honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

New issue of Religion in the Roman Empire Vol. 11, No.2 (2025) www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/rel... @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social The Epigraphy of Roman Religion: Problems and Solutions @ericorlin.bsky.social @elericousins.bsky.social

This is shameful. The Security Cabinet has chosen territory over the hostages. They have chosen ethnic cleansing over justice. They have chosen forever war over peace. Every Jewish organization that cares about Israel's future & desires peace in the region must reject this plan. buff.ly/9RtPnVP

Among the fascinating discoveries from Masada was what seems to be Herod's stash of garum Acc. to chemical analysis, it was made of anchovies & herring, two kosher fish This resonates with Pliny (NH 31.95) who says kosher garum existed, though he flubs the details www.academia.edu/17375034/Fis...

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

A lot of people like to dismiss racism as insubstantial to material realities but we’re watching a nation burn trillions of dollars in wealth to entrench a racial system of domination.

We keep writing about this destruction without getting to the core of it. “White Americans who are racially resentful towards Blacks, hold negative views of immigrants, and believe that whites are being discriminated against are especially likely to hold anti-democratic beliefs.”

THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

The news of this blatantly unconstitutional arrest should send a chill down the spine of anyone who cares about democracy. Illegally detaining a student (and threatening to revoke their green card) because of their protected free speech will not make Jewish students on campus safer.

CFP reminder: submit a paper to present with SAMR at AAR/SBL 2025! We have two calls: one on religion in the high Roman Empire in honor of Frederick Brenk, and the other on emotional dimensions of religious violence. Proposals are due March 25th! www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Con...

This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

Today's extract from Serving the Reich. What makes it worse is that I don't even need to add any explanatory comment, do I?

A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.

Need your help pulling together some information about what Reps and Senators are telling constituents in their districts about DOGE talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/need-...

Apropros of nothing, I’m reupping my @theemancipator.org article arguing that the so-called “anti-DEI movement” is a segregationist movement, and journalists should state this clearly. There is no need to help evil by adopting their language. theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...

Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...

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I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."

Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...