I spent a lot of time in my book describing how people feel when systems break down around them. The brutality is still shocking now it's happening to me

I am delighted to welcome @suscrockford.bsky.social for Classical Ideas ep 352! In collaboration with @sacredwrites.bsky.social, we discuss the new book "A Perturbed System: Religion and Climate Change at the End of a World," out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Listen: linktr.ee/classicalideas

Renato Rosaldo, Anthropologist Who Disrupted His Discipline, Dies at 85 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/s...

For all the talk of social media's negative effects, the most toxic communication platform in my experience remains email listservs

America Was Never One Nation Under God youtu.be/qRqVPjbVAb8

happy summer solstice to those who celebrate <3

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New app: do you want to enable notifications? Me: I don't even want to have this phone

Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Businesses prosper because our whole society is structured in a way to make it easier for them to succeed. Not because business school produces galaxy brain geniuses.

Check out @wrathofcon.bsky.social's *Where Is Religion?* project, an interactive learning tool for undergraduate American religion courses, produced through Princeton's Center for Culture, Society and Religion.

Pool cleaning guys having a field day commenting on the Washington reflecting pool

I rewrote an excerpt from A Perturbed System for a public audience, and it was recently published by ARC magazine here: arcmag.org/against-clim...

my babies have arrived! go get yourself a copy of “disorienting phenomenology: queer space and trans life” from @uminnpress.bsky.social !

My new book has arrived!

Westminster MPs have until the end of the month to reject the proposed anti-trans guidance. If you haven’t written to your MP yet, here’s a good template for you to use. writetheletter.bimini.workers.dev

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

“As the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham… the rainbow flags were almost matched in number by trade union banners, as miners, postal workers, and train drivers swelled the parade’s ranks in solidarity, making it the biggest in Durham Pride’s history.” Solidarity is our strength. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Probably about time to retire the word "weaponization" in a political context. Past actions have implications for the present. That is more properly called consequences.

Maybe, just maybe, JD Vance's intervention will do for British politics what it did for Hungary's.

There’s a whole essay to be written about how “narcissist” has become a neutralizing stand in for “misogynist.” When women are met with hostility for critiquing masculinity, there’s a temptation to hide those critiques in something else. But sexual violence isn’t a personality, it’s patriarchy.

In case you need a new study...

No, not Giles!

We are hiring for a 1-year position! Religious Studies at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social invites applications for a 1-yr Contractually Limited Appointment position at the rank of Lecturer or Asst. Prof. from Aug 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027. See the following link (position 76421): bit.ly/4dMp2yW

in this video in like 4 different ways and I hate that

Yesterday I had the pleasure of giving an online lecture at UC Santa Barbara on global spirituality, digital media, and popular culture. Watch here: youtu.be/FZN2mwlNOSk

What if systemic breakdown first manifests as an accumulation of unanswered emails

I love it when people ask me how I wrote my second book so fast because my last book came out five (5) years ago

My only writing hack is listening to BBC Radio Dance

I think AI is bad because it undermines human creativity by feeding us ease in exchange for growth (much like a demon!) but that doesn't mean I think about humans, creativity, or demons the same way the Pope does (not a Catholic) but I'm happy to find points in common on this one

Pope Leo goes full metal STS

Public holidays are for the group chats

Lol, this guy

Another protest, this time in Winchester on Saturday 30th May 2026 at 13:00. This has also been added to the website: whatthetrans.com/compilation-... Furthermore, we will be reporting on Trans Pride Falmouth today. Tune in at 12:00 for a live thread of the protest.

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Tech hype isn't just marketing and PR—it's also alarm, paranoia, and propaganda. Fabian Muniesa argues today's hype matches what scholars Adorno and Horkheimer called reason's collapse into fascist madness.

New Climate Ethnographies A Collective Book Talk We invite you to our collective book talk of new climate ethnographies: five innovative works that analyse the impacts of climate change in cultures and societies globally. Each presenter will talk about their recently published work.

📣New book review📣 'What the book ultimately demonstrates is the dynamic adaptability of the contemporary Christian right.' Benjamin Nangle reviews 'Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' by @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social. reacpol.net/esther-army/

Looking forward to presenting my latest work in Exeter next week @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Citing Bateman when you mean Gregory Bateson is such a specific anthropologist raised in the 90s problem

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

Just saw an ad proposing I take up "micro-learning" as the antidote to "brainrotting" and my head sank involuntarily into my hands in despair

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

Never get on a cruise ship is a principle that's continually proven valid

More trouble than previously thought... Thanks @suscrockford.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @aminsamman.bsky.social for brilliant critiques of 'Paranoid Finance'!!! And @busedoyu.bsky.social @allartmarkets.bsky.social @jcultecon.bsky.social for setting this up!!! doi.org/10.1080/1753...

Political violence and extremism are indisputably becoming more common. But for one group - young Americans - that's not a change. It's been the norm all their lives. @leahsottile.bsky.social spent months with a group of students for this @thewesternedge.bsky.social feature.

I want to read this but I also think this is a classic "why not both" situation

Call for proposals: $10,000 seed grants for research about religion in the U.S. https://www.ssrc.org/programs/religion-and-the-public-sphere/innovation-in-religion-and-spirituality-seed-grants/ Great opportunity!

Religious studies folks! Check out this late-breaking postdoc (start date: mid-August 2026) at Columbia's Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life www.ircpl.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...