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YDS Professor Joel Baden discusses the history of the Hebrew Bible (aka Old Testament) for the University of Iowa's Bible & Archaeology project.
https://youtu.be/ux4O2SAcuVg?si=QsPzIi16G7iJnmQZ

Bookmarked: Greek New Testament Manuscripts on Mount Athos #Athos

Greek New Testament Manuscripts on Mount Athos
For more than a millennium, daily prayers have been offered on Mount Athos. Described as “the spiritual heart of Orthodoxy,” this secluded peninsula in northeastern Greece is regarded by many as on…

Unionized Mississauga Walmart employees won an actual contract!
Walmart is *extremely* good at union busting and stalling. The success of Canadian unions of Walmart employees is a testament to how lowering barriers to union formation is so good for workers.
#union #Walmart

Benjamin Y. Fong | Walmart Concedes to the Union
North America's largest employer grants a first for its workers: an adversarially-bargained union contract

Some students are directing AI agents to “take” entire online courses for them,
letting the software run in the background while they focus on better uses of their time,
--like doomscrolling on their phone or gaming.
The New York Times unpacked the trend in a recent story,
and it’s a testament to how extreme AI-enabled cheating has become,
but also of the perils of getting an education in a virtual environment instead of a physical one.
Professors can’t re…

A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

Persönliche Fazit des #PSOA26
Beste Musik im Zelt:
*Temple of Dread*
Beste Musik auf der Hauptbühne:
*Wolfbrigade*
Bester Moshpit:
*Fleshcrawl*
Einziger gesehener Headliner:
*Testament*
Old School:
*Jungle Rot*
Auch hervorragend:
*Sarcator*
*Messticator*
*Impurity*
...außerdem Omeprazol. 🫠

One resident at the retirement place I work at turned 100, and at his party, my grandmother learned of a nearly 200 year old bible he inherited and only recently physically acquired, elaborately decorated with over 1,000 engravings, a map of Palestine (specifically proudly advertised on the New Testament's intro), genealogies, summaries, interpretations, and even records of the owning family's births, marriages, and deaths, written in impeccably preserved cursive. She got my younger …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Testament:
🎵 The Ballad
#Testament
https://yuhgao.bandcamp.com/track/testament
https://open.spotify.com/track/5dZqQns5MwVcbvNqkgocWI

#PhantastikPrompts am 03.08.:
Wie hältst du es mit dem Tod? Sind Verstorbene endgültig tot oder können sie wieder zum Leben erweckt werden oder als Geister in den Verlauf der Handlung eingreifen?
Nekromantie ist in Erytan illegal. (Es wäre eventuell ein Edge Case, wenn es ein Testament gäbe: "Ich consente bei klarem Verstand, nach dem Tod wiederbelebt zu werden", …

Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$40B, meeting est., and net income down 75% to ~$1.6B due to heavy AI spending and weak domestic retail consumption (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/a…

"Blanche is supposed to hold a briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House on Tuesday, a move that Elie Honig, a CNN legal expert, and Andrew McCabe, former deputy FBI director, said had never been done before. They argued that it was a testament to how the Department of Justice has lost any semblance of independence during the Trump administration."
Todd Blanche's 'verboten' White House briefing stuns legal experts: 'Crazy!' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-white-house/