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
@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.
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
Not too niche. It dominates (and destroys) academic life.
11.12.2025 02:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0B. Definitely B!
11.12.2025 02:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Large language models
10.12.2025 17:08 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1We love the new animated Grinch!
08.12.2025 19:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Faculty position in Theological Ethics, St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon.
standrews.ca/opening-the-...
As a life-long non-watcher of soccer I'm gonna not watch soccer even harder now.
05.12.2025 18:34 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1Can 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!
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
what a great gift and partner!
04.12.2025 17:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Advent Gin? Brilliant!
04.12.2025 17:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Kids at dinner time:
04.12.2025 12:18 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The double passive construction here is impressive!
Remember your Strunk & White:
Off-duty police officer hits 85y.o. man with car.
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...
Whoa! Congratulations, Candida!
03.12.2025 13:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two 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
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30.11.2025 23:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wait. Quarter zips are supposedly cool now?
30.11.2025 21:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0@philharland.bsky.social has a book coming out in Spring -already available for pre-order: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
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."
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 π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Horsegirl!
29.11.2025 01:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Frightened Rabbit
Bruce Cockburn
Death Cab for Cutie
Brand New
Pedro the Lion
I think there is much more work to be done here.
27.11.2025 17:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whether it's the rich hoarding ungodly wealth or the poor hoarding devices, both classes are equally at fault for the economy.
27.11.2025 16:10 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 6 π 0Fantastic!
27.11.2025 15:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Even 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.
27.11.2025 15:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And in Home Alone, Christmas loyalist Kevin must avoid the cops in order to save both himself and his familyβs Christmas.
27.11.2025 15:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Think 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).
27.11.2025 15:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And in other Christmas movies that donβt feature Santa Claus himself, we see cops opposed to those who righteously celebrate Christmas.
27.11.2025 15:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0