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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can let you know after Monday when we actually sit down to talk about our strategy for leading the discussion!

RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I absolutely love that the “unhinged” flyer my student made in a burst of whimsy is bringing such joy to the interwebs ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve never mastered text based social media. I like my vertical videos

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Doing the lords work 👏🏻👏🏻

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Don’t believe the take going around that Matthew Vines’ NYT piece is just about his personal preference not to use the word “queer.” It is 100% a political thought piece blaming queer theory and the “queer” community for the threat to marriage marriages equality for the “good gays” like him

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today (June 23) the kindle version of Nerd Faith is on Prime Day deal for $2.99! Check it out. Also, drop me a review because that would be super helpful as we must always feed the algorithm! a.co/d/017Gc83E

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gracejisunkim.bsky.social @gracejisunkim.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New Madang Podcast with @thenerdypriest.bsky.social on her book, Nerd Faith. Great book and wonderful conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2J9...

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Madang Podcast: Rachel Kessler, Ep.61

YouTube video by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And so I continue to look at the GOP and think, aren't you humiliated enough yet? What would be enough to break your loyalty? And to Dems, why can't you see that reaching across the aisle" for moderate compromise to get us back to "normal" is DOA?

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Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

But didn't you hear? Chatbots that steal actual writers' work only use the same amount of water as huge tracts of farmland. And since obviously we can't assess which one provides more to human wellbeing we can't be against data centers unless we're against farms too.

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Veronica Schanoes @schanoes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I realize this is not the worst part, but I really resent the way people throw around the term “blood libel.” The blood libel is a very specific thing, and justified centuries of antisemitic slaughter. It doesn’t just mean “any old accusation of violence that I would prefer not be true.”

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 13/05/2026

Let's all take a moment and celebrate my priest's book outperforming the vice president's.

Rachel Kessler's Nerd Faith with a higher amazon ranking than JD Vance's Communion

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Kara N. Slade @karanslade.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

well well well, look which Ohio author's religion book is more popular...it's the Rev. Rachel Kessler of Kenyon College

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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 13/05/2026

It’s a great book, too! And unlike that other guy, @thenerdypriest.bsky.social really knows her topic!

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Some seem to be taking the wrong lessons from this scene. kotaku.com/university-c... (1) It is 0% shocking that new college graduates (in humanities!) are critical of AI. (2) Pushing back on AI hype from a commencement speaker seems more likely an indication of high rather than low AI literacy.

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UCF Graduation Speaker Totally Shocked When Students Boo AI

The University of Central Florida commencement speaker didn't know how to read the room

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The fantasy of a university that is “cutting edge” without disciplinary basics and does football but not history and produces knowledge first but also profit first and makes expertise but improves nothing and saves the sector by cannibalizing it is incoherent, besides being a project of social harm

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

FOR REAL 💯 I am loving the “me when I get left behind by AI” trend, and it’s just cottage core

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I work w/ college students. I don’t deny in the stress of the moment it is easy for students to default to Chat-GBT, but almost every student I know is absolutely ideologically opposed to AI. They see the risk to the planet and to human creativity. I wish us olds were so clear-sighted

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

But also: what is “objectively good.” Entertaining? Illuminating? Well crafted? We all have such different standards

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I also hate that every discussion of a book now has to be framed as a REVIEW. I want to talk about books, and that does not always mean reducing that conversation to evaluation. Reviews/critique have a place, but they can’t be the only end goal

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Leah Schnelbach @leahschnelbach.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Really love @thenerdypriest.bsky.social digging into Project Hail Mary, and how deepening the humanity of Rocky and Eva Stratt ends up making Ryland Grace more human, too.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

"No matter the existential stakes we may face, what is worth preserving in our humanity if we cannot find a moment to sing Harry Styles’ 'Sign of the Times' with friends at karaoke?" @thenerdypriest.bsky.social identifies the messy, earnest human nature at the heart of Project Hail Mary:

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The Deep Humanity of Project Hail Mary - Reactor

What are we trying to save?

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 06/05/2026

Not content to rest on her book laurels, my priest and occasional roommate @thenerdypriest.bsky.social is writing about movies! reactormag.com/the-deep-hum...

reactormag.com

The Deep Humanity of Project Hail Mary - Reactor

What are we trying to save?

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Amaze! amaze! Hot take: we cannot love humanity as a whole if we cannot love particular persons (including lovable rock aliens!) My thoughts on Project Hail Mary are up on @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/the-deep-hum...

reactormag.com

The Deep Humanity of Project Hail Mary - Reactor

What are we trying to save?

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@leemankessler.com Managed to win back points with a great publication day present

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

All your husband brownie points are revoked for sharing that picture

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I think this book is trying to play on that (ohh look at this world with complex lore this character got dropped into!!). But, the character still has to *explain the lore*, which ended up feeling tedious (to me at least. People on Goodreads are raving about it)

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

RIGHT! Part of why I stayed with it as long as I did was that the opening/concept really captured me. But it gets really exhausting when your trying to keep track of a complex epic fantasy world that is being *summarized* for you — you aren’t reading yourself

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I can see why people like it but the premise of our protagonist waking up in an epic fantasy means that it’s just PILES of her exposition about the book plot so not only is it super dense epic fantasy storylines, we aren’t actually getting to read that story we’re just getting Wikipedia summaries

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Someone tell me to just say no to the sunk cost fallacy and let me DNF this book even though I’m like 60% through and I’ve invested so much time. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)

Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new…

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

“Bite sized but rich, satisfying, and sometimes unexpectedly poignant” is exactly what I hope people take away from Nerd Faith. One day until official launch!

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Thank you! This means so much ❤️❤️

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Clearly, I should have found a way to work Minecraft into the book

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Debating sending to my publisher as a new headshot! Also look at that pile of books that is much shorter than the last time I was in

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

what if, in these fleeting interactions, we recognized each other's mutual humanity?? what if we allowed authors to be eccentric introverts, as god intended, rather than public celebrities with media training, flawless makeup, and infinite endurance??

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

finally saw the video of an author being ""rude"" at bookcon and i fear there are a lot of unanswered questions here. like: what if we didn't demand the performance of joyful intimacy from total strangers?? and what if i smash your phone with a cartoonishly large hammer???

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Grace (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

That "friend" should be defrocked.

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RevRachelK @thenerdypriest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I hope it meets your expectations!

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