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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

look I don't even go here anymore but I hope folks are noticing that this shit is happening *exactly* at the same time this administration eliminated loans to study religion

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Robert Paulett @robertpaulett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Exactly when did we decide the purpose of higher ed was to pit every branch of knowledge against each other, Thunderdome-style, to determine who gets to eat?

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So true...thank you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ll make a deal with the businessmen who want to remake academia in their image — let a faculty committee restructure your corporation and we’ll compare the results

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026

We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Jesus Christ, famously stingy about giving fish to people

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Annia Ciezadlo @anniaciezadlo.com · 04/09/2026

INCREDIBLE SCOOP: Mayor of USA's largest city has a comms team that sends out press releases and news alerts

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, except for the humidity, which is clearly wrong. Wrong.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/09/2026

JUST IN: US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship reut.rs/46BwGaJ

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 31/08/2026

"Sacred ground is all around us. The question is whether people of faith will help steward memory, truth, and accountability when the country is being trained to move on." sojo.net/articles/opi...

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ICE Violence Thrives on Forgetting. Faith Compels Us to Remember

The White House is betting that we'll move on from the deaths of people like Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Christians must prove them wrong.

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 27/08/2026

According to the search platform Fossil Fuel Funds, approximately $863 billion of American retirement savings is currently invested in fossil fuel companies—which accounts for about one-fifth of U.S. fossil fuel stocks. sojo.net/articles/new...

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He’s Suing His Employer for Violating his Religious Right to Climate Care

Through ClientEarth, a statistical scientist is suing Thermo Fisher, arguing the company's lack of fossil-fuel free retirement plans forces him to compromise his religious values.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Sammy Leaf @ptbianco.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I live in Rochester and you’re right, we’re really embarrassed and sorry about this. It’s Lake Ontario, now and forever.

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Scott Bass @scottabass.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I live in Rochester, NY which is situated along the southern shore of Lake ONTARIO!

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The Tweeter Formerly Known as akachela @akachela.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rochester peeps, where are we finding Lake Ontario merch locally (or Canadian made)? I need a sweatshirt now

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well I am delighted to learn that this exists 😂 "Now, it should be remembered that the issue here is one of grammar, and not one of eternal happiness. It is possible for one to be mistaken in this matter and still to lead a flourishing, albeit less perfectly flourishing, life."

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Objection 1. It would seem that it should be pronounced AW-gus-teen.
For, as The Philosopher (Garry DeWeese) says, "we do not say aw-GUST, but AW-gust."
Objection 2. Further, The People (in Florida) call their city St. AW-gus-teen, and they should know.
Objection 3. Further, The Prophet (Bob Dylan) pronounces it St. AW-gus-teen, and he should know.
Objection 4. Further, according to The Philosopher (DeWeese), those who pronounce it aw-GUS-tin are effete, pretentious Anglophiliacs.
On the contrary, the Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary gives a single recommended pronunciation, aw-GUS-tin.
I answer that, we must distinguish between necessary and fitting (con-veniens) pronunciations. In some cases grammatical rules dictate the proper pronunciation of a word. In other cases, differing pronunciations may be equally permissible, strictly speaking, while one pronunciation is more fit-ting. The latter obtains concerning the pronunciation of Augustine's name.
Both AW-gus-teen and aw-GUS-tin are permissible pronunciations, but aw-GUS-tin is more fitting. The reasons are clear.

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

or Schenectady or Canandaigua or Tonawanda or

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just saw this on IG. This is the story of my staycation…had a whole list of things to do & just ended up reading fiction for 2 weeks

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Okay but hear me out: Nighttime bookstores 📚✨🌙

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 30/07/2026

This is Fenrir. He has not yet been successful in cuddling with the cat. But thinks if he goes slow enough she might not notice. 13/10 (IG: fenrirfanclub)

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If you work at an airport and have started to see ICE around, I would love to talk to you! DM for Signal or email mandawritesthings @ proton dot me.

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 25/07/2026

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

You’ve heard of cutting off your nose to spite your face! Now, meet stabbing yourself all over your body repeatedly because you have no idea who you are, where you are, or what anything means www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign students

Students will need federal permission to stay longer than four years in the US and universities will lose the power to extend visas.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 18/07/2026

Thousands of people detained by ICE are actually held in local, publicly operated jails. These facilities–run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of the federal government's deportation agenda.

U.S. map showing that in 25 states and D.C., federal agencies like ICE and the U.S. Marshals only detain people using local jails. In other states, jails play a part in the detention network alongside federal or private facilities. In Arizona, Delaware, and Hawaii no local jails provide substantial detention space to these agencies.

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Jarek Pachocki OMI @jarekpach.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

There’s no vintage filter on this photo. And no, this isn’t Mars. 🌫️🔴 This is Hamilton, ON today, with the sun dimmed by wildfire smoke from northern Ontario. A sobering reminder that climate extremes are no longer distant headlines - they’re part of our daily lives. Stay safe, everyone. 💙🍁

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today’s air in Rochester is not air-colored.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

i'm at the heat wave i'm at the canadian wildfire smoke i'm at the diarrhea lettuce i'm at the combination heat wave canadian wildfire smoke diarrhea lettuce

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 12/07/2026

How many AI models does it take to change a lightbulb? That's a great question, which shows that you care about illumination! You don't just want to see - you want to be seen. Unfortunately no such thing as a lightbulb has ever existed or will ever exist.

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICE has made this same claim time after time and it's pretty much always lies. They believe they can murder people in the street without consequences. Abolish ICE.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Okay but hear me out: A library crawl.

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My update from our 2008 conversation: Bishop Barron’s theology is (still) dangerous.

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

When are the Visiting Scholar positions in Phrenology, Alchemy, & Mesmerism being announced?

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I encourage our Jesuit universities--especially those refusing to bargain with or even recognize unionized workers--to heed these vital words from Pope Leo. It's too easy to reduce this message to service trips and donations instead of community-shaping practices. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

“Your institutions are called not only to teach your students about the injustices faced by those on the margins of society, but also to be powerful channels in promoting systemic change through proposing new models rooted in solidarity and the common good,” the Pope said, in a meeting at the Vatican with the presidents and representatives of Jesuit colleges and universities in North America.

In his address, Pope Leo offered a roadmap to how these institutions can help their members confront society’s most pressing issues.

The Pope drew inspiration from the Jesuits’ four Universal Apostolic Preferences: themes that were established in 2019 and aim to guide the work of the Society of Jesus for the following 10 years.

The Preferences are: showing the way to God, walking with the excluded, journeying with youth, and caring for our common home.

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

every time it’s raining and I get water running down my face “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe“

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Every now and then it's nice to pick your head up from your book, have a good look at the world around you, take a hard pass and immediately go right back to reading. Balance is important ❤️

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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 22/06/2026

Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author #OctaviaEButler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #💙📚 #Booksky Have you read her work? www.librarything.com/author/butle...

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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My kid brought home a copy last night and asked if I’d read it before. I told her, “Baby girl, what’s in those pages is the reason I got into the field. We need representation and protection.”

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

And a disaster for democracy.

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Why oppose ICE, detention centers, & local police collaboration with immigration enforcement? Because the USA, America, means due process. That’s our ideal, our best reason for reason for pride. But ICE abducts, murders, and lies. ICE undermines patriotism.

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Sojourners @sojo.net · 10/06/2026

"When profit, rather than the well-being of human and environmental life, determine the survival of the planet, it is a civil rights issue." (2019) sojo.net/articles/opi...

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Climate Change Is a Civil Rights Issue: Here are 4 Ways to Respond

When profit determines the survival of the planet, it is a civil rights issue.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/06/2026

FCC To Investigate TV Shows Where The Mom Has Job theonion.com/fcc-to-investigate-tv-…

FCC To Investigate TV Shows Where The Mom Has Job
Agency Bans On-Air Portrayal Of Employed Mothers

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

And earlier to kick off summer, one of my favorite days of the year: sunshine, park, husband, board games, awesome vegetarian sandwich sandwiches. And, if you look closely, evidence of my own financial impending utter destruction as my spouse lays hotels out all over the gameboard.

Person sitting on the blanket in the park playing board game Lake George Monopolyy

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Chris Lilley 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @frostinthepines.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I am disgusted and horrified to watch "Jesus is King" be twisted into a weapon against Pride. If you are using the name of Jesus to shame queer people, Jesus isn't your king. Your own fear is. Your homophobia is the throne you bow to. #PrideMonth #FaithfullyAffirming

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Nancy Rourke (she/her) @tumnusethic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Has anyone figured out yet what “knowledge creation“ means?

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