I heard from a teacher-friend recently that her school is using AI to grade student essays. And of course we know the students are using AI to write their essays. So school these days is just the robots writing the papers and grading their own papers in an empty circle.

What is an Archetype? youtube.com/shorts/XTM6a... via @YouTube #inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays

What are you reading this week? I'm reading MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare; ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; and a bunch of other things. You? #reading #readingcommunity #books #literature

What does Tolkien mean by "eucatastrophe"? J.R.R. Tolkien uses the word "eucatastrophe" in his essay "On Fairy-Stories." What does it mean? youtube.com/shorts/FZKUY... #inklings #words #definitions #Tolkien #TolkienTuesdays

Did you get a chance to listen to this re-run of my interview with @MalcolmBFoley from three years ago? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! youtu.be/ouSCxVE3Bb4 #podcast #religion #Christianity #politics #gospel

What Was the Order of the Golden Dawn? youtube.com/shorts/2_azw... #OnMondaysWeDoMagic #Magic #Magick #Books #writing #writingcommunity #reading #literature

Here are two types of dehumanizing language (and their underlying assumptions) that I find troubling: youtube.com/shorts/rqT9z....

Two podcast episodes of WORDS DO THINGS dropped this morning! They're reruns from the old 1619 & 1776 show. You can find them on YouTube etc. One is an interview with Malcolm Foley of Mosaic Waco, the other with Jeff Hatton of Redeemer Waco. Please let me know what you think of these conversations!

I've made a few things for you recently: buymeacoffee.com/higginssorina/some-offerings-you.

I've got the next two episodes of WORDS DO THINGS scheduled to release this coming Sunday morning, 10/12/25. You'll find them here www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... or wherever fine podcasts are streamed.

On those cold nights, it's so nice to sleep on top of a warm, fluffy brother. #cats

What is a portal fantasy? youtube.com/shorts/6zEBP... via @YouTube #narnia #Inklings #NarnianInsights #CSLewis #books #literature

Is the Wardrobe a character? youtube.com/shorts/TR371... via @YouTube #narnia #Inklings #NarnianInsights #CSLewis #books #literature

Donald Trump committing the heresy of Pelagianism again. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Who is the Professor in the Narnia books? youtube.com/shorts/phj3f... #narnia #Inklings #NarnianInsights #CSLewis #books #literature

The Merchant of Venice, Antisemitism, Gaza, and Genocide. youtube.com/shorts/iC9zj... via @YouTube

If Queen Berúthiel's cats are sealed in a box with a device that might slay them—according to quantum rules—they are considered both alive and dead simultaneously until the box is opened and observed. I think that's how this goes? Or should this be Tevildo, in sealed halls, with hallowed mithril?

Podcast is up! "WORDS DO THINGS" Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7wjY... YouTube: youtu.be/DKm7bf9vfQw?... Podbean: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yifvm...

Friends, I have BIG NEWS: My podcast WORDS DO THINGS drops tomorrow! You'll be able to find it wherever fine podcasts are streamed. #Podcast #rhetoric #politics #religion

Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash. The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash! Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast - Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

When astronomeres get drunke thei texte their exoplanets

You knowe the cool thinge about Gen AI, that one litel true thinge wyth potential that doth redeem it? Nope! Me neyther.

@rdouglasjohnson.bsky.social Can you repost your beautiful Tyger Tyger poem, pretty please?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

(this post is about JRR Tolkien, Anthony Trollope, William Shakespeare, and the authors of THE SONG OF ROLAND and THE SONG OF EL CID who, whatever their other problems, didn't think it was bad for boys to cry)

I miss the good old days when men were men (kind, empathetic, emotionally intelligent and able to write an entire book without once mentioning the female lead's bra size)

Why do weirdos go to Ren Fair? youtube.com/shorts/oL8AL... #tolkien #fantasy #escape #recovery #consolation

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Who are the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve? youtube.com/shorts/rsvc9... #NarnianInsights #Lewis #Narnia #books #bookstagram #reading #readingcommunity

Speech & Power. #ThoughtfulThursdays #WordsDoThings #SpeechAct #CharlieKirk www.youtube.com/shorts/7unfq...

Here's a writing tip that you might not think is about writing, but it really is: Read books. On paper. youtube.com/shorts/eqRuw... #writing #writingtips #WritingCommunity #books #reading

So exhausting..

"If justice unrestrained by mercy makes for a harsh world, then perhaps mercy without the constraints of justice makes for an irresponsible one. Mercy cannot demand merely that the shepherd "gaze compassionately upon the wolves as they devour the lambs.'" (Randy Lee)

You can get a regular magazine about #Tolkien delivered to your door and in your inbox. Anyone in the world can sign up to be a member of the Tolkien Society at www.tolkiensociety.org/join #BookSky

Why did I sit down on the floor and cry when I was done recording my Inklings lectures for @TheGreatCourses? buymeacoffee.com/higginssorina/the-sorrows-success

I had a wonderful week recording my Inklings lectures at The Teaching Company for The Great Courses. Enjoy some pictures here: youtu.be/JCD9M1Tv80M.

This image has been making the rounds of the internet again. The passage is NOT written by C.S. Lewis. Please always double-check quotes against their primary source before sharing them, and please correct this error when you encounter it.

The word "Mythopoeia" is important in studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and their friends. What does it mean? #Inklings #Definitions #Words #Myth #Tolkien youtube.com/shorts/mLGvq...

No, @sorinahiggins.bsky.social is not being raptured, she's taping "The Inklings" for #TheGreatCourses! We started on #HobbitDay, by happy coincidence, and just wrapped up today. You're going to love it! #CSLewis #Tolkien

I'm off to Virginia tomorrow to film my Inklings lectures for The Great Courses. Two years of work, finally coming to their culmination!

Does the title of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE list two or three characters?? youtube.com/shorts/TR371... #narnia #Inklings #NarnianInsights #CSLewis #books #literature

This is the kind of quality academic engagement one looks for in YouTube comments.

Why are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy at the Professor's house? A tidbit about THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by J.R.R. Tolkien's friend C.S. Lewis. youtube.com/shorts/Z7M5x... #narnia #Inklings #NarnianInsights #CSLewis #TolkienTuesdays #books #literature

We're excited to let you know that registration for the 2025 PPP Moot is open, along with reservations for our limited block of hotel rooms. Our hybrid Moot will be this December 18th through the 21st, held at the Hilton Garden Inn DFW Airport South.

Political violence is wrong.

Sunday Bonhoeffer: "The things that works against peace in both cases are the desire for power, pride, the drive for fame and honour, arrogance and feelings of inferiority, fear of people, and then quarreling over living space and bread." Student notes, Bonhoeffer lecture, "Christ and Peace" 1932

I'm honored to be the keynote speaker (three talks in three days!) at the Eighth Day Institute's Inklings Festival in October: www.eighthdayinstitute.org/inklings-fes....