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Never mind that they probably inadvertently fed the inherently obsequious AI the answer they wanted in their prompt (a side effect of motivated reasoning) and if pushed by the info the expert gave, it would relent with a “you’re right, I did totally misinterpret…”

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I recently watched a presentation where an expert disagreed with the interpretation of an audience member on a technical reading of some material, and the questioner announced that an AI bot agreed with them & encouraged the expert to have a chat with it. It’s the new “Ackchyually.”

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(I know it’s not actually… but I did a major double-take).

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The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.

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Can someone explain why Tennessee has been pulled into the background behind the PM?

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Though the observation is a general one, I’m referring to the representative papal critic/tech bro, not the Pope, as representative in this case.

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As a friend of mine is fond of saying, “people have amazing powers of self deception.”

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Is it cynical to think the support for the idea of AI consciousness/moral agency is because it will pump stock prices & drive investment, & because the narrative of AI choice-making complicates the clarity of responsibility for the people who set the AI up & on its course?

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 22/09/2026

One of the most annoying things about "both-sidism" is also its most fundamental fallacy: it assumes there are two sides rather than many, and then it automatically puts the two identified "sides" on equal footing. In nearly every case, it's shoddy thinking and a cover for intellectual laziness.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 11/09/2026

A recording of a poem I wrote several years ago. www.thegospelplow.com/p/afternoon-...

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Birthright citizenship has benefited some of the very people now seeking to undermine it. As Rep. @scanlon.house.gov noted, that includes “senior officials in the Trump administration like Marco Rubio or Nikki Haley, who were born to non-citizens and received their U.S. citizenship at birth.”

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 01/09/2026

My personal reflection from Sunday on one reason that I think so many people identified with Dolly Parton, and how her kindness exemplified Christian charity. To see the context you’ll need to read or watch the rest of the sermon, here: www.thegospelplow.com/p/poor-peter

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 30/08/2026

My sermon this morning at Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville. Grateful for the invitation from Dean Sides. I enjoy the opportunity to visit and preach at many of our congregations in the Diocese of Tennessee, but my family worships at Christ Church, and I always enjoy preaching there.

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Poor Peter?

Proper 17, Year A · Romans 12:9–21 & Matthew 16:21–28 · Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville

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The Economist @economist.com · 28/08/2026

Anthony Fauci made mistakes. But his diary reveals a conscientious public servant trying to save as many lives as he could during the pandemic. His recent summons before a Senate committee was surely intended to humiliate him. It should embarrass America

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The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding

The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 22/08/2026

Isn't "excessive" inherent in the word "sycophancy?" In other words, it's a negative trait... there's no acceptable or non-excessive amount.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 21/08/2026

That route instead because there was no way I could offer any support for a religious exemption for a vaccine when our tradition would actively encourage vaccination (absent a medical concern).

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 21/08/2026

I had a former parishioner who’d moved to another state contact me during the pandemic to ask if I would be a reference on their application for a religious exemption from taking the COVID vaccine for their job. I said that if they had a medical reason for requesting an exemption, they should go

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It probably would have been better if we hadn't decided to go through the list of important things a society does and then stop doing them because we didn't know much about them

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/08/2026

"Republicans said moral rot was infectious. They warned that a party led by a scoundrel, and dedicated to defending that scoundrel, would come to resemble him. Under Trump, they’ve proved it." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social:

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How to Survive a Republican Scandal: Imitate Trump

Embattled politicians have learned what to do: Never resign. Deny everything. Accuse the accusers. And invoke Trump.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So much of American politics is very easily explained by “People either can’t or won’t keep dates & the actual chronology of events straight in their heads”

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Facts Matter @ai7gu-wkh45.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Spouse is a OB/Gyn MD reviewer for COVID vaccines and their outcome on pregnancy, birth defects, reproduction and other outcomes. Miscarriages were not caused by Covid vaccines. medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

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COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked to Miscarriage

A new study adds to existing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 11/08/2026

Administered at the first sign of an allergy to extremes, or a reaction to enthusiasm laced with tackiness.

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Jody Howard @thegospelplow.com · 10/08/2026

Capon hitting hard this morning in my Readwise review.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Anti-immigration movements in Europe and the US either don't realize it or don't care, but the day that South-to-North immigration ends is the day Europe and the US have locked in the decline those movements are obsessed with. And not just due to the demographic impact that pro-natalists fixate on.

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Also, the weird thing is, I feel like this is sort of a mask off moment for the way some politicians and healthcare companies already treat the sick, and the way the system we’ve constructed cheapens and gambles with human lives.

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This is where I find myself. To the degree that he’ll is populated and the world today is hellish, it does not speak to the limits of God’s love, but of the love for evil some of us habituate in ourselves.

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So rather than being in conflict, putting “Inclusive” and “Orthodoxy” together for the folks I know who lean on the term might be a way of saying their commitment to the former is founded on the latter.

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“Jesus radicalized me” & indicate their progressive stances derive from their affirmation of the creeds & historic doctrines (I.e. most of the things in the historic documents section of the BCP with a bit of variation on the Articles of Religion and the harsher language of the Athanasian Creed).

Re: Inclusive Orthodoxy I think I understand what people are trying to do as to subvert the association that some have in their minds between being affirming and rejecting the creeds, the Resurection etc. Most of the folks that use the term in my experience are people who would say

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was listed under both Anglican (with Holy Family Anglican) and under Episcooal where it had been.

So, for example, when an ACNA congregation opened in the town where my church was back in 2013 or so, and the local pastors association added an “Anglican” section to the list of local congregations, I made sure St. Joseph of Arimathea where I served

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After that the word became politicized. But I want folks from, for example, Nigeria, or Myanmar/Burma, or Bangladesh (all examples of folks I know in our diocese) who may not immediately recognize “Episcopalian” but do recognize “Anglican” to find our parishes.

In part because of the lack of use of the term. It was just becoming more prevalent in the late 90s and early aughts for churches to put “Episcopal/Anglican” or to hang an Anglican Communion placard below their sign when our fights over human sexuality came to a head and resulted in schism.

the global realities of Christianity (or just global realities). Americans can be incredibly parochial, & we need all the healthy means possible to combat that. On a missional level, the Episcipal Church has done an abysmal job of connecting with members of the Anglican diaspora in the United States

Those groups are Anglican in the fullest sense of the word, not being part of the Anglican Communion. I think that affiliation is important in part because it helps serve as a ballast against becoming an eccentric American liberal protestant boutique Church that doesn't pay attention to history or

I make sure to use the term Anglican as well as Episcopalian for several reasons including historical and ecclesiological accuracy. For one, I don't think it’s wise (let alone accurate) to allow the term Anglican to be co-opted to refer only to groups that have left The Episcioal Church when none of