Matthew J (is) Tired
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer.
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We are living in a time of massive underreaction.
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This stupendous achievement will go up online with zero fanfare but I have to read 15 articles a week about how some chud thinks he reinvented hieroglyphics via conversation with ChatGPT
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
www.openculture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This stupendous achievement will go up online with zero fanfare but I have to read 15 articles a week about how some chud thinks he reinvented hieroglyphics via conversation with ChatGPT
“Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.”
Some countries have actual laws and an actual Supreme Court
Some countries have actual laws and an actual Supreme Court
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.”
Some countries have actual laws and an actual Supreme Court
Some countries have actual laws and an actual Supreme Court
Tomorrow, with lake effect snow
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November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Tomorrow, with lake effect snow
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Scholars & historians of Islam, ICYMI
Haven’t posted about this in a long time, but with #AARSBL & #MESA both happening, a friendly reminder that we have an Islamic Studies starter pack/list on here.
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Scholars & historians of Islam, ICYMI
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they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump admin ‘intimidation’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump administration ‘intimidation’ - live
Pentagon said it was investigating Arizona senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in the video, in which lawmakers told members of the military to ‘refuse illegal orders’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
Assistant Prof of Religion, World Christianity, opening:
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Assistant Prof of Religion, World Christianity, opening:
MESA statement on the detention of Dr Abedini.
@mesa1966.bsky.social is one of the few academic organizations which has taken clear stands on important issues like the decimation of Gaza, tr*mpist attacks on academic freedom and administrative capitulation, and now this.
@mesa1966.bsky.social is one of the few academic organizations which has taken clear stands on important issues like the decimation of Gaza, tr*mpist attacks on academic freedom and administrative capitulation, and now this.
Middle East Studies Association
MESA has issued a statement expressing deep concern over the detention of Dr. Abedini, a MESA member.
mesana.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
MESA statement on the detention of Dr Abedini.
@mesa1966.bsky.social is one of the few academic organizations which has taken clear stands on important issues like the decimation of Gaza, tr*mpist attacks on academic freedom and administrative capitulation, and now this.
@mesa1966.bsky.social is one of the few academic organizations which has taken clear stands on important issues like the decimation of Gaza, tr*mpist attacks on academic freedom and administrative capitulation, and now this.
Haven’t posted about this in a long time, but with #AARSBL & #MESA both happening, a friendly reminder that we have an Islamic Studies starter pack/list on here.
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Haven’t posted about this in a long time, but with #AARSBL & #MESA both happening, a friendly reminder that we have an Islamic Studies starter pack/list on here.
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
Scholars, give these folks a follow, spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added to the list. #IslamicStudies, #acrel, 🗃️
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Lake Forest College. Deadline January 5, 2026. #AcRel
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
www.lakeforest.edu
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Lake Forest College. Deadline January 5, 2026. #AcRel
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
www.lakeforest.edu/offices-and-...
The US admin’s bluster about invading Nigeria to protect “Christians” is ignorant and performative, but that does not mean that terrible things are not in fact happening in central and northern Nigeria.
315 abducted from a Catholic school.
315 abducted from a Catholic school.
Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school - BBC News
The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The US admin’s bluster about invading Nigeria to protect “Christians” is ignorant and performative, but that does not mean that terrible things are not in fact happening in central and northern Nigeria.
315 abducted from a Catholic school.
315 abducted from a Catholic school.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
I'm unfortunately not in attendance at this year’s @mesa1966.bsky.social conference, but I'm grateful to see my most recent book on display at the @edinburghup.bsky.social stall. 🗃️
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm unfortunately not in attendance at this year’s @mesa1966.bsky.social conference, but I'm grateful to see my most recent book on display at the @edinburghup.bsky.social stall. 🗃️
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#Employment The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World (HRF) invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship with a research specialization in the Arab World.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World (HRF) invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship with a research specialization in the Arab World.
mesana.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#Employment The NYU Abu Dhabi Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World (HRF) invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship with a research specialization in the Arab World.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
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#Employment The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a full-time position as Lecturer of Arabic.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures invites applications for a full-time position as Lecturer of Arabic.
mesana.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#Employment The Arabic Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a full-time position as Lecturer of Arabic.
mesana.org/resources-an...
mesana.org/resources-an...
Wait, the menswear guy is riffing (in a fairly sophisticated manner) on theology and CS Lewis? I’m down.
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wait, the menswear guy is riffing (in a fairly sophisticated manner) on theology and CS Lewis? I’m down.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Just chillin in the sunshine and (aggressively) bathing the tail
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just chillin in the sunshine and (aggressively) bathing the tail
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Important aspect of the standard articulated in US v Calley & quoted here is that there is no defense of superior orders if the subordinate *knew* the order was unlawful.
Irregular lawyering in the admin (eg overriding SOUTHCOM SJA) & subsequent legal criticism ought to put officials on notice.
Irregular lawyering in the admin (eg overriding SOUTHCOM SJA) & subsequent legal criticism ought to put officials on notice.
“Trump has put the military in an impossible situation,” our columnist David French writes. “He’s making its most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts, and he’s burdening the consciences of soldiers who serve under his command.”
Opinion | Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation
Who should take responsibility for the president’s undeclared war in the Caribbean?
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Important aspect of the standard articulated in US v Calley & quoted here is that there is no defense of superior orders if the subordinate *knew* the order was unlawful.
Irregular lawyering in the admin (eg overriding SOUTHCOM SJA) & subsequent legal criticism ought to put officials on notice.
Irregular lawyering in the admin (eg overriding SOUTHCOM SJA) & subsequent legal criticism ought to put officials on notice.
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USAID's capacities took decades to build and Musk, through DOGE, gutted it all with the enthusiasim and foresight of a 14 year old given keys to a Lambourghini in a town where his dad's the sheriff internationalpolicy.org/publications...
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
USAID's capacities took decades to build and Musk, through DOGE, gutted it all with the enthusiasim and foresight of a 14 year old given keys to a Lambourghini in a town where his dad's the sheriff internationalpolicy.org/publications...
I honestly do not understand the ubiquitous advertising insurance companies do during sporting events. Some of the ads are somewhat entertaining & clever, but I have *never* & will never choose an insurer because of these ads. Mine is no name but has better rates than all these biggies.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I honestly do not understand the ubiquitous advertising insurance companies do during sporting events. Some of the ads are somewhat entertaining & clever, but I have *never* & will never choose an insurer because of these ads. Mine is no name but has better rates than all these biggies.