Ryan Bowley

If you're interested in the relationship between memory and identity formation in the late empire, I liked Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making by Elizabeth A. Castelli.

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

The NRSV translation of Luke-Acts is so frustrating.

When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...

Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot Amazon’s Whole Foods says Trump’s firings that paralyzed a federal labor regulator invalidate a union vote at a Philadelphia store.

By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.

Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

Lord God,
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem, may fight all wrong, uphold your rule, and serve you to our life's end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All of this from @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The crisis is not *legible*. Even politically attentive people have no idea - the media are not conveying the scope and magnitude of what's happening. It has to be made legible through political and institutional resistance, not passivity and resignations.

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:

"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

I do not know what the future holds

I do know we all should actively participate in how it is shaped

The only way to do that is to do it

This is not a time to be silent. This is not a time to blame others

This is a time to gather courage. This is a time to speak up and build community

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later

Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!

How do Democrats harness #DarkWoke? | Peter Rothpletz Democrats’ current approach to political messaging is broken – and party leaders have no conception of how to fix it

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This will be fantastic. I can't wait to use it in my courses. I'm also grateful for scholars who take the time to write accessibly for undergraduates.

Picked up this book earlier this week.

It’s a retelling of Star Wars’ events, politics, and factions from the perspective of an in-universe historian, written by a real life historian!

And I’m not gonna lie, it’s a book that definitely gets you thinking on a personal and societal scale

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

Copy of The Canterbury Tales.

Loads of spelling mistakes in this.

#booksky any recommendations for books/authors I can check out after reading the Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers? Looking for sci-fi in the neighborhood of utopian futurism and eco-futurism. Queer themes would be great! #monk&robot #beckychambers #psalmforthewildbuilt #prayerforthecrownshy

Love this quote from Rebecca Solnit: Be a brick or a dab of mortar. You don’t have to be the whole wall.