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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This thread is a required reading for today:

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Check out Miriam DeCock's (Ph.D. 2019) latest article (co-written with Katarina Pålsson), "Exegesis and Ascesis: Origen and Jerome on the Ideal Scriptural Exegete," out in Vigiliae Christianae! brill.com/view/journal...

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Online Book Launch of Eileen Schuller and Carol Newsom's The Thanksgiving Scroll, the newest volume of The Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Register for the 1-hour event, which will take place over Zoom on 13 October, 2026, 11am EDT/4pm BST/6pm IDT. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

anyone happen to know of a good quality podcast or other accessible resources on Islam and gender in antiquity?!

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It has been brilliant and smooth to work with your staff!

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So very proud of this article I wrote together with @lunduniversity.bsky.social's Katarina Pålsson on Origen's and Jerome's ideas about the ideal exegete. It's open access and published online as of today. brill.com/view/journal...

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Exegesis and Ascesis: Origen and Jerome on the Ideal Scriptural Exegete

Abstract In early Christianity, scriptural exegesis was central to the life of the church, and from the second to the sixth century, we find the interest in exegesis expressed in numerous interpretive...

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks! This was the volume I had in mind and couldn't quite remember details. Perfect!

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OK New Testament scholars, give me your favourite recent (and accessible) historical Jesus recs! Students on my Gospels module have requested a lecture on this and it's been awhile! What's the state of the art? Help!

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action

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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Universitat Wien (@univie.ac.at) is hiring: University Assistant Predoctoral in Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology #phd #liturgicalstudies #sacramentaltheology

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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New from me in Nature. I discuss the need to look to regulated industries on how to govern AI, and not give into AI companies' self-regulation. Those actually serious about safety and security would start by applying safety critical techniques and legislation first. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate

From aviation to banking, high-risk industries are subject to independent oversight and meaningful penalties. AI companies should be no exception.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Transport minister won’t guarantee prices won’t go up after airport privatization, promises fees will be ‘partially regulated’" The Liberals didn't run on this & there have been no consultations whatsoever with Canadians. Mark[et] Carney is prioritizing corporations & shareholder value. #CdnPoli

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Let's hope said government has the sense not to bail them out.

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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Edinburgh University created the first ever Chair in Celtic in Scotland in 1882 (Donald Mackinnon of Colonsay). This is a cultural retreat happening before our eyes where there was once leadership.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"In some places Rome does not fall at all. In others, such as Italy, there are multiple, sometimes repeated farewell parties, where the guests do not want to leave and the host does not switch the music off." How do we think about the Fall of Rome today? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Towards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core

Towards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end

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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

University of Salzburg is hiring: PostDoc Senior Scientist in Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History #postdoc #newtestamentstudies #theology

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So so grateful to the reviewers of a recent paper I submitted for their very incisive comments on my work. The paper will be so much better! I appreciate this so much in a moment where we're all suspicious of one another...

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Well Canada it’s time to call us maybe??" As Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament) just released this video

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Anna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is utterly horrendous for everyone working and studying at University of Brighton, & the community more widely. It also feels like Brighton is the canary in the mine – their unjustifiable 2023 cuts have since been emulated across the sector. Will this removal of workers' rights come for us all?

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xatharine @xatharine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This whole AI is going to kill humanity discourse is frustrating to see because measles and ectopic pregnancies and carbon-driven heat waves ARE killing us and we don't need super intelligence to save us. We just need to remove from power the people responsible for these unnecessary deaths.

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well articulated and thoughtful post

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Out of Office @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

happy to report that for the first time ever, this term I let my students develop a classroom AI policy after reading 5 articles presenting perspectives on GenAI and discussing/writing about them for two days. Today my students all agreed "no AI for this class."

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When will authorities realise you don’t mess with nuns? The dictionary needs a new word to capture the level of tenacity of a nun — there’s no rush when you’ve got centuries of tradition coursing through you. #nuntastic will do for now. Anyway: cheese 🧀 + PhD + history + nuns = 👌👌👌

Screenshot of an Instagram post about a cheese making nun: regulators questioned a cheese making nun so she went and got a microbiology PhD and defended her cheese with data

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just had the very jarring experience of receiving (what I suspect was) a flat out desk rejection (with no feedback whatsoever) by one journal a few months ago, only to have the same essay accepted with virtually no revisions required by another equally ranked journal this month...

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

That feeling when you finally write that chapter or section that has been intimidating you for weeks...

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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Alexandrinische und antiochenische Bibelexegese @bibelexegese.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Frisch erschienen @bbaw.bsky.social @akademienunion.bsky.social in unserer Reihe #GCS (Eusebius Werke X/2,2): Cordula Bandt: Eusebius X Der Psalmenkommentar 2. Teil, 2. Band: Kommentare und Fragmente zu Psalm 72–100. Weitere Informationen: www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...

Photo des Bucheinbandes von Cordula Bandt: Eusebius X
Der Psalmenkommentar 2. Teil, 2. Band: Kommentare und Fragmente zu Psalm 72–100

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The book budget is not a fixed financial limit. It is a philosophical question. And we prefer not to rush important intellectual work. 📚 chaptersbookstore.com #BookSky

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Have you got a room to spare? Hundreds of DCU students are looking for accommodation. By renting out a room, you can earn up to €850 per month tax-free - as well as help a young person with their education Find out more from DCU Students’ Union here: launch.dcu.ie/44zPC9F

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026

"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just 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.

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Dr Manuel Muñoz García @manuelmunoz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here live/work at Tübingen? #tübingen #medievalsky #university

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Jamie Wood @woodjamie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Calling anyone working on the Normans. Medieval People CFP for Leeds next year: "The Normans and their communities". Please circulate to anyone you think might be interested.

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Check out my @dublincityuni.bsky.social / @tcddublin.bsky.social colleague Alyson Staunton's new book *Female Embodiment and the Ascetic Impulse: In Search of a Theology of the Female Body* (Peter Lang). Congratulations, my friend! www.peterlang.com/document/151...

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Peter Lang Verlag - Female Embodiment and the Ascetic Impulse

Across centuries, the female body has been shaped by theological and cultural narratives that cast it as both divine creation and site of moral and ...

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Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A majority of Canadians oppose financial incentives for data centre builds, especially youth. Bad news for Carney's plans to build 'trust' in AI as water & electrical usage & environmental harm top list of concerns. All this as BC burns. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Majority of Canadians oppose government support for AI data centres, poll shows

Respondents cite high electricity demand, environmental harm and heavy water use as their top concerns

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I never left. Despite the mad exodus of academics, anything I post on Twitter still gets much more engagement than what I post here...

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil industry will accelerate climate change and disasters." #CdnPoli #AbPoli

The group said on Sunday, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, it also wants to reaffirm that it is against the pipeline because government has not consulted and co-operated in good faith with the First Nations.

It says government has already developed the project's corridor, named prospective development partners and is publicly promoting its economic case.
It says consultation is not meaningful when First Nations are invited only to discuss how a predetermined project will proceed.

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