Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11hPower buids on itself and so does collapse. 1123219
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026THIS IS SO GOOD 1442100
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialThe Catholic Theological Society of America @thectsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#CareerOpportunity: Assistant Professor of Theology, Xavier University of Louisiana #CatholicJobs #TheologyJobs ctsa-online.org/CareerOpport...lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 022
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialThe Catholic Theological Society of America @thectsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#CareerOpportunity Associate Professor & Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology, University of Dayton #Theology #CatholicJobs www.ctsa-online.org/CareerOpport...ctsa-online.orgCatholic Theological Society of America - Career Opportunities 023
reidblackmerl.bsky.social @reidblackmerl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you don’t have a six-year old daughter yet, I strongly recommend it. What an awesome little person in our household. 000
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“I just need to find three votes.” 😂 @borowitzreport.bsky.social, of course. www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-offe...borowitzreport.comTrump Offers Supreme Court $5000 Each to Change Mail-in Voting DecisionIn a leaked phone call with Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Trump said that the 7-2 decision meant “I just need to find three votes.” 47315
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away. 41006422
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance 357155512730
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026JD Vance using 9/11 for clout while his boss snores through it and everyone else is networking, meanwhile Mamdani is out here with the dangerously radical take that you should care about human beings you don't know personally 182477
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I feel obligated to acknowledge the 25th anniversary of September 11, because 25 is a big anniversary, and the event had a huge impact on the US, NYC, the world, and me personally. But I teach about it every year, and watched it shift from experience to history. And world events are in a new stage. 825530
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026no time for disabled veterans, children's hospital advocates, or slain police officers, but plenty of time to kiss Trump's ass 2642299
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialDavid S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Trump, speaking with reporters before flying to Dallas, says "This war will end immediately after our election." I believe he is referencing the military engagement that isn’t supposed to be a war, that was supposed to be over five months ago, that he has declared that we already won multiple times. 1173
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fresh off failing to end the Iran war, secure any concessions, or even make US surrender stick, and riding on the apparent, deepening failure of their Gaza plan, Jared and Steve head to Moscow to resume their failing effort to get Ukraine to bow down to Putin and reward Russia for its aggression.bbc.comTrump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talksSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday. 2223096
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Remember the time you went to a bank to get a credit card and they said no, even though you had a fulltime job and a union salary? If you're a woman under 60 or a man of any age, probably not. That was America before Gloria Steinem and her movement. historykeepshappening.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...historykeepshappening.substack.comGloria Steinem was a beacon for women like meThe feminist movement helped me find my place in the world. I can’t imagine coming of age in the seventies without it. 613833
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialCollege Theology Society @ctstheology.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at John Carroll University invites applications for the full-time position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Catholic theology or Catholic moral theology. See the attached description for more information. jcu.peopleadmin.com/postings/4186jcu.peopleadmin.comVisiting Assistant Professor, Catholic Theology/Moral TheologyThe Department of Theology & Religious Studies at John Carroll University invites applications for the full-time position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Catholic theology or Catholic moral theolog... 011
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you've already been listening to my Receipts Live pods on Friday with @jvl.bsky.social, thank you! @thebulwark.com is expanding the pod to 2x a week, with more outside guests + great conversations about economics, politics, policy, and you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgD...youtube.comReceipts with Catherine Rampell | Official TrailerYouTube video by The Bulwark 1322724
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Exactly 011926
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The next time you guys crap on the media, remember that almost everything you're learning about this war and this administration is coming from journalists who are routinely threatened by this White House and its minions. (And I don't mean me; I mean the DC reporters who get these stories.) 671339204
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 29/08/2026On October 24 at @setonhall.bsky.social, the Center for Catholic Studies (of which my Lonergan Institute is a part) is hosting an event called "Magnifica Humanitas & Our Shared Future" as part of its "Ethics and Values in the Era of AI" series. QR code in image takes you to registration page. 185
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026was talking about this with ganz on the podcast today, but among the many reasons that race science is obvious nonsense is the fact that it is a giant exercise in begging the question. not one person obsessed with "race science" thinks that it might prove "white" intellectual inferiority... 582590256
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Which ones have traffic lights?!? I don't see any traffic lights. But I am not a robot, I swear. Please let me through to the website. 512614
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Diocese of Knoxville on “Dolly”: “East Tennessee knew Dolly Parton as more than a world-famous star. We knew her as one of our own…Her life shows what can grow from faith, perseverance, imagination, and love for one's neighbors — even from humble beginnings.” dioknox.org/news/on-the-...dioknox.orgOn the passing of Dolly PartonThe Diocese of Knoxville joins the people of East Tennessee and countless admirers around the world in mourning the passing of Dolly Parton on Aug. 25. She was a daughter of Sevier County, and her lif... 0438
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJulia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 26/08/2026this framing is a choice. a choice to adopt Trump's "winning/losing" approach to everything, which obscures how power flows and attributes causality without interrogating the mechanism. i know this language is why people hate academics, but this sloppiness is why we get frustrated with pundits. 4646
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialEffie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026with alt-text (please alt-text your pics!) 10514210
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If he renames every geographic feature after America, maps are going to get very confusing. like I think he has missed the point of naming things 4936446
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A tour-de-farce in 4 paragraphs, from @borowitzreport.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...open.substack.comEric Trump Calls Lindsey Graham’s Sister Unqualified Idiot Who Only Got Job Through Nepotism“Are we going to give every blithering moron a position of power just because of who they’re related to?” he asked. 84210
reidblackmerl.bsky.social @reidblackmerl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Make a band bigger Rancid Garbage 000
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you’re Lonergan-curious but not ready or able to spend on university press books, this website that my teacher, Robert M Doran, S.J. maintained, has a *ton* of material. lonerganresource.comlonerganresource.comLonergan ResourceAn archive of lectures and papers by Bernard Lonergan 052
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Of all the academic freedom challenges available to choose from in the year of our lord 2026, imagine being the 100s of people who say, right, let’s go with debunked 19th c. race science as retold by a philosopher. 39731
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Hegel: fullness and emptiness are locked in an existential struggle, that battle will eventually produce a synthesis of the two, which will then struggle against whatever the opposite of half- liquid-half-air turns out to be 108113
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 21/08/2026Barak Ravid, Sunday, 7 PM: Trump in talks to postpone invasion of bond markets 1243
reidblackmerl.bsky.social @reidblackmerl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I don't think I clutched any pearls over the Harper piece, but I read it with interest. This rejoinder is excellent and important. 000
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/08/2026tomorrow is my book birthday! 532663
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026True. 14999252076
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/08/2026When you're a star, they let you vote by mail. They just let you do it. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.comTrump votes by mail again in his home state of FloridaVoting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13. 49736
reidblackmerl.bsky.social @reidblackmerl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I am more sympathetic to what I think is the referent here — otherwise I endorse this thread wholeheartedly. 000
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Tyler Austin Harper tends to induce apoplexy On Here, but he ain't wrong about this: "When you are Black, some people will open the door for you far wider than they should. And when that door abruptly comes swinging shut, you will be offered no second chances." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comThe Truths That Failed Jason ArdaySystemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor. 3325
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialDavid S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The new FBI data for 2025 is incredibly positive, and remarkable in many ways. The fact that many of the top-line findings are in line with estimates by some savvy criminal justice analysts shouldn’t distract us from the extraordinary figures themselves. … 194
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026OUT: Go woke, go broke IN: Go fash, lose cash www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comUS firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrivedExclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t 15560167
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialSam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 7729221017
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026American voters hated wages rising faster than prices. Thought rising real wages and high monthly job creation was the worst economy ever. So they voted for a candidate with inflation-raising policy who openly sided with the richest bosses. And got the lower wages and higher prices they voted for. 28665177
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Hong doing a “unity tour” with Crowley in Wisconsin. Stevens enthusiastically endorsing El Sayed in Michigan. Some media figures and Bluesky posters keep pushing Factional Fight, while most of the candidates and voters are doing Popular Front, recognizing that bigger things are happening. 729859
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJulia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 12/08/2026yeah, agreed strongly @kalimurray.bsky.social . Hong went from a relative unknown quantity to a front-runner and nearly tied this race up. impressive margins in Milwaukee. as the race got more nationalized, she started doing worse. 1121
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A party that nominates Flanagan and El Sayed while rejecting Hong and Platner looks to be in good shape. Reasonable to describe it as “shifting left,” but isn’t crazy, weird, extreme. Not like the Tea Party throwing away winnable races with “I am not a witch” O’Donnell and “legitimate rape” Akin. 1532947
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialMartyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I really like this: 0183
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Agree 💯 with @eisendrath.net advice to Democrats: Don't bolster the GOP by turning on each other. Talarico, Gluesenkamp Perez and El-Sayed are not socialists or radicals, they "embody the values and concerns" of their diverse communities and party. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/dems-have-...edwineisendrath.substack.comDems have done their job in the primariesThe GOP wants Dems to turn on each other, so we won’t notice that they stopped working for us a long time ago 35913
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination...He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers." Thank you @rephaleystevens.bsky.social. haleyformi.com/news/haley-s... 46312
Reposted by @reidblackmerl.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I've been wondering abt this for a while. Originally a court ratified this deal. That's fairly binding as a settlement. But I think that court pulled the plug on that (perhaps I misunderstood that contingent ruling). So I don't know why this would be binding on a future admin at all. 1928338
