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Matt Thiessen

@mattthiessen.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.

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I'm sorry to inform you, but these children's talking books use (AI-produced?) Trump's voice to tell Bible stories.

Not a cult at all.

presidentsbible.com

11.12.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Not too niche. It dominates (and destroys) academic life.

11.12.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

B. Definitely B!

11.12.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Large language models

10.12.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We love the new animated Grinch!

08.12.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opening: The McDougald Professor of Theological Ethics - St. Andrew's College St. Andrew’s College, Saskatoon (SAC) invites applications and nominations for the McDougald Professor of Theological Ethics. SAC is a theological college of The United Church of Canada (UCC) in ecume...

Faculty position in Theological Ethics, St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon.

standrews.ca/opening-the-...

06.12.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a life-long non-watcher of soccer I'm gonna not watch soccer even harder now.

05.12.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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the grinch is reading a book in the snow and saying hate , hate , hate , double hate ! ALT: the grinch is reading a book in the snow and saying hate , hate , hate , double hate !

Can someone please tell me why you hate the movie *How the Grinch Stole Christmas*? It's hilarious, witty, and moving. It's the movie that finally enabled me to appreciate my fellow Canadian, Jim Carrey.

Haters, explain yourselves!

05.12.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've gotta shake, shake, shake the fascism out
Shake, shake, shake the fascism out
Shake, shake, shake the fascism out
And wiggle the white nationalism away

05.12.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what a great gift and partner!

04.12.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Advent Gin? Brilliant!

04.12.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kids at dinner time:

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The double passive construction here is impressive!

Remember your Strunk & White:
Off-duty police officer hits 85y.o. man with car.

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Black and white picture of a blonde woman wearing a black top smiling with the caption "Candida Moss wins 2026 Grawemeyer Award in Religion"

Black and white picture of a blonde woman wearing a black top smiling with the caption "Candida Moss wins 2026 Grawemeyer Award in Religion"

I am thrilled (and a little overwhelmed) to share that my book God's Ghostwriters was award the 2026 Grawemeyer Award in religion. I am deeply honored to join this group of distinguished award winners.
lpts.edu/friends/graw...

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Whoa! Congratulations, Candida!

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Vacancies | Lund University

Two fully paid PhD positions at Lund University! One in Hebrew Bible and the other in Jewish studies, focus late antiquity. Gorgeous location and gorgeous colleagues. Don't sleep on this! (Set filter to HT to access these two in particular.)

lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies

02.12.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Downloaded!

30.11.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait. Quarter zips are supposedly cool now?

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Ethnic Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean A fresh perspective revealing how ethnographic thinking shaped the sociocultural landscape of the ancient Mediterranean. Β  With this book, Philip A. Harland presents a large-scale rereading of social ...

@philharland.bsky.social has a book coming out in Spring -already available for pre-order: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

30.11.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Me: "Child, I will always love you, no matter what you do!"

Child sprays on a shit tonne of cologne.

Me: "OK, this is making it really hard to live up to my word, but love will hopefully find a way through this miasma."

29.11.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If no bone is broken, you will be happy in a couple of days. Otherwise, it is a toss up.

29.11.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Horsegirl!

29.11.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Frightened Rabbit
Bruce Cockburn
Death Cab for Cutie
Brand New
Pedro the Lion

28.11.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

I think there is much more work to be done here.

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Whether it's the rich hoarding ungodly wealth or the poor hoarding devices, both classes are equally at fault for the economy.

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Fantastic!

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Even a copaganda flick like Die Hard, which tries hard to redeem cops and their relationship to Christmas, unintentionally demonstrates that most cops are, at best, bumbling fools who do everything in their power to ruin Christmas for all.

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And in Home Alone, Christmas loyalist Kevin must avoid the cops in order to save both himself and his family’s Christmas.

27.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Think of the cop who harasses and sabotages the Arnold Schwarzenegger character in Jingle All the Way. Anti-Santa cop activity crescendos when cops raid the workplace of numerous Santa Claus figures who are seeking to ensure toys get to kids (with a small surcharge).

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And in other Christmas movies that don’t feature Santa Claus himself, we see cops opposed to those who righteously celebrate Christmas.

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