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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 14h

1/ pope travels on private planes
2/ pope has access to politicians any time they want
3/ pope lives wealthy and can obtain material things he desires
4/ pope protects pedophiles.

Literally, no difference

Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 14h

Has he looked in the mirror?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 20h

Confucius' sayings in all their glory, from the Warring States 《*孔子曰》to the Dunhuang copies of the 《論語集解》

Getting ready for the 2025年“古文字与中华文明”国际学术论坛 at Tsinghua University Oct 18-19, 2025. See you then!

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 19h

If you're new to the Warring States manuscripts, I published a piece with my colleague Li Yumeng which introduces the *Kongzi said and *Zhongni said manuscripts. And it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 14h

It’s not worth responding. It’s nonsense. We need to stop being reactive.

Just celebra Obama achievements on their own, without mentioning trump.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 19h

If you're new to the Warring States manuscripts, I published a piece with my colleague Li Yumeng which introduces the *Kongzi said and *Zhongni said manuscripts. And it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 20h

Who are those 8 DEMS?? Who.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 21h

42% of Republicans say Trump has improperly used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like

40% say he's improperly encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents

31% say he's improperly used his office to enrich himself

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Dot plot showing partisan differences in Americans' views of how Donald Trump has governed since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 20h

Confucius' sayings in all their glory, from the Warring States 《*孔子曰》to the Dunhuang copies of the 《論語集解》

Getting ready for the 2025年“古文字与中华文明”国际学术论坛 at Tsinghua University Oct 18-19, 2025. See you then!

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 22h

No one is talking about it 24/7. Totally different media reaction.

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 22h

If this were Biden…

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing to see here, just Trump going for his second “yearly” checkup this year.

Anyone ready to admit that something is wrong with POTUS yet?

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 22h

#OTD 5 yrs ago: Jonathan Robker writes about online sources for critical editions of biblical texts besides Accordance, BibleWorks, and Logos.

Check it out 👇
#textstudies #DHinpractice #DHtools #biblestudies #critialedition #tbt #repost

digitalorientalist.com/2020/10/09/t...

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be familiar with some kind of software for engaging the primary sources, i…

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 1d

If only we held men to the same standards we hold women to.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I think Katie Porter is done.

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 1d

We are always looking for submissions, all year around!

Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 1d

we're at the point where MTG makes sense... jesus

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 1 yr ago: Alice Casalini @UChicago introduces DIGA, the created with the intention of digitizing artifacts from Gandhāra scattered all around the world.

Check it out 👇
#streamline #workflow #digitaltools #DHinpractice #DHresources

digitalorientalist.com/2024/10/08/t...

The DiGA Project—Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts: An Interview with Jessie Pons and Cristiano Moscatelli (Part 1)

In the field of Buddhist art, recent years have seen more and more digitization projects that center around the art and archaeology of Gandhāra.1 Produced between the 1st c. BCE and the 5th c. CE, …

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 1d

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The DO is the only open-access magazine that covers developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields.

Help us spread the word

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ALT: a man sitting in a chair with the words tell your friends above him

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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 2d

Hybrid meeting: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Biblical Hebrew, 7 November 2025, 9:30–17:00 (CET), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/online. Register here: networkinstitute.org/2025/10/03/e...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 2d

This week, Emma Donington explores the #digital storytelling facilitated by #digitizing the Royal Botanic #Gardens’ collections. The article examines digitised Japanese specimens and showcases Kew’s database platforms, digitisation techniques, and digital collections now public!

#newpost #DHaccess

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

"Sometimes these women shed their pelts in some secret place / To become human women again."

Read more of "The Dog" by aracelis girmay, from LARB Quarterly, no. 46: Alien. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/from-aracelis-girmays-the-dog/

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

One day. Five hundred miles. Three town halls in small town Maine. Four hundred people.

We will leave no person and no place behind.

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