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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

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Judith Rossall @judithrossall.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Two key points from reading press coverage of yesterday's disaster. 1) It is not a 'shouting match' when one side does all the shouting and interrupting, while the other side (speaking in a language not his own) remains firm but polite.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

RIP Carrots. You were beloved and will be much missed. "You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now," (The Black Rabbit to Hazel, at the close of Watership Down, by Richard Adams)

A lion head rabbit on top of a cardboard castle.

Three rabbits (lion head, dwarf, lop-eared) sitting side by side on a settee.

A lion head rabbit asleep in a large litter tray, using another rabbit as a pillow for his head, while a lop-eared rabbit stands by.

A lion head rabbit, with half his face shaved around his removed eye, snuggled in his owner's arms. He has shed a lot of fur over her skirt.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 19/02/2025

I rarely agree with Dan, to put it mildly, but this is an absolute bullseye. There's no grey area, not even an atom's worth.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

People have sometimes lost (or perhaps more accurately, clarified) their call to ministry, definitely. That can be hard, but I agree ultimately good (and better during the process than after).

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It's pretty depressing how many if our students (here to train for ministry) I hear still get told that. Some fear it for themselves. Many find their faith deepened and strengthened, but I've yet to see anyone lose their faith through learning.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is the Playwrights’ Center, which first brought me out from NY to Minneapolis on a writing fellowship. It was where I taught, learned, developed work and had a great time for years. I’m so proud of them for holding the line on DEI, despite the risk. Donating some $$ right now!

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Carrots the lions head has just got home from hospital, where he had an eye removed. Probably not chalked up as the best day of his life. The (comparatively) good news is that it turns out he had an abscess, not a tumour, so his chances of recovery are good, we're told.

A bemused looking rabbit, surrounded by a carrier, a cardboard box with hay, some lettuce and a litter tray. The rabbit is seen from his unaffected side.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Accrington Stanley? Who are they? <Drinks milk>

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My son goes to school in Aston. I went to school nearby, in Handsworth, next door to Villa Road Methodist Church (now owned by the school), in whose youth group the football team began.

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The Queen's Foundation @queensfoundation.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We would like to congratulate Michaela Barker and Rachel Read (posing together at their recent graduation) on being awarded the 2024 BA and MA dissertation prizes. You can read more about the prizes here: www.queens.ac.uk/dissertation...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Yay! Just found Queen's, where I'm privileged to work, is on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/quee...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

She was preaching pretty mainstream Christianity. I don't underestimate her courage or integrity, but it _shouldn't_ have been especially controversial. If his ego is this fragile, the next 4 years are going to be hell for him. I mean, much worse for many, but still, it's something to hold onto.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Personally if there was a discussion on whether I'd just performed a Nazi salute I'd probably avoid saying that it's a bad thing that academics were writing about antisemitism in the 1940s.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My eldest is there now, studying politics and theology, and having a blast. Not sure which union (if either) they've joined. I'll check...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

We had to find the advert on YouTube, to show our kids why we kept asking 'who are they?' in a (bad) Scouse accent. Searching for it also brought up

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Was it Abraham Lincoln who said that 70% of what you read on the internet is rubbish...? In other news, I think humanity may be safe from an AI takeover for the time being.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

TBF, I find this less irritating (perhaps only because less prolific) than the current trend for 'Twelve days of Christmas' marketing campaigns, running from 13th to 24th (or even 1st to 12th) December.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is what my feed looks like right now. Proving that you are not wrong. #TopReporting @bbcstever.bsky.social

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Theology Everywhere @theologyeverywhere.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

ICYMI: This week in Theology Everywhere, Sheryl Anderson reflects on the Advent Antiphon traditionally sung on the shortest day of the year: 'O Oriens', or 'O Morning Star', and ponders the journey of life and faith. 'Dayspring from on high, be near!' theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/16/d...

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Dayspring from on high be near [1]

by Sheryl Anderson. The Times newspaper currently runs a series called News in Pictures. On Wednesday 27th November 2024 it included a wonderful photograph[2] of the sunrise through the limestone a…

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Theology Everywhere @theologyeverywhere.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

ICYMI: Dave Markay celebrates his new status as a dual citizen, but finds that it prompts him to ask questions about belonging and identity. “You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God” theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/09/n...

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“…no longer Jew or Greek…”

by Dave Markay. I am now a dual citizen. It’s a new status, as fresh as the crisp, unbent and as-of-yet unstamped British passports my wife and I now hold. After a few weeks of statelessness, durin…

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Greatly saddened this morning to see this news. In my few encounters with Cheryl, I found her enlivening, thoughtful, challenging and encouraging. Truly one of the greats. www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our-a...

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In Memoriam, J. Cheryl Exum

We are saddened by the news of Prof. Cheryl Exum’s recent passing.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I began today foreswunk, and am now utterly forswunk, and it's only 9:45. 🥴

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Judith Rossall @judithrossall.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Applications are now open for Queen's Postgraduate Taster Course in Black Theology, starting in January 2025! This is a chance to deepen your understanding and advance your theological knowledge about liberation, justice and black identity through our black theology pathway. Apply today!

Poster explaining this is a flexible course designed for busy people, lay and ordained. Offers a taster course as the first module for an MA. Low cost and bursaries available.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Just made my first plasma donation, having previously been a blood donor. My main concern about making the switch (will there still be orange club bars available) is satisfactorily answered

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Theology Everywhere @theologyeverywhere.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

How easy is it to love your neighbour? What if your neighbour is a Liverpool* supporter, and you're an Everton* fan? How do we love, when loving is hard? Tom Wilson asks what it would be like, if love were easy. theologyeverywhere.org/2024/12/02/i... *Insert rivalry of choice...

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If love was easy

by Tom Wilson. If love was easy, would it be so much fun?I think we were born to try.It’s the scary and the hard things that are worth fighting forI think we were born to try. I quoted these lyrics…

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Also, in Hebrew, it's a feminine noun (ruach), which is why many Christians speak of the Holy Spirit as 'she'. Now wishing I knew more about Jewish interpretations of Ruach. <Adds to the 'to read up on' list...>

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

In the Bible (both Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament and the Greek New Testament), the word for spirit is the same as for wind or breath. Sometimes that leads to delicate questions of interpretation - (human) spirit? Breath? (Holy) Spirit? Wind? Is there a difference?

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Parody is now a redundant art.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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Judith Rossall @judithrossall.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Our Centre for Black Theology at the Queen's Foundation does such great work. Interested in being a part of it? There is an online open day on Nov 30th. Taster session, lecture by Robert Beckford and introduction to studying with CBT. www.queens.ac.uk/events/cbt-o...

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CBT Open Day - The Queen's Foundation

The Centre for Black Theology hosts an online Open Day event to raise awareness about our postgraduate pathways in Black and Womanist theological studies. This event includes a taster session that add...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It is, I regret to say, time for me to stop quiddling and attempt to get some actual work done

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I've been on Bluesky for a few days now, and it seems to be both friendly and user-friendly. And (on my algorithm, at least) appropriately filled with pictures of rabbits doing what rabbits do best - being very cute, a bit stupid, and generally doing no one any harm. So I guess I'll stick around...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Well that's a relief - you won't be able to correct the mistakes...

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Am hynny, rwyt ti newydd ennill dilynwr newydd

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Sorry! 🤣🤣 One of ours is in a similar state. The other is digital.

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Fortunately, I do not match this description. For reasons which are not entirely clear, we have _two_ pianos... (Only I play, and that very badly)

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Catrin H-D @catrinh-d.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

May it be a time of blessing

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