Stuart Weeks

Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship 2026-27 at University of Cambridge Discover an exciting academic career path as a Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship 2026-27 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Funded research opportunity in biblical studies and other areas at the University of Cambridge

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The greatest story you’ll read today 😂😂🫡

Forward it on for the betterment of mankind & also to get me into heaven

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!

Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.

‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows

‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.

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As a baby, my son nearly died as a result of chickenpox, and spent a long time in hospital. This is long overdue.

Yale University - Postdoctoral Associate in Ancient Judaism/Jewish History | H-Net

A real Good Samaritan One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx

Screen capture from the Doctor Who account on Facebook. The post reads: Doctor Who 1h · Get ready to duel across time and space once again! Legendary trading card game #DoctorWho: BATTLES IN TIME will return in 2026 starting with the Retroduction set featuring eight brand new cards! There is a photograph of 5 cards: Fifteenth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Rose Tyler and Dalek Emperor. The new cards use the same design as the old, making much use of the elliptical shape from the 2005-2009 titles.

Is anyone here involved in the relaunch of Doctor Who: Battles in Time? Will there be a magazine again, or just the cards?

Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...

“If it were an economy, cybercrime would be the 3rd largest in the world” —

fascinating essay on how digital fraud works, from @lrb.co.uk

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Good morning please open your bibles to Matthew 17:21 and ..

The base of Thames marine Services on the River Thames close to Tower Bridge. Across the river is Butlers Wharf and beyond, the lower part of the Shard.

Follow me here to discover the story of some of the blue boats on the tidal Thames.
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Flashing Red Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"

New post just out:

Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".

No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.

It desperately needs a new approach.

(£/free trial)

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Hollowed out: can the centre hold? Can the centre hold and resist the far right?

"The oddity of the late 2020s is that the populist right has given the centre and centre-left a lifeline"

Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against
geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

Privatisation has made a Dad’s Army of the state The market-oriented approach has left services hollowed out while generating huge profits for private companies

“A system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Frontispiece from Lincoln’s 1916 book Revelations of an International Spy, showing a man in a suit and bow tie, holding papers, wearing a moustache, and looking at camera through small round glasses

Well, if it’s 6 October, it’s the 82nd anniversary of the day the world was deprived of Ignatius Trebitsch-Lincoln, who was born a Hungarian Jew, got elected to the House of Commons, spied for Germany in both world wars, and eventually declared himself the 14th Dalai Lama...

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.

Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.

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Love killing off all the religion departments just as christofascism sweeps the nation.

We are remembering two different Charlie Kirks The way we see Charlie Kirk, his life and death, and indeed, nearly everything, is determined less by the facts than by our personal paradigms. Less by the truth than by our algorithms. This past w…

I appreciate the way this article about Charlie Kirk highlights the role of algorithms and information bubbles in the different perceptions people have of him.

wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/w...

Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.

The firing of Jimmy Kimmel due to government pressure has rightly shaken those committed to free speech. Entertainers have always criticized politicians. The sign of a good politician who values free speech is to let them; only authoritarians take revenge - just ask the Romans./1

I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might

This is hilarious.

I'm in my mid to late 40s. I grew up in the west end of Newcastle in 80s and 90s. I moved to London in 1998. I look on at wazzocks saying multiculturalism has failed and I just keep wanting to ask

'what do you think you would get back if multiculturalism ended?'

My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you By Alex Andreou

The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇

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Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
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