The Guy From Yesterday

A parishioner brought her son to help out at Saturday's wedding, and then brought him with their dog to the Animal Blessing this afternoon. When he saw me there he said, ‘It’s the guy from yesterday!’ This is my new title.

Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology - AC2332 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Many’s the time that our church leaders have given me to think, in an Old English way, ‘efnbiscop’!

Professor of Sacred Scripture (NT emphasis), St Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD. FT, open rank. Deadline Jan 1, 2027. nt4ox.link/StMaryMD27

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

‘Really, I think [AI]’s deeper than being bad “at writing”. It seems like AI is bad at thinking in certain ways that manifest as bad writing.’ dynomight.net/math/

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First-time homeowners encounter first challenge, leak dribbling into staircase to first floor…

We are searching for a Scholar-in-Residence in #JewishStudies and Jewish-Christians relations for two academic years beginning in fall 2027! One year is also possible. Come join our vibrant #interfaith dialogue community at Providence College! www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...

The Lord of the Rings is essentially a series of faculty meetings broken up by several long walks in the countryside.

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

Pope Leo renews Church’s condemnation of #antisemitism www.catholicculture.org/news/headlin... #interfaith

2) Russia is secretly behind LNG project on Alaska's North Slope. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

I wish former presidents would attack the current regime without skating onto the thin ice of class-condescending and homophobic jibes.

No takers (especially local) for a collection of early issues of diacritics?

"a distinctively British approach to artificial intelligence"

This is essentially virtue ethics for writers! It eloquently expresses the limitations of LLMs for feedback (something I've noted in my essays on ethics and AI) and makes a compelling case for the collective practice of critiques in being a better writer (rather than creating a better product).

I wish former presidents would attack the current regime without skating onto the thin ice of class-condescending and homophobic jibes.

I say this in tutorials so often it feels like self-parody. ‘You come here to learn how to put bits of *evidence* together in a *reasoned*, *persuasive* *argument* — let’s start examining this essay to see where we find them…’

"a distinctively British approach to artificial intelligence"

Unless the next administration(s) make annihilating the culture of impunity Job One, we may seesaw back and forth from para-fascism to centre-right democracy, but we won’t make any progress toward a government that actually serves the people, especially its most needy and vulnerable.

Unless the next administration(s) make annihilating the culture of impunity Job One, we may seesaw back and forth from para-fascism to centre-right democracy, but we won’t make any progress toward a government that actually serves the people, especially its most needy and vulnerable.

seems like "on the orders of a nazi every major news outlet on the planet hounded an innocent man to death because he's black" should be one of the biggest stories of the year

Being a Woman in Comedy. #AliceFraser #StandUpComedy #ComedyIndustry #WomenInEntertainment #Storytelling #FreelanceLife #TWIST

Just got to say that type has gotten a lot smaller over the last ten years. Can’t explain it…

While we're talking about Dwight Eisenhower...

blog.ecclesiasticalsewing.com/2024/05/12/c... - and no, I can't believe I have this saved either.

Speaking of which, anyone interested in a run of early issues of diacritics? I hate to relinquish it, but better now than leaving it for my progeny to do after I die.

My “constantly taking the dementia test” story has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my story

This is very interesting (and, we ought to say, many of our entries on @bho.bsky.social are linked to Wikipedia entries - so why not check them out?). #LocalHistory

Manipulation and deceit on the part of Lance Oppenheimer, laid bare by one of his first subjects: setforsentencing.substack.com/p/i-was-one-...

Speaking of which, anyone interested in a run of early issues of diacritics? I hate to relinquish it, but better now than leaving it for my progeny to do after I die.

One might envision a comparable (if not quite so numerically impressive) future for academic theology, if it were given a chance by administrators and pedagogues.

Mercy sakes alive, the talky translation of the Nunc Dimittis in Common Worship — especially, the ‘your word has been fulfilled’ — is positively wet.

Some good news (from the National Crime Survey, h/t frasernelson.substack.com/p/lawless-br...)

London Bikes! Thank you @londoncycling.bsky.social & Osbornes Law for hosting @aninehartmann.bsky.social @modacitylife.com me and other speakers from around Europe for a day of bike exploration and a fun evening of talks and good cheer!

Move fast and break things.

When democrats had a senate majority I said they should conduct hearings to reexamine all his contracts. The party punted. If they do it again they deserve extinction.

"Datacentres ultimately have very little benefit for others except the datacentre operator" Lesson for Scotland here. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And in case it isn’t obvious enough: the Acton ad is DARVO and DARVO is abuse. It’s an acronym that stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim Offender. When abusers resort to DARVO, it causes trauma in victims. It is not just a defense of violence. It is a second act of violence.