Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer’s. Reposts do not indicate agreement.https://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mrklprfsds2mFor Cville locals: I got a fantastic smoothie from these lovely folks at the SUNDAY farmers market at the Jefferson School. I had no idea this market existed until I stumbled on it last week!26 Jul 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrklprfsds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mriiste3gc2eUVa has relaunched the provost search (again). We really need to quit the evangelical “servant leadership” nonsense. But even more, we really need an actual academic in this position. https://executivesearch.virginia.edu/searches/executive-vice-president-and-provost-125 Jul 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriiste3gc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mkxy6o43sk2zThis was awesome. Many many thanks to everyone who participated. @nasscal.bsky.social03 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxy6o43sk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mklgodsl7k2nThe First Friday of May coincides with the NASSCAL conference here at the University of Virginia. While most of the conference is in-person only, we’re maintaining the regular online First Friday workshop, this week with TWO papers.28 Apr 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklgodsl7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mjf2z4flds2eWe had never needed the Arts and Humanities more. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf2z4flds2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mg3iqxnyos24Join us this Friday for our workshop with Jeremiah Coogan! The topic is “Uses and Abuses of the Gospel(s) according to the Hebrews.” Regular time, regular place.02 Mar 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3iqxnyos24https://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3me4sgveckc2dTomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4sgveckc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mddg3ipwws2iPlease join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!26 Jan 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddg3ipwws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mckvhbbhqk2lWe have concerns! https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026/01/a-statement-from-201-concerned-faculty-about-uva-president-beardsleys-appointment16 Jan 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckvhbbhqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3mabb3lrsxc2fNag Hammadi friends: If you had to choose one “gnostic” text to read in a grad seminar on religious thinkers in antiquity, which would you choose and why? Bonus if it comes with an article that is readable for students with no Coptic and little experience with the corpus.18 Dec 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabb3lrsxc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3ma2ppj72vs22If your crèche has an ox and an ass or exactly three magi, congratulations: You’re having a very apocryphal Christmas already! Tony will explain. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2ppj72vs22https://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m7gpqovolk2iExcellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/12/editorial-a-university-president-guarded-from-his-constituents-cannot-lead-them?ct=content_open07 Dec 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7gpqovolk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m7bvmpuscs2k“Boys also have lower mean scores on the SAT in reading and writing, score lower overall on the ACT and have lower grade point averages in high school. “If we were going to eliminate preferences for men, the undergraduate population would skew to 65 percent female overnight,” Mitchell said.” https://wapo.st/3MH0Qm906 Dec 2025 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bvmpuscs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m764pdmxnk2eOnce again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa! https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/12/sources-say-the-provost-search-this-spring-was-unusual-heres-why04 Dec 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m764pdmxnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m72ec6e5s22xhttps://www.chronicle.com/article/uva-asked-its-community-to-weigh-in-on-trumps-compact-heres-what-they-said03 Dec 2025 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72ec6e5s22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m6zulpv3cc2mJoin us on the First Friday of December for a workshop with Sam Cook on the Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha!02 Dec 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zulpv3cc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetspittler.bsky.social/post/3m6z6bkvjc22zI do love an advent calendar! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:seaflgpfmbcdcb2dy64z2gui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z6bkvjc22z