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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 21h

College and University Protest Movement and Union Organizers, please note

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23h

there is no need to take tactical social movement advice from former fbi agents posting on social media

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 15m

Gather around, friends, for a friendly 🧵.

Propaganda was not a widely used word before WW2. Sergeï Chakhotin was one of the first theoreticians of authoritarian propaganda in his 1939 book The Rape of the Masses, which was immediately banned by fascists.

Here are his 7 rules of propaganda:

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 14m

Religion in the U.S.
Immigration

TW: video of the incident

Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 6h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 20h

Somehow, in the midst of all of this, there are several hires in Black Diaspora Studies being made across CUNY. This is one of them:

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

cuny.jobs

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 20h

i'm still mad that we waited all these years for MS word to give us a new font and they gave us aptos.

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Are you representing an organisation here?", I asked a Muslim attendee. “I’m here as a Mancunian mate,’ he replied. “That’s what I’m representing.”
Our Avaes Mohammad's reflections from Friday's vigil in Manchester following the appalling Synagogue attack.
www.britishfuture.org/im-here-as-a...

"I'm here as a Mancunian – that's what I'm representing" - British Future

British Future's Avaes Mohammad reports from Friday's vigil in Manchester following the appalling Synagogue attack.

www.britishfuture.org

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Jill Lewis @jilllewis.bsky.social · 21h

SCOTUS is hearing arguments in the Colorado Conversion Therapy case.
Listen live: www.youtube.com/live/LnZ7LFM...

LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 21h

College and University Protest Movement and Union Organizers, please note

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 23h

there is no need to take tactical social movement advice from former fbi agents posting on social media

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Student Workers of Columbia @swcolumbia.bsky.social · 21h

Yet again, Columbia University refused to bargain with its student workers. Yesterday we caucused together at Trinity Lutheran Church, while the University bargaining team sat in their small room afraid to face us.

Union members smiling and raising their left fists in Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 5d

In two weeks!

rifkindcenter.org/rifkind-cent...

A poster for an event at T
HE RIFKIND CENTER
The City College of New York
Title: Stripmining History: How the 'Al' Industry Extracts the Past & What Scholars in the Humanities Can Do to Stop It"
IN-PERSON & VIA ZOOM
OCTOBER 16 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM | NAC 6/316

Sonja Drimmer, Associate Professor, UMass Amherst

more details in the link in the post

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

docs.google.com

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Selling soul to devil not good.

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

vanderbiltaaup.org

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 1d

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 1d

biblically accurate couch

A round couch (or very large chair) in a gross burnt orange velour with like 20 small pillows arranged along the back

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Daniel Wyche @danielwyche.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly.

Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 28d

the common premise of all reactionary critiques of higher education is that there is no such thing as education that is not also brainwashing, therefore they must be in charge of the brainwashing. they literally do not believe that critical discourse is possible

Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 28d

Texas fascism: no one should read the Qur’an in college because if you do you’ll go to hell

New York fascism: no one should read the Qur’an in college because Western Civilization

and that’s the Free Press difference

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 28d

Super excited to finally see this piece of mine online.

Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 28d

”We usually understand ‘divide and rule’ as a tactic for dividing populations. But it also divides people from their own pasts.”

Now online from our 50th anniversary issue, @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social reviews three memoirs on the destruction of the Arab Jewish world:

In Search of Arab Jews - Boston Review

Can a culture be resurrected?

www.bostonreview.net

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 16d

The Kirk memorial service is set up as a religious revival (his killing has been framed that way by Cardinal Dolan & others). The singer says: "We want the Kirk family to be healed, and we want our land to return to Jesus." Christian nationalism had become part of Kirk's brand - it's on full display

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

1. As Chris notes, in addition to journalist plaintiffs in here, there's a religious plaintiff: Rev. David Black, a Presbyterian minister who was filmed being shot by federal agents with what appeared to be pepper balls while praying outside the Broadview ICE office.

I just spoke with that pastor…

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I'm listening in on a second new lawsuit out of Illinois today, addressing First Amendment freedoms surrounding protests, including press and religious claims.

Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee, is hearing the TRO motion and has found the plaintiffs, for TRO purposes, have standing.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB, BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO, CHICAGO NEWSPAPER GUILD LOCAL 34071, NABET-CWA LOCAL 54041, ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION, RAVEN GEARY, CHARLES THRUSH, STEPHEN HELD, DAVID BLACK, WILLIAM PAULSON, AUTUMN REIDY-HAMER, and LEIGH KUNKEL, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
V.
KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); TODD LYONS,
Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); MARCOS CHARLES,
Acting Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, ICE;
RUSSELL HOTT, Chicago Field Office
Director, ICE; RODNEY S. SCOTT,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); GREGORY BOVINO, Chief Border Patrol Agent, CBP; DANIEL
DRISCOLL, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF);
WILLIAM K. MARSHALL III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP); PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General of the United States;
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL OFFICER DEFENDANTS; UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL AGENCY DEFENDANTS; and
DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States,
No. 25-cv-12173
PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT FOR INJUCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

2. …and he told me (among other things — stay tuned for a long story later) that he has suffered from respiratory issues ever since that incident.

He also told me that as he knelt in pain (see below), he could hear the agents laughing. bsky.app/profile/mske...

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

3. And yes, the complaint also includes a religious freedom claim (RFRA, no less).

That brings my count of faith groups/leaders who have sued the Trump admin this year to 56 or 57, depending on how you count it.

At least 5 of those lawsuits allege the Trump admin violated their religious freedom.

COUNT II
Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1
149. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference each of the paragraphs in this Complaint as if
restated fully herein.
150. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), provides that “Government
shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a
rule of general applicability.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(a).
151. Defendants’ policy, pattern, and practice of targeting Rev. Black and other
similarly situated Religious Exercise subclass members with violence substantially burdens their
exercise of religion.
152. No compelling governmental interest exists that would justify Defendants’ use of
force against clergy peacefully praying in public spaces, nor is the wanton and gratuitous
violence employed by Defendants the least restrictive means of furthering any compelling
governmental interests that might exist.

153. Defendants’ ongoing conduct in violation of Plaintiff’s and subclass members’
rights and liberties under federal law has caused and is causing them irreparable harm.
154. In the absence of an injunction, Defendants will continue to use force against Rev.
Black and other Religious Exercise subclass members in an effort to stop them from exercising
their religious beliefs.
155. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses
relating to this action.

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 1d

Job alert ➡️ Assistant Professor of Religion,Medicine, & Healing @utoronto.ca (tenure stream).Research/teaching of religion, medicine, & healing in cultural/political contexts using historical, ethnographic, and/or textual/media studies methods, Apply by Nov 6, 2025. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

"Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, bitch” before pulling over and shooting the woman 5 times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday" omg

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/live/GiBhzOA...

Peter Thiel's Jesus is a King-Founder, an inspiration to overcome the falleness of mimesis, transcend our nature, and become something more than human.

The Gospel of Peter Thiel (Part I)

YouTube video by Straight White American Jesus Podcast

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 1d

Only a few of us may survive, but it will be awesome!

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