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CANADA: Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE cupe.ca/news/gutting...

Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE

Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says new federal legislation tabled Monday is a direct attack on Canadians’ Charter rights and freedoms, and is calling on the federal government to halt the legislation ...

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Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies

Have you seen the original artist Russ Heath's comic strip reply to Lichtenstein:

“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore” — 25 years ago today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee cast the sole vote against giving George W. Bush a blank check for war. Three days after 9/11, Lee warned Congress that it could “spiral out of control.” History has certainly proved her right.

We need to stop listening to fucking consultants and politicians

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

'The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns.'

I'm sure there's a clip of Republican Senator Ted Cruz pausing his speech to say, no, these Democratic officials should *not* be shot and I disavow and denounce the Republican in the audience who is calling for assassinations at a Republican political event.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

somebody at the RNC yells death threats toward Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico as Cruz attacks them

One of the most powerful videos you'll see today. Dr. James A. Makokis speaking to the historic announcement that Saddle Lake Cree Nation will defy Alberta's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and provide a safe haven for trans and two spirit people on their land 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️🪶

Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land globalnews.ca/news/1205333...

Alberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.ca

Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.

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The arguments against impeaching Trump next year are all bad and spurious, but they're even weaker as applied to all the other impeachable members of the Cabinet, etc. And impeaching Hegseth for literal murder should be top of the list.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3w ago

I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...

That’s almost the entire network. It’s so much worse than we feared 😔

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3w ago

Following a victory at the Appeal Court earlier this month, the Ford government has issued a request for proposals to remove bike lanes on the city’s busiest streets.

"Neutral in the culture war"

CNN@cnn.com · 4w ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

Younus Mirza gives an interview with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social on his book The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries from @fortresspress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-islamic-...

This is what data center developers are saying all across Michigan It's condescending and it's going over like a lead balloon.  Michiganders don't need some California billionaires telling us what to do, and we aren't buying their false promises.

Taken from @dwaldenwrites.bsky.social

There's so much to love in this essay by @margaret.bsky.social about the oldest known labour strike in the world, a complicated spectrum of freedom, and the fight we'll always fight margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-worker...

The Workers and the Tombs of the Ancient Dead

or: 3000 year old labor strikes and what it means to be free

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don't miss out — just a little over a week to go! the deadline for proposals to the ever amazing, annual Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is August 15. Propose something and pass it on! studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...

Did you know that early Christian ascetics who gave "everything" away often retained a single slave? Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared thi...

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Prof. Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed has a new book out that looks extremely important: _Household Violence in Greco-Roman Egypt: Social, spatial, temporal, and material perspectives_ www.barpublishing.com/book/househo...

Household Violence in Greco-Roman Egypt - BAR Publishing

Drawing on papyrological evidence (especially legal petitions), this volume illuminates the social, spatial, temporal, and material realities of household violence in Greco-Roman Egypt from the fourth...

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Breaking news: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who built a surging progressive movement in Michigan, overcame a massive spending disadvantage to win Tuesday’s nationally watched Senate primary, AP projected. https://wapo.st/4w98iaX

Yea idk how Rogers is going to beat anyone with talking points like this

We especially seek proposals from early career scholars and scholars from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Limited travel funds are available, as well as the option to present in an online seminar. Please share this call for papers with anyone who may be interested in contributing.

How can slavery studies reshape the ongoing quests for the historical Jesus? We invite paper proposals to the conference "Jesus and Slavery: New Quests, Methods, and Perspectives" to be held in 27–20 August 2027 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Proposals are due 31 August.

Everyone's comparing Nolan's Odyssey to Homer, but I think there's much more richness The ancient Greeks adapted the Odyssey into ART While these images might appear static to us, I want to walk through how an ancient Greek saw art: AS DYNAMIC STORYTELLING like our films 1/13

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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Maravilloso, 10/10. Entretenido, divertido, inteligente, muy bien documentado y escrito. Análisis de comunidades utópicas y revolucionarias en torno al Mediterráneo antiguo, combinando escenas y descripciones con ideas y autoris del presente. Muy recomendable, que alguien lo traduzca porfaplis.

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Research & Content Assistant

Research & Content Creation Assistant Religion for Breakfast 15 hours per week $25 / hour About Religion for Breakfast Religion for Breakfast is an award-winning YouTube channel with over one milli...

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Incredible.

I am happy to announce the publication of a new English translation of Jacob of Serugh's four homilies on Cain and Abel. It was wonderful to work on this project with Jeff Wickes! The homilies are fascinating theological and literary works: svspress.com/verse-homili...

Verse Homilies on Cain and Abel

Founded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language.

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