Can doctrine be changed? Another look at Pope Leo's comment on LGBTQ+ Catholics www.ncronline.org/opinion/can-...

Hard to tell the real illegal militia from the fake illegal militia

Catholics: - Are pro-choice - Have abortions - Use birth control - Build their families with IVF - Are members of the LGBTQIA+ community

A short, invited article (many thanks to the Spanish Robotic Association - AER)) to be published in INSIGHT'25, in connection with the 2025 Barcelona Declaration. "A Humanistic and Ethical Approach to Robotics, Automation, and Digitalisation" papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

The technical term for their method of governing is extortion—and mostly it has worked. (Some exceptions. See Kimmel.) They play hardball and the only way to respond is play hardball back. Granted, likely to be painful in the short run, but it's the only way to stop bullies and mobsters. Don't cave.

"Speech... it ain't free no more... If you wanna say something nice about the president's thick, yellow hair, or that he can do his makeup better than any broad? That's free. But if you wanna do a joke like, he's so fat he needs two seats on the Epstein jet? That's gonna cost ya."

Don’t forget the corollary of this ethic: all poor/unwealthy people are dumb, naive, or unworthy, and, ergo, don’t deserve consideration.

It fits.

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired

Reminiscent of “naming names” during the McCarthy era. A bad look for my alma mater, the cradle of the Free Speech Movement. But kudos to the @dailycal.bsky.social for breaking the story! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Did you ever say to yourself, "WTF is going on here?" HERE TF is what is going on here, summarized neatly by the great @asharangappa.bsky.social : asharangappa.substack.com/p/making-sen...

Only 1 in 10 Catholics is aligned with the Catholic hierarchy's extreme and total anti-abortion stance. It’s time the church started listening to their parishioners.

It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.

"Unlike the left, we don't believe in erasing history" says the guy renaming ships and purging any mention of like the navajo code talkers, tuskegee airmen, black medal of honor winners, etc

Keep the two distinct in your head.

A great piece on Pope Leo and women! @mollieoreilly.bsky.social @commonweal.bsky.social

#OTD in 1967, the death of #Jesuit Father John Markoe, who dedicated his life to fighting racial injustice. ow.ly/Jjr550PlSe1

On the new #AMDG podcast, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Diego, shares how the parish is standing in solidarity with immigrants — from starting a migrant shelter to accompanying migrants to immigration court. 🎧 ow.ly/z4sY50WqyL6

A California bill to bar law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities was passed by a key legislative committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...

On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.

DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website

Not even six months in and the DOJ ethics director is posting this about being fired by Pam Bondi.

We are so lucky that James Gleick is here to guide us through the AI labyrinth www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

“The AIs assert their false facts in a tone of serene authority.” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

Let all people of good will join in this new declaration of independence open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

"Alligator Alcatraz" is wrong and media should not use it. It's propaganda. Alcatraz held people convicted of crimes, particularly violent crimes. The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere. The site is a textbook concentration camp.

their greatest moral failure is arguably not lack of courage but rather lack of empathy. They simply do not care about the pain they are inflicting on others. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Important principle of ethical rhetoric: Call it what it is, a concentration camp. #rhetoricterms #rhetoricalethics

More firing of public servants who do their jobs well and faithfully in the public interest.

It's not a duty of journalists to repeat the claims of proven liars and pretend those claims are credible. That's the job of propagandists and enablers.

Federal agents have detained migrants on Catholic Church property at two parishes in Southern California's San Bernardino Diocese as the Trump administration tosses aside decades-old norms that fear of arrest or harassment should not deter people from practicing their religion.

“Viewpoint diversity”: Promoting white nationalists, banning ideas white nationalists don’t like “Viewpoint discrimination”: Holding white nationalists to basic standards of evidence and logic “Free speech”: If white nationalists speak, others are obligated to listen, treat it as worthy of respect

After 10 years of lies and blustering bullshit you might think the media would catch on. But no.

Exactly. Please put the montage together @thedailyshow.com.

This. 100%.

War is Peace.

For protest purposes.

As Alcoholics Anonymous turns 90, a look at the Serenity Prayer's eternal relevance religionnews.com/2025/06/11/a...

Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

Good bad example of #falseanalogy #rhetoricterms

We don’t need to back off the American Gestapo and we don’t need to respect its agents. People exercising state violence are not entitled to anonymity. Nor are the people directing the state violence.

This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

It's not an immigrant invasion. It's people fleeing for their lives — and freedom. religionnews.com/2025/06/04/i...