Dr Meredith JC Warren

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Dr MJC Warren. Director of the Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies & Editor in Chief of the Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. Settler & Manitoba Metis Federation citizen. She/her/wiya

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Have also had an experience where a student misunderstood GenAI as an enhanced search engine. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Well this is grim

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Just published: @brownsmith.bsky.social's "Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther," the latest article in our Special Issue: Seminal Issues in Biblical Genitalia. Read it here: jibs.hcommons.org/volume-5-iss...

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@drmjcwarren.bsky.social has a great piece on this theconversation.com/why-judeo-ch...

Just a reminder that "Judeo-christian" values are just way to blame Jews for Christian nationalism, and just because they steal the Torah doesn't make us belief buddies. Judeo-christian values are just Christian values in fancy dress.

Why ‘Judeo-Christian values’ are a dog-whistle myth peddled by the far righttheconversation.com Its real purpose is to subsume Judaism and exclude Islam.

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surged 48%. for a mass plagiarism tool that tells you to eat rocks and glue.

Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Last chance to sign up for this!

📣 Looking for 3-4 RE GCSE teachers in England. I am looking at whether antisemitism comes up in GCSE teaching around the New Testament/Life of Jesus/Christianity. DM/email for further info (£50 honorarium if selected). #TeamRE docs.google.com/file/d/1obhG...

REVISED Ethics Information sheet.docxdocs.google.com

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@drmjcwarren.bsky.social I shall start doing this 😆

attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

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This is why mask bans are suddenly being proposed. If you’re in a place where that’s happening and you think we should prioritize public and personal health and freedom over expanding the powers of the police state then please do let your representatives know why the freedom to mask matters to you

Cops don’t like them; makes it harder to use surveillance footage and facial recognition to arrest people (especially at protests).

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Dr Rebekah Welton is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Exeter. She has publications on the roles of animals, food and alcohol in Israelite cultures as well as on retellings of biblical texts in popular visual media, such as video games.

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We are pleased to announce that Dr Rebekah Welton (University of Exeter) has joined our editorial team! 👏👏 Submit your article at jibs.hcommons.org

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Fun Fact: Today is the Strawberry Moon, the name for June’s full moon because it’s when strawberries are the ripest. In fact, the name for this month in Anishinaabemowin is Ode’iminigiizis, or Strawberry Moon. Bonus fun fact: Ode’ means heart, so we call these heart berries.

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There’s a lot of queer and trans work on premodern societies with a little shoutout to my blog!

Pasts Imperfect (6.13.24) - pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...

Pasts Imperfect (6.13.24)pastsimperfect.substack.com The Power of Masks, Pride, Queer Old Delhi, Asian & Asian American Classical Reception, and More

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"IV. But We Must Prepare For The Future Of - I'm going to ask ChatGPT how to prepare a garotte and then I am going to strangle you with it, and you will simply have to pray that I roll the 10% chance that it freaks out and tells me that a garotte should consist entirely of paper mache and malice."

Sadly all the good pull quotes need context but this is a brilliant piece of impassioned invective. ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-...

I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicityludic.mataroa.blog

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This labour of love is finally with the printers. Congrats to my co-editors, @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social & Charlotte N D, and all the contributors. And of course thank you to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and Terry Pratchett for writing such a beloved book. sheffieldphoenix.com/product/good...

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😍 I contributed a tiny bit!

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Ah, the advanced version of "how to sneak Good Omens references into RE homework", which my teen keeps trying. Looks fascinating.

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Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...

Please Help Journalist Linda Tiradowww.everythingishorrible.net Linda has a traumatic brain injury and needs support for her family and for end of life.

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More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️ Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...

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Want to stay up to date on the latest on Roman women of the Republic? And for free? Silvia Lacorte and I have edited "Cives Romanae. Roman Women as Citizens during the Republic" and it's also in free access. Happy reading! puz.unizar.es/2999-cives-r...

Cives Romanae. Roman Women as Citizens during the Republicpuz.unizar.es

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"For This Indigenous Beadworker, Every Stitch ‘Is an Act of Resistance’: Teri Greeves builds on a legacy of artistry, rarely recognized by mainstream institutions, that stretches through generations of Native women."

For This Indigenous Beadworker, Every Stitch ‘Is an Act of Resistance’www.nytimes.com Teri Greeves builds on a legacy of artistry, rarely recognized by mainstream institutions, that stretches through generations of Native women.

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This story took me months to report out. Israel is running a expansive and experimental facial recognition program in Gaza: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/t...

Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gazawww.nytimes.com The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.

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You might have seen the news about an upcoming auction of this very ancient codex. I wrote a little about what’s in it and why that matters. theconversation.com/crosby-schoy...

Crosby-Schøyen Codex: ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jewstheconversation.com Discovered in Egypt in 1952, this 1700-year-old book stands as a key example of the birth of Christian literature and culture – including the rise of antisemitism.

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Crosby-Schøyen Codex: Ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jews - phys.org/news/2024-05...

Crosby-Schøyen Codex: Ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jewsphys.org The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, an important early Christian book containing five distinct texts all copied by the same scribe, is going up for auction in June at Christie's in London. If you have a ...

You might have seen the news about an upcoming auction of this very ancient codex. I wrote a little about what’s in it and why that matters. theconversation.com/crosby-schoy...

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Ofcom: “During an interview with a Conservative and Count Binface your reporter laughed openly.” Broadcaster: “It was not a significant breach of impartiality. The candidate is clearly standing as a joke, has no serious policies and no expectation of winning.” Ofcom: “And Count Binface?”

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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks. @violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost. covid-long.com

Johns Hopkins COVID Long Studycovid-long.com The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.

Today I learned that my 4yo knows the dance moves for Gangnam Style

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Unfortunately, I was one of the members of the English discipline who was denied tenure (and given a terminal contract), despite having full approval of my dept, my dean, the tenure and promotion committee, and the VPAA. English has been a thriving major at the College, and we've been decimated.

Today the Board at St. Norbert College wrote to deny all applications for tenure and promotion. 4 of the 5 faculty still up for tenure were in the humanities, and 2 of the 5 were in my discipline of English, which means humanities has now lost 18 positions, and English has gone from 8 faculty to 3.

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

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Open access! Shaul Magid in HTR on Judeo-pessimism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Corewww.cambridge.org Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory - Volume 117 Issue 2