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Stuart Weeks

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Hebrew Bible academic, NE England.

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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Not so much cost as complexity: in part because of higher numbers, in part because of so many concessions for disabilities etc. (X days between exams, extra time, assistance with typing, separate rooms and so on) exam timetabling was becoming almost impossible even pre-Covid.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So well done
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Found this an incredibly powerful piece on the whole sorry mess - as well as the whole sorry mess that universities are in more generally. samkriss.substack.com/p/the-carrio...
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The carrion-eaters
What we did to Jason Arday
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Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Some notes by little me on recent, hugely damaging, shamefully shameless events at Cambridge University. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/notes-on-a-cambridge-debacle If you read only one article about what has happened, try the new piece by Lanre Bakare in the Guardian, linked in my blog post.
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Notes on a Cambridge Debacle
I’ve written this very hastily, but there are a few things I’d like to get off my chest and the situation seems to be evolving quickly. Pleze ekscus eny leters getin in the rong plaices etc.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
One of the all-time great Hollywood anecdotes. John Boorman on the late great LEE MARVIN
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thanks. I'd be very interested to see your paper when it's done!
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It's in my Early Israelite Wisdom, probably a bit dated by now but it addresses an earlier manifestation of this 'everything's educational' approach.
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I think you might also consider physical position as a criterion. I wrote a long time ago about this with respect to some of the abecedaries (e.g. one in a barely accessible tomb, and where did the students at KA come from? It's 2 buildings in the middle of nowhere, and obviously a way station).
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
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Degeneracy is a Symptom
On Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you.
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So sorry to hear this.
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Mark Vernon @askwilliamblake.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Reflections on Mary Beard's Being Greek radio series and the ramifications of god-blind discussions of premodern worlds. At my Substack, A Golden String, open.substack.com/pub/markvern...
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In Search of Lost Gods
On ancient Greek tales of sexual misadventure and priestly election
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
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The bonfire of the humanities
150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today I've written for Arguably on one big mystery in our public life: why does no-one care about the existential crisis of our universities? Read all about it... 👇 www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
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The quiet collapse of British universities
One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨Job alert: A fixed-term lectureship in #Egyptology (2 years) at Oxford, to cover the sabbatical leave of two members of staff, Richard Parkinson (2026-7) and Elizabeth Frood (2027-8); see www.jobs.ac.uk/.../departme.... or search for 'Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology' on: jobs.ox.ac.uk
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is very odd. Does he know that the Bible doesn't make Abraham the ancestor of *only* the Israelites? envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land
Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A lot more lower-paid jobs, like nursing, require degrees now, and that has been a long-term trend. People talk about there being too many students, but you need a degree for almost any skilled/white-collar job with prospects, so employers have had a lot to do with driving this.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Funded research opportunity in biblical studies and other areas at the University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK371/c...
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Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship 2026-27 at University of Cambridge
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship 2026-27 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
media.tenor.com
a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand
Alt: a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The greatest story you’ll read today 😂😂🫡 Forward it on for the betterment of mankind & also to get me into heaven
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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ceej @ceej.online · 11/01/2026
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
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Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high
Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
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Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
As a baby, my son nearly died as a result of chickenpox, and spent a long time in hospital. This is long overdue.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Yale University - Postdoctoral Associate in Ancient Judaism/Jewish History | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 25/12/2025
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx
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A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
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Steven Flanagan @stoverfandango.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Is anyone here involved in the relaunch of Doctor Who: Battles in Time? Will there be a magazine again, or just the cards?
Screen capture from the Doctor Who account on Facebook.

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Get ready to duel across time and space once again! 
Legendary trading card game #DoctorWho: BATTLES IN TIME will return in 2026 starting with the Retroduction set featuring eight brand new cards! 

There is a photograph of 5 cards: Fifteenth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Rose Tyler and Dalek Emperor. The new cards use the same design as the old, making much use of the elliptical shape from the 2005-2009 titles.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“If it were an economy, cybercrime would be the 3rd largest in the world” — fascinating essay on how digital fraud works, from @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 11/12/2025
Good morning please open your bibles to Matthew 17:21 and ..
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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Follow me here to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the tidal Thames. thetidalthames.com/2025/11/09/t...
The base of Thames marine Services on the River Thames close to Tower Bridge. Across the river is Butlers Wharf and beyond, the lower part of the Shard.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
New post just out: Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list". No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks. It desperately needs a new approach. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
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Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"The oddity of the late 2020s is that the populist right has given the centre and centre-left a lifeline" Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...
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Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
“A system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Privatisation has made a Dad’s Army of the state
The market-oriented approach has left services hollowed out while generating huge profits for private companies
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 82nd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, got elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama...
Frontispiece from Lincoln’s 1916 book Revelations of an International Spy, showing a man in a suit and bow tie, holding papers, wearing a moustache, and looking at camera through small round glasses
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are. Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness. youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
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SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Love killing off all the religion departments just as christofascism sweeps the nation.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I appreciate the way this article about Charlie Kirk highlights the role of algorithms and information bubbles in the different perceptions people have of him. wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/w...
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We are remembering two different Charlie Kirks
The way we see Charlie Kirk, his life and death, and indeed, nearly everything, is determined less by the facts than by our personal paradigms. Less by the truth than by our algorithms. This past w…
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.
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Lauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel due to government pressure has rightly shaken those committed to free speech. Entertainers have always criticized politicians. The sign of a good politician who values free speech is to let them; only authoritarians take revenge - just ask the Romans./1
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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is hilarious.
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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I'm in my mid to late 40s. I grew up in the west end of Newcastle in 80s and 90s. I moved to London in 1998. I look on at wazzocks saying multiculturalism has failed and I just keep wanting to ask 'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening. @sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇 open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
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My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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🎃👻 Rob for Apples 👻🎃 @robwillb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.
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