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Emily Gathergood

@emilygathergood.bsky.social

New Testament, early Christian apocrypha, embodiment. Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Rule: The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources. Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of prohibited AI use
Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 4mo ago

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · 4mo ago

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026 This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned. The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech.
NEH Union - AFGE L3403@nehafge3403.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There will be more to say - and this is far from over - but this is one giant step toward justice for our grantees at the National Endowment for the Humanities. #NEH staff have awaited this day for more than a year - for you, and for us. 🙏✊

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nika! Now this is why you support the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and MLA! Hell yeah. Judgement (all 143 pages) here: www.acls.org/wp-content/u...

SACLS Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding In Historic Case This afternoon, May 7, 2026, US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was "unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect."
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

More and more colleges and universities are cutting Religious Studies, just as current events make it more and more obvious how necessary Religious Studies education is to understand today's world.

American Academy of Religion@aarweb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On May 3, 2026, the AAR Board of Directors sent a letter to the leaders at the University of Denver, urging them to reconsider their plans to eliminate the Department of Religious Studies. Read the letter here: aarweb.org/news/letter-...

As a prestigious institution of higher learning that seeks to produce high quality research and is committed to the liberal arts, DU has obligations beyond providing basic career preparation. We support DU’s goal of supporting current and future scholarship that can “address important scientific, sociopolitical, and cultural questions of the new century.” But DU cannot reach that goal if it eliminates the department that has at its center intercultural literacy and critical consciousness of world religious traditions.
Ceri Houlbrook@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Chris Hanlon@chrishanlon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meet “ASU Atomic,” a subscription platform that claims to offer customized learning modules for fee-paying users. None of the ASU faculty whose course materials were harvested for the module I generated were aware that their image, lectures, lessons, or other teaching materials are being used.

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Athena Kugblenu@athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Do you know how much of a devil you have to be to threaten Parkrun, one of the most socially progressive, inclusive, beneficial and fucking good vibes organisations we have, with legal action? Demonic! Utterly satanic.

Petter Törnberg@pettertornberg.com · 4mo ago

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

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omgisme@omgisme.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

Emily Gathergood@emilygathergood.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Exemplary 'video abstract' here has got me dreaming about the possibilities and challenges of replicating this for biblical scholarship. Imagine a world in which every research article was rendered this accessible.

Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · 5mo ago

NEW Analysis of ash residue from incense burners preserved at #Pompeii reveals the substances burnt as offerings to the gods in Roman households and the long-distance trade undertaken to acquire them. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 5mo ago

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all