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Dr. Elizabeth Schrader Polczer @libbiesp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It's true! Villanova is hiring a tenure-track position in Eastern Christianity! Please share far and wide. aarsbl.org/job/tenure-t...

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Do you work in late antiquity? Like church councils? Appreciate northwestern Anatolia? Then you should submit a paper for this Sept '26 online conference on Nicaea hosted by the SBL Greco-Roman Religions unit! www.samreligions.org/virtual-conf...

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I received that same warning last year when I co-wrote a paper and didn’t plan on attending, but I still ended up in the program anyway 🤷‍♀️

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Criminalization is the fuel of fascism. And the people who have been saying this for decades are the PIC abolitionists so many deride.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 16/06/2026

reading an academic paper

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Grad students and early career scholars, nominate your work for the NASSCAL Sisters of Sinai prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha. Nominations close Sept. 1. Details here: www.nasscal.com/the-sisters-...

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The Sisters of Sinai Prize

The Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is named in honor of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, sisters who are responsible for a number of signific…

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

All scholarship is political and if you don’t think it’s political you aren’t thinking about it enough

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Every day there’s some new ridiculous thing tied to my PhD institution. Oh boy I wish I was in a position where I could speak more freely

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Nearly 3 months later I finally have my office again!

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Jamie Bernstein @uajamie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It’s important to understand how the right’s obsession with “protect the children” is a smokescreen to push through policies to legislate the existence of all queer people, but particularly targeting trans people. It doesn’t stop when a person turns 18.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/05/2026

i need people to understand that calls for "ethical ai" are calls for more ai it's like saying cops need more training. it sounds like criticism but functions as reason for more funding and does not ask if we need them at all

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15/05/2026

i’ve been thinking of what could even be said about such a tragedy. someone said it best that trans people are “born so late and die so young”. we uproot our lives and transition and live more life than anyone else ever does and society punishes us for it. we deserve better

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’ve been getting into nail polish for the last couple years, and stuff like this is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s a fun hobby. Would recommend. 💅

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It gives a very 3-dimensional color shift between magnetic and non-magnetic pigments, almost like a hologram sticker. This is called the “glass bead” method of magnetization. Others are velvet (made without the spinning) and cat-eye (made with a straight bar magnet)

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Just got off the phone with a customer service rep who I’m 95% sure was AI. Before I hung up she asked if I could do her a favor and then she said “keep smiling for the rest of the day!” Bizarre, dystopic experience

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It’s been very difficult for me to think about going back to early Christian studies since I finished my dissertation, but this reminds me that there are still things worth exploring and trying to communicate

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

So happy I had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall for @maiakotro.bsky.social and @madelinevosch.bsky.social’s conversation about their books about early Christianity (and extra proud that I have the privilege to hang out with them sometimes)

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

For the first time in our 9-year history: WE ARE HIRING! We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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The Video Game History Foundation hiring Fundraising Manager in Emeryville, CA | LinkedIn

Posted 12:59:43 AM. Apply if this sounds like a match:We are seeking a growth-oriented, self-starter with prior…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This Tax Day 287 major companies are avoiding $139,256,870,000 in taxes on $1 trillion of their 2025 profits.

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In other words, the 40 hour work week and work life in general is inhumane and unsustainable, especially for people with disabilities. But what can you do. 🙃

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

There are a lot of things I like about my job but I frequently (like now) feel so threadbare that I don’t feel capable of doing it in a way that won’t hollow me out completely. And this is a 9-5. It sounds so so difficult to not even have “off the clock” time in a traditional academic role.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

having been through this system a couple times it is just a truism that prestige breeds prestige, regardless of actual merits, but it feels good to have the data

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The mass repression of student protesters under Biden set the stage for Trump's on-campus escalations, which have, indeed, stifled student protest during a crucial moment. Everyone who supported that repression should feel guilty and foolish now, and the people who perpetrated it deserve worse.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 07/04/2026

It's now the obligation of every nation to intervene to prevent this.

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’ve only watched through the first three (?) seasons but I think it’s pretty consistently watchable

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’d say it’s a little silly politically, but it’s a really fun alt-history sci-fi. The main premise is that the Soviets got to the moon first, so America is playing catchup with its space exploration. It’s a huge cast, so if anyone bugs you, someone else will show up soon enough

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Have you ever watched For All Mankind? I’m also watching the launch and am embarrassed about understanding what’s happening through an (good) Apple TV show haha

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Artemis II is GO for launch, 6:24pm eastern, live stream HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U...

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NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast)

YouTube video by NASA

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

That way around sounds so much better!

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Follow me for other extremely boring hot takes

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I know that this is almost entirely due to publishers and is ultimately in the service of clarity, but I really dislike the trend of academic books being named “Descriptive and Boring Name: Fun Name the Author Wanted”. I wish the phrases could be switched :(

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Tech Company: We have lost $100 billion creating Breado the talking toaster that loves you

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Almost 8 GB of RAM! 😭😭 I haven’t used outlook on my Mac in quite a while, but maybe check if you have any plug-ins for Zoom, Box, Acrobat, or any Microsoft AI things installed. It’s… not a good program and I wish you the best of luck.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 22/03/2026

kind of seems like the people saying data center energy use is overstated were full of shit

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

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FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical'

The FBI is teaching its agents that ordinary American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that Islamic charity is no more than a “fundin...

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/12/2023

wouldst thou like to Learn Mas?

placard advertising Taco Bell's Live Más scholarship

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It’s fun when institutions spend oodles of money on new buildings and let the other ones rot 😅

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Update on this: my office has been deemed unsafe to work in and I’ll be hanging out in our conference room or remote until mid summer at the earliest lol

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404 Media @404media.co · 12/03/2026

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨🚨🚨 🇮🇱 BOMBED NEXT TO THE UNESCO SITE OF BAALBEK This adds to the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 axis targeting of a series of heritage sites in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon over the past week (see post 👇 🧵)

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas but everyone agrees it's fine to continue the atrocity as long as the child is trans

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Pictures emerging from today’s heavy bombing of Isfahan. Damages to the mirror works, tiles, floors, and carved wooden doors of Safavid palaces of Aali Qapu and Chehelsotoon. Both of these are within the UNESCO Heritage complex of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. These are 16th-17th century bldgs.

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Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

My office at an R1 institution flooded three times this calendar year. Over the weekend the ceiling finally collapsed. 😇

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