My power went out an hour ago. Again.

You all really need to check this out!

Roger Pearse@rogerpearse.bsky.social · last wk.

A Roman trial of a Christian in 304 AD - a literal transcription in English of court proceedings in the persecution under Diocletian. www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...

I wonder if in my fortieth year I can sign a book deal. I’ve got the main Latin text — hitherto unavailable in English — in rough draft status about 90% translated.

Be the human being you want to be! Throw your cell phone into the abyss, and yourself into life — even if that life is lived amongst a library of books.

Pokémon go to church.

Galen, , Ioannis Polemis, Sophia Xenophontos, and Sophia Xenophontos. 2023. <i>›on Avoiding Distress‹ and ›on My Own Opinions‹</i>. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi.org/10.1515/9783....

I saw a fb reel about the discovery of Peri Alypias by Galen, and this is really interesting! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core

Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias - Volume 101

cambridge.org

I just put on The Unforgettable Fire, and I gotta say, I — uh — forgot how good it was.

Okay; I visited fb and I'm back. Worst 5 minutes of my life. Almost. Except for the moment when one of my best friends inspired me to keep writing. He's on the last chapter of a novel he's writing. Like, whoa.

For having underestimated the power of a single post and having coveted the lengthy thread — R/ We entreat Thee, Lord: Have mercy on us.

Me, an exhausted retail worker: "I don't care." My heretofore indefatigable retail manager: "You should always care, Scott!"

I would recommend you never make the mistake of telling a stranger that you like to read.

They had better leave Hank Green alone.

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Mark DelCogliano@markdelcogliano.bsky.social · 5d ago

Two years after submission, twenty-two years after conception, it’s published. I believe Sept. 28 is the official publication date in the US. Not sure about the UK and elsewhere. I’ll share a discount code when I receive one.

Remember that time Pete Townshend said The Beatles were pop, not rock? Yeah, that time. That comment lives rent free with great resentment and astonishment in my mind.

My son is watching Bluey and I swear the background music sounds like a softer, faster version of 'Get Back' by The Beatles.

Old post, ca. 2013: Dad says he's gonna write an Orthodox sit-com called, 'My Son the Byzantine.' Comment: Title of first episode: How Do You Pronounce Hesychast? Reply: Barlaam the Calabrian: "Good luck getting the hesychasts to explain it to you!" St. Gregory Palamas: "Hold my prayer rope."

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Footloose: Kevin Bacon's Confetti Dance

Alt: Footloose: Kevin Bacon's Confetti Dance

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Jonathan Heaps@jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Does anybody on here have any experience with—or feedback on—Olive Tree Bible “software”?

I don't want to subscribe, I just want to read one article for $0.50.

Say it louder for the media moguls in the back!

Scott D. Hendricks 📜🪶🪔@scottdhendricks.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't want to subscribe, I just want to read one article for $0.50.

TFW your most-definitely not-Catholic best friend tells you he wants to travel the Camino de Santiago with you — how many jokes can you make about a plenary indulgence, without being deserving of ire?

TFW your most-definitely not-Catholic best friend tells you he wants to travel the Camino de Santiago with you — how many jokes can you make about a plenary indulgence, without being deserving of ire?

Fun fact: you don't have to be a left-of-center politically to be anti-racist.

Funny how "God's name" or whatever is right there, but instead we have gadzooks and egads, etc. Golly!

I don't want to subscribe, I just want to read one article for $0.50.

Quoting again today for visibility. I'm genuinely curious to learn about where in the U.S. you can visit and look at Greek manuscripts.

Carin Ruff@carinr.bsky.social · last wk.

A question from @scottdhendricks.bsky.social , prompted by the publication of vol. 2 of the UMich Greek manuscripts catalog: what are other large North American collections of Greek mss? I have only anecdata. My impression is...

A question from @scottdhendricks.bsky.social , prompted by the publication of vol. 2 of the UMich Greek manuscripts catalog: what are other large North American collections of Greek mss? I have only anecdata. My impression is...

I *think* (?) I translated 10 lines of Greek today.

One of these days I'm going to write a paper about Origen as the father of Calvinism. Today is not that day.