Same Old AKMA
@akma.bsky.social
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
http://akma.disseminary.org
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p.s. for those who are interested, I have a dozen or so original translations in addition to this one on my website. it's a pretty idiosyncratic collection of texts but I hear people find them interesting!
andrewjacobs.org/translations/
andrewjacobs.org/translations/
Andrew Jacobs: Translations
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
p.s. for those who are interested, I have a dozen or so original translations in addition to this one on my website. it's a pretty idiosyncratic collection of texts but I hear people find them interesting!
andrewjacobs.org/translations/
andrewjacobs.org/translations/
November listening according to @lastfm.bsky.social —
1 Talking Heads 28 scrobbles
2 The Beatles 15
3 Joni Mitchell 13
4 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 12
5 Tracy Chapman 11
6 Sleater-Kinney 10
7 The Streets 10
8 Wilco 10
9 Teenage Fanclub 9
10 The Wood Brothers 9
(Mountain Goats excluded as usual…)
1 Talking Heads 28 scrobbles
2 The Beatles 15
3 Joni Mitchell 13
4 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 12
5 Tracy Chapman 11
6 Sleater-Kinney 10
7 The Streets 10
8 Wilco 10
9 Teenage Fanclub 9
10 The Wood Brothers 9
(Mountain Goats excluded as usual…)
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
November listening according to @lastfm.bsky.social —
1 Talking Heads 28 scrobbles
2 The Beatles 15
3 Joni Mitchell 13
4 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 12
5 Tracy Chapman 11
6 Sleater-Kinney 10
7 The Streets 10
8 Wilco 10
9 Teenage Fanclub 9
10 The Wood Brothers 9
(Mountain Goats excluded as usual…)
1 Talking Heads 28 scrobbles
2 The Beatles 15
3 Joni Mitchell 13
4 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 12
5 Tracy Chapman 11
6 Sleater-Kinney 10
7 The Streets 10
8 Wilco 10
9 Teenage Fanclub 9
10 The Wood Brothers 9
(Mountain Goats excluded as usual…)
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
'"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.'
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
'"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.'
In other words, if T. Rex were a paleontologist, he could have dug up (with his little arms!) fossils of Allosaurus…
@ryannorth.ca
@ryannorth.ca
This also means that other dinosaurs like Stegosaurus, Diplodocus and Ceratosaurus also never saw flowers.
But Tr.rex, Triceratops, and Edmontosaurus did see flowers. 🌸🪻🌻🦖🦕
This also mean that the fossils we found of Stegosaurus, Allosaurus were already long buried when T.rex was walking around 🤯
But Tr.rex, Triceratops, and Edmontosaurus did see flowers. 🌸🪻🌻🦖🦕
This also mean that the fossils we found of Stegosaurus, Allosaurus were already long buried when T.rex was walking around 🤯
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In other words, if T. Rex were a paleontologist, he could have dug up (with his little arms!) fossils of Allosaurus…
@ryannorth.ca
@ryannorth.ca
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*goes to a natural history museum and holds up a bouquet to an Allosaurus skeleton so they can finally see some flowers*
I don’t know a lot.
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
*goes to a natural history museum and holds up a bouquet to an Allosaurus skeleton so they can finally see some flowers*
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"Respectability tells you
to get a good night’s sleep;
Jesus tells you to stay up late
awaiting his arrival."
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2025/11/adve...
to get a good night’s sleep;
Jesus tells you to stay up late
awaiting his arrival."
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2025/11/adve...
Advent 1
Readings: Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 St. Paul gives what seems like reasonable advice: if you believe a day of judgment is coming, ...
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Respectability tells you
to get a good night’s sleep;
Jesus tells you to stay up late
awaiting his arrival."
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2025/11/adve...
to get a good night’s sleep;
Jesus tells you to stay up late
awaiting his arrival."
homileticdiakonia.blogspot.com/2025/11/adve...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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We now have a website for the project I've been working on the with Garrick Allen, Emanuele Scieri, and Maxim Venetskov on Codex H, the manuscript preserving the earliest Greek evidence of the Euthalian annotation and presentation system for the New Testament.
codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home
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codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home
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Annotating the New Testament
codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We now have a website for the project I've been working on the with Garrick Allen, Emanuele Scieri, and Maxim Venetskov on Codex H, the manuscript preserving the earliest Greek evidence of the Euthalian annotation and presentation system for the New Testament.
codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home
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codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home
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Since my mother is awake and texting me questions about stand mixers, I gather it is time for this:
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
YouTube video by Stiletto
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Since my mother is awake and texting me questions about stand mixers, I gather it is time for this:
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM?...
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If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
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I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.
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Take an absolutely critical bit of societal fabric which is also one of the country's few global successes. Cut off a big chunk of revenue, then underfund it. Give it additional chores and then pinch half a billion quid from it. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Take an absolutely critical bit of societal fabric which is also one of the country's few global successes. Cut off a big chunk of revenue, then underfund it. Give it additional chores and then pinch half a billion quid from it. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
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Your semi-regular reminder that WHOLE OF THE MOON by The Waterboys is the among the greatest pop songs ever written
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon [Official HD Remastered Video]
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Your semi-regular reminder that WHOLE OF THE MOON by The Waterboys is the among the greatest pop songs ever written
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Big if true
Speaking of which, the business press has been mostly avoiding talking about how Duolingo destroyed its entire business model firing workers and making the product AI-dependent. Their stock halved this year.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Big if true
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You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
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*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
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AMPLIFYING.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AMPLIFYING.
On a more positive note, I’m amazed that we finally have a conference app that’s actually useful, with an intelligible interface and helpful search functions (love d/l handouts!). Now, if they only provided a map that situated the conference sites with respect to one another…
#aarsbl25
#aarsbl25
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On a more positive note, I’m amazed that we finally have a conference app that’s actually useful, with an intelligible interface and helpful search functions (love d/l handouts!). Now, if they only provided a map that situated the conference sites with respect to one another…
#aarsbl25
#aarsbl25