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John McChesney-Young

jmccyoung@mstdn.social

<p>Live in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Berkeley</span></a>, staff in the UC English Department, member of St. Columba&#39;s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Episcopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Episcopal</span></a> Church in Inverness, Marin Co., California. cyclist; reader of theology, science, and F/SF; BA in paleontology; interested in classical and medieval history, historical linguistics, digital humanities and science. Also a cat guy. He/him/his.</p>

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    I recently discovered an online game hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Each day there&#39;s a set of 10 objects with anywhere from 1 to 10 photos and you&#39;re asked to identify the place from which they come &amp; their approximate age on a timeline, with up to 5,000 points each for location &amp; date. If you guess the opposite side of the world you might get 2 points out of 5k (as I did today) but despite my ignorance I usually total 60k-70k. You might enjoy it! https://a...

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    2026 Spring Sale - Yale University Press https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2026-spring-sale/ 50% off through May and it&amp;#39;s really tempting to get the 2024 Yale Anchor Bible Genesis 1-11, which at $42.50 isn&amp;#39;t cheap, but it&amp;#39;s a lot better than the $85 list price: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300149739/genesis-1-11/.

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    @pomegranate_stew #ForbiddenKitties

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    @wonka @ocean @pluralistic And in fact @pluralistic has an excellent series about this at: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-understood/episode/16142603-introducing-understood-who-broke-the-internet (or what I&#39;m sure will be excellent - I&#39;ve only listened to the first so far)

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    @dantheclamman Great essay, thank you!

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    My Venus flytraps are blooming and this is the first flower to open. #carnivorousplants #bloomscrolling

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    St. Augustine is key to the difference between Pete Hegseth and Pope Leo | National Catholic Reporter https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/st-augustine-key-difference-between-pete-hegseth-and-pope-leo On the interpretation of the imprecatory Psalms.

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    After a historically hot March, an active April weather pattern will bring thunderstorms, cooler temperatures, and likely even some Sierra snow - Weather West https://weatherwest.com/archives/43818 #cawx

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    From Darkness to Light: A Year Through a Byzantine Gospel Lectionary https://criticaltexts.com/from-darkness-to-light-a-year-through-a-byzantine-gospel-lectionary-2/

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    Introducing the New UBS 6 GNT - Critical Texts https://criticaltexts.com/ubs6overview/

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    A Brief History of Cataloging Greek New Testament Manuscripts   - Critical Texts https://criticaltexts.com/brief_history_of_cataloging_gnt_mss/