Brandon Hurlbert
@brandonhurlbert.bsky.social
Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Durham University | Research associate for Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence | podcast w/ The Two Cities
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University of Nottingham is scrapping the course that trained the guy who created #TheTraitors theme music
Oops on the timing there, Nottingham!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oops on the timing there, Nottingham!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
University of Nottingham is scrapping the course that trained the guy who created #TheTraitors theme music
Oops on the timing there, Nottingham!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oops on the timing there, Nottingham!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Very fitting to learn about Cheney’s death as I turn in edits for an article about using the Psalms during the Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very fitting to learn about Cheney’s death as I turn in edits for an article about using the Psalms during the Iraq War
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October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Going to apply cause it actually meets the new skilled worker visa requirements
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Going to apply cause it actually meets the new skilled worker visa requirements
Another first day of school and another chance to make the world a better place for this little girl ❤️
October 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another first day of school and another chance to make the world a better place for this little girl ❤️
Did Hegseth say what would happen to those in military who cant maintain certain physical fitness standards? Because I can think of one commander in chief who is not passing the test
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Did Hegseth say what would happen to those in military who cant maintain certain physical fitness standards? Because I can think of one commander in chief who is not passing the test
There are lots of differences… but a number of important similarities between the recent memorial service and the media coverage of Pat Tillman in 2004
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There are lots of differences… but a number of important similarities between the recent memorial service and the media coverage of Pat Tillman in 2004
My lovely daughter is almost 2 years old and her speech is coming along so well. She does have a hard time pronouncing the “S” in words that begin with that letter. She’ll normally swap the sound for a “K”
This makes asking for socks very strange.
This makes asking for socks very strange.
August 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My lovely daughter is almost 2 years old and her speech is coming along so well. She does have a hard time pronouncing the “S” in words that begin with that letter. She’ll normally swap the sound for a “K”
This makes asking for socks very strange.
This makes asking for socks very strange.
This doggo is definitely anti-fascist
August 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This doggo is definitely anti-fascist
I’m writing a public-facing piece on my childhood church (which I still have close family links to) and their alarming demonisation of political enemies from the pulpit. Their hatred has made them incapable of empathy for the other, leading them to march to the CA State Capitol 1/
August 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’m writing a public-facing piece on my childhood church (which I still have close family links to) and their alarming demonisation of political enemies from the pulpit. Their hatred has made them incapable of empathy for the other, leading them to march to the CA State Capitol 1/
Somebody watched that @netflix.com show and didn’t want to get caught
Trump announces that he’s having a 90,000 sq ft event space added to the White House
July 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Somebody watched that @netflix.com show and didn’t want to get caught
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Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Zichro L'MAAPACHA
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
May his memory be for the revolution ❤️🔥
The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence,
was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
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A politician saying they prayed, or referencing their faith, is not Christian nationalism.
Christianity of various expressions in our civic discourse is not Christian nationalism.
Claiming the above is as equally invalid as claiming Christian nationalism is just “loving Jesus and the US.”
Christianity of various expressions in our civic discourse is not Christian nationalism.
Claiming the above is as equally invalid as claiming Christian nationalism is just “loving Jesus and the US.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A politician saying they prayed, or referencing their faith, is not Christian nationalism.
Christianity of various expressions in our civic discourse is not Christian nationalism.
Claiming the above is as equally invalid as claiming Christian nationalism is just “loving Jesus and the US.”
Christianity of various expressions in our civic discourse is not Christian nationalism.
Claiming the above is as equally invalid as claiming Christian nationalism is just “loving Jesus and the US.”
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Read @krishk.com's response to the "Christian Heritage" speech in the House of Commons.
www.csbvbristol.org.uk/2025/07/27/a...
www.csbvbristol.org.uk/2025/07/27/a...
A response to Danny Kruger’s recent speech in the House of Commons – CSBV
www.csbvbristol.org.uk
July 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Read @krishk.com's response to the "Christian Heritage" speech in the House of Commons.
www.csbvbristol.org.uk/2025/07/27/a...
www.csbvbristol.org.uk/2025/07/27/a...
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Stop what you're doing and read this extraordinary essay by Rümeysa Öztürk: "I am free, but my true freedom is interlinked with the freedom of many women I lived alongside in ICE prison."
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Stop what you're doing and read this extraordinary essay by Rümeysa Öztürk: "I am free, but my true freedom is interlinked with the freedom of many women I lived alongside in ICE prison."
As a kid, I was fascinated with the lost colony of Roanoke. These colonists disappeared and they were thought to have either been brutally massacred OR assimilated into a neighbouring indigenous people group. The only clue was a single word carved into a tree: Croatoan. This likely was a reference…
July 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
As a kid, I was fascinated with the lost colony of Roanoke. These colonists disappeared and they were thought to have either been brutally massacred OR assimilated into a neighbouring indigenous people group. The only clue was a single word carved into a tree: Croatoan. This likely was a reference…
Exactly. Neither can you access free childcare hours for working parents.
A lot of you keeping failing the moment because it should be part of pushing back against this rhetoric that you clearly note that MANY OF US CANNOT ACCESS ANY PUBLIC BENEFITS!!!!!
I’m disabled and I can’t access shit! I’ve had “No Recourse for Public Funds” on my visas for the PAST DECADE.
I’m disabled and I can’t access shit! I’ve had “No Recourse for Public Funds” on my visas for the PAST DECADE.
July 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exactly. Neither can you access free childcare hours for working parents.
These targeted ads are getting wild
July 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
These targeted ads are getting wild
Can’t believe the Torries are doing this again! We REALLY need to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social in power.
Feeling slightly thrown for a loop finding out about recent changes to the skilled worker visa late last night and not reall seeing much chatter about it elsewhere…
But again, most British citizens do not care about immigrants, so shouldn’t be surprised 😮💨
www.ein.org.uk/news/major-c...
But again, most British citizens do not care about immigrants, so shouldn’t be surprised 😮💨
www.ein.org.uk/news/major-c...
Major statement of changes to the Immigration Rules raises Skilled Worker thresholds and ends overseas recruitment of care workers
138-page statement of changes to the Immigration Rules begins White Paper's "complete reset" of the immigration system
www.ein.org.uk
July 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Can’t believe the Torries are doing this again! We REALLY need to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social in power.
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Only 4 hours left to get your tickets! Join us online at 2pm BST for the start of our Scandalous Scholars conference.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
Scandalous Scholars: Is there rightful use beyond wrongful acts?
The Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, in partnership with the Cateclesia Institute, announces its 7th annual research conference.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Only 4 hours left to get your tickets! Join us online at 2pm BST for the start of our Scandalous Scholars conference.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
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Today is the FINAL DAY to sign up for our Scandalous Scholars research conference starting online tomorrow at 2pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
Scandalous Scholars: Is there rightful use beyond wrongful acts?
The Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, in partnership with the Cateclesia Institute, announces its 7th annual research conference.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today is the FINAL DAY to sign up for our Scandalous Scholars research conference starting online tomorrow at 2pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
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Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One
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June 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One
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Applying for jobs is honestly one of the most soul-draining things. Getting harassed by scammers can be quite fun, especially when you can successfully rickroll them.
June 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Applying for jobs is honestly one of the most soul-draining things. Getting harassed by scammers can be quite fun, especially when you can successfully rickroll them.
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Our colleague @brandonhurlbert.bsky.social is heavily involved in this online conference running next week.
Do have a look and sign up if you are interested.
Do have a look and sign up if you are interested.
Only a few days left to sign up for our online conference beginning on 1 July. Join us as we explore legacies of abuse and the ethics of engaging with scandalous scholars.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandalous...
Scandalous Scholars: Is there rightful use beyond wrongful acts?
The Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, in partnership with the Cateclesia Institute, announces its 7th annual research conference.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our colleague @brandonhurlbert.bsky.social is heavily involved in this online conference running next week.
Do have a look and sign up if you are interested.
Do have a look and sign up if you are interested.