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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey, a sleeper Congressional race in a district that stretches from Austin to Houston. Caitlin Rourk, who served in the U.S. Army Reserve and Texas National Guard, is running against Elon Musk's lawyer. When voters find out about her opponent, she's running even. More $ can help get the word out.

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This isn’t just Hollywood. This is basically what is is like to work on anything in Southern California.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 11/09/2026

Among the things we absolutely need to do to get the US back on track is change how we do business so that CEOs have significantly less personal power. The Unitary Executive theory of the President and the cult of the Mad King CEO are expressions of the same social disorder.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026

We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.

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ReMeDHe @remedhe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you're an early career scholar looking for mentorship, or a seasoned scholar willing to help mentorr others in the fields of religion/medicine in Late Antiquity, consider participating in our mentorship program! You can still apply today to get matched in September!: www.remedhe.com/events

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Events | ReMeDHe

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is wild. In late 2025, federal and state officials kept a Mexican woman in custody for almost a month by repeatedly rebooking her just before her 72-hour time limit ran out. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

No wonder this piece got attention. It got a lot right about what Tyler got wrong: “Tyler repeatedly takes evidence of institutions behaving badly around race and transforms it into evidence that racial equity has caused institutions to behave badly. Those are profoundly different arguments.”

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If you haven't already, can you please take a minute to sign this demand for a public inquiry into the role of the media in Prof. Arday's death? Thanks so much. Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project share.google/yglZz4Gw42RJ...

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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Nate Bowling @natebowling.com · 16/08/2026

There is No Place for Us by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social is the most consequential book about housing since Evicted. Whatever mental model you have about who goes unhoused likely vastly undercounts the number of working people with no where to live. More here. buttondown.com/natebowling/...

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Reading “There Is No Place for Us”

On the changing face of homelessness in the US and the people getting rich from it

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I wouldn't even have a PhD much less an academic career if it were not for the public scholarship, the guidance & the friendship of Prof. Francesca Stavrakopoulou, but she's bafflingly at risk of redundancy because of cuts at @exeter.ac.uk. The world needs her work now more than ever.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Choose to be a protester or observer, OR a volunteer who delivers meals/food or provides transportation to school kids. Mixing the two puts our immigrant communities at risk because ICE & DHS sometimes follow people. Share Know Your Rights information.

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Provide Know Your Rights information to local communities.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The directive from Bari Weiss to make the protesters killed by ICE look “more violent” came after Scott Pelley voluntarily had already gone to great pains to make them look violent in the first place:

about what had happened — the killing of Renee G
pd, the killing of Alex Pretti, the protests. I felt it was very important to identify that the protesters themselves were being very aggressive and that they were half of these confrontations, and so I instructed my producers to find images in which we see the protesters acting aggressively. We found a picture of a protester chest-bumping an officer. We found a picture of an officer being hit in the head with a snowball. We culled together a lot of video of protesters screaming in the faces of officers because we were going to talk about the killing of Pretti and the killing of Good, and it seemed to me important to tell the audience about the entire context. I thought we'd done a really good job with this. We also included a picture of Alex Pretti before he was killed kicking out a taillight on a police car and made a point of saying, this is Alex Pretti and this is what he did.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 04/06/2026

What a staggering loss. RIP Marjane Satrapi.

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Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What a loss. An Instagram post described her a powerful witness to things others tried to erase.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

listen rich people, if you want everybody to stop paying taxes that don't directly benefit them, you're gonna have a real bad time

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026

My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Trump WH wants guns available through the mail but not abortion medication.

Screenshot of a tweet from Headquarters reporting that the Trump administration has proposed a new rule allowing handguns to be mailed through the US Postal Service, which would reverse a ban on mailing guns that has been in place since 1927. Includes a split image of stacked boxes with hazardous material warning labels alongside a photo of a Glock handgun.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Why the reporter is asking an AI tool to do the job she gets paid a ton of money to do is of course not addressed

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 01/05/2026

We’re not forgetting. Keep talking about the Epstein files‼️ #SheShed

Seashells arranged on a beach spell out: “TRUMP IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES 38,000+ TIMES,” with ocean waves in the background.

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I have learned the devastating news that a giant in biblical studies and beyond, Jione Havea, passed away suddenly. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones and a community of scholars. He made the world a better place. Rest in power. www.cwmission.org/news/spotlig...

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Obituary: In Loving Memory of Rev. Dr Jione Havea - Council for World Mission

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2026

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Seen in Philadelphia

A yellow sticker affixed to a metal utility box. It reads "Join ICE earn 30 pieces of silver."

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Rebecca M. Townsend @rmtownsend.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I hope that the return of Integrity is a trend that continues.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/04/2026

The impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown on mothers is particularly pronounced, our analysis found: Moms of U.S. citizens have been deported at about four times the pace under the Biden administration.

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Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Did you know that there is one group of Americans who are not entitled to birthright citizenship? People born American Samoa are classified instead simply as “U.S. nationals” — and as a result they cannot vote or run for office anywhere else in the country. Much more here, for anyone curious:

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Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts

In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/02/2026

Again and again, guardrails are a scam

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
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The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Renee Good was also shot at point-blank range through her side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger Alex Pretti wasn’t in a car, but he too was shot at point-blank range by an ICE agent who was in no danger It seems every time ICE kills someone they lie to cover up shooting innocent people

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Dr. Lily Vuong (McMaster PhD 2010 and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon) recently published a co-edited volume entitled *The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context* with Fortress Press. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

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The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context

The World of the New Testament fills the need for an undergraduate-level textbook in biblical studies, theology, and religious studies that focuses on the traditional world(s) of religion,…

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Donald Trump killed two of my constituents. He is a liar and should be ashamed of himself.

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Trump at SOTU: I had a wonderful father. In 1954 Woody Guthry wrote a song about his racist landlord, Fred Trump. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...

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Old Man Trump - Wikipedia

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Scriptures Everywhere episode live from the #ISS26 annual meeting is up, and please join us next week on March 6 at 10am PT when we complement our conversations about #scriptures and #diaspora with a discussion of #citizenship. signifyingscriptures.org/podcast/

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Can’t believe we are still doing this

Screenshot from The Onion reading; “Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition of Concentration Camp Sign of Healthy Society.”

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

So many Global North countries choosing self-inflicted decline as they obsess over racial purity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Switzerland to vote on far-right proposal to cap population at 10 million

Referendum on immigration limit could threaten EU agreements and cripple economy, say Swiss businesses

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Honored to be speaking in this series tomorrow night. Not to give too much away, but I will make the case that borders aren’t biblical (even if I don’t want to save the Bible for justice either)

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We are looking for expressions of interest for guests for Season 5 of @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast! Please share widely with your networks if you think this may be of interest. Deadline is February 15th 2026!

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line

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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely! *to submit an abstract before 21/3

CALL FOR PAPERS: PERFORMING EVIL: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres, 1700-2000'. 4 & 5 June 2026, Leuven.

This conference explores the tangled histories of supernatural, diabolic evil and all kinds of spectral apparitions in the last three centuries – Walter Scott’s ‘malignant and unhappy beings’. Specifically, it is interested in how and why ghosts, spirits and related apparitional phenomena were framed as diabolic, demonic or malign manifestations from the afterlife.

Diabolic connotations of ghosts and spirits did meaningful cultural work. They were mobilised to discredit ghost beliefs and spiritual practices, to delegitimise competing beliefs, or to invest doctrinal arguments with occult authority. They could also function as tools of scepticism and ridicule as well as triggers of wonder, fear and religiosity. Put differently, the nexus of ghosts and evil is deeply historical. And it was often articulated through performative means: in gestures and expressions of (dis)belief, in visual and textual representations, in séance rooms, on the stage and on the page. Emerging from this nexus are theatrical spirits of evil, staged, embodied, and made legible through mediation and display. In this sense, every ghost is a theatrical ghost. Through the focus on the construction and staging of diabolic spirits, this conference aims to develop a methodological framework for studying historical forms of occultism and demonology more broadly in terms of performance.

Exploring how the relationship of spectrality and evil has shifted in shape over time and across different cultures, the conference invites contributions that can consider a wide range of historical actors – clerics, mediums, ghost-hunters, debunkers, necromancers, stage
performers, eyewitnesses.

This conference aims to study cultural intersections and interactions to arrive at a more granular understanding of discursive, practical and material connections between spirits and evil. At the same time this lens zooms out, making visible broader dynamics of knowledge construction in specific historical moments. How, for instance, did hauntings and possessions shape communities and audiences? How did religious or folkloric ideas about the devil inform spectral encounters?

We hope to bring together historians, art historians, theatre and literary scholars, folklorists and anthropologists from every stage in their career around the above questions. We welcome 20-minute papers on topics that include but are by no means limited to:
- making spectral evil visible: performance, arts, media, technologies, popular cultures
- making spectral evil invisible: popular and occult knowledge circulation
- performing (un)belief: practices and rhetoric, summoning and debunking on the stage (from popular stages to the lecture hall and the laboratory)
- materiality of spectres: the function of bodies and objects
- diabolic spirits and (intellectual, vernacular, theological, folkloric) ideas about morality, mortality and temporality
- occult performance and ‘cultural scripts’ of ghost encounters (from necromancy to poltergeists)
- affect and emotions: fear, grief, trauma… and hope

Send abstracts (c.250 words) and bios (c.100 words) to kristof.smeyers@kuleuven.be before 21 March 2026. Please do get in touch if you have any questions.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Impossible to describe what a raw nerve the rapid response channels are when you’re NOT on patrol. ICE sighted everywhere, all over the neighborhood. Silence and then swarming. This is not an immigration agency, it is not a law-enforcement agency. It is a state-sponsored terror agency.

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Jacqueline Hidalgo @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

“We have become a country where a person can be summarily executed in public for protesting that paramilitary force.” One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/01/2026

I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota. If you have places for me to add, please DM me.

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Places to Donate to in Minnesota

Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...

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