Marie Cecilie
@mariececilie.bsky.social
Nature, God, parenting and politics. (She/her) 🏳️🌈
This is so fascinating, and I'd be super curious to see if there's a similar pattern in Denmark. It may well be my own biases coming out, but it feels like there's a lot more public conversation about Christianity which isn't kneejerk dismissive than there used to be
"NOT SO SECULAR SWEDEN". Den amerikanska kulturtidskriften Comment hörde av sig och bad mig skriva om att religion och kristen tro i Sverige – "even Sweden!" – lockar till sig allt fler.
Det blev en ganska personlig essä, men också en chans att utveckla resonemangen
comment.org/not-so-secul...
Det blev en ganska personlig essä, men också en chans att utveckla resonemangen
comment.org/not-so-secul...
Not So Secular Sweden
Sweden used to be one of the most secular countries on earth. But over the past decade things have changed, and Enlightenment rationality seems to be on its way out.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
This is so fascinating, and I'd be super curious to see if there's a similar pattern in Denmark. It may well be my own biases coming out, but it feels like there's a lot more public conversation about Christianity which isn't kneejerk dismissive than there used to be
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Abolish the home office
British woman left stranded in Hungary after the Home Office refuse to let her bring 13-year-old niece to the UK.
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
British Woman Left 'Stranded' in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given parental responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Abolish the home office
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I’ve got loads!
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I’ve got loads!
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors
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Just the BBC, the national broadcaster, mainstreaming a fascist blogger. I guess this is normal now.
January 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Just the BBC, the national broadcaster, mainstreaming a fascist blogger. I guess this is normal now.
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the ability to tell a great story about a normal or mundane event
anyone can grab the room by like idk having witnessed a diamond heist and just telling us about it. you get more points if you have us rolling on the floor over, like, the haunted office photocopier or your kid’s weirdest questions
anyone can grab the room by like idk having witnessed a diamond heist and just telling us about it. you get more points if you have us rolling on the floor over, like, the haunted office photocopier or your kid’s weirdest questions
17. What is a trait that isn't visible that makes someone memorable?
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 AM
the ability to tell a great story about a normal or mundane event
anyone can grab the room by like idk having witnessed a diamond heist and just telling us about it. you get more points if you have us rolling on the floor over, like, the haunted office photocopier or your kid’s weirdest questions
anyone can grab the room by like idk having witnessed a diamond heist and just telling us about it. you get more points if you have us rolling on the floor over, like, the haunted office photocopier or your kid’s weirdest questions
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✨One to lift the spirits - the magnificent nave at Wells Cathedral taken with my tilt-shift lens 📸. Hard to believe that the 'owl like' scissor arches at the end were built in the mid C14th.
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
✨One to lift the spirits - the magnificent nave at Wells Cathedral taken with my tilt-shift lens 📸. Hard to believe that the 'owl like' scissor arches at the end were built in the mid C14th.
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For the 1st Shabbat of 2026, 10 things (in no particular order) that this rabbi humbly suggests each of us can do to make 2026 more sustainable than 2025.
Note that these will look different for each of us because we have different capacities and professional/personal demands. That's ok.
Note that these will look different for each of us because we have different capacities and professional/personal demands. That's ok.
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
For the 1st Shabbat of 2026, 10 things (in no particular order) that this rabbi humbly suggests each of us can do to make 2026 more sustainable than 2025.
Note that these will look different for each of us because we have different capacities and professional/personal demands. That's ok.
Note that these will look different for each of us because we have different capacities and professional/personal demands. That's ok.
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Today is the feast of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who suffered martyrdom at the hands of a group of knights in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. News of Thomas’ death spread quickly through Latin Christendom, & the cult of the saint arrived in the Norse world already in the 1170s. (1/n)
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Today is the feast of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who suffered martyrdom at the hands of a group of knights in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. News of Thomas’ death spread quickly through Latin Christendom, & the cult of the saint arrived in the Norse world already in the 1170s. (1/n)
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 480
sole occidente, Silvius et Fusca corvicula in arboris insident (As the sun sets, Silvius and Dusky the young crow perch in a tree). nolite bacas crataegi gustare, amiculi - amarae sapiunt (Don't try the hawthorn berries, little friends - they taste bitter)!
sole occidente, Silvius et Fusca corvicula in arboris insident (As the sun sets, Silvius and Dusky the young crow perch in a tree). nolite bacas crataegi gustare, amiculi - amarae sapiunt (Don't try the hawthorn berries, little friends - they taste bitter)!
December 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 480
sole occidente, Silvius et Fusca corvicula in arboris insident (As the sun sets, Silvius and Dusky the young crow perch in a tree). nolite bacas crataegi gustare, amiculi - amarae sapiunt (Don't try the hawthorn berries, little friends - they taste bitter)!
sole occidente, Silvius et Fusca corvicula in arboris insident (As the sun sets, Silvius and Dusky the young crow perch in a tree). nolite bacas crataegi gustare, amiculi - amarae sapiunt (Don't try the hawthorn berries, little friends - they taste bitter)!
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"Help us, like Joseph, to try to do your will, even when it is not entirely clear where you are leading us"
#LectionaryPrayers for Christmas 1, December 28 2025
#LectionaryPrayers for Christmas 1, December 28 2025
Opening Prayers for the First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year A
Opening prayers for the First Sunday after Christmas Day, January 1 2023
peterwnimmo.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Help us, like Joseph, to try to do your will, even when it is not entirely clear where you are leading us"
#LectionaryPrayers for Christmas 1, December 28 2025
#LectionaryPrayers for Christmas 1, December 28 2025
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When they ask me what radicalized me
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When they ask me what radicalized me
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December 19 - O radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
December 19 - O radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
O Root of Jesse, standing proud,
A sign to make kings weep aloud
To whom the nations humbly pray:
O come, O save, do not delay.
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British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends.
Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.
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slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
I get the outrage here, but I wonder if this headline is more likely to get men who agree with the premise of the headline to read it and then potentially challenge their thoughts? I don't want to defend the Times, but I do think this might be one of those where the headline isn't aimed at 'us'?
This piece is billed as ‘father of girls thinks misogyny lessons are unnecessary’ but right at the end he actually asks the girls he is confidently speaking on behalf of and they…disagree. Amazing. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
I’m a father of teen girls. I don’t want misogyny lessons for boys
The government is planning classes to combat prejudice against women. Andrew Billen isn’t sure it will work
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I get the outrage here, but I wonder if this headline is more likely to get men who agree with the premise of the headline to read it and then potentially challenge their thoughts? I don't want to defend the Times, but I do think this might be one of those where the headline isn't aimed at 'us'?
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I am a father of teenage girls. I coukdn't see the point of misogyny lessons for boys but they did" would be a more accurate and more interesting description of Andrew Billen's piece for The Times
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I am a father of teenage girls. I coukdn't see the point of misogyny lessons for boys but they did" would be a more accurate and more interesting description of Andrew Billen's piece for The Times
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Wrote this for #BBCCountryfile Mag. Rural home-to-school transport (& public transport generally) massively disadvantages & isolates our rural youth. Higher education often not possible & buses to work/ volunteering/ events reg cancelled (35 x in under 24 months) www.countryfile.com/people/opini...
“Children young as 11 were advised to walk miles along unlit, dangerous roads.” Public transport is failing rural youth – here’s why a shake-up is long overdue | Countryfile.com
Limited public transport disadvantages rural teenagers academically and socially, says author Nicola Chester
www.countryfile.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wrote this for #BBCCountryfile Mag. Rural home-to-school transport (& public transport generally) massively disadvantages & isolates our rural youth. Higher education often not possible & buses to work/ volunteering/ events reg cancelled (35 x in under 24 months) www.countryfile.com/people/opini...
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The Holy Ghost is come upon you
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The Holy Ghost is come upon you
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December 17 - O Sapientia
O holy Wisdom from the height
Whom God first spoke, who rules in might
O sweetly order every land
O teach us prudence at thy hand.
O holy Wisdom from the height
Whom God first spoke, who rules in might
O sweetly order every land
O teach us prudence at thy hand.
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
December 17 - O Sapientia
O holy Wisdom from the height
Whom God first spoke, who rules in might
O sweetly order every land
O teach us prudence at thy hand.
O holy Wisdom from the height
Whom God first spoke, who rules in might
O sweetly order every land
O teach us prudence at thy hand.
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Girlguiding was a safe space. It was trans inclusive, and commissioners had inclusively training so we could help our volunteers AND the kids. We were a case by case basis. But a handful of bigots have taken that away. In doing so, they are teaching prejudice. And to force people into boxes.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Girlguiding was a safe space. It was trans inclusive, and commissioners had inclusively training so we could help our volunteers AND the kids. We were a case by case basis. But a handful of bigots have taken that away. In doing so, they are teaching prejudice. And to force people into boxes.
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sylvia townsend warner statue!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sylvia Townsend Warner statue unveiled in Dorchester
The bronze statue of the Dorset novelist sitting on a bench is unveiled in Dorchester town centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
sylvia townsend warner statue!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
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Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.