A historic day for Roman Catholics & Anglicans!

Workplace drinking culture is a culture of exclusion: in many ways but also (for instance) Muslims who don't drink are often absent from the actual if not formal decision making moments.

Where can you locate visual materials on Japan? 🖼️🗾 The National Diet Library has a rich collection! Whether you’re looking for woodblock prints, books, magazines, or other published materials, the NDL Image Bank is a great place to get started! rnavi.ndl.go.jp/imagebank/en...

clay envelope!!!

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope! Museo di Antichità, Turin 📷 by me #Archaeology

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students URL: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

In this new essay, Cai Chen recovers the queer lives hidden inside Chinese migration to Africa. Following three gay men across multiple countries, he develops the idea of 'unintended sexual migration', journeys where sexuality wasn't the motive but reshaped the path. Global China can be queer.

Queering Chinese in Africa: The Unintended Sexual Migration of Chinese Gay Men

Are there any Chinese gays in Africa? This is a question I am frequently asked—by colleagues, friends, and especially those familiar with my earlier research

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The contrast between Jesus—the Model Shepherd—and corrupt rulers is that the true shepherd doesn’t burst in by force & seize the sheep—that's what a robber does.The true shepherd approaches gently & knows his own sheep.And the sheep trust and follow him. drewkadel.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/t... ⚓

The Gate of the Sheepfold

A sermon for the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026 St. John’s Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.” Each year, the fourth S…

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Saint Francis before the Pope: The Granting of the Indulgence of the Portiuncula Sassetta Part of the series San Sepolcro Altarpiece 1437-44 (National Gallery, London)

Thanks to a massive baby bust in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, exacerbated by Trump immigration crackdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic, US schools will see major declines in enrollment, with some states seeing *double-digit* declines. 1/

Wow.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nazi search engine shows if ancestors were in Hitler's party

this is so cool www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigeria’s Religious Censors

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The bishop of Rome can have a little jurisdiction, as a treat

Today I heard a Boomer call a manhole cover a theyhole cover because “everything just HAS to be politically correct now,” and I literally can’t stop thinking about it

Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection

Cubs need to hand out copies of the 95 Theses.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

In the running for greatest giveaway of all time

Poli sci went so wrong when it stopped being political theory with a splash of history and instead turned into economics but with anthropologist’s datasets

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

Takaichi’s Castle@discographette.online · 4mo ago

congratulations to the astronauts who get credit for a moon mission using rocket development work by trans women who had to quit their job and flee the state of florida and can’t celebrate this win with their coworkers

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Tuesday night (China Time) I went to sleep fully believing I might wake up to a new reality. The President had threatened to end a civilization. The Defense Secretary believes protecting civilians is Politically Correct nonsense. It felt grim. Today, it's old news with no consequences.

China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum@chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi, I know everyone is super eager to do a post-mortem and move ahead now that it feels like the crisis is over despite it being <24 hours with no clear agreements, but please, if there aren't consequences for this, I promise you we will be here again and again.

The American regime has alienated us from the Pope. Let that sink in.

ICYMI: I made an interactive map for yall to explore all the cherry blossom, magnolia and crabapple hotspots across NYC! 🌸 with @lillysabs.bsky.social! bonus: there's also a tool in here to search how your neighborhood ranks in terms of flowering tree density www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...

Please don't. 📸 Ms Cat And Friends

Many may not realize that none of us are reading "direct" translations of Sun Tzu. We are reading interpretations--even the Chinese. What Sun Tzu conveys in four characters, a contemporary Chinese translator, like Guo Huaruo, needs to use 16 characters to make this intelligible.

面对家庭暴力、关系伤害或其它暴力时，如何求助、去哪求助是亟需回应的问题。资源地图或许无法解决所有困难，但我们希望它能够在某一个时刻，为需要的伙伴提供方向和安全感。

镇镇的彩虹｜资源发布 ！第六版多元性别暴力干预服务资源地图上线

面对家庭暴力、关系伤害或其它暴力时，如何求助、去哪求助是亟需回应的问题。资源地图或许无法解决所有困难，但我们希望它能够在某一个时刻，为需要的伙伴提供方向和安全感。

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My wife: what is the Avignon Papacy? Me, raised Catholic, history nerd and CK player: MY TIME HAS COME Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Could we have a whip-round to buy a “best prophecy in class” prize of some sort?

Fat Apollo, baby!@fatapollo.myatproto.social · 4mo ago

Called it

From crusade songs to royal devotion—explore the power of medieval music manuscripts! ⚔️✨ medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/anoi... #medievalmusic #medievalstudies

Exploring Political Power and Religion in Medieval Music Mss

An exploration of medieval music and the intertwined powers of politics and religion. Through vivid manuscripts and wild tales of saints, kings, and even a corrupt horse, discover how song shaped…

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Brilliant review of Thomas Asbridge's 'magisterial' new book on the #BlackDeath. We'll hear from Thomas in this year's Derek Keene London Lecture - part of the 2026 @ihr.bsky.social Summer School on 'Sickness and Health'. Info: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story

A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos

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Trump alternates between threat and promises of peace while making what are fundamentally threats, just as China does. And though China sometimes promises peace, there is discourse about wiping Taiwan off the map too as in that of “Keep the island but not the people” (留島不留人)