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Morwenna Ludlow
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Professor of Early Christian History at the University of Exeter; Canon Theologian at Exeter Cathedral. Crafter of prose, cushions and woolly socks.

I lift my eyes to the hills.

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Morwenna Ann Ludlow is a British historian, theologian, and Anglican priest, specialising in historical theology. She is Professor of Christian History and Theology at the University of Exeter. She is known in particular for her work on Gregory of Nyssa. .. more

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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 4d
We have a PhD position open (four years, full funding):

www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Doctoral student in Religious Studies/Theology
www.umu.se

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · 4d
Hmm yes… and I was also wondering who was buying and cooking the steak and eggs.

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · 4d
It doesn’t help that many academics regularly receive what are obviously AI-generated invitations to contribute to journals: “We saw you wrote an article ‘The architect of the image: Gregory of Nyssa’s anthropology’; would you like to write for our ergonomics journal?” !!
chrislintott.bsky.social Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 5d
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5d
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.

Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.

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Your Daily Homer @dailyhomer.bsky.social · 4d
Your day will be like...

an expert chariot rider, charging across the plain, shifting his weight perfectly, a wonder to all who see him.

Iliad 15.679.686

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 5d
Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 5d
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5d
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.

Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5d
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.

It’s vibe coding, but for science.”

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9d
Okay sorry one more shot:
A police officer places flex cuffs on the wrists of a pastor at a protest. The pastor stares straight ahead, her face impassive, a green stole draped over her shoulders.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9d
A few other quick shots from the protest:
Clergy at a protest kneel in prayer as police walk behind them. Clergy at a protest pray, their breath visible amid the blistering cold. Clergy at a protest kneel in prayer, their breath visible amid the blistering cold. A police officer, his back to the camera, stands behind a group of kneeling clergy.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9d
Our very priests must become mockers if they shall encounter such ridiculous subjects as you are.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9d
’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9d
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

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Jacob J. Erickson @jacobjerickson.bsky.social · 14d
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people www.elca.org/news-and-eve...
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people
www.elca.org

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 16d
When your entire message is one of compassion and understanding, why would you engage in hate and harmful discourse? Report, block and move on is the only way. Trans people are not a debate. We are focused on finding women who feel the same: notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
notinourname.org.uk

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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 17d
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

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23d
Women's work in embroidery globally can act as a powerful form of preserving culture, heritage and identity. Examples include Hausa (Northern Nigeria) left, Palestinian tatreez (top right), Kantha (Bangladesh, West Bengal) and Ukrainian Vyshyvanka #Womensart
Four images showing different styles of embroidery, one depicting animals, others with specific angular motifs and designs

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · 23d
I’m excited to see this in print! The first fruits of a very profitable stay at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. Many thanks to them. I also have learned much from @dnewheiser.bsky.social whose careful probing of certain modes of speech has refined my own thought. Thank you!
dnewheiser.bsky.social David Newheiser @dnewheiser.bsky.social · 23d
The Journal of Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity has just published my dialogue with Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social on peaceful speech and political conflict. Since calls for civility are often weaponized, it was a gift to think this through with someone from whom I have learned so much

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David Newheiser @dnewheiser.bsky.social · 23d
The Journal of Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity has just published my dialogue with Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social on peaceful speech and political conflict. Since calls for civility are often weaponized, it was a gift to think this through with someone from whom I have learned so much

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 24d
Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended.

They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.

Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Medieval Studies to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026. As Lecturer in Medieval Studies you will contribute to the teaching of Medieval English literature and Medieval history across the Faculty, within our School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, and School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA English and BA History programmes, as well as postgraduate taught programmes in the two subject areas. This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6pm - 9pm, Monday to Friday. To be successful, you will bring research expertise in the literature, history and culture of the Late Medieval period (c.1300-1500), and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community. We would also welcome applicants who would be able to contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. Core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students. With a PhD in any area of Medieval Studies, you will contribute the Faculty’s and Schools’ research impact and culture, and to the intellectual and cultural life of the institution and the various communities and partners with whom we work and serve.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · Jan 2
Winifred Knights painted the broad sweep of the limestone cliffs at Beer in Devon in 1921 in a series of seascapes. She was still a student at the Slade when the previous year 'The Deluge,' (now in the Tate) won her the prestigious scholarship to the British School at Rome.

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NT at Oxford @nt4ox.bsky.social · Jan 2
2026-28 Kennicott postdoc Career Development Fellow in Hebrew Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Focus on classical Hebrew or cognate. FT/Fixed Term: 2 years. Deadline 2 February. nt4ox.link/Kennicott26
Job Details
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · Dec 12
Wrote this for #BBCCountryfile Mag. Rural home-to-school transport (& public transport generally) massively disadvantages & isolates our rural youth. Higher education often not possible & buses to work/ volunteering/ events reg cancelled (35 x in under 24 months) www.countryfile.com/people/opini...
“Children young as 11 were advised to walk miles along unlit, dangerous roads.” Public transport is failing rural youth – here’s why a shake-up is long overdue | Countryfile.com
Limited public transport disadvantages rural teenagers academically and socially, says author Nicola Chester
www.countryfile.com

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Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social · Dec 12
It was wonderful to meet Simon recently, and really great to be mentioned in his latest opinion piece for the @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/afa5...
Who needs a priest when you have a chatbot?
The morphing of religion from communal activity into private pursuit goes one step further
www.ft.com

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · Dec 11
She’s not a historian as such but she has a very fine historical sensibility in her writing.

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · Dec 11
Anything by Anna Pavord. (I think I remember her writing that when she had small children and she knew they were asleep and safe, she’d race to give herself a hour working in the garden. I think for many it’s about carving out their own space/time without having to leave the home.)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Dec 6
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · Dec 4
speaking of prayer and just in case you don't know it allpoetry.com/journal/8150...
Prayer, by Carol Ann Duffy by Mairi bheag at Allpoetry
Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.   Some n...
allpoetry.com

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Clare Bryden @clarebryden.bsky.social · Dec 3
A friend of mine recently started chemo. After she bemoaned the need to abstain from various foodstuffs she enjoys (especially soft cheese, but emphatically not kimchi) I wrote her this poem. She is very happy for me to post it. Words in ALT text.

#Cancer #Chemo #Diet
#Poem #Poetry #UKPoets
*You can keep the kimchi* /For Penny/ When chemo’s done, I’ll drink a sea of whole untreated milk in tea. I’ll eat a Ferris wheel of Brie, but you can keep the kimchi. I’ll feast on oysters, meat done rare, eat frites with moules marinières, break bread in molten Camembert, but you can keep the kimchi. I’ll wolf down Wiltshire ham for two, quaff casks of home-made scrumpy brew, scoff sourdough toast with Danish Blue, but you can keep the kimchi. /Bring cockles, mussels live-alive-o!/ Eggs Benedict would fill a hole or licking out the mixing bowl then gorging on a Gorgonzol- a — you can keep the kimchi. Salami, sushi, scallops, clam, smoked salmon, mayo, mousse, meringue, prosciutto, pâté, Parmesan, just kindly keep the kimchi! © Clare Bryden

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Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social · Dec 3
Slightly confusing (and also amusing) to discover that my university’s HR/finance/IT pages now have a chatbot with the same name as my younger daughter.
Do I have to “ask her”, every time I log in?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Dec 3
Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History
The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Gorgias Press @gorgiaspress.bsky.social · Dec 2
Calling all #MastersDegree and #PhD students in subjects related to our press. Remember to submit your applications for our annual book grant before the end of the year. You could win $500-worth of our titles to help your studies. Full details here. www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-book... #grants
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