-19, the authors said." First study: gh.bmj.com/content/10/4... Second study: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.