Sam Freney
@freney.org
Nerd. Also: translation consultant at BSA, NT PhD, frisbee player, musician, and that coffee guy. Interested in many languages.
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Many don't realize that when Jesus talks about the evil spirit leaving and then returning with seven more (Mt. 12:43-45), he was actually referring to answering emails with multiple people copied.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Many don't realize that when Jesus talks about the evil spirit leaving and then returning with seven more (Mt. 12:43-45), he was actually referring to answering emails with multiple people copied.
These are the conditions that produce liberation theology
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
These are the conditions that produce liberation theology
I am not a runner, much less a marathon runner, because I am a Protestant and do not believe in purgatory.
Is running a marathon a religious experience? www.kenchitwood.com/blog/2025/10...
Is running a marathon a religious experience? — KEN CHITWOOD
Everyone runs marathons. But why do sensible people torture themselves over a distance of more than 42 kilometers? And why do hundreds of thousands of people cheer them on? German journalist,…
www.kenchitwood.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I am not a runner, much less a marathon runner, because I am a Protestant and do not believe in purgatory.
Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane.
Wanna buy my parent's house? Can confirm it's a beautiful place to live: www.realestate.com.au/property-hou...
www.realestate.com.au
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wanna buy my parent's house? Can confirm it's a beautiful place to live: www.realestate.com.au/property-hou...
"What are tweets but shadows on the wall of Elon's man-cave?"
Just catching up on it now, but this line from @mattbevan.bsky.social's If You're Listening is *chef's kiss*
Just catching up on it now, but this line from @mattbevan.bsky.social's If You're Listening is *chef's kiss*
May 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"What are tweets but shadows on the wall of Elon's man-cave?"
Just catching up on it now, but this line from @mattbevan.bsky.social's If You're Listening is *chef's kiss*
Just catching up on it now, but this line from @mattbevan.bsky.social's If You're Listening is *chef's kiss*
Tractarian support for this is known as the Oxford Comma Movement
New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic
May 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Tractarian support for this is known as the Oxford Comma Movement
Direct mail from Specsavers, which they hopefully send out just in time
March 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Direct mail from Specsavers, which they hopefully send out just in time
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You should be able to check if someone remembers something without reminding them of it
February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You should be able to check if someone remembers something without reminding them of it
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i hope this ishmael finds you whale
January 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
i hope this ishmael finds you whale
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December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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THEY DOXXED EA-NĀṢIR
Ea-nāṣir lived in n. 1 Old Street (this is a modern name completely fabricated by Sir Leonard Wooley, the excavator at the time) of area AH. This home was finely built and stood with an area of 110 m2, an average home in this neighborhood being about 70 m2.
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
THEY DOXXED EA-NĀṢIR
Come for my #SBLAAR24 paper on translation of ‘kingdom’ in Australian Indigenous Bible translations, stay for the other papers in the Bible and Practical Theology session.
November 24, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Come for my #SBLAAR24 paper on translation of ‘kingdom’ in Australian Indigenous Bible translations, stay for the other papers in the Bible and Practical Theology session.
I’ve never felt sorrier for anyone in my life than the 10yo kid being dragged around ETS after his father. They had matching sports coats and chinos #SBLAAR24
November 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I’ve never felt sorrier for anyone in my life than the 10yo kid being dragged around ETS after his father. They had matching sports coats and chinos #SBLAAR24
November 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Style guides that don’t require an en-dash for a number range—and I don’t care what kind of numbers they are—are very very wrong.
What's some objectively minor hill you had committed to die on in the Before Times that you'll still die in defense of, dammit?
e.g., Dead Poets Society is a terrible movie to begin with and a deeply toxically terrible movie about teaching.
e.g., Dead Poets Society is a terrible movie to begin with and a deeply toxically terrible movie about teaching.
November 13, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Style guides that don’t require an en-dash for a number range—and I don’t care what kind of numbers they are—are very very wrong.
When I’m not doing Bible translation stuff I play a lot of ultimate frisbee.
Tomorrow for the first time I pull on the green and gold to play for Australia at the World Masters Ultimate Championships in Irvine, CA. I’m on the Grand Masters (40yo+) Opens team, the Numbats.
Excited.
Tomorrow for the first time I pull on the green and gold to play for Australia at the World Masters Ultimate Championships in Irvine, CA. I’m on the Grand Masters (40yo+) Opens team, the Numbats.
Excited.
November 10, 2024 at 4:09 AM
When I’m not doing Bible translation stuff I play a lot of ultimate frisbee.
Tomorrow for the first time I pull on the green and gold to play for Australia at the World Masters Ultimate Championships in Irvine, CA. I’m on the Grand Masters (40yo+) Opens team, the Numbats.
Excited.
Tomorrow for the first time I pull on the green and gold to play for Australia at the World Masters Ultimate Championships in Irvine, CA. I’m on the Grand Masters (40yo+) Opens team, the Numbats.
Excited.
Gymnastics: I landed a flip off balance and put my hand out to stop my fall. Hurt exactly the same the next morning.
Men usually break the bone in my hand I broke punching someone else in the jaw. I had to explain, for weeks: yes, gymnastics. Yes I’m 33. No, you shouldn’t “see the other guy.”
Men usually break the bone in my hand I broke punching someone else in the jaw. I had to explain, for weeks: yes, gymnastics. Yes I’m 33. No, you shouldn’t “see the other guy.”
Hit me with your most embarrassing injury.
Mine is spraining my side trying to remove a shirt.
Mine is spraining my side trying to remove a shirt.
November 5, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Gymnastics: I landed a flip off balance and put my hand out to stop my fall. Hurt exactly the same the next morning.
Men usually break the bone in my hand I broke punching someone else in the jaw. I had to explain, for weeks: yes, gymnastics. Yes I’m 33. No, you shouldn’t “see the other guy.”
Men usually break the bone in my hand I broke punching someone else in the jaw. I had to explain, for weeks: yes, gymnastics. Yes I’m 33. No, you shouldn’t “see the other guy.”
"Safe?" said Mr Beaver ... "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's a very good boy."
I am concerned that there is a lion in my house. @darthbluesky.bsky.social, please advise.
October 31, 2024 at 10:50 PM
"Safe?" said Mr Beaver ... "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's a very good boy."
(Antipodean) Nerds rejoice: International SBL in Adelaide, July 5–9 2026
October 31, 2024 at 4:29 AM
(Antipodean) Nerds rejoice: International SBL in Adelaide, July 5–9 2026
Australians correctly pronounce Kamala Harris's name challenge (impossible)
October 29, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Australians correctly pronounce Kamala Harris's name challenge (impossible)
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okay, the second starter pack i want to create is folks attending + presenting + advertising panels at #SBLAAR24.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
October 28, 2024 at 10:49 PM
okay, the second starter pack i want to create is folks attending + presenting + advertising panels at #SBLAAR24.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.
like this skeet if, and only if, that’s you. we’ll get a good running commentary going in anticipation of and during the conference!
please reskeet to signal boost.