Rebekah Eklund
@profrebekah.bsky.social
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Teaches Xn Scripture, theology, and ethics at Loyola-Maryland (views are my own). Currently all things Gospel of Luke. Fascinated by Jesus films. Happy place = the Rocky Mountains. #LongCovidAwareness.
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profrebekah.bsky.social
My faith tradition calls me to imitate God’s special care and protection for the vulnerable - the hungry, poor, and weeping; the orphan, widow, and resident foreigner
thejenniwren.teamlh.social
At 6:30am, Sen. Cory Booker & Rep. Hakeem Jeffries began a sit-in on the Capitol Steps, standing up for the millions this brutal GOP budget would hurt. They’re inviting everyone to share their story—their own moral moment. Hakeem is up next. My heart is full and breaking at once. This is democracy.
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maxinejoselow.bsky.social
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
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weedenkim.bsky.social
Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.

Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.

Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.
newseye.bsky.social
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
Homes flooded in Kipnuk Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm A small blue house has been blown onto its roof
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thevcs.bsky.social
The Psalter was the fundamental devotional text of the Middle Ages, and our exhibition of the week on Psalm 27 features three different ones.

Click here to read the comparative commentary:

thevcs.org/lord-my-ligh...
Psalm 27
The Lord is my Light
Commentaries by Frederica Law Turner
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jackjenkins.me
Has anyone kept tabs on how many lawmakers/elected officials/candidates have been arrested, detained or physically confronted by ICE and other federal agents this year?

Ald. Jessie Fuentes below, and gonna link to some more in a non-exhaustive thread:
eric-reinhart.com
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
profrebekah.bsky.social
OMG. That actually made me gasp out loud -- the moment when the word "glory" is superimposed over the American flag. What a blasphemous use of the Lord's Prayer to sanctify military violence. The only part of that whole video that was appropriate was the phrase "Forgive us"
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matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week.

My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."

There may have been some subtext.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...

Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
YouTube
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carlosfnorena.bsky.social
Tenure track position in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley in HEBREW BIBLE.

The appointment will include the option to join the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, which I am chairing at the moment.

Happy to answer questions.
Assistant Professor - Hebrew Bible - Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
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aaronclauset.bsky.social
It took me 2 minutes to write about how this proposed rule would eliminate all foreign PhD students, who are a critical part of US science and technology, and drive US innovation and economic growth
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
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For more information, visit theguardian.com/studentoffer
Support the Guardian
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profrebekah.bsky.social
L'shana Tovah - a blessed Rosh Hashanah - to my Jewish friends
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jackjenkins.me
This is really important reporting: several of us have tracked and mentioned this in bits and pieces, but this is a three-byline story that gives it a full, long-form treatment.
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axidentaliberal.bsky.social
The remarks for which Jimmy Kimmel was suspended weren't about Donald Trump-or even Charlie Kirk

They were about the shooter

But that's beside the point

Because the First Amendment permits insensitive speech-even if it criticizes our government

That's the difference between democracy and fascism
profrebekah.bsky.social
When will women's kit be posted? :)
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nickknudsenus.bsky.social
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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rollingstone.com
"The only known solution to creeping authoritarianism is broad-based, peaceful, geographically dispersed mass engagement by everyday Americans. That’s it. That’s what works."

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...