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DrAKMulA

@akma.bsky.social

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AKMA is a priest, lecturer (New Test., Greek, Early Church, Crit Theory), writer, gamer; Glasgow, Oxford, now parish ministry in Abingdon-on-Thames. Will not try [in vain?] to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever. http://akma.disseminary.org

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 4h

First time I’ve been on a bus that goes past Our Lady’s Abingdon — a real gut punch to see all those windows boarded up…

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 6h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 5h

Is this like ‘racism is legal, but conspiracy to commit racism isn’t’?

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 5h

Pay-for-COVID-vax is health for those who can afford it, debilitating illness for those who can’t. Shame on governments that allow such plutocratic folly!

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 5h

Amen to getting more Black D&D representation, but I dunno about their being dwarves; reminds a little too much of the lawn jockeys I saw in suburban areas. Getting Black *humans* into D&D is a good starting goal; I wonder how many illustrations show Black protagonists?

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 6h

‘He’s not a disrupter — he’s a very naughty boy!’

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 8h

Odd that someone from the Philippines should text me about my DWP status…

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John Lyons @jlyons1991.bsky.social · 9h

Yup. But wealth will offer us more debt and more bling to keep the machine from seizing up completely.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 10h

“The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from skill the ability to access wealth.”
— Joseph Browning

Church of Jeff
@jeffowski@mastodon.world
#ai #generativeAl
Edit: went back and found my friend that originated the quote from Facebook.
facebook.com/share/p/sQGLoN9wu...

Joseph Browning
Jul 10
The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from skill the ability to access wealth.

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 8h

Look, I don't know who's comfortable being spotlit on bksy, nor even whether all are *on* bsky, but very dear family members, friends, and studentsare trans, and I love them all. Heck, I taught Greek to Hunter Schafer's mum and dad, and I'm proud of all of them.

BooBiscuit 🎃👻 @harpomarxism.bsky.social · 1d

Hey let's try something different today.

Let's start a thread where we shout out a trans person on Bluesky who's inspired you or made a difference in your life.

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 8h

I use 'outwith' frequently, and almost every time my (not Scottish) editors try to change it. One actually altered it to 'outwit', which made absolute nonsense of the sentence.

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 8h

Intriguing location to find an oceanic deity…

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 8h

'SUW CHARMAN ANDERSON'S Ada Lovelace Day'

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 10h

Oooh, ooh, ooh, let me translate: "Bubbles are good. Bubbles create some carnage, but who cares about that. They also create enduringly, obscenely rich people, like me, and we'll still be rich long after the plebs have lost their jobs, their careers and their homes."

Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 11h

Bubbles are good, actually…

on.ft.com/476jUkn ‘Of course it’s a bubble’: AI start-up valuations soar in investor frenzy

“Of course there’s a bubble,” said Hemant Taneja, chief executive of venture capital firm General Catalyst, which raised an $8bn fund last year and has backed Anthropic and Mistral. “Bubbles are good. Bubbles align capital and talent in a new trend, and that creates some carnage but it also creates enduring, new businesses that change the world.”

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 10h

So massively absurd, so shortsighted.

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 10h

Luckily, I'm right-handed, so if the Orioles were in the World Series and they needed a pitcher on an emergency basis, I'd be ready to jump on an overnight flight and start the game for them.
@orioles.com

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 10h

Update: Tuesday was bad, Wednesday I spent most of the day flat on the couch, dozing and wincing and sweating and quaking (the 'rigors'), last night I had night sweats, this morning I feel great except that my left arm still aches.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

Brian Sicknick (1978-2021)

an image with the face of Brian Sicknick, a US Capitol police officer who was killed during the far-right pro-Trump violent putsch attempt on Jan 6, 2021

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

At least you didn’t include a pervy and/or drunk clergyman…

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"Here Comes Tomorrow": A Trans X-Men Podcast @herecomestomorrow.net · 1d

New episode!

This is a somber one

We talk about "Ambient Magnetic Fields," the rebuilding of Genosha, and the VERY complicated politics of genocide memorial

Luckily, we have an expert on all of the above: the great A.M. Vincent

It was a really great chat; we hope you listen 💜

EPISODE 09: AMBIENT MAGNETIC FIELDS (FT. A.M. VINCENT) — HERE COMES TOMORROW: THE PODCAST

By this point in New X-Men, it's been one year since Cassandra Nova attacked Genosha, and more importantly, one year since the real-world attacks on September 11.

www.herecomestomorrow.net

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

My former colleague Joy Moore is an estimable scholar, a wise and generous pastor, a profound expositor of the word of truth. I co-chaired an SBL/AAR section with her, and her administrative savvy was a godsend (I wasn’t much help). I wonder what characteristics matter more to the Northern board…

Julie Roys @julieroys.bsky.social · 1d

Confusion erupted at Northern Seminary near Chicago when board members announced at her installation dinner that President Joy Moore had resigned—an announcement Moore publicly called “a lie” the next day.

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Who’s in Charge? Northern Seminary Dealing with Confusion Over Whether New President Resigned

Joy Moore’s role at Northern Seminary is in doubt after board members unexpectedly announced her resignation at her installation dinner.

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I mean, it's worth it, but it's a (literal) pain.

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

I'm he/him cos I'm old and am so obviously and unsubtly male that there's no point in anything else. Save your effort for remembering to gender correctly your more fluid, younger, more deeply invested friends, family, and neighbours.

V is for very, very spooky @alana-m-vincent.net · 1d

I offer the information that they/them is an accurate representation of my internal state, but continue to use she/her when referring to myself out of habit, and do not issue corrections.

#InternationalPronounDay

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

I am They/Them, but don't mind He/They too much, and fully understand why people would automatically default to He/Him so don't get annoyed when it is a genuine mistake, I do when they continue if, and I rarely do offline, I have corrected them.
#InternationalPronounsDay

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

I'm flat out today; my arm's sore, I'm run down, hot and cold spells.

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DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

Just learned this Monday when I went in for my flu vax. What can government be thinking?

DrAKMulA @akma.bsky.social · 1d

Vaccination triple-header (pneumococcal, flu, shingles) has knocked me out — achey arm (and joints), low energy, chills and hot spells — but I am now positively radiating immunity, and I’ll gladly take the exchange.