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Dr. Laura Robinson

@laurarbnsn.bsky.social

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New Testament Review Podcast. Not Peer Reviewed on Substack. PhD New Testament, Duke. Follow for New Testament, theology, crochet, pop culture, excessive cat documentation.

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 12

I'm going to read books faster than I can buy them this year.
Which is usually not my normal imbalance.
I really like bookstores.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Apr 3

a good explainer, posted by @laurarbnsn.bsky.social on the other platform

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 6

Feel free to add yours but I loved Some People Need Killing and Fear is Just a Word

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Apr 6

Who has a great non fiction audio book rec? Just did Abundance and Careless People

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 6

In Cold Blood
Some People Need Killing
Fear is Just a Word

Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 6

You guys have to read the book Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 1

To me this seems fairly obvious. Backlash is already an issue, it’ll get worse.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Purported allyship being used in ways that ultimately may undermine Jews, mirror what some Asian Americans expressed as conservatives were using their communities to argue against — and do away with — race-conscious admissions on college campuses." www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Some Jews worry that Trump’s antisemitism crackdown is putting them in danger

As college campuses are targeted, some warn that the Trump administration’s efforts are helping reinforce antisemitic tropes.

www.msnbc.com

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Apr 1

What did the non profit do?…

The Men Who Stare At Goatse @ohgodscrewthis.bsky.social · Mar 31

Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 30

If you haven't read a Mariana Enriquez short story collection you are seriously missing out.

Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 24

I know, I've been waiting for months. I thought the first episode was terrific.

Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 23

Fury Road is such an iconic piece of filmmaking.

Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 23

WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT PREMIERS TONIGHT
ARE WE EXCITED
GET YOUR ALE

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 22

Why did someone just have a sponge at Jesus's crucifixion?
The sponge dipped in wine is in all four Gospels.
Who just carries around a sponge?

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 19

Every third Nextdoor Post is either "was that a gunshot?" or "I have to rehome five large untrained German shepherds by noon or I'm going to have to shoot them in the head."

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 19

I still think the simplest explanation is that Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK.

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 19

Got my Concerta after three weeks off and I feel like I'm in a Broadway musical number

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 19

My cat kneading on me is not good for my self esteem.

Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 15

Fun fact: Karl the cat’s adoption papers list his official name as Karl Barth Marlinspike Robinson because of Wolf Hall

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wolf Hall is amazing television and I’m really excited when I can get others to watch it

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

No, JD. My 91 year old grandfather doesn't have a job. He worked for 65 years and now he can't drive.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Mar 14

JD Vance attacks elderly retired Americans at his event who are asking him to stop trying to cut Social Security: “Don’t you all have jobs?”

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Poisonwood Bible is a really good book and I don't know why it doesn't have more showing in theological literature spaces/divinity schools the way something like Silence does.
Is it because it's got the crust of Mom Books from Oprah on it?

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

That was the year a psychiatrist asked me how I got into Duke for a doctoral program because the volume of ADHD I had was like Anakin Skywalker and his midi-chlorians.

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

"Yes, Mom. What tipped you off, besides the everything?"

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

I am never going to forget the day I was in my 30s visiting my mom two years deep into seeing a psychiatrist for ADHD, and my mom, who carried and nursed me and had an MD, sat across me seriously and asked me from the depths of her soul, "Do you think you might have ADHD?"

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 13

It's pretty fathomless.
We're terrified for you, because we love Canadians, and also are terrified for ourselves.

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Mar 13

This man is utterly useless

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Mar 13

SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."

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