Ryan Bowley
@godsaround.bsky.social
Historian of early Christianity. Lover of Star Trek, history, and political theory. Episcopalian. 🏳️🌈
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
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this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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The NRSV translation of Luke-Acts is so frustrating.
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The NRSV translation of Luke-Acts is so frustrating.
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
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By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot
Amazon’s Whole Foods says Trump’s firings that paralyzed a federal labor regulator invalidate a union vote at a Philadelphia store.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
Lord God,
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem, may fight all wrong, uphold your rule, and serve you to our life's end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem, may fight all wrong, uphold your rule, and serve you to our life's end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
February 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Lord God,
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem, may fight all wrong, uphold your rule, and serve you to our life's end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
who gave grace to your servant Thomas Becket to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even to death:
grant that we, disregarding worldly esteem, may fight all wrong, uphold your rule, and serve you to our life's end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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All of this from @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The crisis is not *legible*. Even politically attentive people have no idea - the media are not conveying the scope and magnitude of what's happening. It has to be made legible through political and institutional resistance, not passivity and resignations.
February 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
All of this from @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The crisis is not *legible*. Even politically attentive people have no idea - the media are not conveying the scope and magnitude of what's happening. It has to be made legible through political and institutional resistance, not passivity and resignations.
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Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
February 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
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I do not know what the future holds
I do know we all should actively participate in how it is shaped
The only way to do that is to do it
This is not a time to be silent. This is not a time to blame others
This is a time to gather courage. This is a time to speak up and build community
I do know we all should actively participate in how it is shaped
The only way to do that is to do it
This is not a time to be silent. This is not a time to blame others
This is a time to gather courage. This is a time to speak up and build community
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I do not know what the future holds
I do know we all should actively participate in how it is shaped
The only way to do that is to do it
This is not a time to be silent. This is not a time to blame others
This is a time to gather courage. This is a time to speak up and build community
I do know we all should actively participate in how it is shaped
The only way to do that is to do it
This is not a time to be silent. This is not a time to blame others
This is a time to gather courage. This is a time to speak up and build community
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
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i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!
trump is unique in that his depravity creates the very cynicism he feeds on. it is necessary to uphold the idea that we are capable of better even if that belief is counterfactual. which is why we need to tell the bureaucracy that their work is valued and that they are holding the line for us.
January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!
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This will be fantastic. I can't wait to use it in my courses. I'm also grateful for scholars who take the time to write accessibly for undergraduates.
COVER REVEAL!!
This volume provides an introduction to slavery in the New Testament and is written accessibly for undergraduate and graduate students (or interested readers!). If you teach a class on these topics, you’ll want a copy!
It should be out by April 2025!
This volume provides an introduction to slavery in the New Testament and is written accessibly for undergraduate and graduate students (or interested readers!). If you teach a class on these topics, you’ll want a copy!
It should be out by April 2025!
September 25, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This will be fantastic. I can't wait to use it in my courses. I'm also grateful for scholars who take the time to write accessibly for undergraduates.
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Picked up this book earlier this week.
It’s a retelling of Star Wars’ events, politics, and factions from the perspective of an in-universe historian, written by a real life historian!
And I’m not gonna lie, it’s a book that definitely gets you thinking on a personal and societal scale
It’s a retelling of Star Wars’ events, politics, and factions from the perspective of an in-universe historian, written by a real life historian!
And I’m not gonna lie, it’s a book that definitely gets you thinking on a personal and societal scale
January 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Picked up this book earlier this week.
It’s a retelling of Star Wars’ events, politics, and factions from the perspective of an in-universe historian, written by a real life historian!
And I’m not gonna lie, it’s a book that definitely gets you thinking on a personal and societal scale
It’s a retelling of Star Wars’ events, politics, and factions from the perspective of an in-universe historian, written by a real life historian!
And I’m not gonna lie, it’s a book that definitely gets you thinking on a personal and societal scale
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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Loads of spelling mistakes in this.
January 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Loads of spelling mistakes in this.
#booksky any recommendations for books/authors I can check out after reading the Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers? Looking for sci-fi in the neighborhood of utopian futurism and eco-futurism. Queer themes would be great! #monk&robot #beckychambers #psalmforthewildbuilt #prayerforthecrownshy
January 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
#booksky any recommendations for books/authors I can check out after reading the Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers? Looking for sci-fi in the neighborhood of utopian futurism and eco-futurism. Queer themes would be great! #monk&robot #beckychambers #psalmforthewildbuilt #prayerforthecrownshy
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Love this quote from Rebecca Solnit: Be a brick or a dab of mortar. You don’t have to be the whole wall.
January 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love this quote from Rebecca Solnit: Be a brick or a dab of mortar. You don’t have to be the whole wall.