Should we want the best for MAGA voters? (by @tjkratt.bsky.social) What moral obligations do we have toward people who despise us? onlys.ky/should-we-wa... #uspolitics #humanism

Lessons from Foundation: Decline, fall... and comeback? (by @tjkratt.bsky.social ) Civilization goes through cycles of collapse and rebirth. That's both a pessimistic and a hopeful message for us. onlys.ky/lessons-from... #foundation #parableofthesower

Public gullibility was a problem in the 1980s when I was caught up in a famous media hoax. It’s worse today. onlys.ky/negativland-... @onlyskymedia.bsky.social

“The power of flying someone through the map we have of our solar system, Milky Way, and mapped galaxies provides a perspective like none other,” [Tamara] Litke says. Read Tom Krattenmaker's latest article here: onlys.ky/educated-by-... #cosmology #ecology #journeyoftheuniverse

Our star blindness contributes to our alienation from the universe and natural world. Before fancy navigation technology, sailors and travelers of all sorts used the stars to find their way home. We could, too. onlys.ky/educated-by-... #scienceeducation #environmentaleducation #secularspirituality

Will #religion make a comeback in #secular America? My new piece for @onlyskymedia.bsky.social. onlys.ky/will-religio...

We are relieved that two members of the YDS community, Rev. William Barber and Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, are safe and unharmed following their arrest while praying in the Capitol Rotunda yesterday. 🧵

Statement by YDS Dean Greg Sterling on the arrest of Rev. Barber and Rev. Wilson-Hartgrove. 🧵

Not to jinx anything, and as a #Timberwolves fan I harbor much well-justified pessimism, but #anthonyedwards' play reminds me of someone. Starts with a J. The big difference is ANT smiles a lot more. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

#Tech is not inherently harmful. It’s the people who abuse it for nefarious purposes, leverage it for power and profit, and glorify it as the solution to every problem, blind to the fallout. My new piece at @onlysky0.bsky.social onlys.ky/a-techno-pes...

What I wrote about Francis when his papacy was new and a conservative backlash was beginning. Rush Limbaugh was shocked by the pope's "liberal" views and claimed "somebody must have gotten to him." True, I said. *Jesus* had gotten to him. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The scene at the Green.

Mary Evelyn Tucker invites you to join our new course on Journey of the Universe, in partnership with the Deeptime Network, beginning tomorrow! Link to register in the comments 💫 youtube.com/shorts/9GiIV...

Whose personal liberties? Not everyone's, I can tell you that. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

They elected their tormentors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Were humanity ever to achieve dramatic breakthroughs in longevity—including, even, immortality, at least for those who could afford it—would it be a good thing? My new piece for @onlysky0.bsky.social. onlys.ky/the-broligar...

Great news! #Climatechange is going away! abcnews.go.com/amp/US/usda-...

Gulf of America? Should be renamed to Gulf of Dystopia.

Props to @dailykos.com for making this point and making it so well: "Nearly 60% of Nebraska voted for Donald Trump last November. There is perhaps no state more dependent on #immigrants than Nebraska. Oops." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term. Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

Embarrassing. gizmodo.com/longevity-ob...

Spot on from @dalemcgowan.bsky.social. onlys.ky/the-stupid-a...

Excellent thread on the dangerous warning signs from the weather of the past year.

And now for some good-ish news on a somber day. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

“There is little about our patterns since his address to suggest that we wish to earn, own and consume less, or that we have awakened to the fact that having, buying and using more may fail to make us happier.” —Rob Lieber on what #JimmyCarter got wrong about us www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/y...

Vikings and Lions for all the marbles next weekend in the final game of the regular season. Couldn’t script it better. Nobody saw this coming from the Vikes this year. That makes it easy to just enjoy the ride, and what a ride it’s been so far. #skol

#SKOL #VIKINGS

Vikings records under Kevin O'Connell 2022: 13-4 with Kirk Cousins 2023: 7-10 with 4 QBs 2024: 14-2 & counting with Sam Darnold The man can coach.

Skol Vikings!!

Should we embrace nondemocratic government if we think it's necessary to confront climate change? Here's my answer in OnlySky magazine. onlys.ky/dont-ditch-d...

Can't help but notice the name of the school. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12... #schoolshooting

Initially, the university's president was going to be the one on stage with Ross Douthat this Thursday evening. There's been a change and now it's me. If you see this post and you live within reasonable traveling distance, come & join the conversation! www.hartfordinternational.edu/news-events/...

Democracy isn’t easy. If we’re going to salvage it, we have to get to know each and grow our ability to live together in this sprawling, diverse, crazy country we all call home. —my new piece for Yale Divinity School's journal reflections.yale.edu/article/list...

Nice. He's going to use the least democratic means imaginable to "rebuild a free and democratic country."

Since we could all use some good news, I enjoyed this episode of Gastropod. It's about the largest dam removal project in history, the culmination of a 100-year battle by Native American tribes and environmentalists, to bring salmon runs back to the Pacific Northwest: gastropod.com/bringing-sal...

"We don’t get to give up. Giving up is a privilege ... We owe it to the rest of the world to continue doing everything we can to protect as much as we can." —Willow Defebaugh in @AtmosMag. #ClimateAction atmos.earth/overview-ele...

How a deluge of AI slop will be the end of Big Tech: "When the bots drown out the humans, the value of these platforms disappears. Like the ancient cyanobacteria that poisoned themselves by filling the atmosphere with oxygen, they'll smother under their own entropy." onlys.ky/ai-will-be-t...

Animals are amazing. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

"Live good lives now: A path forward in the shadow of Trump II." My new piece for OnlySky. onlys.ky/live-good-li... #climate