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Christine Kooi

@christinekooi.bsky.social

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Reformation historian, immigrant, dochter van Nederlanders, birder (not necessarily in that order). Working on a book on the year 1572 in (mostly) Europe. Opinions all mine, and I speak only for myself.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Nov 12

Happy to be in bluer skies. I'm working on a book titled "1572: A Year in the End of Christendom," about the working out of reformation in Europe in the later 16th cen. Any tidbits about 1572 that you come across in your research that you're willing to share are welcome.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 15h

Does he mean gas at the pump?

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 18h

I'm referring to journalists, not everyone. Anyone who reports a story has a professional obligation to the public to get the details right.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 18h

Accuracy and precision in journalism matter very much, especially in these times.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 18h

The clergyman shot at was a Presbyterian minister, not a priest. Maybe Mother Jones can hire a religion reporter?

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, they're learning from the past, all right. Just all the worst lessons. bsky.app/profile/crim...

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 2d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 19h

I fear that any unsupervised, take-home essay writing is a thing of the past in this brave new world of AI.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 20h

The BBC's "In Our Time" series.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 20h

A very smart piece on one tech-oligarch's pseudo-intellectualism.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, I think they will do it anyway.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

Very not the anti-Trump.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 22h

Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images

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Reposted by David R. Miller, Christine Kooi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. She's hardly the anti-Trump.
bsky.app/profile/rhei...

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Machado is not exactly the anti-Trump.

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Machado is not exactly the anti-Trump. bsky.app/profile/rhei...

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Machado is not exactly the anti-Trump. bsky.app/profile/rhei...

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Machado is not exactly the anti-Trump. bsky.app/profile/rhei...

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely essay on the very human experience of teaching and learning. No AI chatbot can do that.
therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

therumpus.net

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

She's appeared on Don Jr. s podcast, flirted with MAGA and was backed by Trump a few months ago

The Making of María Corina Machado | Caracas Chronicles

She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?

www.caracaschronicles.com

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

David Black is a Presbyterian minister, not a priest.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. Black is not a priest; he's a Presbyterian minister.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

Natchitoches.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 2d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 2d

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

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Society for Reformation Research (SRR) @socrefresearch.bsky.social · 2d

Mark your calendars!
The Calvin Studies Society is hosting their 2026 colloquium on March 19-21, 2026 with the focus "Calvin and Creation." Please see the attachment and QR code for more information.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

I often tell students that one of the major differences between modernity and pre-modernity is that pre-modernity regarded "innovation" as a very bad thing.

Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 3d

The Innovation Illusion: Most of what’s worth knowing in education isn’t new, and most of what’s new isn’t worth knowing.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

Keuriger misschien omdat ze op dat moment in een professionele modus was.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d

Well, as I keep telling my students, we all could benefit from more religious literacy, whatever we do or don't believe.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

Uh oh, are the classicists at it again?

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