Tine Rassalle
@tinerassalle.bsky.social
Adjunct professor, archaeologist, researcher of Jewish and Christian history, video gamer, museum studies, technology. Immigrant. PhD from @UNC
One of the institutions I work for is looking for a new Religious Library Director! Come work with me in Ohio 🥰
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Employment Opportunities | MTSO
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October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
One of the institutions I work for is looking for a new Religious Library Director! Come work with me in Ohio 🥰
www.mtso.edu/about-mtso/e...
www.mtso.edu/about-mtso/e...
You still have a couple of days to sign up for my online class on Archaeology and the Bible; we start on Thursday!
www.religiondepartment.com/HBArchaeolog...
www.religiondepartment.com/HBArchaeolog...
Archaeology of the Hebrew Bible with Tine Rassalle
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October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You still have a couple of days to sign up for my online class on Archaeology and the Bible; we start on Thursday!
www.religiondepartment.com/HBArchaeolog...
www.religiondepartment.com/HBArchaeolog...
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Here's our latest pyramid scheme.
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Here's our latest pyramid scheme.
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Just published: THE GERMANIC HEROIC TRADITION IN VIDEO GAMES is the first book to explore such adaptions of its textual sources in medieval video games. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just published: THE GERMANIC HEROIC TRADITION IN VIDEO GAMES is the first book to explore such adaptions of its textual sources in medieval video games. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Rising political violence is bad, even when it happens to someone I do not like, whose views I find reprehensible.
The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.
The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rising political violence is bad, even when it happens to someone I do not like, whose views I find reprehensible.
The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.
The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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“Spiritual people use religion to become better people. Fundamentalists use religion to pretend they’re better than other people.”
— Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
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— Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
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Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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September 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“Spiritual people use religion to become better people. Fundamentalists use religion to pretend they’re better than other people.”
— Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
a.co/1TJOyIP
— Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
a.co/1TJOyIP
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Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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Looks like historians are worth $140-170k to ICE???
Reporting to all humanities departments so that they adequately pay folks at the same rate the US government thinks we’re worth even as they’re dismantling academia
Reporting to all humanities departments so that they adequately pay folks at the same rate the US government thinks we’re worth even as they’re dismantling academia
Apparently ICE is hiring a historian to help investigate human rights violations, can't imagine how that could go wrong. careers.historians.org/jobs/2164421...
Historian in Washington, DC for Human Rights Violator Law Division, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Exciting opportunity in Washington, DC for Human Rights Violator Law Division, U.S. Immigration a...
careers.historians.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Looks like historians are worth $140-170k to ICE???
Reporting to all humanities departments so that they adequately pay folks at the same rate the US government thinks we’re worth even as they’re dismantling academia
Reporting to all humanities departments so that they adequately pay folks at the same rate the US government thinks we’re worth even as they’re dismantling academia
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THANK GOD UNIVERSITIES ARE DISSOLVING RELIGION DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS DOING. BOY THIS IS GREAT!
I regret to inform you that this is a White House governmental website: www.whitehouse.gov/america250/a...
September 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
THANK GOD UNIVERSITIES ARE DISSOLVING RELIGION DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS DOING. BOY THIS IS GREAT!
Just go my free copy of "The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 2," for which I sourced and captured the images. It's over 1200 pages!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
September 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Just go my free copy of "The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 2," for which I sourced and captured the images. It's over 1200 pages!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Let's destroy natural beauty and UNESCO cultural heritage for even more decadence 😒
Mount Sinai.
'One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a luxury mega-resort'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a luxury mega-resort'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort
Egypt faces blacklash over a plan to turn Mount Sinai, a biblical site and home to the Bedouins, into hotels and villas.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Let's destroy natural beauty and UNESCO cultural heritage for even more decadence 😒
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Ubisoft has debuted a free #AssassinsCreed Discovery Tour app, available on web and mobile. This strips away gameplay elements, allowing users to explore medieval Baghdad, complete research missions, and access a huge codex of historical info.
www.ubisoft.com/mirage-medie...
www.ubisoft.com/mirage-medie...
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ubisoft has debuted a free #AssassinsCreed Discovery Tour app, available on web and mobile. This strips away gameplay elements, allowing users to explore medieval Baghdad, complete research missions, and access a huge codex of historical info.
www.ubisoft.com/mirage-medie...
www.ubisoft.com/mirage-medie...
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Add to the "jobs I interviewed for and am now glad I didn't get hired for" pile.
But also, OLLU, a Catholic, Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, is cutting the Spanish major? Hard times indeed...
But also, OLLU, a Catholic, Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, is cutting the Spanish major? Hard times indeed...
Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
An OLLU representative confirmed to KSAT that 16 degree programs were discontinued, leaving affected students less than six months to realign their academic plans.
www.ksat.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Add to the "jobs I interviewed for and am now glad I didn't get hired for" pile.
But also, OLLU, a Catholic, Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, is cutting the Spanish major? Hard times indeed...
But also, OLLU, a Catholic, Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, is cutting the Spanish major? Hard times indeed...
It's like opening a Fallout shelter 😍
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Exclusive | Surreal Cold War-era bunker asks $8.5M in Las Vegas — offering every comfort for the end of the world
Some 30 feet below a two-story house near the Strip lies a surreal bunker with murals and faux sky cycles to live out the apocalypse in comfort.
nypost.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's like opening a Fallout shelter 😍
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I need some help translating this Chinese text into English. It’s from the base of my mom’s 19th-c umbrella stand. Thanks in advance.
September 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I need some help translating this Chinese text into English. It’s from the base of my mom’s 19th-c umbrella stand. Thanks in advance.
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Trump Day 228: Trump announces Department of War, administrative officials to be armed, no more compensation for flight delays, gun ban for transgender people contemplated, ‘references to Republicans redacted from Epstein files’, 12th death in ICE custody: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-22...
Trump Day 228: Trump announces Department of War, administrative officials to be armed, no more compensation for flight delays, Trump considers banning transgender people from carrying guns, “references to Republicans redacted from Epstein files,” twelfth death in ICE custody - Reporters Online
New decisions from Trump, and new fallout. An overview of day 228.
reportersonline.eu
September 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trump Day 228: Trump announces Department of War, administrative officials to be armed, no more compensation for flight delays, gun ban for transgender people contemplated, ‘references to Republicans redacted from Epstein files’, 12th death in ICE custody: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-22...
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Let's review another painting together, another one by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this time the 'Boerenbruiloft' (farmer's or peasant's wedding) from c. 1567.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
September 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Let's review another painting together, another one by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this time the 'Boerenbruiloft' (farmer's or peasant's wedding) from c. 1567.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
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Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
An OLLU representative confirmed to KSAT that 16 degree programs were discontinued, leaving affected students less than six months to realign their academic plans.
www.ksat.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
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Why are so many university cuts targeting Religious Studies…? New article in CHE quoting @vox-magica.bsky.social & others = www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Religious Studies Is in Trouble
As colleges plan to make cuts, departments in this field are finding themselves on the chopping block.
www.chronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Why are so many university cuts targeting Religious Studies…? New article in CHE quoting @vox-magica.bsky.social & others = www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Aaaaah!!
Step into the heart of Medieval Baghdad—right from your phone.
📜 Uncover rich, immersive history
🦅 Explore 9th century Baghdad
📱 Experience it all for free, anytime, anywhere
Launching today for free: the Discovery Tour App – Medieval Baghdad
#AssassinsCreed
📜 Uncover rich, immersive history
🦅 Explore 9th century Baghdad
📱 Experience it all for free, anytime, anywhere
Launching today for free: the Discovery Tour App – Medieval Baghdad
#AssassinsCreed
September 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Aaaaah!!
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I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of
In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist (and gamer) on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real life
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September 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
It's been a busy couple of weeks for Ancient Near Eastern archaeologists. Here's a 🧵:
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...
Monumental Dam from Time of Biblical Kings Uncovered
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered the largest dam ever constructed in ancient Israel. Dated to the reigns of kings Joash and Amaziah
www.biblicalarchaeology.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's been a busy couple of weeks for Ancient Near Eastern archaeologists. Here's a 🧵:
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...
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In await of #archInk2025, sharing past work
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
September 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In await of #archInk2025, sharing past work
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
I'm watching KPop Demon Hunters and I absolutely love it 🙈 it's like looking into the future of pop culture
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'm watching KPop Demon Hunters and I absolutely love it 🙈 it's like looking into the future of pop culture