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Victoria J Barnett
@vjbarnett.bsky.social
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Renegade Bonhoeffer scholar. General editor, Bonhoeffer Works (English). I write about churches in Nazi Germany & the Holocaust. Here to discover new research, interesting books, poetry, music & occasionally the humor. www.victoriajbarnett.com
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 14h
What a gorgeous photo.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 16h
So lovely.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
There is some precedent here.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
What.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
A well-deserved honor for Martin Doblmeier! His films on religion are imho the best out there, esp. "Prophetic Voices" (5 films on Thurman, Niebuhr, Dorothy Day, Abraham Heschel, & Bonhoeffer) & he made a superb film on Thomas Jefferson. A much younger version of me appears in the Bonhoeffer film...
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to Martin Doblmeier!

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Television Academy Honors Martin Doblmeier
Last Saturday filmmaker Martin Doblmeier of Journey Films was inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter.  The regional...
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
Looks like a beautiful day for it! I’m very envious of your neighbors…
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
That is great news!
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
The most moving part of her response is when she says (paraphrasing here) that her work is that of a movement, of many people.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 1d
Sorry, should have put that in quotes! “We are not amused…..”
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 2d
I also wonder whether the Arab states finally stepped in on this one.
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David Bright | Tiroltrekker @davidbright1.bsky.social · 2d
Frosty Autumn Dawn Misurina Alm | Le Marmarole
#Dolomiti #Dolomites #Dolomiten #LandscapePhotography #Landscapes #Photography #mountainscapes #tiroltrekker #Misurina #lemarmarole
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d
Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 3d
Excellent thread.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 4d
I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 3d
And are you also finding that the font will suddenly change into garbage text whenever you cut and paste something? One solution I found is to block and change everything to TNR.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 3d
Always happy to find alternatives to 20th century German history.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 3d
Like Jen said, excellent alt text and now I need to go back and read all your alt texts, because I had no idea this was one of your many talents…
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 4d
"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."
US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 5d
Moonrise, Sunday evening. Wishing everyone a quiet night.
Moon ascending the horizon in a cloudless sky at dusk, pale blue above, darkening rose below.
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Bob @actualbob.art · 6d
📱 | Northern Minnesota (2025)
Legacy in Red.

This Northern Red Oak leaf is a small detail from a tree planted five years ago from bare root stock—a gentle reminder that the most meaningful work is often for a future we won't live to see.
A close-up photo of an autumn Northern Red Oak leaf, highlighting the deep red and orange colors of the fall foliage. The leaf has prominent veins and is mottled with darker, rusty-brown and black spots.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 6d
It’s a powerful work. Glad to see it being performed.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 6d
And riparian entertainments.
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 6d
My 2 favorite cookbooks (esp. the soup & pie recipes) are from the Elsah Landing Restaurant in Elsah, IL. Today I’m baking the banana chocolate chip bread (a favorite of my grandkids) & it occurred to me to check if they’re still around. They’re not but what a story: losttables.com/elsah/elsah....
Lost Tables: Elsah Landing
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 7d
It’s a great album!! It also led me to the recordings of Alice Coltrane, which are still mind-boggling to me.
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Benjamin Carter Hett @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social · 7d
I urge everyone to call GOP legislators and put this question to them. Trump is their president and they support him in lock step. They need to be held accountable for what this means. Don't let them forget it, don't led them run and hide.
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