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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 7h

Bluesky's dopamine hit is so weak I may as well go back to writing academic articles.

Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 7h

Restaurants, butcher shops, etc. that use AI to generate images of their food are telling everyone that their food is so unappetizing that even slop looks better.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“I’m the good Hitler" is not a phrase I ever expected to read.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dear AI James Dobson, a woman smiled at me at a traffic light. Should I 'take the bait'?

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Our university cancels courses deemed to be low-enrolled. Not sure which option is better...

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This will sound super crazy, but I see a path to field of Religious Studies being worth orders of magnitude more than the current Earth economy.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This definitely sounds super crazy because it is.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/10/2026

"This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education." buff.ly/cEmLBex

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I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers

“This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students...

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think you must have a high following of Europeans. I also think I am too tired!

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did we? I learned this after spending some time in Germany many years ago and I still share the good news with North Americans. (In contrast, I recall Germans being appalled that North Americans ate potatoes with the skins on.)

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is an evil and depraved nation.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You cannot be abusive and cruel to a machine. This is so stupid. Just like Claude.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well, consider me THE ENEMY then.

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On October 13th, Ellen Amster will give the keynote address entitled “What about Tuskegee? Reckoning with Histories of Race and Colonialism in Public Health and Medicine" for the Public Health Speaker Series here at McMaster University. See attached poster for how to attend!

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

True but then I also wonder, wtf is worth this guy's time?

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would literally pay money to have the opportunity to hold my kids and read to them again.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Every time a clergy person produces AI slop an angel loses its wings.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

6 years ago today. What does it say that the only picture I like of myself is when I'm cosplaying someone else? Also, I really miss real Twitter.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Canadian, so the obvious answer is Degrassi High.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I really don’t want to know the discourse on Xitter…

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Check out Miriam DeCock's (Ph.D. 2019) latest article (co-written with Katarina Pålsson), "Exegesis and Ascesis: Origen and Jerome on the Ideal Scriptural Exegete," out in Vigiliae Christianae! brill.com/view/journal...

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Online Book Launch of Eileen Schuller and Carol Newsom's The Thanksgiving Scroll, the newest volume of The Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Register for the 1-hour event, which will take place over Zoom on 13 October, 2026, 11am EDT/4pm BST/6pm IDT. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pretty sure they do care and they want us to die.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Me: "Babe, wake up!" Spouse: ... Me: "A new Christology just dropped!" Spouse: ... Me: "And it's called Mustang Christology!"

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pedagogical fellowship opportunity: The Life Worth Living Fellowship Program encourages graduate students and faculty to think about how their courses might help students reflect on the shape of a flourishing life. If this appeals to you, consider applying! lifeworthliving.yale.edu/fellowship

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Fellowship Program | Life Worth Living | Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Life Worth Living at Yale invites educators to apply for a fellowship to support Life Worth Living course design and teaching.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

62.5 Fahrenheit in our building. Fingers too cold to move with speed or accuracy. Nonetheless, the emails keep coming.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Buddy longing for an AI-vignon Papacy.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“You're not an Ai influencer”, the sickest of burns a pope has ever received

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Chris Rock being both laughably wrong and disturbingly antisemitic about the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ya, for the right price (a price that is surprisingly low), I would say pretty much whatever they want me to say!

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Redirecting that money to their new religion: AI.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

your daily reminder that the field of religious studies remains relevant. In fact, it is increasingly relevant.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

my 14 y.o. was rocking the quarter zip *last* fall (while sipping matcha [which was apparently a whole vibe or something]). the bubble has already burst and the only people jumping in now are going to get fleeced.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

GenXer, wishing someone would (a) remember I exist and (b) let me retire.

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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As computer programmers have long said: PIPO. Piss in, piss out.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My answer: "This is your brain on drugs." But then I just watched the "I learned it by watching you" clip and that brought back the intense feelings I had as a kid watching that commercial.

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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to Katharine Fitzgerald (PhD 2023) on the publication of her book, Women in Greco-Roman Jewish Novels (300 BCE–100 CE)! sheffieldphoenix.com/product/wome...

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future [with the help of genAI]."

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This jackass doesn't even treat his own *hair* with respect. WTF is going on with it?

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Aggrieved conservative Stanford grad, who was "horrified by the vicious attacks on supporters of Prop. 8, the California referendum banning same-sex marriage."

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's awful, but damn do I miss it.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

similar trajectory for that partridge guy, no?

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