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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 16h

Bluesky links look like trash every time but

Light yellow cover of Sonia Hazard's Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 2d

Tualitan

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you day-old bakery items.

Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you doritos

Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 3d

thank u Kraft mac & cheese

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 5d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 5d

Still Life with Dead Birds (and a Basket of Oysters), by Germain Ribot, 1860-80

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Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · 7d

New on my Intermountain Histories project: 6 tours (35 stories!) on Boating, Prohibition, Googie Architecture, Mountain Biking, Roadside Attractions, & Wildfires from NAU Public History students of Prof. Michael Amundson. Publishing student research never gets old.
Tour links in the comments below ⬇️

Stories in

Intermountain Histories is a free website and mobile app that curates histories of the Intermountain West regions of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Explore...

www.intermountainhistories.org

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 7d

Same age as Emmett Till. Good heavens.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 7d

I love this so much!

nflpa.com/press/atlant...

Washington D.C. - Bijan Robinson has been selected as the Week 5 NFL Players
Association (NFLPA) Community MVP after hosting a book fair for more than 7,700 kids in Atlanta.
After learning nearly 70 percent of third-and fourth-grade Atlanta students were reading below proficient level, the Atlanta Falcons running back felt compelled to do his part in addressing the growing literacy rate crisis. On September 23, Robinson welcomed students from more than 35
elementary schools in the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) district to Mercedes Benz
Stadium for a memorable event.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 9d

Normally our December issue is six mini-essays, but with the support of the Kitchings Family Foundation, we're going to be able to support six shorts--twice the word count, twice the pay!--as well as an amazing feature-length review we've already got lined up.

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 9d

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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Chanhee Heo 허찬희 @chanheeheo.bsky.social · 10d

We’re living in a world that defies any single adjective as it has been beyond comprehension. Reflecting on what has been and what is going on, I wrote this piece.

Thank you @mpgphd.bsky.social @religiondispatches.org for this opportunity!

religiondispatches.org/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk Memorial in Seoul Shows Power of Christian Nationalism for Young Korean Activists

On September 13, 2025, echoes of “We are Charlie Kirk” could be heard across Seoul. From Jamsil to Gangnam, thousands of young Koreans commemorated American political activist Charlie Kirk's death by ...

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Christopher Jones @ccjones.bsky.social · 10d

“With its focus on global connections and local issues, the book offers a vital starting point for future studies on the impact of Christian missions in global history.”

A generous review of Missionary Interests from Fernando Pinheiro in @dialoguejournal.bsky.social. @cornellupress.bsky.social

Christian Laboratory: Mormon and Protestant Missions in Ideological and Geographical Peripheries

The book Missionary Interests: Protestant and Mormon Missions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, edited by David Golding and Christopher Cannon Jones, provides a significant contribution to th...

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 10d

As a former Richmond-ite, I’ve been waiting for someone to analyze these statues in a fresh way. Thanks for this!

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The False Image of History Project @falseimage.bsky.social · 11d

Our PI Donovan Schaefer has a new blog post up on the Library of Virginia's "Uncommonwealth" series, discussing how the False Image of History Project fits in with archival research into Confederate commemorative societies.

uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2025/09...

London, Paris, Richmond: The Cosmopolitan Sensibility of Lee Monument

Confederate monuments are often defended on the grounds that they provide an educational function. Both enthusiasts and critics of the Confederacy who take this position see Confederate monuments as a...

uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 10d

I take a few class periods to teach history-specific writing. I’m giving lessons I didn’t know I needed at my students’ ages 😂

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 10d

This would heal me

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 10d

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American Religion @amrel.bsky.social · 10d

Back Pages is back again with your biweekly Tuesday installment: Russell T. McCutcheon on his book, “Manufacturing Religion” (1997). Read further here: www.american-religion.org/back-pages/a...

Against the Wind — American Religion

McCutcheon on Manufacturing Religion (2003)

www.american-religion.org

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 10d

I'm teaching students about the perils of being too vague in their introductions.

I'm asking them, "what comes to mind when I say 'a man is traveling through the desert with friends?'"

Here's what I'll tell them I'm describing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_S...

Mad Max: Fury Road - Guitar Full Scenes

YouTube video by Maggie wu

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve also appreciated those who have said “it’s time to grieve, not be theological gatekeepers.”

IRL: I’m v grateful for colleagues and friends who have checked in on me following yesterday’s violence.

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t think Latter-day Saints should get hung up on whether Protestants think their Christians. I *do* think Protestant political leaders should be consistent about when they are politicizing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 11d

So many thoughts about yesterday. Watching how condolences are framed by folks like Mark Driscoll had me thinking about this essay.

arcmag.org/mormon-votes...

Mormon Votes Are Valued. Too Often Mormon Convictions Are Not. | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera

Last week, Mitt Romney gave an emotional speech on the Senate floor, explaining why he was voting to impeach President Trump. “I am a profoundly religious person,” he said. “My faith is at the heart o...

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 11d

I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint.

I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.