Nabalkattu
@nabalkattu.bsky.social
"A Laid-Back Country Picker with a Laid-Back Country Mind"
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University
UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, Liberation Philology.
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University
UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, Liberation Philology.
Academics: if there's going to be any leadership in the 21st century it's got to come from staff, students, and us. As the recent U of California and UMD actions show, "if you act like a union then you're a union"
Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Academics: if there's going to be any leadership in the 21st century it's got to come from staff, students, and us. As the recent U of California and UMD actions show, "if you act like a union then you're a union"
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
implying the vast majority of Americans actually are close to Jeffrey Epstein and allegedly pedos who allegedly had their first wife killed
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
implying the vast majority of Americans actually are close to Jeffrey Epstein and allegedly pedos who allegedly had their first wife killed
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Today we reconsider the major work of Frank Moore Cross, perhaps America's most influential scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient epigraphy, at 4pm, Fairfax B (Third Floor) Sheraton with an epic lineup!
My college professor Frank Moore Cross described Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew as "national scripts," but nationalism is about fitting a language and culture into a polity, and none of these were developed for one polity, as @josephinequinn.bsky.social showed w the many cities of "Phoenicia."
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today we reconsider the major work of Frank Moore Cross, perhaps America's most influential scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient epigraphy, at 4pm, Fairfax B (Third Floor) Sheraton with an epic lineup!
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Dreaming of dreams
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dreaming of dreams
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So they facilitate and promote emigration to Israeli colonial possessions in the West Bank?
To all of the imbeciles here calling me a liar and telling me to do my "research". Nefesh B'Nefesh is a NON-PROFIT agency that helps North American Jews who want to participate in Aliyah. It is NOT a real estate brokerage. Its website shows communities in the West Bank but lists no properties.
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So they facilitate and promote emigration to Israeli colonial possessions in the West Bank?
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
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it's an open secret that the washington post editorial board has been sleeping with the epstein files for years.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
it's an open secret that the washington post editorial board has been sleeping with the epstein files for years.
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The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From.
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Robert Kawashima, Peter Machinist, Alice Mandell, and Aren Wilson-Wright will examine Cross's influential ideas from the viewpoint of literature, epigraphy, the history of religions, and the history of scholarship.
S24-313 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM Fairfax B (Third Floor)
Sheraton
S24-313 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM Fairfax B (Third Floor)
Sheraton
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Robert Kawashima, Peter Machinist, Alice Mandell, and Aren Wilson-Wright will examine Cross's influential ideas from the viewpoint of literature, epigraphy, the history of religions, and the history of scholarship.
S24-313 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM Fairfax B (Third Floor)
Sheraton
S24-313 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM Fairfax B (Third Floor)
Sheraton
Did the religion of the Bible evolve, following an orderly development from Canaanite roots into Hebrew monotheism, inventing biblical literature along the way? Join us Monday at 4pm at the Society of Biblical Literature as we reconsider Frank Moore Cross's epoch-making arguments 50 years later.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Did the religion of the Bible evolve, following an orderly development from Canaanite roots into Hebrew monotheism, inventing biblical literature along the way? Join us Monday at 4pm at the Society of Biblical Literature as we reconsider Frank Moore Cross's epoch-making arguments 50 years later.
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My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My favourite part of this ancient Assyrian letter to an ancient Assyrian goldsmith, is the last bit where the writer basically declares that the “house where they purify silver” absolutely does not pass the vibe check.
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
“They are drunk and silver is stolen”
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At today’s plenary of the American Anthropological Association #TheDawnOfEverything was awarded the Staley Prize for ‘outstanding scholarship’ by the School for Advanced Research🙏
It would have meant so much to David Graeber, as it does to me
sarweb.org/awards/j-i-s...
It would have meant so much to David Graeber, as it does to me
sarweb.org/awards/j-i-s...
J.I. Staley Prize - School for Advanced Research
sarweb.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
At today’s plenary of the American Anthropological Association #TheDawnOfEverything was awarded the Staley Prize for ‘outstanding scholarship’ by the School for Advanced Research🙏
It would have meant so much to David Graeber, as it does to me
sarweb.org/awards/j-i-s...
It would have meant so much to David Graeber, as it does to me
sarweb.org/awards/j-i-s...
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My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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There Are Way More Cars That Share Names With Simpsons Characters Than You Think
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There Are Way More Cars That Share Names With Simpsons Characters Than You Think - The Autopian
How many seasons has The Simpsons been on? All of them? Every season? Whatever the number is, it’s more than any other scripted television show, ever. Fine, I’ll look it up: it’s 37 seasons. Damn! The...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There Are Way More Cars That Share Names With Simpsons Characters Than You Think
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www.theautopian.com/there-are-wa...
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to be honest, if it hastens turnover of some of the less scrupulous ones then beyond so what you might even say good
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
to be honest, if it hastens turnover of some of the less scrupulous ones then beyond so what you might even say good
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WOW!
@RepThomasMassie tells reporters that Trump has tried to stop the release of the Epstein files to protect some of his donors, but also because "Epstein had close ties to our own intelligence agency and Israel's intelligence agencies."
@RepThomasMassie tells reporters that Trump has tried to stop the release of the Epstein files to protect some of his donors, but also because "Epstein had close ties to our own intelligence agency and Israel's intelligence agencies."
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
WOW!
@RepThomasMassie tells reporters that Trump has tried to stop the release of the Epstein files to protect some of his donors, but also because "Epstein had close ties to our own intelligence agency and Israel's intelligence agencies."
@RepThomasMassie tells reporters that Trump has tried to stop the release of the Epstein files to protect some of his donors, but also because "Epstein had close ties to our own intelligence agency and Israel's intelligence agencies."
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i had a suspicion that states rights would regain some salience if and when the states where rights came into question were states republicans cared about
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
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None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
i had a suspicion that states rights would regain some salience if and when the states where rights came into question were states republicans cared about
"Paying for subscriptions for content has been fully normalized..Many would much rather pay normal people every month than fork out for yet another corporate streaming service.
And all of that is without even mentioning the important part: these new platforms are telling the stories nobody else is."
And all of that is without even mentioning the important part: these new platforms are telling the stories nobody else is."
This is exactly what I was sort of trying to connect to in talking about the new alt media, and my own history with alt-weeklies www.anildash.com/2024/06/14/t...
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Paying for subscriptions for content has been fully normalized..Many would much rather pay normal people every month than fork out for yet another corporate streaming service.
And all of that is without even mentioning the important part: these new platforms are telling the stories nobody else is."
And all of that is without even mentioning the important part: these new platforms are telling the stories nobody else is."