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Scott D. Moringiello

@sdeltam.bsky.social
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Associate Professor and Chair of Catholic Studies at DePaul University. Fan of Dorothy Day, John Fluevog, Bryan Garner, and Mookie Wilson.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think one reason it’s good to have a liberal arts education in the classic sense is that you don’t then spend time trying to invent the concept of “intellectual pursuits” from first principles
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Irenaeus would have been a great poster. Erasmus would have been a great poster as well. Kierkegaard would have been a better poster than Joyce Carol Oates.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I need to hang out with Prof Muehlberger more at our next conference. This is super intriguing.
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Sarcasmo @sarcasmodemiami.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t think anyone is arguing that a humanities education prevents evil or that all STEM majors are blind to the consequences of their actions. The claim is much, much more modest: A well-rounded education w/ elements of liberal arts & STEM tends to create a more educated, thoughtful person.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can't say we weren't warned. Frank Herbert was writing about the civilizational threat these guys posed in the 1960s.
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

"'Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind,'" Paul quoted.

Frank Herbert, Dune
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On the one hand, it's just dumb. Universities are, in fact, real, and they exist in the world. American universities employ about 3x as many people as there are active duty servicemembers, so if soldiers are "real," then so are academics.
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
joyce carol oates and menswear guy should tape a special together
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We could have had nice things, but we did not deserve a quiet night
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Tim Walz Testify
ALT: Tim Walz Testify
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Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really nothing to say about this except “shame“ and “scandal“ www.ncregister.com/news/pecknol...
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Catholic Theologian Takes Job in Trump’s Department of Homeland Security
Chad Pecknold, a longtime professor at The Catholic University of America, has begun working for the government agency that oversees immigration enforcement.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well said
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Many of the most annoying takes in the world would go away if people could accept that: • Math is liberal arts • Computer science is math Neither of these should be controversial and yet!
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Film of the feckin' year.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Obvious point: The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are far better Americans than Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 01/09/2026
Some thoughts on higher ed: 1) Remember, lots of college students go to some type of public college, paying in-state tuition. 2) Overall, prices have slightly declined in the last decade. Yet they were already very high, driven by Baumol's cost disease and reduced subsidies to public colleges.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Child: It’s the mayor. Mamdani: *laughs* Child: What? You are the mayor. You could become the king. Mamdani: I’m happy as the mayor. Jalen Brunson is the king.
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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The median American voter, voted for it be 2019 again and for Trump to make them rich, under the very mistaken belief that Worse Things Aren't Possible, and quite literally everyone is paying for it
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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Normally 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.
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The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can you get the job* you want without a PhD? If no, then do a PhD. If yes, read a lot and spend time with friends. *PhDs are professional degrees. As such, they are related to employment.
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joewv.bsky.social @joewv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
El-Sayed recently said this which is one of the smartest things I’ve read in a long time. It’s straight up Obama economics that’s proven to work in both places.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Mini fridge?! The luxury!
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Putting burrito taxis on the blockchain if and only if a stochastic parrot can perfectly reproduce the tenets of Modern Monetary Theory - this is my Glonzo.
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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I just think it’s hilarious that people went to college with the Pope. “What’s Ken up to these days? Partner at a law firm outside Pittsburgh, that’s nice. And Bob? Oh, he’s the Pope.”
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Irenaeus, Origen, Clement
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 02/05/2025
Imagine keeping a banger like this in your diary and failing to share it with the world. A different age, really.
In a journal entry made in 1844, Kierkegaard wrote:

If Hegel had written the whole of his logic and then said, in the preface or some other place, that it was merely an experiment in thought in which he had even begged the question in many places, then he would certainly have been the greatest thinker who had ever lived. As it is, he is merely comic.
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Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Letting the university serve a primarily intellectual function is, perhaps-counterintuitively, the most practical thing you can do with the university as an institution. Everything else is using the handle of your screwdriver as a hammer.
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Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
War dead as numbers to defend his ego… it’s obscene The humans behind those numbers died in service to this republic. Politicians decide which wars to fight. Those who died went were they were told, and gave the last full measure of devotion this nation The President is craven and a disgrace
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026
give these men complimentary tickets immediately
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
dall’Ulster Museum qui a Belfast, la famosa lavagna di “Derry Girls” sulle differenze tra cattolici e protestanti
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Jennifer ♾️ aura points KP @jeniuskp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To which Dante replies, "Hold my beer."
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This is a good list, but "Unfair" is misspelled as "Folk Jam." Similarly, "Two States" is misspelled as "Fin."
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I will never understand why the entire Democratic Party isn't running on this. There's an abundance of evidence that for the last 50 years at least Dems are MUCH better for the economy. They need a unified message, simple and full of facts, and all of them need to repeat it over and over again.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Surely this person exists in Maine. And surely he or she should be the next Senator from that state.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
S tier Bluesky content right here.
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The foundational lie of Trumpism (and I’m using that word precisely to refer to the ideology of intellectual types who defend him), from day one, has been the claim that good character is a “luxury belief” and nothing more than cover for the wealthy to punish the poor. This belief is evil.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm really surprised that the President of the United States has not referred publicly to the President of FIFA as "Johnny Baby."
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Krugman makes the point we have long made. It's rarely if ever socialism these days: it's the New Deal, or European social democracy. Ask 100 people if they're for socialism, most will say no. But ask if they're for capitalism restrained of its excesses and paying for public good, they will say yes.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ummmm ... I'm a scholar of Irenaeus of Lyon. And I know lots about contemporary culture. If ANYONE should be "Canon Editor," I should be "Canon Editor."
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A friend and colleague (and fellow long-suffering Mets fan) wrote this.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is exactly it. The work is the point.
When I assign analysis, I am not trying to extract a polished product; I am trying to put the student’s mind through resistance in order to make it stronger. Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not “free students up for higher-order work.” It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Supposedly, when asked about Dune, Frank Herbert said, "It's about worms."
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Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The billionaires and data center developers are trying to buy the Democratic Primary for KY-06. Don’t let them. Vote for @cherlynnforky.bsky.social. 💙
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Your time will come. 🗃️🎓
Screenshot (white letters on black background) of a post by Leslie Berntsen.
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board?
Me: Yes, but I’m not that kind of…
Flight attendant: It’s 11:52 PM and the passenger in 37F has a conference abstract due in seven minutes. It’s currently 50 words over the limit.
Me: Okay. I’m here.
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Scott D. Moringiello @sdeltam.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is the plot of the next Thomas Pynchon novel.
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