James Hamrick
ancientbookshelf.bsky.social
James Hamrick
@ancientbookshelf.bsky.social
Dr. des. in old/religious things, LMU Munich. Clinical social worker. Judaism, Christianity, Ge'ez, mental health. EMDR. Practicing Buddhist.
Vote out the 4 dems who voted for the SAVE voter suppression act. Jared Golden, ME
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA
Henry Cuellar, TX
Ed Case, HI
April 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A few days after an international student was detained by immigration authorities, five other students at Minnesota State University, Mankato have seen their student visas terminated.
Five international students at Minnesota university have visas revoked
“These are troubling times, and this situation is unlike any we have navigated before,” the university president said in a statement.
www.startribune.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Couldn't buy an election in Wisconsin. #BillionaireTears
April 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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A second woman is suing the operators of a luxury downtown Minneapolis hotel alleging that its staff “were integral” in former Minnesota GOP operative Anton “Tony” Lazzaro’s repeated sex trafficking of her and other teenage girls.
2nd victim of Anton Lazzaro accuses Hotel Ivy staff of enabling sex trafficking
The woman is suing the owners of the downtown high-rise where Lazzaro trafficked at least five girls in 2020.
www.startribune.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The hungry ghost realm.
March 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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This may be Polish written in Arabic script! Part of a prayer book containing Arabic, Tatar, and Polish languages, possibly copied during the early 19th century.

Collection of Vasili Stefanyk National Library, Lʹviv, Ukraine (STEF 00608): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/608831
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Want some reading material for the big #AmazonBoycott next week, or to help explain to others why it matters?

We gotchu

microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book...
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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"Oh no, how unfortunate! 😢"

Ethiopia, 17th c. #lion #wildanimals #africananimals #walattapetros #africanart
March 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Unkraut vergeht nicht.
March 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Listening to the audio book version of Ajahn Chah's teachings in "Food for the Heart."
March 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Two upcoming adult ADHD groups in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. ADHD Mindfulness group and ADHD skills group. www.fishoutofwater.info/p/current-of... #ADHD #Minneapolis #SaintPaul
March 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Have courage
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A several-year affair with a manuscript has finally come to an end. Won't need to visit the British Library again for a while.
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
How many SpaceX failures have their been?
February 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Um, nothing involving the royals belongs under the heading "Thought provoking stories"
February 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Posted this over here as I’m collecting examples of erasure/forgetting (a topic that I’m writing a book on that now feels waaaay too timely) but please go to Threads to read more about Rose in her own voice &c —> www.threads.net/@rose_d_luna...
February 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm not sure why this is something I would need to prepare for.
January 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Love seeing interpretations of Ascension of Isaiah in Ge'ez.
January 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The ways that never parted literature is relevant for an Ethiopian context.
December 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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Headded to Naples for a fantastic workshop on Cataloguing Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscripts!

I will speak about my favourite topic - the Beta Isrsel manuscript tradition! 🤩
#Ethiopia #manuscripts #BetaIsrael
November 20, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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This teenager from Columbia Heights just celebrated an 18th birthday like no other. He’s been recognized by the Dalai Lama as a reincarnated lama.
November 18, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Medical pluralism -- the coexistence of multiple medical cultures/systems/traditions in one society -- is not a modern development, but something we see in the ancient world.
November 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM