Stephen Herring
@slherring1.bsky.social
PhD (University of Aberdeen); teach at OCHJS, LST, ACU, Wycliffe; interested in all things Hebrew Bible; learnbiblicalhebrew.co.uk
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As temperatures drop, our phone lines light up with community members worried about stray and community cats. While it is wonderful that people care, rescues & shelters everywhere are at capacity. However, there are simple ways you can help outdoor cats stay safe and warm this winter.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As temperatures drop, our phone lines light up with community members worried about stray and community cats. While it is wonderful that people care, rescues & shelters everywhere are at capacity. However, there are simple ways you can help outdoor cats stay safe and warm this winter.
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When I think of all the incredibly talented, hardworking, and decent people I know who have had to leave academia for reasons they have no control over, and see shite like this, it does lean me towards the belief that huge chunks of academia are irredeemable.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When I think of all the incredibly talented, hardworking, and decent people I know who have had to leave academia for reasons they have no control over, and see shite like this, it does lean me towards the belief that huge chunks of academia are irredeemable.
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I am often to be found caring for the unknown dead, who emerge, shattered, from their ancient and forgotten graves. Collecting them, burying them, praying them back to their rest. It makes me think, sometimes, of the transphobic refrain that in a thousand years our bones will somehow betray us.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I am often to be found caring for the unknown dead, who emerge, shattered, from their ancient and forgotten graves. Collecting them, burying them, praying them back to their rest. It makes me think, sometimes, of the transphobic refrain that in a thousand years our bones will somehow betray us.
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#NOKINGS
#IceOUT
#Washington
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November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#NOKINGS
#IceOUT
#Washington
Washington for All: Sign up for ICE Mobilization Alerts
Sign up to know when it’s time for Washingtonians to come together to mobilize. We are preparing for a variety of scenarios, in locations across the state.
We need all hands on deck.
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#IceOUT
#Washington
Washington for All: Sign up for ICE Mobilization Alerts
Sign up to know when it’s time for Washingtonians to come together to mobilize. We are preparing for a variety of scenarios, in locations across the state.
We need all hands on deck.
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
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hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
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If you are unaware of the absolute horrific tragedy that is happening in our first person communities please take a few minutes to become informed. If this was blond haired blue-eyed people we would have declared a national emergency and be throwing an inexhaustible amount of resources at this.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you are unaware of the absolute horrific tragedy that is happening in our first person communities please take a few minutes to become informed. If this was blond haired blue-eyed people we would have declared a national emergency and be throwing an inexhaustible amount of resources at this.
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Right now the UK has three far right parties: Reform, Tory & Labour. One has to wonder why the place bankrupted itself fighting fascism in WWII, if it was going to give in 80y later.
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Right now the UK has three far right parties: Reform, Tory & Labour. One has to wonder why the place bankrupted itself fighting fascism in WWII, if it was going to give in 80y later.
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Almost like police don’t exist to protect and serve the public
New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Almost like police don’t exist to protect and serve the public
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Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
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r. abraham joshua heschel's view should be the basic standard:
"Racism is satanism, unmitigated evil. Few of us seem to realize how insidious, how radical, how universal an evil racism is. Few of us realize that racism is man’s gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
"Racism is satanism, unmitigated evil. Few of us seem to realize how insidious, how radical, how universal an evil racism is. Few of us realize that racism is man’s gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
It feels like racism for liberals is seen like an edgy / unfortunate opinion. Especially when it comes to the media and literary world. It might have been Malcolm Harris who said that bigotry is disqualifying on a foundational level, which I agreed with. I can’t take the person seriously after.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
r. abraham joshua heschel's view should be the basic standard:
"Racism is satanism, unmitigated evil. Few of us seem to realize how insidious, how radical, how universal an evil racism is. Few of us realize that racism is man’s gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
"Racism is satanism, unmitigated evil. Few of us seem to realize how insidious, how radical, how universal an evil racism is. Few of us realize that racism is man’s gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Women in academia basically all have at least one *Story*, even those of us who didn’t remain there. This is sickening, and the exoticizing racism on top is truly repugnant. This man should lose EVERYTHING. I have no connection to Harvard, but if you do, please encourage them to get rid of him.
The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Women in academia basically all have at least one *Story*, even those of us who didn’t remain there. This is sickening, and the exoticizing racism on top is truly repugnant. This man should lose EVERYTHING. I have no connection to Harvard, but if you do, please encourage them to get rid of him.
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Under pressure from Europe, court cases and MPs, EHRC withdraws transphobic 'interim update' calling for segregation of Trans+ people
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ehrc-withdraws-transphobic-interim-opinion-on-supreme-court-ruling-and-demands-ministers-act-at-speed-to-publish-new-statutory-guidance/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ehrc-withdraws-transphobic-interim-opinion-on-supreme-court-ruling-and-demands-ministers-act-at-speed-to-publish-new-statutory-guidance/
EHRC withdraws transphobic interim opinion on Supreme Court ruling
The equalities watchdog's move came in an eventful week for British trans rights
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Under pressure from Europe, court cases and MPs, EHRC withdraws transphobic 'interim update' calling for segregation of Trans+ people
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ehrc-withdraws-transphobic-interim-opinion-on-supreme-court-ruling-and-demands-ministers-act-at-speed-to-publish-new-statutory-guidance/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ehrc-withdraws-transphobic-interim-opinion-on-supreme-court-ruling-and-demands-ministers-act-at-speed-to-publish-new-statutory-guidance/
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St Mary’s Haddington 🏴 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region.
#MedievalMonday
#MedievalMonday
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
St Mary’s Haddington 🏴 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region.
#MedievalMonday
#MedievalMonday
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A grey and calm #weather day following the floods caused by #StormClaidia yesterday. Looking north towards the #Wrekin from the top of Caradoc.
#ChurchStretton, #Shropshire
#ChurchStretton, #Shropshire
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A grey and calm #weather day following the floods caused by #StormClaidia yesterday. Looking north towards the #Wrekin from the top of Caradoc.
#ChurchStretton, #Shropshire
#ChurchStretton, #Shropshire
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Join @folklorewales.com and I as we discuss the Welsh Fairy book and some of the wonderful tales within on the latest episode of Time between Times storytelling podcast . Be lovely to see you at the firepit
#owenstaton #storytelling #fairies
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#owenstaton #storytelling #fairies
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Time between Times Storytelling with Owen Staton. The Wonders of the Welsh Fairy book with Dr Delyth Badder
Podcast Episode · Time Between Times Storytelling with Owen Staton · 16/11/2025 · 42m
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November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Join @folklorewales.com and I as we discuss the Welsh Fairy book and some of the wonderful tales within on the latest episode of Time between Times storytelling podcast . Be lovely to see you at the firepit
#owenstaton #storytelling #fairies
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#owenstaton #storytelling #fairies
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
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WTAF. I knew people were ignorant, but I didn't imagine it was this bad
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
WTAF. I knew people were ignorant, but I didn't imagine it was this bad
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There is no viable path toward financial stability for anything in AI. It’s all gonna collapse and our economy is going to tank as a result of so many institutions carelessly hedging their bets on it.
Some great charts on #AI from the Wall Street Journal. t.ly/xvvbw "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue"
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There is no viable path toward financial stability for anything in AI. It’s all gonna collapse and our economy is going to tank as a result of so many institutions carelessly hedging their bets on it.
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Update: 1 meal slot has been filled.
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Trans folks, if you need a dinner tonight, please don't hesitate to fill out the form.
1 meal slot remains open.
Trans folks, if you need a dinner tonight, please don't hesitate to fill out the form.
It's a fresh week, and I have two new slots open in the Trans Emergency Meal Fund. Can I buy your lunch today?
Here's the request form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Here's the request form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Update: 1 meal slot has been filled.
1 meal slot remains open.
Trans folks, if you need a dinner tonight, please don't hesitate to fill out the form.
1 meal slot remains open.
Trans folks, if you need a dinner tonight, please don't hesitate to fill out the form.