Reposted by Jonathan HeapsHeidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 7hExciting news: I will be writing a free weekly newsletter that begins next Monday. Sign up below! 043
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 7hHear that graduate students? Dr. Carpenter demands you read my book. 160
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAnne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 7hI somehow have two copies of @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social's book. Which I think is the case because I keep demanding that graduate students read it. 061
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAnne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 8hBelief: still today’s issue 171
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 10hYouth pastor voice 14834133
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11hNot a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio 552458494
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year! 161135238
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 14hTo get more normies into Congress, you’d have to make a number of changes, but chief among them is you’d have to increase congressional pay significantly. And the people w/ the authority to do that are… Congress, so the optics are tough. 020
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Kierkegaard would have had a half-dozen alts arguing with each other in his own mentions 190
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One weird trick to solve traffic congestion (price it). 419844
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsThe Catholic Theological Society of America @thectsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#CareerOpportunity #MoralTheology Position (Open Rank), @ St. Mary's Seminary & University, Baltimore. #Catholic #HigherEd See ctsa-online.org/CareerOpport...ctsa-online.orgCatholic Theological Society of America - Career Opportunities 032
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsThe Catholic Theological Society of America @thectsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#CareerOpportunity #PostdoctoralFellowship in #CatholicStudies, @ Lumen Christi Institute for Catholic Thought #Catholic #HigherEd See ctsa-online.org/CareerOpport...ctsa-online.orgCatholic Theological Society of America - Career Opportunities 011
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I do wish it was more of a big deal that Congress, as per its Constitutional powers, appropriated money for federal programs and the Trump administration refused to spend it until it lapsed www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...newsfromthestates.comTrump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and moreWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. 27634
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsThe Catholic Theological Society of America @thectsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#CareerOpportunity #MoralTheology Position (Open Rank), @ St. Mary's Seminary & University, Baltimore. #Catholic #HigherEd See ctsa-online.org/CareerOpport...ctsa-online.orgCatholic Theological Society of America - Career Opportunities 022
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah yes, the debate over whether Gojira’s performance was awesome or *really* awesome. I remember it well. 1142
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsMatthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An age-old story. 18317
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cardinal McElroy, btw, is the archbishop who oversees the canonical mission of the CUA pontifical faculty in theology from which Chad Pecknold has taken leave to serve in a public engagement role for DHS. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...americamagazine.orgAt Mass for Migrants, Washington’s Cardinal McElroy says public cannot ‘pass by’ plight of immigrants“For the last year and a half,” Cardinal McElroy said, “the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our gove... 082
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 27/09/2026How should the Church respond to theologian Chad Pecknold’s controversial decision to take a job in Trump’s DHS? Analysis by @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social: www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-peckno...commonwealmagazine.orgChad Pecknold’s New JobHow should the Church respond to theologian Chad Pecknold's controversial decision to take a job in Trump's DHS? 061
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsBr. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's astounding how much of Catholic social media is: 825537
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This has always been my metaphysical quibble w/ @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @qjurecic.bsky.social’s “malevolence tempered by incompetence” line: it leaves itself open to the myth that there’s any such thing as competent malevolence. 040
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The ICE holding cells in NYC were designed to keep people no longer than 12 hrs. They had no showers, no beds, no cots, no windows. Nevertheless, by May 2025, ICE upped the duration cap to 72 hrs. Yet people were held longer: 5 days. 9.5 days. 10 days. 2/5 19025
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can someone ask Chad Pecknold for me if this is the common good? 030
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsHendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026During his address to President Macron and French authorities Leo XIV greeted not only the French people, but “all those who live in this country.” He referred to all its inhabitants as “one people” and said that the diversity of their origins “enriches the art of living together”. 06320
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you’re in the Chicago Area or are willing to relocate for a year, UChicago’s Lumen Christi Institute just announced a postdoc: lumenchristi.submittable.com/submit/7a8c0...lumenchristi.submittable.comLumen Christi Institute - 2026 Application for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Catholic StudiesThe Lumen Christi Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. The program offers funding to support the research and professional development of exceptional scholars in Catholic stud... 000
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAlexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do You now own or have you ever owned a fursuit? 48414
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Nothing would surprise me less than to find out that Elizabeth Holmes is a Naked Mom™️ 020
Reposted by Jonathan Heapsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026some pilots are part of the furry community 745266590
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is it too flatfooted to say that people should have to choose between accepting a pardon from Trump and ever working in the DC establishment again? 010
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsJohn Krambuhl @johnkrambuhl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“The invitation always in any mission driven endeavor is to create a culture of affectionate awe, where each person, having received a palpable dose of attention and focus care, will choose to be that notice and care for others.“ – Greg Boyle, SJ  041
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a great catch from Chris, and a remarkably … suggestive … citation from Sauer—flagging the only two recent examples in which (we think) a circuit justice was overruled / preempted by the full Court. Here’s my post from November on this subject: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-192-...stevevladeck.comBonus 192: The Court vs. the Circuit JusticeTuesday's ruling in the SNAP case appears to be the second example in seven months (and for quite some before that) of the full Supreme Court taking an application away from the circuit justice. 721956
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In other words, the good/value is concrete, but our judgments about the good are abstract, which means they can differ in their abstractive viewpoint, while nevertheless being simultaneously true. 181
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsDrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#literacies folks-- New job posting alert! East TN State, Assistant English Professor and Director of English Ed. I can connect you to someone there and not on the search committee.fa-evyu-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant Professor of Popular Literature and Director of English Secondary EducationJob Summary The Department of Literature and Language at East Tennessee State University invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor of Popular Literature and Director of English Second... 052
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And Judge Kelly orders govt to respond by 12:30pm 1020254
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Judge Kelly's TRO will be a fascinating test for how much sway Solicitor General Sauer has with the White House. Trump is going to want to seek immediate, emergency relief from the D.C. Circuit + #SCOTUS, but Sauer has been savvy about doing that only in cases he might win. This isn't one of them. 1650385
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access 1126131604448
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On two fronts—WH press access and third-country removals—the administration appears to be ignoring court orders. 23400207
Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I feel like, in principle, we could turn riding suburban public transit into the same kind of white liberal virtue signal as recycling or composting, right? 120
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026this is a LOL on every level—EVERY LEVEL—including allowing the sitting vice president of the United States to speak on background. Like, I'm sorry if the VP wants to give an interview, he can put his name to it and say it with his chest. 322753
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsMarwood @marwoodlennox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The same sort of mentality which led historians to dismiss claims that the Carthagianians practised child sacrifice as 'Roman propaganda' until they started finding the tiny bones. 1044669
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsUrban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have struggled to wrap my head around the rank nihilism it takes for a group of people to write/champion books like “1 billion Americans” to saying liberals needed to concede on birthright citizenship inside of 5 years. 425631
Reposted by Jonathan Heapseileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 22/09/2024One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox. By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands. Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid. “My, what a cool and lovely autumn.” 191077452
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsDanny Blinderman @dannyblinderman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"make AI companies financially/criminally liable for what their models do" seems like an underrated way to get them to take safety seriously that doesn't require much regulatory oversight from a shrunken and corrupt US government. 1015036
Reposted by Jonathan Heapsponder @ponder.ooo · 24/09/2026plenty of people run llm based agents with powerful models and do not end up hacking anyone. this is not an ai alignment problem, it is an openai being routinely criminally negligent as a company problem 1038082
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAnne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Even if the theologians were to conclude that there exists no genuine Christendom, we can assure them that there are many false ones. The history of our own time abounds in parodies of the City of God." 2212
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky 464740810
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsAnne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"We're not good at being equal. We're so bad at it actually. We did it wrong." (is so embarrassed) (conservatives) "AND SO EQUALITY IS THE PROBLEM." anyway that's America and it's not going well 0131
Reposted by Jonathan HeapsJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...static.klipy.comEuphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About UsAlt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us 202160536