Donald Trump's Violent Mentality is Quite Literally Biblical
One could be forgiven for coming away from Leighton Woodhouse’s “Donald Trump, Pagan King” op-ed in the New York Times with the nagging suspicion that he hasn’t actually read the biblical or ‘Pagan’ w...
A recent NYT op-ed blamed the Trump's regime's lawless violence on 'paganism' while conjuring Christianity as the source of good values. I think this is a terrible way to think about history and gets in the way of cleaning up the messes Christians have made. My latest from @religiondispatches.org
23.02.2026 23:36 —
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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says
The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.
Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.
This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.
01.03.2026 01:33 —
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US-ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN KILL 201; IRAN FIRES BACK, BLASTS ACROSS REGION
Explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel and US launches attacks; Iran retaliates, blasts across region.
While there are numerous aspects of the current military action taken by the U.S. and Israel against Iran that are anchored and sustained by religion, we suggest following news organizations with the capacity to cover these events across the region 🧵
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@news.dw.com and @en.france24.com are both doing great coverage RN
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US-ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN KILL 201; IRAN FIRES BACK, BLASTS ACROSS REGION
Explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel and US launches attacks; Iran retaliates, blasts across region.
While there are numerous aspects of the current military action taken by the U.S. and Israel against Iran that are anchored and sustained by religion, we suggest following news organizations with the capacity to cover these events across the region 🧵
1-e8259.azureedge.net/news/liveblo...
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Bloop
(Sharing with alt)
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What could be wrong with the government explicitly disfavoring institutions based on their core political speech?
"These institutions meet the following criteria: ... minimal public expressions in opposition of the Department."
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A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules.
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Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club
The Epstein files reveal an elite, chummy, and venal scholarly network.
"The distribution of power and privilege was not random, so the notion of the meritocracy is completely revealed to be gendered bullshit." www.chronicle.com/article/unma...
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"Ahmed’s @saranahmed.bsky.social conceptualising of knowledge, or more accurately, knowingness indicates that @ its core are 2 aspects: agency and authority Whilst the subaltern often has the agency to speak, or be recognised, they lack or are denied the authority to be seen or heard (Spivak 1988)"
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With #IR48's CFP still open for submissions, @drfstewart.bsky.social talks about the UK conference, and its theme of "Knowingness, Agency and Authority".
CFP: www.implicitreligion.co.uk/ir-uk/implic...
To submit your abstract: www.implicitreligion.co.uk/ir-uk/ir-uk-...
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A Scottish loch surrounded by autumnal trees with a bright blue sky, is overlaid with a purple over wash. The theme of the conference is written in large white writing over the image, stating: "Knowingness, Agency, & Authority". In the bottom right hand corner is details about the conference: 15 - 17 May 2026, Online BST. In the bottom left hand corner is the Implicit Religion logo.
CFP IR UK: The call for papers for the 48th Implicit Religion Conference, "Knowingness, Agency and Authority" is live. #IR48
DEADLINE: 27th March 2026
www.implicitreligion.co.uk/ir-uk/implic...
CFP PDF: cdn.prod.website-files.com/616453adbf9f...
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Omg no, you’re not going to make Anthropic into “resistance tech.” Nope nope nope
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Apparently the key to an indefinite sabbatical is to associate yourself with pedophilic sex traffickers.
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Talk about perverse incentivisation
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meanwhile us regular grunts need to spend entire semesters writing endless applications for grants and sabbaticals to get a semester off, which may or may not be successful
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Claudine Gay was punished and lost her job for incomplete citations in her PhD dissertation.
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Yup. At its most benign it incentivizes strategic incompetence
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And when people (generally woman) report them, they are most often punished with severe reputational and career costs. The double standard is incredibly unfair and has affected just about everyone you know who hasn’t protected themselves by staying silent.
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They are giving him emeritus???
"Emerita" doesn't just mean "former." It's an honorary title and usually requires a vote by the appointing authority--the faculty to be a professor emerita but I guess the board to be a president emerita.
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