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My hot take is that Lindsey Graham did many contemptible things but if you’re furious that his Senate Democratic colleagues are posting nice things about him today you need to put down your phone, get some fresh air, and remember a time when a colleague you disliked departed this mortal coil.

Lindsey Graham’s obituary—written while he was very much alive by @saletan.bsky.social

I read the Declaration's famous "we hold these truths to be self-evident..." opening passage to my kids, and my oldest brought up slavery, so I told them about Frederick Douglass and the power of urging people to honor their own words, and the kids seemed to really get that, which felt pretty nice.

Honestly, I've been scathingly critical of court-packing. Still think it's dangerous. But this court is the best argument for it in a century.

Yeah I think this is right. And/but the vote being 6-3 (and 5-4) kinda torpedoes that.

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Check out this article in America magazine that features the recent recognitions and honors at our 72nd annual convention. Congrats to all awardees! www.americamagazine.org/catholic-boo...

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TFW @catholickungfu.bsky.social is name-checked in the first presentation of the Lonergan Workshop.

I'm not even kidding when I tell you it feels extremely vital for anyone in a position of this much power to always have at least one totally unimpressed sibling they are in regular contact with. that's how you keep them from getting high on their own supply

Congrats to Elena Procario-Foley, winner of the CTS President’s Award; Meghan Clark, winner of the Monica Helwig Award in teaching and learning; and Julie Hanlon Rubio, winner of best article. Thank you to all presenters and attendees, and of course there was singing and an inclusive 5k!

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.