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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wrote about soccer, VAR, and Alasdair MacIntyre

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Good day to read my critique of instant replay in @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/against-inst...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 10/04/2026

For Vatican theologians, the imagined obsolescence of humanity is not a historical prospect to be welcomed or feared, but an intellectual error to be avoided. New from @kevjg.bsky.social:

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Almost a Blasphemy

For Vatican theologians, the imagined obsolescence of humanity is not a historical prospect to be welcomed or feared, but an intellectual error to be avoided.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Thoughtful piece by Alexander Stern on AI. I think we'll see a return to philosophy of mind and language in coming years. Arguments about AI "cognition" are fundamentally vulnerable to critiques such as those from Wittgenstein www.commonwealmagazine.org/wittgenstein...

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Wittgenstein’s Apocalypse

Ludwig Wittgenstein believed the age of technology would be the beginning of the end for humanity. The increasing ubiquity of AI may prove him right.

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Here’s someone who knows their stuff drawing on the writing (& spirit) of Wittgenstein to expose the shortcomings of chatbots as substitute humans Where i recently stopped at tentative Qs, @alexwstern.bsky.social drives through to apocalyptic conclusions www.commonwealmagazine.org/wittgenstein...

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I wrote about Wittgenstein and whether AI can mean @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/wittgenstein...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 25/03/2026

The April issue is here! Feat.: - @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Easter and cynicism - @alexwstern.bsky.social on AI - A conversation between Patti Smith and @antoniospadaro.bsky.social - @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on women's ordination And more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I wrote about Wittgenstein and whether AI can mean @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/wittgenstein...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 24/03/2026

"Ann Lee's truest testament was the Shaker community’s practice of care across the boundaries of kinship, gender, and race." Vincent Miller reflects on 'The Testament of Ann Lee':

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Here and Now

Ann Lee's truest testament was the Shaker community’s practice of care across the boundaries of kinship, gender, and race.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 18/03/2026

Paul Thomas Anderson’s strength as a director resides in the way he pays lavish attention to the surface of things. Rand Richards Cooper on 'One Battle After Another':

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No Stretch

Paul Thomas Anderson’s strength as a director resides in the way he pays lavish attention to the surface of things. (From 2025)

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 15/03/2026

From 2025: The work of Jürgen Habermas suggests that secular modernity, which is threatening to spin out of control, needs its sister religion now more than ever. 'Hope in a Post-Secular Age'

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Hope in a Post-Secular Age

From 2025: The work of Jürgen Habermas suggests that secular modernity, which is threatening to spin out of control, needs its sister religion now more than ever.

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"It is no accident that interest in this new science of consciousness has exploded as participation in mainstream religion has plummeted." good review of new Michael Pollan consciousness book by TM Luhrmann in @amscholar

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"AI is a loaded gun in the hands of children." Good piece in @commonweal.bsky.social by @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 27/02/2026

The question facing Trump-supporting Evangelicals in 2026 is whether they’ve so internalized a MAGA political identity that no amount of wrongdoing can shake it. John Fea: 'Beyond Transactional' www.commonwealmagazine.org/fea-trump-ev...

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Beyond Transactional

The question facing Trump-supporting Evangelicals in 2026 is whether they’ve so internalized a MAGA political identity that no amount of wrongdoing can shake it.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In a new WaPo-ABC poll, 79% of Democrats say they are certain to vote in November, compared to 65% of Republicans. The largest gap in that question since 2006. (You're basically seeing exactly this in special election after special election.) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 24/02/2026

The March issue is here! Feat.: - @regmunch.bsky.social & Patricia Hampl on the crisis in Minnesota - The Editors on Epstein - Frederick Bauerschmidt on Erik Varden's theology - @heidischlumpf.bsky.social interviews John Carr And more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...

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Jules @catholicclod.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I wrote about how studying Marx, the Black Radical tradition, and the Cappadocian Fathers led me to rediscover my faith, forgive the woman who killed my mother, embrace prison abolition, and champion the idea that none are saved unless *all* are saved! www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...

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Forgiving My Mother’s Killer

From the universalist faith that God will redeem everyone, I gained a surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 29/01/2026

"Crises heighten practical attention and hone common sense at the same time as they prompt a more diffuse kind of stupidity." @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social on how Bernard Lonergan can help us make sense of our chaotic historical moment: www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...

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Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse

For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 02/02/2026

We’ve given the 'Commonweal' website a refresh. In a moment of cultural chaos and rising authoritarianism, we want the site to be a haven for sustained reflection—one that reflects the full range of our coverage. Check out the new Commonwealmagazine.org, and let us know what you think!

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Extrajudicial executions, extortionate tariffs, multibillion-dollar bailouts: the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social on Trump's thuggish, self-aggrandizing, know-nothing actions in Latin America

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It's @commonweal.bsky.social 101! What better way to help celebrate our 101st year than by making a gift or signing up for a subscription on this Commonweal Tuesday? Your support is what keeps us going! And tell your friends too... subscribe.commonwealmagazine.org/CMW/?f=donat...

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I wrote about the decline of inner life in the latest issue of @commonweal.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/inner-life-t...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 29/10/2025

The November issue is here! Feat: - Lauren Kane on St. Godric - Alexander Stern on technology and deculturation - An interview with Brandon Taylor - The Editors on Leo & care for the poor And more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

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Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Like many, I was surprised to hear a Catholic cardinal compare Charlie Kirk to St. Paul... Thankful to @thenation.com for asking me to identify some of the problems with this www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint

Cardinal Dolan’s recent remarks on Fox News were playing to the Catholic Church’s most reactionary elements.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The new Supreme Court term starts today, meaning that -- in a novel twist -- the justices will hear oral arguments in some cases before they issue rulings that actually explain what they are doing.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 24/09/2025

Commonweal is hiring! Join the life of the magazine as Director of Advancement or Business & Operations Manager. Learn more about both positions today: www.commonwealmagazine.org/positions-av...

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Commonweal is Hiring!

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 19/09/2025

The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own. From the desk of The Editors: www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-tr...

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Robed Collaborators

The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own.

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Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I wrote about philosopher Frédéric Gros's new book on shame in the @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 10/06/2025

Eighteen years ago today, the final episode of 'The Sopranos' aired. To mark the occasion, we're sharing a remarkable exploration by theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny of the show's vision of redemption, salvation, and fate. Give it a read! www.commonwealmagazine.org/salvation-%E...

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Salvation & ‘The Sopranos'

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

This is bleak reading

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 23/04/2025

The May issue is here! Feat. - @paulelie.bsky.social on crypto-Catholicism in the 80s - @regmunch.bsky.social on the natural-birth movement - @drwclvrt.bsky.social on the entrepreneurial work ethic - The Editors on Trump's offshore gulag and much more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 21/04/2025

'Commonweal' has been covering Pope Francis from the start. In this new collection, we brought together some of our best work on his transformative papacy, from his inaugural mass to a rebuke of J.D. Vance. www.commonwealmagazine.org/francis-and-...

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Francis and 'Commonweal'

Bringing together Commonweal's coverage of Francis's transformative papacy, from his inaugural mass to a rebuke of J.D. Vance.

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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 26/03/2025

The April issue is here! 🐇 Feat. - Jonathan Malesic on community-college civics - A symposium on nuclear deterrence - @austeni.bsky.social on Pope Francis's hospitalization - @mollieoreilly.bsky.social on gender binaries and the Church and much more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

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