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Kevin J. Jones

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Sometime journalist. Coloradan transplanted to NW Minnesota.

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OSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pope writes to Gaza priest after strike kills 5, including Christian mother, daughter
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Pope writes to Gaza priest after strike kills 5, including Christian mother, daughter
The pastor of Gaza's only Catholic parish revealed that Pope Leo XIV sent a personal condolence message following an Israeli missile strike that killed five people, including a Christian mother and daughter.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx’s odd past includes claims of being a “high risk missionary.” Apparently, he’s explored doing weapons sales too.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Denver Press Club is incredible! Thank you to “friends of journalism” & to those who came out last night to discuss CROSSING THE RED LINE & the truth about US complicity in Gaza I’m doing another talk in town on 10/5 if you couldn’t make it! msudenver.enterprise.localist.com/event/crossi...
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 25/09/2026
“When it comes to the war and the increased prices that are a result of that, it is hurting Minnesotans, and I absolutely acknowledge that,” Demuth told press Thursday. “I really believe that we know that it is causing more expenses — as I’ve mentioned, groceries and fertilizer in our ag community.”
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Lisa Demuth joins other GOP candidates breaking from Trump in call to end Iran war
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth was hesitant to criticize the president earlier this year before locking down the GOP nomination for governor. But she has begun breaking with him as the midterm el...
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Liam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just to review... -in Sachsen-Anhalt, 32% of Catholics and 33% of Protestants voted for the AfD, and 47% of nonreligious voters supported the far-right party. -In Mecklenberg-Vorpommern, 31% from Catholics & Protestants, but 41% from nonreligious voters.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An important first look identifying an influential American Catholic exorcist priest credibly accused of sexual abuse of boys. The long-anonymous priest helped shape American perceptions of exorcism and was a key source for a sympathetic psychiatrist. simonsimplicio.substack.com/p/the-devil-...
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Arthur Bloom @arthurbloom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An unusual deplatforming of yours truly over on X arthuriana.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Yanks My Account
A description of events, for preservation purposes
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This week marks one year since the Trump administration launched strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific after classifying cartels as terrorist organizations. So far, 227 people have been killed in 68 strikes, reports the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
The Trump administration has killed scores of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The key to understanding Trump’s foreign policy was never his belated opportunistic criticisms of the Iraq war. It was his long-running complaint that the U.S. didn’t “take” Iraq’s resources. He was always an imperialist, and lots of people pretended not to notice for their own reasons.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Galway to host John Ford film festival www.feilejohnford.com/home
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Home | Feile John Ford
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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We're officially looking for a senior Classicists for an Associate/Full Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Can confirm the community is excellent and we have some amazing resources for research. Link to the job posting is below.
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Associate/Full Professor- Classics - College of LAS
Duties & Responsibilities
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My wife is watching Touched by an Angel and Roma Downey’s character is citing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave by name.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The man, who was deported after his ICE arrest, and his wife, who self deported from the U.S. to join him in Guatemala, were found bound and shot to death in a sugarcane field. "Their 14-month-old daughter, Giovanni, was found crying beside her mother’s body..." www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/07/2026
Incredible
A pair of Bluesky posts.

Lydia Polgreen posts a screenshot to a London Review of Books error page that says "Sorry! The LRB website is not currently accessible."

Lydia writes: "Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?

The London Review of Books replies:

Short answer: yes.
Our tech team are working on it and we hope to be back to normal soon.
Emily Wilson is on the LRB Podcast in the meantime
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OSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
‘Misa Azteca’ at LA cathedral mixes Catholic faith with Mexico’s Indigenous culture
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‘Misa Azteca’ at LA cathedral mixes Catholic faith with Mexico’s Indigenous culture
"Misa Azteca," a performance of music and dance, combines elements of the Catholic Mass with Nahua poetry, Indigenous instruments and a contemporary orchestra.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Archbishops Eamon Martin of Armagh addresses a gathering at the Ancient Order of Hibernians convention about the prospects for Irish unity and the legacy of segregation there. “Even our griefs are segregated,” he said of the Catholic-Protestant divides and historical sufferings.
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My daughter made me a birthday card
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Father Michael Goldade, 45, is the only American ordained a bishop for the breakaway SSPX traditionalist Catholic group. Reputed fan of Fr. Denis Fahey, lamentable Irish thinker who favored anti-Semitism and notorious Canadian-American priest & populist/demagogue Fr. Charles Coughlin.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Father Michael Goldade, 45, is the only American ordained a bishop for the breakaway SSPX traditionalist Catholic group. Reputed fan of Fr. Denis Fahey, lamentable Irish thinker who favored anti-Semitism and notorious Canadian-American priest & populist/demagogue Fr. Charles Coughlin.
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Mitchell Byars @mitchellbyars.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The USS Mimi handled her maiden voyage well. They did totally leave this guy hanging though #TubeToWorkDay
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I want to destroy the neighbor just for reading about this.
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OSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
New Mexico diocese fights to save Mount Cristo Rey from ‘desecration’ for border wall
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New Mexico diocese fights to save Mount Cristo Rey from ‘desecration’ for border wall
A New Mexico diocese says Trump administration plans to seize part of Mount Cristo Rey for a border wall violates Catholic religious liberty in a legal filing.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
An unclear link between Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (a former member of Congress) and Peter Thiel.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"I'm not like the other Irish. I read dirty books!" Trolling on #Bloomsday.
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OSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral
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Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral
(OSV News) -- Catholic and Orthodox leaders are expressing shock and outrage after a Russian drone strike heavily damaged a historic monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a cathedral set…
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 11/06/2026
Beautiful new post by my @medlabboulder.bsky.social colleague Júlia Martins Rodrigues on her journey to the Mondragon cooperatives: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
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Auzolan: The Basque Way of Collective Work
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Classics Department University of Colorado Boulder @cuboulderclassics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Take a look at our CU Boulder Classics Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/RfNgnJh
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Somebody with relevant knowledge should review this Colo. gubernatorial candidate’s exorcist guide!
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“The analogy to fire is probably a good one... It can bring light and warmth or it can bring destruction and darkness.” Pope Leo XIV's encyclical builds on years of reflection and debate in Catholic circles. From 2024, my OSV News story on Catholic approaches to AI. www.osvnews.com/surprise-cat...
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Surprise! Catholic social teaching already has a lot to say about AI, experts say - OSV News
By Kevin J. Jones (OSV News) -- The viral internet commercial sounded real: the voice of Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico City, endorsing a miracle drug that had cured him of diabete...
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“In the abstract, technology in and of itself is not a solution to humanity’s problems, just as, in and of itself, it is not inherently evil. In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise it, finance it, regulate it and use it.”
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Why on earth did my old EWTN outlet allow a kid reporter to give uncritical coverage of England’s far-right T*mmy R*binson and friends?
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
26 state regulators for ~2,100 mj businesses are apparently not enough to keep the industry safe and legal.
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Costs of War’s Stephanie Savell talked to the New York Times about accounting for the full costs of war beyond Pentagon estimates. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Excerpt from New York Times article
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“War has become the object of an idolatrous cult.” —Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Jerusalem is called to heal the world’s wounds - Vatican News
In a new pastoral letter, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on the war in the Holy Land, saying that the conflict has “brought one era to a ...
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Andrew Krueger @akpix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Twilight tonight at the windswept, derelict St. Olaf Church near Tioga, North Dakota. The old tower continues its awkward twist — but is still hanging on. Looking around: The last color of sunset is fading, and billowing clouds from thunderstorms in eastern Montana are visible on the horizon
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Catholic Relief Services @catholicrelief.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨 Big news! Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to support Catholic Relief Services’ clean water initiative serving rural communities in El Salvador. This papal gift affirms a shared commitment to protecting health, dignity & life. Read more from @osvnews.bsky.social: osvnews.com/pope-leo-don...
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“Instead of calling it a war on drugs, it becomes an expansion of U.S. counterterror operations.” Costs of War’s Stephanie Savell talks to Cronkite News about military operations in the Western Hemisphere under the Trump administration. cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2026/04/17/u...
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What else has US military been doing while eyes have been on Iran?
WASHINGTON – Beyond Iran, the U.S. military has ongoing commitments in Somalia, Ecuador, and Latin America, including a Cuba oil quarantine and a narco-terror strategy. Many of the operations have got...
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
R.I.P Moya Brennan.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.” -Isabella, Measure for Measure
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but large gangs of robbers? ... To make war on one’s neighbors, to go on to further attacks, to crush and subjugate peoples without provocation, all out of mere lust for dominion—what else are we to call this but armed robbery on a grand scale?” (IV.4-6)
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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
From Catholic News Service: 1st station: "Every person in authority will have to answer to God for the way they exercise their power." Jesus says, "whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small & vulnerable, you do unto me. And it is to me that you will one day give an account."
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Not as important hierarchy-wise and such, but Ed Feser -- theologian probably most famous for demanding that the Catholic Church stick with the death penalty -- also wrote about how this war is unjust. On March 11th! www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/03/1004...
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America’s Conflict in Iran Is Not a Just War
Unlike the Iraq war, Trump’s Iran war is being fought without a clear plan or congressional approval. For these and other reasons, it plainly does not meet the conditions for a morally acceptable war,...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Media attorney and CFOIC president Steve Zansberg represented Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and KSUT Public Radio in this lawsuit.
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OSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out from the cross against war
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On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out from the cross against war
At his first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV declared that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross against war.
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Kevin J. Jones @kevinjjones.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We recently saw a rare case of US Catholic leaders talk about troops refusing unjust military orders—targeting Greenland. We need more leadership about conscientious objection in the conflict with Iran. www.pillarcatholic.com/p/broglio-us...
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Broglio: US troops could refuse Greenland orders
The archbishop of the U.S. military services said U.S. troops in good conscience could refuse orders to invade an ally.
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Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 21/03/2026
In 2016, I became a Trappist novice at St. Benedict’s Monastery. Now, this place of peace is being purchased by a zealot for war: Palantir CEO Alex Karp. An essay by Evan Bednarz:
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More than a Real Estate Deal
In 2016, I became a Trappist novice at St. Benedict's Monastery. Now, this place of peace is being purchased by a zealot for war: Palantir CEO Alex Karp.
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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Things to Avoid When Getting Involved in a War with Iran (Most Presidents Ignore #11)
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