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Christopher B. Zeichmann

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biblical scholar and comic book enthusiast (he/they) torontomu.academia.edu/ChristopherZ…

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Chrissy Hansen, M.A. @chrissyhans97.bsky.social · 3h
I have created an ongoing bibliography of Soviet, Warsaw-Pact, and Chinese Marxist scholarship on early Christianity and Judaism, and the related Roman world which was rendered in readable western languages. It will see updates in the future. marxistleninisthistorian.substack.com/p/bibliograp...
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Bibliography of Eastern Bloc Marxist Writings on Early Christianity and Judaism (in Western Languages)
As a part of my project of trying to make sure that Marxists in the west can begin accessing and working with the literature from their colleagues that were in the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, ...
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Democratic Socialists YVR @demsocsyvr.bsky.social · 7h
We are getting a new public-owned oil pipeline. It's a weird position for a socialist organization to oppose public ownership. But this is a case where public ownership is a subsidy for the fossil fuel industry. Shielding them from the $30B of cost overruns and the risk that Asia goes green.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?!
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Michael "Austin" Kamenicky @kamenickyma.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So excited to have contributed to this!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/09/2026
‘Statehood is usually taken to include having an army and a foreign policy; if a polis contributed to a larger navy run by another entity, or paid tribute to a larger empire or kingdom, was its autonomy diminished?’ Rosalind Thomas on ancient Greek city-states. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Rosalind Thomas · After Chaironeia
Classical Athens was a polis, but so was a tiny Arcadian town such as Orchomenos. In the second century AD, the obscure...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When people tell you who they are believe them
2018 Crowder: Don't call us Fascists!
2026 Crowder: We're fascists
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CANADA: Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE cupe.ca/news/gutting...
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Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE
Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says new federal legislation tabled Monday is a direct attack on Canadians’ Charter rights and freedoms, and is calling on the federal government to halt the legislation ...
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies
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ukjarry.bsky.social @ukjarry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Have you seen the original artist Russ Heath's comic strip reply to Lichtenstein:
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore” — 25 years ago today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee cast the sole vote against giving George W. Bush a blank check for war. Three days after 9/11, Lee warned Congress that it could “spiral out of control.” History has certainly proved her right.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We need to stop listening to fucking consultants and politicians
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm sure there's a clip of Republican Senator Ted Cruz pausing his speech to say, no, these Democratic officials should *not* be shot and I disavow and denounce the Republican in the audience who is calling for assassinations at a Republican political event.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One of the most powerful videos you'll see today. Dr. James A. Makokis speaking to the historic announcement that Saddle Lake Cree Nation will defy Alberta's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and provide a safe haven for trans and two spirit people on their land 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️🪶
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land globalnews.ca/news/1205333...
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Alberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.ca
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The arguments against impeaching Trump next year are all bad and spurious, but they're even weaker as applied to all the other impeachable members of the Cabinet, etc. And impeaching Hegseth for literal murder should be top of the list.
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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
That’s almost the entire network. It’s so much worse than we feared 😔
Planned bike lane closures
The closures make up about 20km of bike lanes, including a 14km stretch on Bloor St.

Also Avenue road, Yonge street, University Avenue.

Dedicated bike ways includes bike lanes, contra-flow bike lanes, and cycle tracks
SOURCE: TORONTO OPEN DATA
TORONTO STAR GRAPHIC
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Neutral in the culture war"
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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Younus Mirza gives an interview with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social on his book The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries from @fortresspress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-islamic-...
Cover of The Islamic Mary, with medieval illuminated manuscript image of Maryam beneath a palm tree
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is what data center developers are saying all across Michigan It's condescending and it's going over like a lead balloon.  Michiganders don't need some California billionaires telling us what to do, and we aren't buying their false promises.
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Christopher B. Zeichmann @cbzeichmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Taken from @dwaldenwrites.bsky.social
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 12/08/2026
There's so much to love in this essay by @margaret.bsky.social about the oldest known labour strike in the world, a complicated spectrum of freedom, and the fight we'll always fight margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-worker...
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The Workers and the Tombs of the Ancient Dead
or: 3000 year old labor strikes and what it means to be free
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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
don't miss out — just a little over a week to go! the deadline for proposals to the ever amazing, annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is August 15. Propose something and pass it on! studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
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UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion - February 12-14,2027. The UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion (UCR-QTSR) is proudly celebrating its ninth year as the leading i...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Did you know that early Christian ascetics who gave "everything" away often retained a single slave? Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared thi...
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Prof. Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed has a new book out that looks extremely important: _Household Violence in Greco-Roman Egypt: Social, spatial, temporal, and material perspectives_ www.barpublishing.com/book/househo...
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Household Violence in Greco-Roman Egypt - BAR Publishing
Drawing on papyrological evidence (especially legal petitions), this volume illuminates the social, spatial, temporal, and material realities of household violence in Greco-Roman Egypt from the fourth...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/08/2026
Breaking news: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who built a surging progressive movement in Michigan, overcame a massive spending disadvantage to win Tuesday’s nationally watched Senate primary, AP projected. wapo.st/4w98iaX
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yea idk how Rogers is going to beat anyone with talking points like this
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Brandon Massey @mbrandonmassey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We especially seek proposals from early career scholars and scholars from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Limited travel funds are available, as well as the option to present in an online seminar. Please share this call for papers with anyone who may be interested in contributing.
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Brandon Massey @mbrandonmassey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
How can slavery studies reshape the ongoing quests for the historical Jesus? We invite paper proposals to the conference "Jesus and Slavery: New Quests, Methods, and Perspectives" to be held in 27–20 August 2027 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Proposals are due 31 August.
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Everyone's comparing Nolan's Odyssey to Homer, but I think there's much more richness The ancient Greeks adapted the Odyssey into ART While these images might appear static to us, I want to walk through how an ancient Greek saw art: AS DYNAMIC STORYTELLING like our films 1/13
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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earend | making 🐻🛡️⚠️ @earend.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The "Jason figured it out meme" from the Goodplace, but the captions are:

LinkedIn figured it out?

LinkedIn?  This is a real low point.
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Ignacio Elpidio (Nacho) Domínguez Ruiz @i-elpidio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Maravilloso, 10/10. Entretenido, divertido, inteligente, muy bien documentado y escrito. Análisis de comunidades utópicas y revolucionarias en torno al Mediterráneo antiguo, combinando escenas y descripciones con ideas y autoris del presente. Muy recomendable, que alguien lo traduzca porfaplis.
Book “Radical Antiquity. Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, amd Ancient Uprisings”, by Christopher B. Zeichmann.
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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Full info here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Research & Content Assistant
Research & Content Creation Assistant Religion for Breakfast 15 hours per week $25 / hour About Religion for Breakfast Religion for Breakfast is an award-winning YouTube channel with over one milli...
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 28/07/2026
Incredible.
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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am happy to announce the publication of a new English translation of Jacob of Serugh's four homilies on Cain and Abel. It was wonderful to work on this project with Jeff Wickes! The homilies are fascinating theological and literary works: svspress.com/verse-homili...
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Verse Homilies on Cain and Abel
Founded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language.
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I looked at the census data for PhDs in Canada ~10 years ago. I discovered that your odds of being a full-time academic if you hold a PhD were worse than your odds of playing in the NHL if you played in the OHL. (<20%) www.signal49.ca/product/insi...
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Inside and Outside the Academy: Valuing and Preparing PhDs for Careers - Signal49 Research
A PhD is a prerequisite for an academic career, but fewer than 20 per cent of Canada’s PhDs are employed as full-time university professors. The majority of PhDs are employed in a wide range of reward...
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Also, lol.
Conversation that reads:
Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the LRB Website?
LRB replies: Short answer: yes.
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Given how torqued that survey was, this is a remarkable result.. “Federal consultations on the jets concluded Friday and an overwhelming majority of people in Toronto said that they did not want the expansion to go forward” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Federal government rejects Ontario’s plan to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport
Overwhelming majority of people consulted in Toronto did not want the expansion to go forward, according to a source
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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Long shot here but does anyone know of some good biblical scholarship on mining and metals in the Bible and/or Ancient Near East/Rome?
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🎯👇
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’m convinced Hegseth is just an AI that Judith Butler created to demonstrate that Gender is a social construct
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I was born and raised in Northern Ontario and I am absolutely boiling with rage at the ways in which people elsewhere are talking about the forest fires there as though this is a common occurrence. The air thick with smoke for kilometers, entire communities wiped out - this shit is not normal.
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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
don't miss out! the deadline for proposals to the ever amazing, annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is ONE MONTH from today, August 15! studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
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UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion - February 12-14,2027. The UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion (UCR-QTSR) is proudly celebrating its ninth year as the leading i...
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Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"If you say you are a Christian who never attends church, you might as well be an atheist." That may be valid from a theological perspective. But politically, those two groups are worlds apart. 63% of never attending Protestants voted for Trump. It was 11% of atheists.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
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