Ellen Muehlberger

From Bar Bahlul (ed. Duval), cols. 1760-1761, some cat-words in Syriac 🐈 🐈‍⬛

ܩܛܘ
/qaṭṭu/ cat, big cat

ܩܛܘܢܬܐ ܘܩܛܘܣܬܐ
/qaṭṭontå/ or /qaṭṭostå/ (small) cat, kitten

ܫܘܢܪܐ
/šunnårå/ cat

^^^^^^ this! I experienced it once, but since then have gotten to see it happen to other people over and over, and it is always *glorious*

The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context The World of the New Testament fills the need for an undergraduate-level textbook in biblical studies, theology, and religious studies that focuses on the traditional world(s) of religion,…

Dr. Lily Vuong (McMaster PhD 2010 and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon) recently published a co-edited volume entitled *The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context* with Fortress Press.

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whole lotta Vitamin C in that color, which I appreciate just now

the typing fingers just want it that way, the body is a mystery

Mine is.... Christain

Cool new colour, but also big congrats to @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social!

This reminds me of when I was a PhD candidate during comps (prelims). I was surprised that *I* had to put together all 3 of my reading lists instead of my committee. But then I realized that the act of compiling was an important learning experience.

I've been down with the Cough That Never Ends, but this is a reason to break the seal----welcome to orange, my friends!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

Fire up, Broncos!! 🤎💛

BOOK IT!

hard agree, no, diamond-hard agree

👀

🤓, but literally

the alpha and the omega

Northern view from Lake Point Tower overlooking the Chicago shoreline where it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-02-24 21:36:11 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@LakefrontLive // Current Temp in Chicago: 35 F | 2 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SSW at 22 mph | 35 kph // Humidity: 62%

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

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NAPS draft program up!

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honestly, same on both counts, ie

I've got a story that is very well-practiced by now *and* I owe my favorite publication ever to his self-confidence (which gave me something to spar against as I thought)

Legislation and Christians author: James Corke-Webster Abstract This article challenges the long-established orthodoxy concerning the legal basis of the persecution of Christians under the Roman empire. First, it demonstrates the problems with the current consensus, which holds both that the only extant legal enactment pertinent to the persecution of Christians before Decius is the rescript of Trajan to Pliny, and that Christians were always charged for their name alone. Second, it tests an alternative hypothesis, that Christians could be charged with multiple crimes, as part of the routine litigious culture of the empire, and that this was periodically exacerbated by legal enactments that did not target Christians but could be mobilised against them.

this looks very very interesting!

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look at us, great minds

(an entire industry rises up of people saying "that guy who was ultra-confident, vociferous, and belligerent? we might have to revisit some of the things he put out as bedrock")

Oooh: James Corke-Webster, "Legislation and Christians," is open access

Dr. Allgor knows!

welcome to another day of the question:

are women people, y/n?

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

“We have this narrative that explicit misogyny is something from the ’50s and ’60s, and what we have now is like implicit bias and microaggressions… misogyny is still out there in science and in academia, it’s just perhaps behind closed doors.” 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

It's the week before spring break, a full month from spring itself and two months from our last frost date, but I've got that itch that says the NAPS program is coming soon

the idea of spring in Chicago with all the nerds is what is getting me through the day right now

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?