Jay (they/them)
@littlebluewing.bsky.social
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The four-year-old daughter of a colleague/friend in biblical studies was just diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia. If you have the resources to give, please consider: www.gofundme.com/f/help-asha-...
Donate to Help Asha Fight Leukemia, organized by Steel Lane
On Christmas Eve, four-year-old Asha was diagnosed with leukemia. What started as an emergency roo… Steel Lane needs your support for Help Asha Fight Leukemia
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January 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The four-year-old daughter of a colleague/friend in biblical studies was just diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia. If you have the resources to give, please consider: www.gofundme.com/f/help-asha-...
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These weren’t all huge hits, but here are my favorite mushrooms of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
These weren’t all huge hits, but here are my favorite mushrooms of 2025
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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.
www.nasscal.com
www.nasscal.com
NASSCAL
North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature
www.nasscal.com
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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Today, Western Christians commemorate St. John while those of us in the (Byzantine) Eastern churches celebrate St. Stephen.
Pretty sure I’ve got a book for you today!
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Pretty sure I’ve got a book for you today!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today, Western Christians commemorate St. John while those of us in the (Byzantine) Eastern churches celebrate St. Stephen.
Pretty sure I’ve got a book for you today!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Pretty sure I’ve got a book for you today!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
xeirographa.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
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What makes rituals work? From prayer to sacrifice to public ceremonies they hold a special power to invoke feelings. But exactly what *is* that feeling? Scholars tend to portray it as a primal, indescribable "experience" but in my Ritual, Myth, and Music class we take a different path inside it (1)
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What makes rituals work? From prayer to sacrifice to public ceremonies they hold a special power to invoke feelings. But exactly what *is* that feeling? Scholars tend to portray it as a primal, indescribable "experience" but in my Ritual, Myth, and Music class we take a different path inside it (1)
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my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
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Some thoughts on academic meritocracy--an issue rightly raised for renewed discussion. The narrative of those who wanted Gay removed as Harvard president--largely echoed in coverage NYT &c + even many who defended her--holds that "merit" prevailed prior to recent diversification of the academy +
January 5, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Some thoughts on academic meritocracy--an issue rightly raised for renewed discussion. The narrative of those who wanted Gay removed as Harvard president--largely echoed in coverage NYT &c + even many who defended her--holds that "merit" prevailed prior to recent diversification of the academy +
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Never forget His sacrifice, the true reason for the season!
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Never forget His sacrifice, the true reason for the season!
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Sometimes youtube surprises you in a good way, like this old boy from rural England making the sickest poha recipe so much so that my wife and I were googling to see if he had a Gujarati grandma or something
youtu.be/itKRyARGpnA?...
youtu.be/itKRyARGpnA?...
Real Indian Poha Recipe – How It’s Actually Made at Home!
YouTube video by Backyard Chef
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sometimes youtube surprises you in a good way, like this old boy from rural England making the sickest poha recipe so much so that my wife and I were googling to see if he had a Gujarati grandma or something
youtu.be/itKRyARGpnA?...
youtu.be/itKRyARGpnA?...
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Today is my birthday! That means it's also time for my birthday recommendations thread!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
December 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today is my birthday! That means it's also time for my birthday recommendations thread!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
🎂 Recommend me something that you really enjoyed this past year - can be anything, a song, a book, a story, a poem, a game, some art, some interesting factoids, anything! 🎂
I will be very happy to hear!
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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On Sunday, I debated with Bart Ehrman, "Did John Know the Other Gospels?" It ended up being a bit more spicy than the "fireside chat" we had anticipated. The first half of the debate is now on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXn...
Did John Copy the Other Gospels? | Bart Ehrman vs. Mark Goodacre, Face to Face on the Bible
YouTube video by Bart D. Ehrman
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On Sunday, I debated with Bart Ehrman, "Did John Know the Other Gospels?" It ended up being a bit more spicy than the "fireside chat" we had anticipated. The first half of the debate is now on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXn...
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The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
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Again on the origins of the Christmas tree #maklelan3034
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Massachusetts folks: I made these stickers sharing LUCE's ICE hotline ☎️ 617-370-5023--they verify sightings and share confirmed info. Stickers fit 1"x2.6" label (Avery 5160). Image below or follow link for a full sheet. Print, stick every&anywhere. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7v098...
June 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Massachusetts folks: I made these stickers sharing LUCE's ICE hotline ☎️ 617-370-5023--they verify sightings and share confirmed info. Stickers fit 1"x2.6" label (Avery 5160). Image below or follow link for a full sheet. Print, stick every&anywhere. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7v098...
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More info on LUCE's ICE hotline here (☎️ 617-370-5023), including downloadable posters & wallet cards in many languages. Please share widely! www.lucemass.org
LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA
www.lucemass.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More info on LUCE's ICE hotline here (☎️ 617-370-5023), including downloadable posters & wallet cards in many languages. Please share widely! www.lucemass.org
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If you missed Zohran’s speech live, this is the link to the whole thing from PBS Newshour on YT: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
#zohranmamdani #nyc
#zohranmamdani #nyc
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning 2025 NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you missed Zohran’s speech live, this is the link to the whole thing from PBS Newshour on YT: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
#zohranmamdani #nyc
#zohranmamdani #nyc
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64. Ramsay MacMullen, "Persecution" from Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
open.spotify.com/episode/4sGM...
open.spotify.com/episode/4sGM...
64. Ramsay MacMullen, "Persecution" from Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
open.spotify.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
64. Ramsay MacMullen, "Persecution" from Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
open.spotify.com/episode/4sGM...
open.spotify.com/episode/4sGM...
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Funniest "Mary" changed to "Martha" I've seen recently (found in minuscule 742)
May 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Funniest "Mary" changed to "Martha" I've seen recently (found in minuscule 742)
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New Nic Cage film of the apocryphal gospel of Thomas teaser 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YP3...
The Carpenter's Son | Starring Nicolas Cage, FKA twigs, Noah Jupe & Isla Johnston
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
www.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New Nic Cage film of the apocryphal gospel of Thomas teaser 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YP3...
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This is amazing!
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is amazing!
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Fabulous news about a fabulous book I’ve been rereading for more than a year now!
Congratulations @susanstryker.bsky.social, @mckenziewark.bsky.social and @dukepress.bsky.social !
Congratulations @susanstryker.bsky.social, @mckenziewark.bsky.social and @dukepress.bsky.social !
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fabulous news about a fabulous book I’ve been rereading for more than a year now!
Congratulations @susanstryker.bsky.social, @mckenziewark.bsky.social and @dukepress.bsky.social !
Congratulations @susanstryker.bsky.social, @mckenziewark.bsky.social and @dukepress.bsky.social !
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#MACA #Questiontime 🌊 "Does the Prime Minister accept that Māori Customary rights to foreshore and seabed existed before signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and therefore cannot be lawfully granted or extinguished by Crown Legislation?" - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol #NZ #MACA
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol #NZ #MACA
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
#MACA #Questiontime 🌊 "Does the Prime Minister accept that Māori Customary rights to foreshore and seabed existed before signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and therefore cannot be lawfully granted or extinguished by Crown Legislation?" - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol #NZ #MACA
@whaeadeb.bsky.social
#NZPol #NZ #MACA
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2.
No contemporary government possesses any form of right or authority to extinguish the Tiriti-based rights of Māori.
3.
No future government will ever possess any form or right or authority to extinguish any Tiriti-based Māori rights.
#NZPol
No contemporary government possesses any form of right or authority to extinguish the Tiriti-based rights of Māori.
3.
No future government will ever possess any form or right or authority to extinguish any Tiriti-based Māori rights.
#NZPol
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
2.
No contemporary government possesses any form of right or authority to extinguish the Tiriti-based rights of Māori.
3.
No future government will ever possess any form or right or authority to extinguish any Tiriti-based Māori rights.
#NZPol
No contemporary government possesses any form of right or authority to extinguish the Tiriti-based rights of Māori.
3.
No future government will ever possess any form or right or authority to extinguish any Tiriti-based Māori rights.
#NZPol