White apple(?) blossom against a deep blue night sky.

Blossom against the night sky spotted on a late night trip to the local supermarket.
#TinyJoys

Cherry tree with white blossom in Luther King courtyard.

Blossom starting to appear in the @lutherkingtheology.bsky.social quad.

Can anyone please point me to a bespoke commination against the grading window in Moodle? Especially the design feature that enables you to lose all your comments if you miss one box of the rubric?

Exorcism?

John Guernsey - Wikipedia

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How, legally, will Girl Guiding know who is trans and who is cis?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS NATA

Stolen Fragments | Stanford University Press In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from...

Last was "Stolen Fragments" by @robertamazza.bsky.social. This is a riveting academic mystery, going on a mind-boggling tour of the tangled world of trade in ancient artifacts and the development of a massive scandal at its center. Highly recommend

Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (8/8)

Professor Anthony Reddie in front of a smartboard.

Great to have Professor Anthony Reddie with us at @lutherkingtheology.bsky.social today exploring black liberationist approaches to the Bible with some of our postgraduate students. #Bible

The Two Deprivations Are poorer constituencies going green of turquoise?

1/ I have done a data dive on ‘The Two Deprivations’ and the govt’s Green-Reform dilemma: parables.substack.com/p/the-two-de...
It references the work of @luketryl.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social

Affirmative: Why You Can Say Yes to the Bible and Yes to People Who Are LGBTQI+ Buy Affirmative: Why You Can Say Yes to the Bible and Yes to People Who Are LGBTQI+ by Tallon, Jonathan (ISBN: 9781739261603) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

And secondly, Affirmative, a non-fiction book explaining why you can say yes to LGBTQ+ people and the Bible. Available as ebook or paperback at all major retailers.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739261607/

As it’s #WorldBookDay some shameless self-promotion. First, The Magdalene Secret, a fast-paced cosy mystery for anyone with an interest in papyri or Manchester, free on Kindle Unlimited:

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this has reminded me of possibly the best book review I've ever seen, an anonymous marxist amazon review of the 1971 children's book "The Elephant and the Bad Baby"

A poster advertising the event with Sarah’s painting “the Madonna of Hampstead”

📣 Yesterday, Holly Morse and I were thrilled to install Encountering Biblical Bodies: Sarah Lightman's Biblical Women in the Glass Corridor Gallery at The University of Manchester.

Dydd gwyll Dewi Hapus

Phew. Fortunately, the Gorton & Denton result confirmed exactly what I already thought about all the major parties. Glad to know I was right.

The Anarchic Spirit: Interpreting the Bible and the World in troubled times Buy The Anarchic Spirit: Interpreting the Bible and the World in troubled times by Adams, Graham (ISBN: 9780334067009) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Ooh look, it's up on Amazon even though it's currently available - expected publication at the end of August ... and Amazon amusingly places it alongside books that are very different from it!
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If you host a house church in a flat, does the flat become listed?

Called, Tested, and Tired: Women, Ministry, and Baptist Life On the way back from a Leeds University Christian Union Houseparty I had helped organise as treasurer, I was sat in the car with a former ...

Called, Tested and Tired: Women, Ministry and Baptist Life - a bit of rare bloggage on some of the things I've been hearing and observing in Baptist life recently.

Have a read and reflect and I'd be happy to chat

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On the vexed physis question, I will accept two, or one incarnate physis. Should be compulsory to answer before you get a passport.

Clearly it is affirmation that the person of Christ is one hypostasis and two ousia. If you can’t fully understand and affirm this, are you really British at all?

This is what @drewjakeprof.bsky.social tweeted, many years ago…

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The book was inspired by something @drewjakeprof.bsky.social tweeted, so the hero is called Jake Andrews as a nod to this 🙂

Small Prophets is gentle and watchable (BBC iPlayer) - has Detectorist vibes.

British person waking up and opening up Bluesky: woke Seahawks beat patriots. Trump hated on Bugs Bunny who sang at half-time. There were ads for an AI Jesus. Have I got this right?

Some Desperate Glory ebook by Emily Tesh - Rakuten Kobo Read "Some Desperate Glory The Hugo Award-winning novel" by Emily Tesh available from Rakuten Kobo. **WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD** ** SHORTL...

#UKSFFBookBargains offers a daily deal on Some Desperate Glory by @emilytesh.net. 99p.

One of the best books of the last ten years. A very well deserved Hugo winner. If you've not read this you're missing out.

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Best wishes for whatever might be next

Thank you! Saw it in the day, using it with students in the evening.

I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy.

All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n