Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 775285984861
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oct 23-24 at Macalester College. ope.macalester.digital 010
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonJosh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...heraldscotland.comNinety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shapeAccording to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language. 17111150
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonPrashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What kind of name is "Page Six reports"? 118011
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Attending the second of 2 faculty town halls on my Univ’s development of a state-mandated 5 year post-tenure review policy—a process to be rolled out in the coming months. 000
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.motherjones.comYou don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rulesA Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis. 14916941158
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Timely book just arrived, no? @teemutaira.bsky.social @equinoxpub.bsky.social www.equinoxpub.com/projects/uni... 040
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Downgrade a movie It’s a Mad World. 120
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Programmers screw up, supercomputer kills people, and, while being unplugged, sings old timey song about tandem bicycles. 000
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Wars between writers blaze up frequently, but I have observed that they settle down eventually into smudges” - Sylvia Beach (1956) 010
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonCaroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Universities often ask faculty to sit on special committees, claiming "shared governance" and "having a voice" when really they are asking professors to take part in their own undoing. It is 2026, and if academics cannot see through this then US highered really is doomed 1239
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonNorth American Association for the Study of Religion @naasr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Our next virtual event is coming! Mark your calendars for September 2nd! 💻 #naasr #religiousstudies #religion #highered #digitalhumanuties ua-edu.zoom.us/j/84942191810 042
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Not all relationships are transactional… 082
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New book alert.: “Neoliberalism and authoritarian populism are some of the main forces endangering contemporary universities. This applies to the study of religion in several ways…” @teemutaira.bsky.social @equinoxpub.bsky.social @naasr.bsky.social 1115
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 20/08/2026History of Religions Vol. 66, No. 1 (2026) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hr/2026/... @chicagojournals.bsky.social Bruce Lincoln's Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Review Symposium @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social @adeler.bsky.socialjournals.uchicago.eduHistory of Religions | Vol 66, No 1 084
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@vtouna.bsky.social — our grad director — ran an orientation today for our new MA cohort (joined here by two second year grad students). It’s the program’s 10th anniv. #RELMA10 031
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Just as a matter of interest, *any* use of AI in scholarly writing is tantamount to plagiarism. You don’t know whose work the AI has trained on, so you can’t give them proper acknowledgment or make an appropriate citation. 18410125
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Just published by Studies of Religion. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 040
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonAnise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A long while ago, I wrote a pretty good piece on O Brother, Where Are Thou?, lies, & Oz. It was rejected on the explicit grounds that Real Classicists had no interest in engaging with "low-brow shallow comedy". Anyhow, at this moment of #Odyssey reception, here it is. medium.com/@anisestrong...medium.comAll Coens Are Liars: O Brother, Where art Thou? and Homer’s OdysseyAll Coens are Liars: 1127387
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonSarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 31/07/2026hello I am 57 years old and I still can't spell rhythm on the first try 9202
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A colleague who studies discourses on the past is in Greece, and so what movie do you think she just went to see…? #TheOdyssey @vtouna.bsky.social religion.ua.edu/blog/2026/07...religion.ua.eduNolan's The Odyssey and Debates about AuthenticityDiscussions of the movie The Odyssey are more interesting than the film as everyone employs different notions of authenticity that reflect present concerns 030
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonNPR @npr.org · 31/07/2026The borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years. n.pr/4fEgpWMn.pr450k borrowers say they were ripped off. Their student loans are being erasedThe borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years. 816633
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonDr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026In academia you get used to smart people. @suscrockford.bsky.social isn't one of them. She's something else altogether. I'm 28 pgs into her new A Perturbed System - it's brilliant. The kind of scholarship you read before bed, because you can't put it down. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...press.uchicago.eduA Perturbed SystemA moving study of how religion shapes Western climate discourse. Our ecological system is disturbed, and with it, every other system we’ve built to inhabit it. We do not face inevitable destruction,... 3172
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Halfway done Disclosure Day and, so far, I feel a bit stupid watching it—it’s ET for adults with a simplistic narrative and treats me like an undergrad in a residence debating big issues late one night. 110
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 24/07/2026 "How do you do, fellow kids?"static.klipy.comSteve Buscemi: Fellow Kids MemeALT: Steve Buscemi: Fellow Kids Meme 271
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Don’t we all own a copy of the World Book Encyclopedia…? 020
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonJames F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The AI Copyright Lawsuits Have Finally Produced an Actual Payoutgizmodo.comThe AI Copyright Lawsuits Have Finally Produced an Actual PayoutAnthropic’s massive $1.5 billion settlement just received final approval. 144
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 09/07/2026New book. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 070
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/07/2026My upcoming book is absolutely packed to the brim with em dashes—more em dashes than any well-adjusted human being could possibly need or want—and if any of you tries to claim they are the result of some soulless LLM rather than my own unhinged compulsion I will fight you. 1953974268
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“Its not scary movies, it’s the bible” #TheBear5 010
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 22/06/2026They’re no longer used or vintage. Now I hear they’re “pre-loved.” 030
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA 440189594057
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonRobbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Out here doing some Luddite praxis. 4557
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I hear there’s a opening for a custodian over at the mayor’s office… #widowsbay 000
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonAdam @adamfromphilly.bsky.social · 09/06/2026do not ask for whom the baja blasts, the baja blasts for thee 0224
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonNiall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened. 7840341590
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Better name for a fictional character: Vonnegut’s Valencia Merble or Pynchon’s Oedipa Maas? 000
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheon Curtis Wakandian "Not Going Anywhere " if its F me its FU"😈 @curtischarris.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Widows Bay is adult Scooby Doo mystery incorporated and you cant convince me otherwise 2142
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Proofing. @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonMat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad. 11111952310
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonBryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It will never make sense to me that universities give more credence to tech billionaires, many of whom very pointedly did not finish college, than they give to their own faculty. 0249
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The final solution for AI in academia is a scenario where students are submitting AI-generated homework to be graded by AI-generated faculty using AI agents, all of which is being overseen by highly paid administrators who are extracting money from the students in exchange for a degree. The end. 22761198
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Pretty fun that Springsteen managed to organize an America 250 concert line up that people actually want to see.njbiz.comSpringsteen Center to launch with America 250 concertsThe Bruce Springsteen Center at Monmouth will host a 2-night America 250 concert featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and other artists. 16175721892
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 27/05/2026New from Johns Hopkins UP. Timely. 1124
Reposted by Russell T. McCutcheonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Trump's frequent trips to Walter Reed raise new questions about Joe Biden's health. 704769719