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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Does anyone else occasionally have “Springtime for Hitler” (the song, in The Producers) just spontaneously pop into your head, as if it’s the soundtrack for the world that’s been forced on us these days? No? Just me? Probably just me

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s heart breaking that these are our choices. STILL. And getting worse in places like Texas, where the state is giving away public school funds for families that remove their kids to private and homeschool, and even our “well-resourced” public schools are always fighting to survive state policies

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve been teaching the same fall class for 4 years. Last year I caught SO many students cheating on the second exam. Then found evidence many had also cheated on the 1st exam. This year, 1st exam scores are lower than expected. New measures ON Maybe this is the first year no one was able to cheat?

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Can’t wait to teach an angelic epiphany

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oooh, I’m teaching on the hebrew prophets in the next month! This is so great

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Well, looks like someone has created a game to remind Texas voters about Ken Paxton’s unique “qualifications” for the senate. 👏🏼

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Listened to this podcast yesterday and really enjoyed it. And hearing my colleague Cynthia 🙌🏻

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy September days from Willoughby and spooky chop. It’s supposed to stay below 100 today in central Texas, so I’m feeling Fall 😆

Pug lying down in his crate with a Halloween-styled lamb chop toy—orange with a witch’s black hat. (It’s precious)

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hmm, what (WHO) has sucked up all the oxygen in our political system the last decade? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It looks like the newer (Trump-aligned) organization is trying to steal the words “catholic+vote” from Catholics Vote Common Good. Seems like bad faith to me

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Please do. They also help to fund Texas’s political extremism, so you’ll also be on the good side for that reason

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

😆😆😆😆🥹🥹🥹😢😢😭😭😭

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Exactly! It’s infuriating, because it’s bad faith. The repeated thing is what IS meant, and the disavowal is the “joke” (i.e., lie). Personally, I think Jesus was right when saying, “Let your yes be yes and your no be no…” Bonus if you no what “anything else” is coming from 😉

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

His reasoning is painfully bad, and while he assembles a list of things he thinks are objections, they are just identifiers for all his areas of bias and willful ignorance. The BIDEN admin put out Covid misinformation?? 🤦🏼‍♀️ That woman was so kind to him in her rejection

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

People need to stop electing humans who need psychiatric help and show signs of narcissistic personalities and/or delusions. This should not appeal to the public, and the fact that is does shows deep dysfunction

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I don’t really know what to think of this company yet, or of its methods. I’m interested to learn here that it acquired the Barna group and Carey Niewhof’s leadership podcast. In fact, I stopped using info from that podcast after it went in on the “revival” hype about young men and churches. 🤔

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In the face of decades of papal teachings about the reality and urgency of climate change, U.S. sisters have been leaders on environmental action. In contrast, U.S. bishops have largely not been creation care leaders.

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Why are sisters more engaged in environmental activism than other church leaders?

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

She seems like a religious scholar or religious historian… and I just wonder… what? I’ve never heard any of you all claim that history is simple, unambiguous, or that potential lessons are guaranteed strategy. She could “challenge” if she wants, but she’d do better with specificity and evidence 🤷‍♀️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

If you haven’t seen that @bradleyonishi.bsky.social and @angeladenker.bsky.social and several others have begun putting out a daily brief on US religion and politics at Axis Mundi Media, it’s GREAT. Today’s here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Axis Daily Brief | The Surprising American Evangelical Denomination Pushing Back Against Right-Wing Extremism

Podcast Episode · Axis Daily Brief · June 29 · 10m

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Individual translations of the Bible have a long history, but they should always be treated with caution because of the potential for bias with just 1 person working. On top of that, this seems like it always was a paraphrase. Now it looks like it might have stolen from The Message. Try NRSVue? 🙂

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Oh, thank you for posting. Catriona! I’ve never been so excited about the casting for Mrs. Dashwood

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I did open to find out this is in SC. But that would be helpful in the blurb for all of us who don’t know where Blythewood is

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I really like Kwok n Roll lately, by Kwok Pui Lan. Her feminist Fridays were my favorite recent feature, but she has really thoughtful interviews altogether

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There isn’t a lot of inherent dignity in having one’s life taken by the state. What a fallacious argument

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

What a beautiful statement about the joys of libraries

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Was literally just explaining about it to my teen! So happy

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Accurate assessment (ffrf) So disappointed in the regressive decision of the SBC. And one that doesn’t allow the Baptist principle of freedom of conscience! (Though I’m not baptist, I do teach at a Baptist affiliated institution)

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Time for white evangelical Protestants to listen to everyone else. Long past time

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Exactly… now I’m so curious. Was it childishness? Get-a-room vibes? More info pls

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Ethiopian manuscript tradition and church tradition are fascinating. After developing so long out of contact with other Christian traditions, Ethiopian Christianity has many distinct texts, practices, and features. I am excited for more of its heritage to be accessible to scholars worldwide

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Neck and upper back pain from leaning my head down, and wrist/forearm pain from holding up and open a Ken Follett hardback while lying down. Had to refrain for a day to recover. Also repeated periodically in later years from grad school reading.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Postal workers lash out against new USPS rule that helps Trump’s attack on mail-in voting

The American Postal Workers Union says it “rejects the premise” that the USPS needed to comply with Trump’s anti-mail voting order.

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

That was my biggest takeaway. She can’t even get out the claims or make coherent arguments for them. My form of birth control means I’m never low on iron, and I’m not drained by nauseating menstrual cramps. She’s full of nonsense, & I hope her hollow arguments help people see thru the whole event

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Just to clarify, Hegseth is part of the CREC, which isn’t presbyterian, though it claims “reformed” in its acrostic.

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Beginning the day with beauty

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This cute toad loves to perch in my regularly watered plants

A toad on a child’s sand toy, both sitting in a potted plant outside

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SEBenton @sebenton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Since I live around Tr*mp country, it’s helpful to reality check how people are viewing things around the country. I still know people all over, so it’s not hard for me to know this is true. But for some people in my area, this is disconnected from their reality, & they might really not believe it

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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Perhaps “Train up a child in the way he should go, & when he is old he will not depart from it” is a sobering observation & not a formulaic promise? Christians: we can be done defending spanking. +

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