Was asked to fill in today to give a brief intro to Gnosticism & the Apocryphon of John

Apologies in advance to students

great time for so many schools to be shutting down their religion programs.

yes, we religionists are clearly irrelevant. nothing to say here.

Fix your hearts or die.

I agree that people shouldn't be negatively polarized into treating the Catholic Church as a net good in the world but if you're pretending it's not funny that the pope saying "bombing schools is bad" made our government invent Anglicanism from first principles, you're just a buzzkill

Never forget that Hegseth, who has dismissed laws prohibiting war crimes and believes “biblical” law is supreme, thinks God, not humans, controls everything, including war

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

April — 2026

"Gender Criticals" are masters of Britain
Only some very tired human rights lawyers stand before them

TOILETS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS

Pic of the game MYST that has been edited to read MYST GENDERED. Text reads "The Surrealistic Adventure That Will Become Your World While Visiting Your Parents." A medallion in the upper right reads DISSASSOCIATERS' CHOICE AWARD BEST GAME 2025. On the lower left in a red triangle white text reads LOL CD ROM. In the upper left corner there is a yellow triangle with a red border. The text on it is black and reads: "“The most fascinating new game I’ve seen…” Wall Street Journal “…adventures are in for a visual and aural shitshow…” Computer Gaming world “Myst leapfrogs other micro aggressions” Electronic Games

had to create a visual for the intrusive thought I have had since the holiday season began

I’m imagining myself like a restaurant critic: “The Eucharist had a timeless, tasteful flair that could have been elevated by a quality bread pairing. Unfortunately the whole-wheat pita failed to live up to the true promise of eating Christ’s body. Two and a half stars.”

I should hire myself out like one of those white-hat hackers, only I’m here to tell you how theologically vapid your hymn choices are and how you could format your bulletin better.

I should never be allowed in church services. I’m basically a secret shopper. I am going to be shady about everything from the choice of Bible translation in your pews to how choreographed your ushers are as they hand out the offering plates.

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

A tweet from @pontifex says: Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys.

Both on point and extremely metal.

“go back to the moon but this time we have really good cameras” was a fantastic idea

The time has come for us, as an organisation, to boycott @pinknews.bsky.social.

Despite reservations about the company, we have sometimes worked with queer and trans reporters there to tell stories we thought were important for our community - the same as other outlets.

That ends today. Why?

Why did the Romans crucify Jesus? Because he became too woke.

on #TDOV, dig into the wide range of trans & queer approaches to biblical & rabbinic texts, w @lhuber.bsky.social
Eric Thomas, Gwynn Kessler, Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, @postrafelite.bsky.social & Erin Runions in the latest issue of QTR!

@dukepress.bsky.social

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Many men are not psychologically equipped for a universe where potential mates are not entirely economically dependent on them. Nor can they handle the burden of freedom from prescribed gender-based expectations. The people least equipped for this are running the country. bsky.app/profile/drja...

scan of a gouache painting of Philly's mascot Gritty, a furry orange muppet with wild eyes, as a wrathful deity crowned with gold flames, dancing on modern imps of ignorance and cruelty, on the Columbia bridge over the Schuylkil, in front of a burning Cybertruck in the river, flanked by offerings of pretzels and Tastykakes. It holds up a progress flag on a hockey stick, a middle finger, a sprig of ginkgo, a big cup of Wawa coffee, one empty blessing hand, and a molotov cocktail ready to throw. The sky is pastel dawn colors over Fairmount Park.

so i don't live there now but i am From Philly, it's meaningfully part of me even 20+ years out

and i'm not into hockey but this guy has transcended mere hockey mascot, imo. i've been thinking about this kind of treatment for him basically since go & especially since they doubled down on the flag-

fellas is it gay to have a war plan

The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.

The thousands of American kids we kill by cutting health care will die with smiles on their faces knowing that the money was used for missiles to kill Iranian kids.

by Jodey Arrington

Google has an ad for Gemini about a student using AI to create a study guide and I cannot say more strongly: Students, PLEASE create your own study guides because that is what studying *IS*. If you outsource your studying to AI, you will likely fail your tests.

N.Y.U. Professors Reach a Deal on a Contract to End Strike After 2 Days

A thousand NYU contingent faculty went on strike Monday and today they have a real contract with real security in one of the most expensive places on earth

Imagine seeing this and not understanding why Religious Studies is needed as a discipline at this moment in history.

Job ad for the Washington Center at WVU

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One Cool Trick to Increase Your Workload: AI "Literacy" for Faculty — Sonja Drimmer A refrain among the profiteers of automation is that the technology they’re selling will decrease everyone’s workload. But it has been shown time and again that automation intensifies labor: whether i...

Mark Watkins of the Chronicle of Higher Ed says faculty should spend 90 mins a week to teach ourselves about AI & unis are now sending out emails w his recommendation. I write here about the gift of having someone admit that automation intensifies labor

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Andreesen: introspection is just a modern conceit
Ancient greeks: what

In Intro LGBTQ+ I talk abt McRuer’s “central question of ableism”: “Wouldn’t you rather be more like me?”

Parallel response to trans ppl is clear here:

“Very few people in this world actually want there to be more trans people… …they ask: ‘Wouldn’t it be better if they just didn’t end up trans?’”

Res Diff 2.2 (2025) Special Issue: “Rez Diff: Indigenous Perspectives”Guest-edited by Ashley Lance and Tara Wells. Cover Image: Evan Shannon, Αυτοχθων Ashley Lance and Tara Wells, Introducing Rez Diff: Indigenous Pers…

It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue of #ResDiffJournal, Res Diff 2.2 (2025).

"Rez Diff: Indigenous Perspectives," guest-edited by Ashley Lance (@aerl.bsky.social) and Tara Wells.

#OpenAccess

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