Niamh
@niamhatheologian.bsky.social
Female, Irish, a Catholic convert, pro-life, leftie, disabled (ME & autistic) & a theologian interested in disability, Christology and more.
Seeking the true, the good and the beautiful.
Seeking the true, the good and the beautiful.
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Niamh
@niamhatheologian.bsky.social
· Nov 19
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My book review of Deliver Us from Evil: A Call for Christians to Take Evil Seriously by John Swinton (Open Access)
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‘The Annunciation’ by Takato Yamamoto
October 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
‘The Annunciation’ by Takato Yamamoto
"Portadown is haunted by far too many dead already. They died for the grotesque equation in which a human life is a point to be scored. Respect for their memories should be expressed in the only slogan that tells the truth: It is not worth it."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Fintan O'Toole: Drumcree is theatre of the absurd, straight from Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks
Both sides are guilty of obscene exaggeration and competitive victimhood
www.irishtimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:32 AM
"Portadown is haunted by far too many dead already. They died for the grotesque equation in which a human life is a point to be scored. Respect for their memories should be expressed in the only slogan that tells the truth: It is not worth it."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
October 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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"On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." In honor of the day, I bring you a Jane Austen × Mean Girls (2004) mashup. It is not Wednesday, so I am not wearing pink. But my hair is at least tidy, which was all my ambition. Get in, losers.
October 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." In honor of the day, I bring you a Jane Austen × Mean Girls (2004) mashup. It is not Wednesday, so I am not wearing pink. But my hair is at least tidy, which was all my ambition. Get in, losers.
I have never had page limit rather than a word limit and it is strange having the realisation that this word which is normally useful because it stops me having to use several words is not as relevant because it is a page limit...
Also how small can I make the font....
Also how small can I make the font....
October 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I have never had page limit rather than a word limit and it is strange having the realisation that this word which is normally useful because it stops me having to use several words is not as relevant because it is a page limit...
Also how small can I make the font....
Also how small can I make the font....
Even if there was a case for considering Ai as conscious (if we were in more of scifi setting), I think that the Vatican would be very cautious to say so. Because how is consciousness being defined? Also that is not quite the language that they would prefer to use, which would be personhood
October 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Even if there was a case for considering Ai as conscious (if we were in more of scifi setting), I think that the Vatican would be very cautious to say so. Because how is consciousness being defined? Also that is not quite the language that they would prefer to use, which would be personhood
So I am reading about the differences between the drugs used in assisted dying and lethal injections, and while I am against the death penalty and assisted dying, I can't help but wonder if there are doctors who are willing to do both. Medical institutions prevents doctors from assisting the
October 2, 2026 at 1:14 PM
So I am reading about the differences between the drugs used in assisted dying and lethal injections, and while I am against the death penalty and assisted dying, I can't help but wonder if there are doctors who are willing to do both. Medical institutions prevents doctors from assisting the
Needing do to a mini lit review for an application and it is annoying feeling of "well a certain disgraced person spoke about this, do I use him or find someone else"
October 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Needing do to a mini lit review for an application and it is annoying feeling of "well a certain disgraced person spoke about this, do I use him or find someone else"
I was doing the thing of looking at the comments by rightwing news outlet's post about EU AI regulation and I have been haunted by the comment which said it was because the AI would tell the truth
September 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I was doing the thing of looking at the comments by rightwing news outlet's post about EU AI regulation and I have been haunted by the comment which said it was because the AI would tell the truth
Writing an application which asks for my motivations for the research and despite not wanting to write about myself, I am complementing writing disability raises challenges to ideas of relations, which I am personally very aware of
September 30, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Writing an application which asks for my motivations for the research and despite not wanting to write about myself, I am complementing writing disability raises challenges to ideas of relations, which I am personally very aware of
The theologian in me doesn't even know where to fucking start with this...
I might just go back to reading about Augustine
I might just go back to reading about Augustine
September 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The theologian in me doesn't even know where to fucking start with this...
I might just go back to reading about Augustine
I might just go back to reading about Augustine
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Correction: any pre-modern writer who wrote enough for their work to survive to the present day probably had the soul of a shitposter.
Most pre-modern Christian writers would've been world class shitposters.
September 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Correction: any pre-modern writer who wrote enough for their work to survive to the present day probably had the soul of a shitposter.
I wonder if there will be less Als going forward. As in AL because so when I read something like Al Pacino when scrolling, I have a brief moment of "they made an ai Pacino?"
September 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I wonder if there will be less Als going forward. As in AL because so when I read something like Al Pacino when scrolling, I have a brief moment of "they made an ai Pacino?"
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Ed Sheeran thanked 50,000 attendees at last night's concert for supporting him after he felt "abandoned".
Children in Gaza could explain to him what it feels like to be *really* abandoned!
Children in Gaza could explain to him what it feels like to be *really* abandoned!
September 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Ed Sheeran thanked 50,000 attendees at last night's concert for supporting him after he felt "abandoned".
Children in Gaza could explain to him what it feels like to be *really* abandoned!
Children in Gaza could explain to him what it feels like to be *really* abandoned!
God incarnate as a lion, that's fine.
God incarnate with a woman's voice, that's too far.
God incarnate with a woman's voice, that's too far.
September 19, 2026 at 10:09 AM
God incarnate as a lion, that's fine.
God incarnate with a woman's voice, that's too far.
God incarnate with a woman's voice, that's too far.
As I prepare for a class on Nicaea and Chalcedon, I can't help but fear that I should not have put them together for an hour and half class...
I only have 6 classes so I didn't want to spend a third on these early debates (though I love 'em)
I only have 6 classes so I didn't want to spend a third on these early debates (though I love 'em)
September 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
As I prepare for a class on Nicaea and Chalcedon, I can't help but fear that I should not have put them together for an hour and half class...
I only have 6 classes so I didn't want to spend a third on these early debates (though I love 'em)
I only have 6 classes so I didn't want to spend a third on these early debates (though I love 'em)
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📢 Call for Papers! We're excited to collaborate with the Practical Theology Hub to present a series of short articles exploring the intersections of neurodiversity, theology, and lived experience. Do you have something to share? Click through to find out more!
September 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM
📢 Call for Papers! We're excited to collaborate with the Practical Theology Hub to present a series of short articles exploring the intersections of neurodiversity, theology, and lived experience. Do you have something to share? Click through to find out more!
I was thinking this morning about U2 and how they highlighted Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest with a song dedicated to her and on their tour, they got people to wear masks and Amnesty would hand out masks.
The demographics for a U2 concert would be older, but this was a really simple way to
The demographics for a U2 concert would be older, but this was a really simple way to
Ed Sheeran has released a statement on Macklemore being removed from his tour for speaking up for Palestine:
“I am not complicit. […] Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have [my own opinions], and it doesn't mean I don't care.”
“I am not complicit. […] Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have [my own opinions], and it doesn't mean I don't care.”
September 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I was thinking this morning about U2 and how they highlighted Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest with a song dedicated to her and on their tour, they got people to wear masks and Amnesty would hand out masks.
The demographics for a U2 concert would be older, but this was a really simple way to
The demographics for a U2 concert would be older, but this was a really simple way to
Looking at my next journal option and the info for authors is not working (it comes up on my phone that this site has disruption) but signing in to see what I can learn and it says max. 8000 words. The last one was a bigger one. So do I submit elsewhere cause I don't want to edit to cut ≈1000 words?
I did get an email from one of the editors encouraging me to submit it elsewhere which given the imprecise reason for rejection was much appreciated
Just got an article rejected and for tautological reasons:
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
September 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Looking at my next journal option and the info for authors is not working (it comes up on my phone that this site has disruption) but signing in to see what I can learn and it says max. 8000 words. The last one was a bigger one. So do I submit elsewhere cause I don't want to edit to cut ≈1000 words?
I did get an email from one of the editors encouraging me to submit it elsewhere which given the imprecise reason for rejection was much appreciated
Just got an article rejected and for tautological reasons:
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
September 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I did get an email from one of the editors encouraging me to submit it elsewhere which given the imprecise reason for rejection was much appreciated
Just got an article rejected and for tautological reasons:
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
September 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Just got an article rejected and for tautological reasons:
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
Unfortunately, they have found it unsuitable for consideration in Journal Name for the following reason(s):
The manuscript was found to be unsuitable for this journal.
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(Insert mandatory Terry Pratchett quote.)
September 10, 2026 at 12:21 PM
(Insert mandatory Terry Pratchett quote.)
I found out about A Theory of Justice: The Musical today.
Some initial highlights from its wiki page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theor...
Some initial highlights from its wiki page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theor...
September 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I found out about A Theory of Justice: The Musical today.
Some initial highlights from its wiki page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theor...
Some initial highlights from its wiki page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theor...
Reposted by Niamh
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September 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The @magdalenoxford.bsky.social junior research fellowships are now open, including for politics. Due 15 Oct. 3 years of 100% research time to those who submit their PhD between July 2025-Oct 2027. Comes with good ECR pay, relatively generous support funds. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancie...