@happycanvasser.bsky.social
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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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79-year-old retired optician who has lived (legally) in the U.S. for 74 years. Abolish ICE.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
79-year-old retired optician who has lived (legally) in the U.S. for 74 years. Abolish ICE.
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The only real analog I can think of to Elise Stefanik's decision to run for governor of New York in 2026 is Thích Quảng Đức, the buddhist monk who lit himself on fire at an intersection Saigon in 1963.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The only real analog I can think of to Elise Stefanik's decision to run for governor of New York in 2026 is Thích Quảng Đức, the buddhist monk who lit himself on fire at an intersection Saigon in 1963.
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Excellent response by @senatorhashmi.bsky.social i to Youngkin's and Reid's vicious and disgusting Islamophia (it's not really "anti-Hashmi rhetoric" btw, it's just plain anti-Muslim bigotry and xenophobia that everyone should call out for what it is and condemn). bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Excellent response by @senatorhashmi.bsky.social i to Youngkin's and Reid's vicious and disgusting Islamophia (it's not really "anti-Hashmi rhetoric" btw, it's just plain anti-Muslim bigotry and xenophobia that everyone should call out for what it is and condemn). bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
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This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.
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America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
I'm looking for examples of combined religious studies/philosophy majors. Message me with info if you would.
September 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm looking for examples of combined religious studies/philosophy majors. Message me with info if you would.
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Exactly, this is an ANTI-endorsement; definitely make sure you vote for the OPPONENT of the candidate this person has endorsed! (translation: vote for @SenatorHashmi, the one Joe Morrissey did NOT endorse!) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...
![Ghazala Hashmi says "I'm proud to have not received this endorsement [by Joe Morrissey of John Reid] for our campaign today. Thank you to everyone else for all of the support!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlan7kocyn37uzb25btjt2cc/bafkreiet2e7bzfiybjxe3dor5vlweygip3gz5btktja2gjh7oqeyj5aumi@jpeg)
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Exactly, this is an ANTI-endorsement; definitely make sure you vote for the OPPONENT of the candidate this person has endorsed! (translation: vote for @SenatorHashmi, the one Joe Morrissey did NOT endorse!) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...
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It is entirely possible, for example, that we will never get back some of the ancient language knowledge that will be lost by UChicago ending its teaching of these languages, because a whole generation will have nobody who bothers to learn them and pass them on.
August 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It is entirely possible, for example, that we will never get back some of the ancient language knowledge that will be lost by UChicago ending its teaching of these languages, because a whole generation will have nobody who bothers to learn them and pass them on.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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There are like 5 places in the US you can learn Ge’ez, and we will make it harder to read the ~1 million manuscripts that are still extant
When I think about the fact that universities are ALSO supposed to be repositories of knowledge and expertise you can't get elsewhere (and not just job training or even educational enterprises) I immediately go to ancient languages. I don't think ppl realize you can just lose them
There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.
August 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
There are like 5 places in the US you can learn Ge’ez, and we will make it harder to read the ~1 million manuscripts that are still extant
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There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.
“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the univ’s support, & the continued training of grad students who can keep these bodies of kn going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.
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the “be warned, we are taking names” part is what has been missing from most major politicians’ responses
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
the “be warned, we are taking names” part is what has been missing from most major politicians’ responses
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Anyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision
August 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Anyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision
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The absolute idiocy of UO for thinking that *this*—of all times—is the time to limit students’ ability to learn about religion, Russian, Eastern European history & languages, Judaism, Islam, or genocide is reactionary, anti-intellectual, and a threat to the humanities
A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The absolute idiocy of UO for thinking that *this*—of all times—is the time to limit students’ ability to learn about religion, Russian, Eastern European history & languages, Judaism, Islam, or genocide is reactionary, anti-intellectual, and a threat to the humanities
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Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
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I'm dazed. My heart aches so, my whole body is flooded with anxiety, my brain racing to get ahead of what it means, for Jews here, for Gaza, for my family, for everything, what can I say, what will be helpful to say, about the murder of two Jews leaving an event convened to coordinate aid to Gaza.
May 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm dazed. My heart aches so, my whole body is flooded with anxiety, my brain racing to get ahead of what it means, for Jews here, for Gaza, for my family, for everything, what can I say, what will be helpful to say, about the murder of two Jews leaving an event convened to coordinate aid to Gaza.
Another update on where we are.
Gift article. 🎁
A Church Wants a Homeless Shelter. The Mayor Wants Space for Pickleball. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
A Church Wants a Homeless Shelter. The Mayor Wants Space for Pickleball. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
A Church Wants a Homeless Shelter. The Mayor Wants Space for Pickleball.
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Another update on where we are.
Here's a statement adopted by the faculty of Randolph-Macon College. Please share it around.
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yjpaper.org/1573/news/wh...
Where We Stand: A Clear Statement in a Time of Crisis
We, the Faculty of Randolph-Macon College, are appalled at the existential crisis facing American higher education. The mission of Randolph-Macon College is in peril. Institutions of higher education ...
yjpaper.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Here's a statement adopted by the faculty of Randolph-Macon College. Please share it around.
yjpaper.org/1573/news/wh...
yjpaper.org/1573/news/wh...
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"We cannot allow the fight against antisemitism to be twisted into a wedge issue, used to justify policies that target immigrants and other minorities, suppress free speech, or erode democratic norms," the letter read.
religionnews.com/2025/04/28/5...
religionnews.com/2025/04/28/5...
550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump's antisemitism policy
(RNS) — The letter comes after a poll found that most American Jews oppose the way President Donald Trump is handling antisemitism.
religionnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"We cannot allow the fight against antisemitism to be twisted into a wedge issue, used to justify policies that target immigrants and other minorities, suppress free speech, or erode democratic norms," the letter read.
religionnews.com/2025/04/28/5...
religionnews.com/2025/04/28/5...
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The dismantling of academia continues apace. The University of Toledo cuts Africana Studies, Disability Studies, Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies, Asian Studies, Data Analytics, Middle East Studies, Spanish, and Religion.
signalcleveland.org/university-o...
signalcleveland.org/university-o...
University of Toledo axing nine majors in response to Senate Bill 1
Officials said they’re phasing out several academic programs, including religious studies and women’s and gender studies.
signalcleveland.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The dismantling of academia continues apace. The University of Toledo cuts Africana Studies, Disability Studies, Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies, Asian Studies, Data Analytics, Middle East Studies, Spanish, and Religion.
signalcleveland.org/university-o...
signalcleveland.org/university-o...
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1. Buried in the Harvard story is the fact that the government wants a government-approved external audit of several Harvard schools — including its *divinity school.*
HDS isn’t affiliated with any tradition, but trains academics and *clergy* in theology, etc. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
HDS isn’t affiliated with any tradition, but trains academics and *clergy* in theology, etc. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
April 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1. Buried in the Harvard story is the fact that the government wants a government-approved external audit of several Harvard schools — including its *divinity school.*
HDS isn’t affiliated with any tradition, but trains academics and *clergy* in theology, etc. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
HDS isn’t affiliated with any tradition, but trains academics and *clergy* in theology, etc. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
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Israel says the emergency workers were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza
Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
wapo.st
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Israel says the emergency workers were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
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A fantastic project run by the brilliant and endlessly kind @blindscholar.bsky.social, doing important work which has been needed for a long, long time.
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A fantastic project run by the brilliant and endlessly kind @blindscholar.bsky.social, doing important work which has been needed for a long, long time.