Great piece on the effect of LLMs on the development of cognitive mastery of a field of knowledge. thewalrus.ca/chatgpt-isnt... @thewalrus.ca @ctstheology.bsky.social

A lovely meditation on #MagnificaHumanitas by Randy Boyagoda. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The 5k run awards get the banquet started. #cts2026nova @ctstheology.bsky.social

Beautiful liturgy this year! #cts2026Nova @ctstheology.bsky.social

New Digital Communications Director! @ctstheology.bsky.social #CTS2026Nova

Welcome to the official account for the College Theology Society! #CTS2025Nova

Pope Leo: “The City of Man, built on pride and love of oneself, is marked by selfish individualism. The City of God, built on love of God unto selflessness, and the cultivation of relationships, is what makes it truly possible to build a civilization of love.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

this is incredible

Only Donald Trump has what it takes to bring triumph to a nation and humiliating defeat to its enemies. Unfortunately that nation is Iran

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I know some of y'all are in your feelings pro and con about the encyclical but let me just say getting a Pope to admit the church was complicit and needs to be on the right side of an issue is huge for an institution responsible for a lot of really bad things.

US media: Peace Deal Imminent! Maybe a few details to hammer out, but it's over. Trump officials said they pulled it off. You should celebrate. Non-US media: Peace Deal Not Imminent! Maybe some progress on less difficult issues, but there are multiple parties to this negotiation, and it's not over.

In the interest of being a good professor, if you want to read the pertinent sections of Magnifica Humanitas on slavery, the "apology" and the implications for AI, skip to sections 172-181 of the Encyclical.

I will have soo much more to say about this but putting an apology for the Catholic Church permitting slavery in the context of how AI is changing work is a bold yet theologically boss move

I mean it sure looks like we wasted billions and many lives and lots of diplomatic credibility for nothing, but at least we can be sure those 160 schoolgirls won’t build a nuke

Our friends, Ben Wittes, Roger Parloff, Anna Bower, and their expert colleagues at Lawfare are making a difference every single day, giving us all hope that in the end

thinking of all the ancestors that fought so hard for the right to vote. may we work as hard as they did in our fight to restore it.

Excellent analysis

It’s ok to strongly dislike Netanyahu. Hell, it’s ok to strongly dislike Israel as a whole. It’s not ok to blame all Jewish people for the actions of Bibi or Israel. That’s like blaming all Christians because Donald Trump is an asshole.

Today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.

i am seeing a lot of people upset about this but please remember the actual problem here is capital punishment there is no ethical way to murder someone. most methods of capital punishment are just to make us feel less barbaric, but actually lead to more painful deaths, or failed executions

“What has gone missing are the institutional consequences that disapproval used to trigger. Public opinion is working. The machinery that once converted public opinion into accountability is not. The jury came back. The foreman spoke and then everyone went out to lunch, including the accused.”

Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is out. He’s not a woman, Black, or LGBT, so that’s not the reason this time. Frustrated with failing/lacking Iran strategy? Told to do war crimes and said no? Defended a Black or female officer’s promotion? The White House’s behavior invites this speculation.

I don't know, guys. The president started a war with no plan and crashed the world economy, is building immense monuments to himself, is making billions off the presidency, and is now attacking the Pope while presenting himself as Jesus. Maybe the political class should abandon the inside voice.

talarico can win if we can get jd vance to stump for cornyn

Telling that as big of a piece of shit as orban is, he managed to concede to defeat. Something Trump has never been able to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Rod Dreher will have to find a new fascist regime to identify with True Christianity TM.

Fidesz down on average 18pts and opposition up 19pts. Suggests supermajority is on the cards for Tisza. Very rough model suggests as many as 142 Tisza seats

Wow, our six year old just recorded a 2 minute video on the importance of learning the Indigenous histories behind land acknowledgements. Thanks, @ziibiing.com

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i personally think that any christian who watches this movie with an open mind should come away with their faith deepened and affirmed. unfortunately i do think this movie is deeply offensive to the significant segment of american christians who worship christ as confidence man

What a perfect distillation of how a certain type of mind operates.

As a Christian, I don't think federal agencies should be referring to "Christ, our Savior" in any context. I don't need my government to validate my faith. That's why it's called faith. More importantly, my government shouldn't be invalidating the religions of other Americans.

We live in an era where factual recounting of leading figures’ (Musk, Trump, Hegseth) words and actions plus the most rudimentary dot connecting sounds incredibly evil, so many people assume it can’t be true, or don’t want to deal with the implications of it being true, and therefore simply do not.

1. Trump's gets elected on A,B & C 2. Starts governing with pretty unpopular X, Y and Z 3. Finds toady to militantly implement X, Y or Z 4. X, Y and Z predictably make Trump super unpopular 5. Trump fires militant toady for failing him 6. Rinse 7. Repeat

extraordinary

@leahgreenberg.bsky.social Two first-time protesters at #NoKings #AthensGA One is 6; the other is 84.

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

@leahgreenberg.bsky.social Looking good at Eastside Athens GA #nokings

Explicitly, unambiguously racist, and part of a broader pattern. Not only unfair and insulting to these officers, and to all Black people serving the country, especially Black women, but bad for national security as well. Weakening America to prioritize a project of resegregating the government.

So are the headlines saying the Democrats won this round, or nah? Cause they did. Funding for TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, no funding for ICE. That’s the deal Dems have been offering over & over. Republicans caved.

The kid is looooving This Land (www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/723467...). Thanks, @ziibiing.com

Ok this is truly awesome.