Stuart Weeks
@stuartweeks8.bsky.social
Hebrew Bible academic, NE England.
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Follow me here to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the tidal Thames.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Follow me here to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the tidal Thames.
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
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New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
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Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
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"The oddity of the late 2020s is that the populist right has given the centre and centre-left a lifeline"
Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against
geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against
geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
geoffmulgan.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"The oddity of the late 2020s is that the populist right has given the centre and centre-left a lifeline"
Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against
geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against
geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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“A system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Privatisation has made a Dad’s Army of the state
The market-oriented approach has left services hollowed out while generating huge profits for private companies
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“A system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 82nd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, got elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama...
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 82nd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, got elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama...
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This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
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Love killing off all the religion departments just as christofascism sweeps the nation.
“Paused” majors at Syracuse include Classics, Modern Jewish Studies, and Religion, as well as French, German, Italian, Russian
September 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Love killing off all the religion departments just as christofascism sweeps the nation.
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I appreciate the way this article about Charlie Kirk highlights the role of algorithms and information bubbles in the different perceptions people have of him.
wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/w...
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We are remembering two different Charlie Kirks
The way we see Charlie Kirk, his life and death, and indeed, nearly everything, is determined less by the facts than by our personal paradigms. Less by the truth than by our algorithms. This past w…
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September 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I appreciate the way this article about Charlie Kirk highlights the role of algorithms and information bubbles in the different perceptions people have of him.
wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/w...
wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/w...
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Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
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The firing of Jimmy Kimmel due to government pressure has rightly shaken those committed to free speech. Entertainers have always criticized politicians. The sign of a good politician who values free speech is to let them; only authoritarians take revenge - just ask the Romans./1
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel due to government pressure has rightly shaken those committed to free speech. Entertainers have always criticized politicians. The sign of a good politician who values free speech is to let them; only authoritarians take revenge - just ask the Romans./1
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I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
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This is hilarious.
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is hilarious.
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I'm in my mid to late 40s. I grew up in the west end of Newcastle in 80s and 90s. I moved to London in 1998. I look on at wazzocks saying multiculturalism has failed and I just keep wanting to ask
'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'
'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I'm in my mid to late 40s. I grew up in the west end of Newcastle in 80s and 90s. I moved to London in 1998. I look on at wazzocks saying multiculturalism has failed and I just keep wanting to ask
'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'
'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'
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The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇
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@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇
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My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
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Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
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September 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.
September 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.
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We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library
Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout:
1. you have works published in or before 2022
2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov
1/2
1. you have works published in or before 2022
2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov
1/2
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout:
1. you have works published in or before 2022
2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov
1/2
1. you have works published in or before 2022
2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov
1/2
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This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
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I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
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Friends who work with old (and illegible) manuscripts: Do you know of software where I can put in PDF digitizations of manuscripts where I can play with contrast/tone/saturation etc globally (not just page to page)?
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Friends who work with old (and illegible) manuscripts: Do you know of software where I can put in PDF digitizations of manuscripts where I can play with contrast/tone/saturation etc globally (not just page to page)?