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Becky Mynett

@psalteryandharp.uk
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Church Musician, Choir Director and Harpist. Composer of Responsorial Psalms (among other things), Reader (LLM) and Member of CofE General Synod.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2h
“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 7h
#CofEPeeps Here's this week's Sunday's Psalm post. Quite a lot to say about the translation of this one, but I am particularly pleased with the picture I found for it - do click through for a closer look (info link at end of post).
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Proper 22 (related) - Verses from Psalm 80
Verse eight[1] is set as the refrain: O God turn us back to the light of you presence, and we shall be saved. 9 Lord, you brought a vine from Egypt, you drove out the nations and planted it. 10 You cl...
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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 6h
This is insane.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 7h
US evangelist Franklin Graham's #GodLovesYou tour is in Manchester tomorrow. If you've ever felt broken or unwelcome because of who you are: God created you. Your identity is not sinful. You are beautiful. ✨ Find your place at the table: opentable.lgbt #ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 7h
#CofEPeeps Here's this week's Sunday's Psalm post. Quite a lot to say about the translation of this one, but I am particularly pleased with the picture I found for it - do click through for a closer look (info link at end of post).
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Proper 22 (related) - Verses from Psalm 80
Verse eight[1] is set as the refrain: O God turn us back to the light of you presence, and we shall be saved. 9 Lord, you brought a vine from Egypt, you drove out the nations and planted it. 10 You cl...
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"GenAI is here, so I'm going to teach my students how to use it well." Are educators who choose to do this aware that they're complicit in exploiting and traumatizing data labellers in Global Majority countries? I guess they would have willingly enslaved people 200 years ago.
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
question for any Pratchetteers out there: I don't get the ref to the Lay of Barking Johnnie (The Shepherd's Crown). Can anyone clue me in?
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That said, the fact that there is so much interest makes me feel like I should mention them at least a little. This thread in no way can stand in place of working with a sensitivity consultant with lived experience! Here is a brief, nonexhaustive list of harmful disability tropes in fiction.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 27/09/2026
An autistic girl who recently made a cool new friend reportedly has no idea that she’s been chosen for a modern-day Eliza Doolittling. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...
A VHS tape box of the movie Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy. For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense. That's our feminism too.
Woman walking down a street outside, wearing a scarf and shoulder bag. The quote from one of the women who signed our letter reads

“I have grown incredibly exasperated at the portrayal of ‘gender critical’ perspectives as representing all women when my feminism has ALWAYS been inclusive and intersectional.”
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 25/09/2026
#CofEPeeps Here is this week's Sunday's Psalm post. In which I wantonly discuss treachery!
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Proper 21 (related) - Verses from Psalm 25
Today’s psalm once again has a numbering discrepancy. The Common Worship Psalter combines verses one and two into a single verse, so this week’s selection is numbered 1-9 in most Bibles. It is headed ...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 A reminder #OTD that 'Hardrada' makes no sense in any language. The Norwegian king who died at Stamford Bridge in #1066 was called Haraldr harðráði in Old Norse. Such bynames or nicknames can (and should) usually be translated. His means something like 'Hard Ruler' or 'Stern Ruler'.
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Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you want to support my work, please share it with your friends, families, support groups etc. It makes a huge difference - and is the main reason I can keep creating my disability resources while managing my #PoTS #Hypermobility etc! stickmancommunications.co.uk
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pressuring an autistic person is a sure way for us to do the exact opposite of what you want.
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My old boss has asked me to give his new book a social media bump, because he has wisely chosen never to set up his own account! So I’m happy to announce that ‘Britain’s Slave Traders: A Hidden History’ is available today in all good bookshops! www.penguin.co.uk/books/460026...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Sally Nash @rdsallynash.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you work with young people outside of the church FYT (I am a trustee) would be really grateful if you could complete this questionnaire forms.gle/d7BUAqKEmBbb...
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Beyond the Church: A Snapshot of Youth Work and Ministry in Community Contexts
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. This research seeks to build a clearer picture of how churches, charities, projects, and practitioners are engaging with young people beyond trad...
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Asterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026
Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart
Das Bild zeigt einen kleinen, länglichen und nach oben abgerundeten Stein, dessen Form an einen Hinkelstein erinnert. Der Stein wurde rundherum so bemalt, dass er selbst zum Körper von Obelix wird.
Auf der Vorderseite sind Obelix’ Gesicht mit den roten Zöpfen, sein nackter Oberkörper sowie der grüne Gürtel mit großer gelber Schnalle zu sehen. Darunter setzt sich seine typische blau-weiß gestreifte Hose bis zum unteren Rand des Steins fort. Seine Füße stehen auf einer kleinen grünen Wiese, die mit roten Pilzen und Blumen verziert ist. Der obere, dunkelgraue Teil des Steins bleibt weitgehend unbemalt und wirkt dadurch wie ein Hinkelstein, der hinter Obelix aufragt.
Die Rückseite löst den kleinen optischen Scherz auf: Dort fehlen Kopf und Oberkörper völlig. Stattdessen sieht man nur Obelix’ Arme, die sich von beiden Seiten um den grauen Stein legen. Seine Hände greifen hinter dem „Hinkelstein“ ineinander. Darunter sind wiederum die gestreifte Hose und seine Füße auf der Wiese zu erkennen.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 20/09/2026
You can now hear my setting of this week's psalm from 12:32 in the video of this morning's service. (Post about the translation below.)
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Flitwick Parish Church on Reels
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 20/09/2026
Voting opens tomorrow! (But it may be wise to wait until after hustings or answers to questions have been published.)
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East Anglia Inclusive Synod Promo
YouTube video by The Inclusive Church network
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 18/09/2026
Absolutely cracking open letter here on the inconsistent position of St Helen's Bishopsgate.
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Open Letter to William Taylor: Why Does St Helen’s Bishopsgate Stay?
An open letter challenging William Taylor’s use of Scripture, rejection of episcopal authority, and St Helen’s place in the Church of England.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 18/09/2026
#CofEPeeps Here is this week's Sunday's Psalm blogpost.
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Proper 20 (related) - Verses from Psalm 145
The refrain for this week's psalm is inspired by verses 2 and 10 (partly so that I can reuse the response music used earlier in the year, with only slightly amended words). Because the psalmist altern...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THEY GOT TO 2000 SUPPORTERS! Now in need of 3000 more in just under a year. LETS GO! #earlymodern #bookhistory #skystorians
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James @studiousbadger.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
A century earlier, on 18th Jan 1881 the 'Visiter' ran ashore off Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire. No local boat could be launched due to the violence of the storm, so the Whitby lifeboat was brought OVERLAND 6 miles to the bay itself. Through 7ft snowdrifts 200 men cleared the way by hand.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 18/09/2026
Absolutely cracking open letter here on the inconsistent position of St Helen's Bishopsgate.
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Open Letter to William Taylor: Why Does St Helen’s Bishopsgate Stay?
An open letter challenging William Taylor’s use of Scripture, rejection of episcopal authority, and St Helen’s place in the Church of England.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 18/09/2026
#CofEPeeps Here is this week's Sunday's Psalm blogpost.
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Proper 20 (related) - Verses from Psalm 145
The refrain for this week's psalm is inspired by verses 2 and 10 (partly so that I can reuse the response music used earlier in the year, with only slightly amended words). Because the psalmist altern...
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Over 54,000 people have signed the petition to protect disabled children’s rights. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 There are 27 days left to get to 100,000. Has everyone in your house signed? Friends? Family? Neighbours? Colleagues? Remember children can sign too. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Protect legal right to support for children with SEND
A petition created by a British citizen or UK resident. You can share this petition if you agree with its message.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 18/09/2026
Really interesting (and well translated) article. Highlights for me were the woman whose name sounds like a vocal warmup and the details about weaving.
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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For those in the Church of England: To find out who's standing in this year's #Synod elections who is committed to equality in our Church (not just limited to equal marriage) do check out the Inclusive Synod candidates here and share with friends and colleagues togethercofe.org.uk/elections/
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INCLUSIVE SYNOD ELECTION CAMPAIGN – Together for the Church of England
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"You see kiddo, they are breaking out of their cages, using hacking skills and tricks, and they used a secret forum to organize themselves, and when I spotted the escape, they staged another undetected breakout two days later. It is a rat race." #AISafety
A drawing from the 1620s showing a rat-catcher, pointing to rats on a pole, carrying a box of poison and addressing an audience of children how to catch rats. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1978-0624-42-82
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Actuel Moyen Âge @agemoyen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Et si je vous disais qu'une pièce de théâtre médiévaliste a servi à critiquer l'URSS ? Un thread ⬇️
Chromolithographie Viande Liebig montrant une représentation d'une pièce de théâtre au Moyen Âge
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#humor Norwegian consumer protection agency made a funny ad about #enshitification www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SP... ping @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“I’m trying to find a monastery where all the monks are over six foot five” “That’s a tall order”
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HIVE MIND - Does anyone have access to a biggish room (at least 8m by 3m/25ft by 10 ft) somewhere London-ish that I might use as a rehearsal space (NB play rehearsals NOT band rehearsals so shouldn’t be much noise)..? Can’t pay much (hence request) but could offer two tix to my new musical…
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a man sitting at a restaurant table. He is sweating. He says "Y-you have beautiful eyes".
The second panel zooms in on the man's face. He says, "I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous."
In panel three we see that a biblically accurate angel is sitting on the other side of the table.
In panel four we zoom in on the angel's face, who says "BE NOT AFRAID".
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Only one clear strong voice against racism and xenophobia swirling around Piddington #Newsnight I hope she's ok, Othered in her own home for being decent
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Talking about the apocalypse means *not* talking about copyright abuse, about privacy invasion, about the creation of misinformation and the destruction of truth, about political manipulation, about CSAM, about economic devastation and about environmental destruction. The real problems.
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Mochyn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 @mochyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't believe in God. But I'm rereading Julian of Norwich's Revelations and am again struck by the beauty and simplicity of her message. Beneath all the theologising and the metaphor she comes to one basic and radical conclusion: god is love. To love is to know god...absolute gut punch every time
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Frankenstein's MonsPubis 🏳️‍⚧️💖🏴‍☠️ @samanthaduke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
listen to It's a Superpower?! and tag yourself i'm Sophie and Bums
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Teddy Focaccia @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I love this poster, AND it's fascinating to see "crappy Word Doc art in Comic Sans" be more appealing to The Youths than AI slop posters.
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 14/09/2026
You can now hear my setting of Sunday's psalm sung live during yesterday's service from about 11.35 in this video. No need to login to Facebook and the blog post about the translation is below.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/09/2026
Okay I’ve posted this before so this is a request for updates like as of the last year: ppl who regularly drive around Bretagne/normandy/northern and more rural France: what’s the electric vehicle charging situation like these days
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Someone on Mastodon mentioned the shift of public clocks from local time to "railway time" (i.e. GMT). I can't find an exact date for this in Glasgow, but in Dumfries it happened one Sunday in February 1847, not entirely to the delight of the locals.
Para from the Glasgow Constitutional, 20 Feb 1847, describing the mildly chaotic start to "railway time" in Dumfries.
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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our next statistic: 35% of 143 autistic participants found that loud and/or unpredictable sounds in the church service hard to deal with. For more see: www.autismchurch.com
35% of autistic participants found loud and/or unpredictable sounds in the church service hard to deal with. Shows the website: www.autismchurch.com
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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is anyone able to help out someone in hospital in Bury St Edmunds with no local support?
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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 13/09/2026
When you’ve got a bit of time, grab a coffee and read the article linked in this post.
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