Tine Rassalle

One of the institutions I work for is looking for a new Religious Library Director! Come work with me in Ohio 🥰
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Does Archaeology Prove the Bible? 5 Finds Examined YouTube video by Bible & Archaeology

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You still have a couple of days to sign up for my online class on Archaeology and the Bible; we start on Thursday!
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Here's our latest pyramid scheme.

Cover for THE GERMANIC HEROIC TRADITION IN VIDEO GAMES features a video game controller with a blurred tv image in the background

Just published: THE GERMANIC HEROIC TRADITION IN VIDEO GAMES is the first book to explore such adaptions of its textual sources in medieval video games. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Rising political violence is bad, even when it happens to someone I do not like, whose views I find reprehensible.

The road of endless escalation leads nowhere good for society.

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

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“Spiritual people use religion to become better people. Fundamentalists use religion to pretend they’re better than other people.”

— Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
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I would love a copy if you are offering!

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

Looks like historians are worth $140-170k to ICE???

Reporting to all humanities departments so that they adequately pay folks at the same rate the US government thinks we’re worth even as they’re dismantling academia

THANK GOD UNIVERSITIES ARE DISSOLVING RELIGION DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS DOING. BOY THIS IS GREAT!

Just go my free copy of "The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 2," for which I sourced and captured the images. It's over 1200 pages!
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Let's destroy natural beauty and UNESCO cultural heritage for even more decadence 😒

Ubisoft has debuted a free #AssassinsCreed Discovery Tour app, available on web and mobile. This strips away gameplay elements, allowing users to explore medieval Baghdad, complete research missions, and access a huge codex of historical info.

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Add to the "jobs I interviewed for and am now glad I didn't get hired for" pile.

But also, OLLU, a Catholic, Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, TX, is cutting the Spanish major? Hard times indeed...

Exclusive | Surreal Cold War-era bunker asks $8.5M in Las Vegas — offering every comfort for the end of the world Some 30 feet below a two-story house near the Strip lies a surreal bunker with murals and faux sky cycles to live out the apocalypse in comfort.

It's like opening a Fallout shelter 😍
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I need some help translating this Chinese text into English. It’s from the base of my mom’s 19th-c umbrella stand. Thanks in advance.

Trump Day 228: Trump announces Department of War, administrative officials to be armed, no more compensation for flight delays, Trump considers banning transgender people from carrying guns, “references to Republicans redacted from Epstein files,” twelfth death in ICE custody - Reporters Online New decisions from Trump, and new fallout. An overview of day 228.

Trump Day 228: Trump announces Department of War, administrative officials to be armed, no more compensation for flight delays, gun ban for transgender people contemplated, ‘references to Republicans redacted from Epstein files’, 12th death in ICE custody: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-22...

Let's review another painting together, another one by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this time the 'Boerenbruiloft' (farmer's or peasant's wedding) from c. 1567.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.

Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go An OLLU representative confirmed to KSAT that 16 degree programs were discontinued, leaving affected students less than six months to realign their academic plans.

Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go

Why Religious Studies Is in Trouble As colleges plan to make cuts, departments in this field are finding themselves on the chopping block.

Why are so many university cuts targeting Religious Studies…? New article in CHE quoting @vox-magica.bsky.social & others = www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Aaaaah!!

Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist (and gamer) on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real life

I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺

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Nice!! So happy you got what you wanted! ❤️

Mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman finally deciphered Cracking the main subtype of the Dhofari script could reveal “an entirely new page of the history of Arabia”

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Early Bronze Age Blade Manufacturing Plant Found in Israel The 'first time such a workshop has been discovered in southern Israel'

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Circle of Lost Children: Hittite infant burials discovered in ritual structure at Uşaklı Höyük Excavations at Uşaklı Höyük reveal infant burials and rituals, shedding light on Hittite religion and the holy city of Zippalanda.

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Ancient tombs discovered in Iraq due to drought after water levels in country's largest reservoir declined The tombs, believed to be over 2,300 years old, were unearthed at the edges of the Mosul Dam reservoir in the country's north.

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The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman

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