Matthew J (is) Tired
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer.
13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, 26.2🏃♂️✅
13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, 26.2🏃♂️✅
This would be their garbage reaction and “plan.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This would be their garbage reaction and “plan.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“The rise of the creator economy has blurred the line between the personal and the performative.”
Really enjoyed a short piece in the recent Time magazine by @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social These opening lines on the frankly out-of-control “content creator”/“influencer” economy are excellent.
Really enjoyed a short piece in the recent Time magazine by @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social These opening lines on the frankly out-of-control “content creator”/“influencer” economy are excellent.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“The rise of the creator economy has blurred the line between the personal and the performative.”
Really enjoyed a short piece in the recent Time magazine by @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social These opening lines on the frankly out-of-control “content creator”/“influencer” economy are excellent.
Really enjoyed a short piece in the recent Time magazine by @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social These opening lines on the frankly out-of-control “content creator”/“influencer” economy are excellent.
Tomorrow, with lake effect snow
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November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Tomorrow, with lake effect snow
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Still very grateful also for the generous endorsement by Nile Green on the back cover.
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Still very grateful also for the generous endorsement by Nile Green on the back cover.
Just chillin in the sunshine and (aggressively) bathing the tail
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just chillin in the sunshine and (aggressively) bathing the tail
Insane photos just published with the NTSB preliminary report on the crash of UPS 2976 on Nov 4. The left engine detaches and goes up and over the wing before shrapnel from it gets ingested by the tail mounted engine. So tragic. This is why whole fleet has been grounded to check the mounting pylons.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Insane photos just published with the NTSB preliminary report on the crash of UPS 2976 on Nov 4. The left engine detaches and goes up and over the wing before shrapnel from it gets ingested by the tail mounted engine. So tragic. This is why whole fleet has been grounded to check the mounting pylons.
The Chronicle just never lets up with this stuff. I’m sorry, but I’ve looked deeply into it, and at the point, i’m convinced there is no “right way.” Seriously, stop trying to make a crack in the door so the demons can slip in.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Chronicle just never lets up with this stuff. I’m sorry, but I’ve looked deeply into it, and at the point, i’m convinced there is no “right way.” Seriously, stop trying to make a crack in the door so the demons can slip in.
Two of the very worst. Of course they mutually admire.
Oh, and say his name:
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
…and the many thousands of others killed or imprisoned by the Saudis.
Oh, and say his name:
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
…and the many thousands of others killed or imprisoned by the Saudis.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Two of the very worst. Of course they mutually admire.
Oh, and say his name:
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
…and the many thousands of others killed or imprisoned by the Saudis.
Oh, and say his name:
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi
…and the many thousands of others killed or imprisoned by the Saudis.
Yeah they had it on display when I was there. My Quran studies side was nerding out
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yeah they had it on display when I was there. My Quran studies side was nerding out
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Okay the editorial choice of subheading here is genuinely funny.
Highlights include… hunting accident
Highlights include… hunting accident
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay the editorial choice of subheading here is genuinely funny.
Highlights include… hunting accident
Highlights include… hunting accident
Uh… things were nightmarishly abnormal before the shutdown. Is that the “normal” you mean? The normal too many media outlets have been helping to normalize?
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Uh… things were nightmarishly abnormal before the shutdown. Is that the “normal” you mean? The normal too many media outlets have been helping to normalize?
Definitely more active and vibrant my second time out. Gorgeous. What an amazing thing.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Definitely more active and vibrant my second time out. Gorgeous. What an amazing thing.
Current view. It’s early; I plan to go out again later.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Current view. It’s early; I plan to go out again later.
(…by looking back in my camera roll at my pics from the amazing Aurora we had here in Mich in Oct 2024🙂 It’s too cloudy here tonight and too cold to go out)
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
(…by looking back in my camera roll at my pics from the amazing Aurora we had here in Mich in Oct 2024🙂 It’s too cloudy here tonight and too cold to go out)
I’ll join the fun
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I’ll join the fun
Well deserved head and neck rub for this pretty lady
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Well deserved head and neck rub for this pretty lady
Glad I got out to enjoy the fall colors as much as I did the past few weeks, as in the photo from last week.
As always happens, today was very windy, a November “Windsday,” and just like that, many of the trees are bare :(.
As always happens, today was very windy, a November “Windsday,” and just like that, many of the trees are bare :(.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Glad I got out to enjoy the fall colors as much as I did the past few weeks, as in the photo from last week.
As always happens, today was very windy, a November “Windsday,” and just like that, many of the trees are bare :(.
As always happens, today was very windy, a November “Windsday,” and just like that, many of the trees are bare :(.
It was a MD-11 freighter which apparently only reached 175 feet altitude.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It was a MD-11 freighter which apparently only reached 175 feet altitude.
The lead story on NYT right now. Just like a thousand horrible headlines in the run up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2002/3. “Bush Weighing Options, Yet to Make Decision…” just replace Venezuela with Iraq and Maduro with Hussein.
Cheney’s world, ladies and gentlemen.
Cheney’s world, ladies and gentlemen.
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The lead story on NYT right now. Just like a thousand horrible headlines in the run up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2002/3. “Bush Weighing Options, Yet to Make Decision…” just replace Venezuela with Iraq and Maduro with Hussein.
Cheney’s world, ladies and gentlemen.
Cheney’s world, ladies and gentlemen.
Last photo of this. Now on display in my office… It was a wee pricey, but a great way to spend time with one of my kids before they’re off to college next yr. FYI, the instructions contain cool historical notes which guide you in building the model in the same rough sequence as the actual cathedral
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last photo of this. Now on display in my office… It was a wee pricey, but a great way to spend time with one of my kids before they’re off to college next yr. FYI, the instructions contain cool historical notes which guide you in building the model in the same rough sequence as the actual cathedral