Janet Spittler
@janetspittler.bsky.social
Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer’s. Reposts do not indicate agreement.
If anyone else is wondering how Germans see Bovino’s Nazi cos-play…
Gregory Bovino: Trumps Grenzschutz-Kommandant im Nazi-Outfit
Die ICE-Razzien in Amerikas Städten werden von einem Mann angeführt, der aussieht wie ein Offizier aus einem Nazi-Film. Das ist wohl Absicht.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
If anyone else is wondering how Germans see Bovino’s Nazi cos-play…
Reposted by Janet Spittler
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
Reposted by Janet Spittler
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March.
www.eiec.info/home
www.eiec.info/home
EIEC
Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
www.eiec.info
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March.
www.eiec.info/home
www.eiec.info/home
Well, this is a delight. Many thanks @abigailspanberger.com for appointing serious people!
Governor Abigail Spanberger Announces Board Appointments
Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced the following board appointments.
www.governor.virginia.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Well, this is a delight. Many thanks @abigailspanberger.com for appointing serious people!
Great and good.
The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the board overseeing the University of Virginia who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to people briefed on the matter.
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Great and good.
Reposted by Janet Spittler
Let's fucking go
The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the board overseeing the University of Virginia who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to people briefed on the matter.
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Let's fucking go
We have concerns! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
A statement from 201 concerned faculty about U.Va. President Beardsley’s appointment
By acting in bad faith, the Board has flouted its fiduciary duties to the University and has violated its own bylaws calling on it to protect the University from outside interference.
www.cavalierdaily.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
We have concerns! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
Is it true that the TLG is no longer accepting credit card payments for individual subscriptions? I gotta mail a check to California?
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Is it true that the TLG is no longer accepting credit card payments for individual subscriptions? I gotta mail a check to California?
Reposted by Janet Spittler
So many of my recent pieces for National Geographic would have suffered were it not for my ability to link to the amazing resources supplied by @nasscal.bsky.social. If you are interested in early Christian literature you must check out this invaluable site.
www.nasscal.com
www.nasscal.com
NASSCAL
North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature
www.nasscal.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So many of my recent pieces for National Geographic would have suffered were it not for my ability to link to the amazing resources supplied by @nasscal.bsky.social. If you are interested in early Christian literature you must check out this invaluable site.
www.nasscal.com
www.nasscal.com
Reposted by Janet Spittler
Do you need last minute gift ideas for an enemy or antagonistic family member? Look no further: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175038/
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Do you need last minute gift ideas for an enemy or antagonistic family member? Look no further: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175038/
Reposted by Janet Spittler
The Cavalier Daily strikes again. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
"Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
"Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: An eleventh-hour presidential appointment and a community left in the dark
Furthermore, it is hard to ignore that the unanimous vote elevating Beardsley to the University’s top role was undertaken by a Board that is seemingly not legally constituted.
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Cavalier Daily strikes again. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
"Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
"Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Nag Hammadi friends: If you had to choose one “gnostic” text to read in a grad seminar on religious thinkers in antiquity, which would you choose and why? Bonus if it comes with an article that is readable for students with no Coptic and little experience with the corpus.
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nag Hammadi friends: If you had to choose one “gnostic” text to read in a grad seminar on religious thinkers in antiquity, which would you choose and why? Bonus if it comes with an article that is readable for students with no Coptic and little experience with the corpus.
If your crèche has an ox and an ass or exactly three magi, congratulations: You’re having a very apocryphal Christmas already! Tony will explain.
I will be doing a live interview via Zoom Dec. 22 on apocryphal Christmas traditions. Join in and ask me some skill-testing questions! See the image and link below for information.
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If your crèche has an ox and an ass or exactly three magi, congratulations: You’re having a very apocryphal Christmas already! Tony will explain.
Reposted by Janet Spittler
Holiday Mutual Aid:
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Holiday Mutual Aid:
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!
With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.
We take care of us.
To Give
C: $zyahnab
Venmo: Zbryant01
UVa faculty senate resolves that “any individual selected for the presidency under the current search timeline and by a Board that does not have its full complement of 17 members including 12 alumni and 12 Virginia residents should be aware…” 1/3
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
UVa faculty senate resolves that “any individual selected for the presidency under the current search timeline and by a Board that does not have its full complement of 17 members including 12 alumni and 12 Virginia residents should be aware…” 1/3
Reposted by Janet Spittler
For every democracy which has enjoyed prosperity for a lengthy period first develops by nature an attitude of discontent towards the existing order, and then looks around for a master. When it has found one, it soon begins to hate him. So was it in this case for the Tarentines.
– Polybius 8.24.1
– Polybius 8.24.1
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For every democracy which has enjoyed prosperity for a lengthy period first develops by nature an attitude of discontent towards the existing order, and then looks around for a master. When it has found one, it soon begins to hate him. So was it in this case for the Tarentines.
– Polybius 8.24.1
– Polybius 8.24.1
He’s got my vote. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2AQ...
Tom Perriello For Congress Launch Video
YouTube video by Tom Perriello
m.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
He’s got my vote. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2AQ...
Reposted by Janet Spittler
We just sent out the December edition of our newsletter! It covers the announcement of our next webinar on preventing displacement, our first ever holiday gift guide, a city bike infrastructure advocacy opportunity, the vigil for those who died while homeless, and more.
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
Livable Cville - December 2025 Newsletter
mailchi.mp
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We just sent out the December edition of our newsletter! It covers the announcement of our next webinar on preventing displacement, our first ever holiday gift guide, a city bike infrastructure advocacy opportunity, the vigil for those who died while homeless, and more.
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: A university president guarded from his constituents cannot lead them
Mahoney’s position throughout his term has been one of deference — a deference that, amidst community protests, denigrates the role of a University president as authentically representing their commun...
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
“Boys also have lower mean scores on the SAT in reading and writing, score lower overall on the ACT and have lower grade point averages in high school. “If we were going to eliminate preferences for men, the undergraduate population would skew to 65 percent female overnight,” Mitchell said.”
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
wapo.st
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“Boys also have lower mean scores on the SAT in reading and writing, score lower overall on the ACT and have lower grade point averages in high school. “If we were going to eliminate preferences for men, the undergraduate population would skew to 65 percent female overnight,” Mitchell said.”
Once again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa!
Sources say the provost search this spring was ‘unusual.’ Here’s why.
Sources qualified the search or elements of the search as “highly unusual” in large part because of the actions of Porter Wilkinson, who was at the time a member of the Board of Visitors and is now vi...
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Once again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa!
Join us on the First Friday of December for a workshop with Sam Cook on the Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha!
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Join us on the First Friday of December for a workshop with Sam Cook on the Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha!
Reposted by Janet Spittler
An election for the 2025-2027 NASSCAL Board of Directors will take place at this week's First Friday Workshop (Dec. 5). The slate of nominees can be found here: www.nasscal.com/2025/12/02/n...
Notice of Election of the 2025–2027 NASSCAL Board
The NASSCAL First Fridays workshop taking place December 5 will also be the time that we elect a new Board of Directors. Ideally, this would take place at a bi-annual meeting of the Society, but we…
www.nasscal.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
An election for the 2025-2027 NASSCAL Board of Directors will take place at this week's First Friday Workshop (Dec. 5). The slate of nominees can be found here: www.nasscal.com/2025/12/02/n...