Rick Brannan
@rickbrannan.com
Data Architect/Data Wrangler. Doer of ML/MT and AI thingies. Translator of Lexham Press' "Apostolic Fathers." Mastermind behind the "Lexham English Septuagint." Now working on Baylor Handbook for Shepherd of Hermas. He/Him.
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Rick Brannan
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· Dec 6
Fragments of Christianity: Fragmentary Witnesses to Early Christian Liturgies, Hymns, Homilies, and Prayers
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Hello, newer followers! I thought I'd mention my last book, "Fragments of Christianity: Fragmentary Witnesses to Early Christian Liturgies, Hymns, Homilies, and Prayers." It has introductions, transcriptions, and translations to 30 papyri (5th cent. & before. (1/2) amzn.to/4iqOj1V #EarlyChristianity
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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.
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NASSCAL
North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature
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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
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Reposting for an innumerable number of reasons.
<$250k grants from Tyler Cowan and the Stripe founder guy if you can come up with a “new aesthetic” for the 21st C. Hmmmmm ok! Hope one of my friends gets this weird money. newaesthetics.art
A Call for New Aesthetics
A Call for New Aesthetics
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December 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposting for an innumerable number of reasons.
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Assistant Professor (Classics and Religious Studies) Job Opening in Boston, Massachusetts - Insight Into Academia
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December 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Assistant Professor (Classics and Religious Studies) Job Opening in Boston, Massachusetts - Insight Into Academia
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This isn't a popular idea. This is an *elite* belief. There's no mass of voters who recoil from impeachment like this. Majorities wanted him convicted the last two times, and the same would easily poll >50% today. The handwringing about the sacred presidency is DC-driven, it's not voter-driven.
The popular idea is that removing a president to replace him with a non-criminal president from his party, and usually elected on his ticket, is a coup.
Do governors/mayors get replaced by number 2s all the time? Yes. There's poli sci work on this, the power of the presidency blinds people.
Do governors/mayors get replaced by number 2s all the time? Yes. There's poli sci work on this, the power of the presidency blinds people.
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This isn't a popular idea. This is an *elite* belief. There's no mass of voters who recoil from impeachment like this. Majorities wanted him convicted the last two times, and the same would easily poll >50% today. The handwringing about the sacred presidency is DC-driven, it's not voter-driven.
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This isn't even true! A plurality (approx 1/2, within the margin of error) of voters in swing DISTRICTS support impeachment! freespeechforpeople.org/poll-a-plura...
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This isn't even true! A plurality (approx 1/2, within the margin of error) of voters in swing DISTRICTS support impeachment! freespeechforpeople.org/poll-a-plura...
Lest you wonder, today I have commenced a review of οτι.
I've felt like crap since the evening of the 24th (sore throat, congestion, cough) but feel human enough to begin down this road.
I've felt like crap since the evening of the 24th (sore throat, congestion, cough) but feel human enough to begin down this road.
I have a choice between working on review of οτι/ινα in the Shepherd of Hermas handbook, or watching Die Hard.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
December 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Lest you wonder, today I have commenced a review of οτι.
I've felt like crap since the evening of the 24th (sore throat, congestion, cough) but feel human enough to begin down this road.
I've felt like crap since the evening of the 24th (sore throat, congestion, cough) but feel human enough to begin down this road.
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After several days of intense anti-corruption protesting by thousands of Bulgarians, demanding accountability and transparency, the government of Bulgaria has resigned. Never believe protest doesn’t matter.
December 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
After several days of intense anti-corruption protesting by thousands of Bulgarians, demanding accountability and transparency, the government of Bulgaria has resigned. Never believe protest doesn’t matter.
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New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
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Bribery = Impeachment. Says so right in the Constitution. The Trump v US ruling does not protect Trump from this consequence. Keep the pressure on Congress to act and uphold their oath.
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bribery = Impeachment. Says so right in the Constitution. The Trump v US ruling does not protect Trump from this consequence. Keep the pressure on Congress to act and uphold their oath.
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
Still trying to figure out why we're putting up with this 💩💩.
Trump branded 'broken man' as he goes on Christmas Truth Social rampage with over 100 posts - The Mirror US
Trump branded 'broken man' as he goes on Christmas Truth Social rampage with over 100 posts - The Mirror US
Donald Trump was called a 'broken man' after he saw in Christmas with a rage-filled late night social media spree, taking aim at Somali immigrants and claiming the 2020 election was rigged
www.themirror.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Still trying to figure out why we're putting up with this 💩💩.
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This Christmas Eve, we pray for refugees and aliens, for homeless people and unwed mothers, that in them we may see the image of Mary and Joseph, and recognize the face of Christ. ⚓
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This Christmas Eve, we pray for refugees and aliens, for homeless people and unwed mothers, that in them we may see the image of Mary and Joseph, and recognize the face of Christ. ⚓
I have a choice between working on review of οτι/ινα in the Shepherd of Hermas handbook, or watching Die Hard.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I have a choice between working on review of οτι/ινα in the Shepherd of Hermas handbook, or watching Die Hard.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
It's Christmas Eve. OF COURSE I'M WATCHING DIE HARD.
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Every day I get on this app and Claire has created another thread that will be a fav of all time
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Every day I get on this app and Claire has created another thread that will be a fav of all time
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The 4chan-ification of DOJ’s social media account is being completed over the holidays, as foretold in the prophecy.
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The 4chan-ification of DOJ’s social media account is being completed over the holidays, as foretold in the prophecy.
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Example # 2,303,301 of a clip I'd like to show Republican friends and ask them "You do know this administration says things like this because they think you're too stupid to know that's not how it works, right? You do know it's an insult, right?"
Lutnick: "Donald Trump's economy grew 4.3%. That means that Americans overall, all of us, are going to earn 4.3% more money. We're making a raise, it's a simple way to do it."
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Example # 2,303,301 of a clip I'd like to show Republican friends and ask them "You do know this administration says things like this because they think you're too stupid to know that's not how it works, right? You do know it's an insult, right?"
How is this not impeachable?
Impeach
Convict
Remove
Impeach
Convict
Remove
The Trump administration, at the President’s personal direction, is in the process of moving every death sentence commuted by Biden to this prison. They will be isolated 22 hours a day with one hour per MONTH of contact with the outside world. In a sane court, that is cruel and unusual punishment.
absolutely harrowing description of adx supermax in colorado boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How is this not impeachable?
Impeach
Convict
Remove
Impeach
Convict
Remove
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Opportunity for someone fluent in both Greek and geek to program for the TLG project!
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December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Current status: A strong winter ale and some @chancebonar.bsky.social for mental stimulation.
December 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Current status: A strong winter ale and some @chancebonar.bsky.social for mental stimulation.
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So I hate to be That Guy, but we're entering into uncertain territory here with the Epstein Files, and it's more important than ever that we make sure we know all the facts before we blow things up.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I hate to be That Guy, but we're entering into uncertain territory here with the Epstein Files, and it's more important than ever that we make sure we know all the facts before we blow things up.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
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We’re trying to imagine the Republican freakout if literally any of this was about Obama or Biden
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We’re trying to imagine the Republican freakout if literally any of this was about Obama or Biden
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We see people saying “Republicans will never vote to impeach or convict Trump.”
To which we say:
Not with that attitude they won’t.
Our job is to remind everyone that yes, Republicans can. And yes, they did before. Because repeated messages spread, and we want to reinforce possibility over doom.
To which we say:
Not with that attitude they won’t.
Our job is to remind everyone that yes, Republicans can. And yes, they did before. Because repeated messages spread, and we want to reinforce possibility over doom.
June 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We see people saying “Republicans will never vote to impeach or convict Trump.”
To which we say:
Not with that attitude they won’t.
Our job is to remind everyone that yes, Republicans can. And yes, they did before. Because repeated messages spread, and we want to reinforce possibility over doom.
To which we say:
Not with that attitude they won’t.
Our job is to remind everyone that yes, Republicans can. And yes, they did before. Because repeated messages spread, and we want to reinforce possibility over doom.