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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 4d

oh well! another time

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 4d

Or medieval Latin!!
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Latin 242: Selections from Beeson’s Medieval Primer

Description: In this class we’ll be reading and discussing selections from Beeson’s A Primer of Medieval Latin. This is an intermediate reading and discussion class. Weekly seminars wil…

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 4d

Or come read Herodotus with us!
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Greek 241: Herodotus Book 7

Description: In this unit we’ll be reading and discussing in Greek (with some English) Herodotus, book 7. Classes will be offered via Zoom. You’ll need decent internet, and preferably a headset or …

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 4d

Continuing Athenaze class for beginners
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Greek 102: Athenaze for Beginners 2 (Oct 2025)

Description: This is the second of four courses that introduces you to ancient Greek, with both classical and Koine treated, and it assumes no prior knowledge of Greek. We’ll be working with the po…

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 4d

fun things like spoken Greek for the time traveller:
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Greek 111: Speak Ancient Greek! (A1)

Description: This course is designed for beginners with little experience with Ancient Greek. We’ll work through a unique curriculum aimed at developing basic proficiency in speaking Ancient …

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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 7d

I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week.

My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."

There may have been some subtext.

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Read here:
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YouTube

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Mike Aubrey @mikeaubrey.bsky.social · 8d

Force is ubiquitous in everyday life. We act and are acted on by causal sequences that require the exertion of force. Typical force interactions shape our inferences about the world and how we communicate in language. 1/#
#biblicalgreek #linguistics (& cc: @koine-greek.com)

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 12d

two weeks to go until the new term of #SeumasU
I'm feeling excited and enthused about language teaching, which is a great thing!

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SeumasU : Online courses in Latin and Greek

Visit the post for more.

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 12d

seall air seo. it's Horst Wessel and the Reichstag fire rolled into one. designate your enemies as terrorists, invert blame for violence, and silence your opponents until there is no democracy left in america.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12d

Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.

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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Pseudo-Nathanius Porterensis @nporter.bsky.social · 13d

Lux Patrum is hiring! We are looking for people to produce bilingual editions of texts.

Required:
- a reasonably strong command of Greek or Latin
- competence in Microsoft Word.

Reach out to [email protected] if you're interested.

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Gregory Stringer @gregorystringer.bsky.social · 13d

Got my stylish new sweatshirt to rep my first semester teaching for the U!
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A mirror photo of me wearing my new SeumasU sweatshirt

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 15d

new EO dropped. I mean, the very first sentence is wrong: “Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.”
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Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization

Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 16d

this _is_ blasphemy

LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 17d

Pete Hegseth posted this with the caption “for Charlie, our warriors, and our nation”

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Christianity On the Spectrum @christianityon.bsky.social · 17d

Fun facts you will learn in this episode:
1. Anglicanism is the most converted to denomination for autistic Christians
2. When you correct for ratios, autistic women are twice as likely to be Anglican than autistic men
3. Autistic Christians love the BCP (a lot)

Christianity On the Spectrum @christianityon.bsky.social · 17d

Have you met a young Anglican and thought, "Damn, is she autistic?" Well, there is a pretty good chance you could be right! In the latest podcast episode featuring Ben Crosby we talked about the Autistic Anglicans and why there are so many of them. Link below:

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 20d

filling out a referee form for someone and stumped at occupation. "virtual sophist", "professor without a university", "necromancer of languages"?

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 28d

Iter Subterraneum is quickly becoming my favourite Latin text of the year.

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Seumas MacDhòmhnaill @jeltzz.bsky.social · 29d

my new class 'speak ancient greek' already filled up, so I made a second section for it. I'm trialling new materials to help you speak from day 1, conversational ancient greek.
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