iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I have one playtester spot left if anyone wants to join! Or just stop by. Sheraton lobby by the bar. 4pm. #aarsbl25

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Interested in using games for teaching? Stop by our #aarsbl25 panel this afternoon!

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I’ll be playtesting a prototype of the board game Algorithmic Effervescence at #aarsbl25! Sunday 4-6pm. Location TBA. Let me know if you’re interested in playing and providing feedback.

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becky hammon’s crucifix @real-point-god.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

YOU HAVE MULTIPLIED YOUR WONDROUS DEEDS NONE CAN COMPARE WITH YOU WERE I TO PROCLAIM THEM THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN CAN BE COUNTED -An explanation of why Alyssa Thomas is the #WNBA MVP, quoted in Psalm 40:5

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Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Keep the Faith, a storytelling game about a religion in transition by @gregisonthego.bsky.social, is coming to Backerkit tomorrow! Won't you join us? #ttrpg #CMichPress #KeeptheFaith www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Box cover art for the game Keep the Faith, showing two religious adherents in colorful robes holding their hands out in either a greeting or a sacred pose.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch. This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service. Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky

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Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video

PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Ready to nerd out over games, teaching, religion. #sblaar25 Booth 816 in Exhibit Hall.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

#sblaar24 folks! I will be at the SBL/AAR Game Booth in Exhibit Hall this Saturday, noon to 5pm w religion-themed board games that are free to play, explore. List of games: jeffreywheatley.com/aar24games. Subject to some change as I work to keep the suitcase under 50lbs 😓.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

#SBLAAR24 folks! I’m bringing religion-themed board games to the annual meeting. I’ll be at the AAR booth in Exhibit Hall Saturday noon-5pm. Free to play, explore, consider assigning in class. Games here: www.jeffreywheatley.com/aar24games.

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Fairy rings. I'm writing on early scientific explanations to dismiss the supernatural. In 1853 a Yorkshire correspondent to "The Naturalist" magazine suggested, from observation of his pet hedgehog, that some fairy rings were caused by hedgehogs running in circles.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

We are hiring an assistant professor to support a new game design major at Iowa State. We encourage applicants with scholarly activities related to (but are not limited to) character design and animation for game engines. Please share! isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...

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Assistant Professor – Game Design

Position Title: Assistant Professor – Game Design Appointment Type: Faculty Job Description: Summary of Duties and Responsibilities: College of Design at Iowa State University is seeking a dynamic and...

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 23/02/2024

The AHA sent a letter to the members of the Iowa House of Representatives opposing HF 2544, a bill that bypasses "the state’s mandated process for developing social studies standards.” 🗃️

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AHA Sends Letter to Iowa House of Representatives Opposing Bill on Social Studies Standards Development Process (February 2024)

The AHA has sent a letter to the members of the Iowa House of Representatives opposing HF 2544.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in #gamedesign! Join an interdisciplinary team of faculty at Iowa State developing a game design major. Requires knowledge of game design principles; preference for art design & game engines, especially character animation. (myworkdayjobs.com)

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

Iowa State has a job call up for an Asst Prof of Game Design to contribute to the development of a cross-college, cross-department Game Design undergraduate degree program. Focus on art design and game engines, especially character animation. isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...

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Assistant Professor – Game Design

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Did a fun lil interview for a spotlight from Northwestern Religious Studies, where I got my PhD. religious-studies.northwestern.edu/about/news/2...

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Wendy Laura Belcher @wendylbelcher.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Attention art historians and medievalists! Check out our site's display of 2,500 pieces of African artwork, from the late 1300s to the present! pemm.princeton.edu/paintings

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Since I am following a number of game folks, does anyone have experience or knowledge about game licenses in university libraries? Specifically, I'm working with our library on challenge of licensing digital PC games (e.g., Pentiment) for student educational use on a library PC.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Been thinking about religious events or themes that lend themselves to a feasible card/board game system. Tinkering with game concept based on 19th century religious revivals. Drawing loosely on my fanaticism work and Finbarr Curtis’ chapter on Charles Finney’s systematization of revivals.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Especially existed for this new religion-related game I just got. The Magical Card Battle of Britain. 2+ players competing through real and fictional folk occultists, monsters, witches, and, ahem, scholars. From Hellebore press.

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Browsing through our spring classes

Screenshot of course listing:
COMM 1300 Media Industries and Society

Course Description:
In this course we will try to understand the New York Times' effect on man.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

I need to get to panels earlier because my back won’t last another session sitting on the ground. #AARSBL23

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

My highlight of #AARSBL23 so far is Winnifred Sullivan giving some hints about her Joan of Arc book during a political theology panel. I need this book!

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Looking forward to selecting readings and games for our faculty learning community over the next few years.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Tag yourself! I am closest to True Neutral here, though no papers for me at this #AARSBL23.

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Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

The linked op ed is so on point. Humanities degrees aren’t “useless.” They are critical. Critical because they require “analytical thinking about thinking,” which is precisely what also makes them critical (as in “of crucial importance”).

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Burrow erupted feral from the woods $30/200 @burrow.northsky.social · 14/11/2023

Biblically accurate Angel food cake

Image of a golden frosted cake with pale yellow wings attached to the sides & a fuck ton of tiny eyeballs

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Low key Gamergate made our cultural and political world.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Following a lot of new folks on here! I’m a religious studies prof working on US religion, fanaticism, state power. More recently interested in myths, supernatural, cults in game worlds. Part of a team of faculty developing Game Design Major at Iowa State University. More at www.jeffreywheatley.com.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Starting to plan the revisions and tweaks to my two spring courses: Catholicism and Religion and Popular Culture. Incorporating two PC games and two tabletop games in them in part as a pilot program to work through the accessibility, financial, and educational challenges of teaching games.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

ICYMI: the indomitable @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social shared the audio and her notes from this @xroadproj.bsky.social info session if you're an artist, organizer, scholar, or otherwise knowledge-maker who works on/with Black religious histories, cultures, and communities APPLY!!! apps due 18 Dec

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Looking forward to seeing many of y’all at AAR! I’ll be presiding over this excellent panel. #AARSBL23

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Made a list of board, card, and RPG games that have some connection to Religious Studies. Feel free to add! boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/325...

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Think I got my next tattoo nailed down: the medieval folk dog hero St. Guinefort, with snake in mouth.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Look at what the modernists have done this time!

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Looking at religion-themed board and card games to add to the collection. Found an Apples to Apples Bible Edition. This little fanatic apple has strong feelings about biblical translations.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Doing more work on the book chapter on Charles Guiteau, who assassinated President Garfield as an "agent of the Deity." Here's the prosecutor's closing argument and Guiteau (The Prisoner) quipping up with one of his many interjections.

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Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Got the preview of Windows with their AI Copilot. Check out the suggestion for a question.

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