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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 1h

Liberation theology was, at least in origin, an internal Catholic movement. He can hardly be accused of taking ownership of what was already possessed. A better criticism might be that he’s defanging it: canonising the unobjectionable bits, de-emphasising the bits that bite.

Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 1h

I doubt that. Pertinent example (one of many):

African Catholic: Decolonization and the Transformation of the Church

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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 3h

Many smart, sad lines in this Runciman piece www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... but my favourite is this

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 22h

A reoccurring frustration for philosophers of science: Many scientists know how to do science like people know how to ride a bike. When they reflect on the practice of science, they repeat platitudes about how science works. Those platitudes are often wrong, sometimes even about their own field

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 1d

*sighs in philosopher of science*

Looking for confirmatory evidence is an entirely normal part of science. The primary problem here is the eugenics and the fascism, not the lies to children about "the scientific method."

One Bluesky account is quoting another. Inner post has a video of RFK Jr., some person I don't recognize (Tylenol and autism guy, maybe?), Marco Rubio (I think), and Trump. Post text: "RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: 'It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Outer post text: "We're doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)"

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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 21h

Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism
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Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism

In The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Adam Smith famously takes “Aristotle” and “humane Plato” to task for condoning infanticide, which Smith regards as “dreadful a violation of humanity.” The lon...

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 6h

Grammatical normativity is real normativity.

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 3d

This begs the question, at what point does the almost universal modified usage of an expression trump the original meaning?

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 16h

Different turbidity at the Gorner Glacier front today! 🌊

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 22h

Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 16h

My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

John MacFarlane, Aristotle's definition of anagnorisis - PhilPapers

I argue for a new construal of Aristotle’s definition of anagnorisis (recognition) in Poetics 11. Virtually all translators and interpreters of the definition have understood the phrase ton pros eutuc...

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

Poetics

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

Mzee is good on related matters.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

I, er, think it's not the worst thing in the world to find yourself a little less articulate than usual because you're very publicly in love.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

The actual bishop of Rome explicitly endorsing bits of liberation theology, so.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 17h

He’s an immense gift from the religious right to the left. Let’s hope the religious left can seize it.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17h

it'd be funny if Trump II gave us the rebirth of the social gospel and a woke Great Awakening

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 18h

I have friends (of christ) everywhere

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 18h

South Africa are a genuinely, horribly flaky side. Just can’t see them getting there (either as winners or via the playoff). And, no, KE won’t beat CIV, so they’re more or less in as group winners.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 18h

Thread.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 18h

I am strong believer in the opportunity theory of acquisitional crime (not so much violence). People steal if they see a way to do it and think they won't get caught. And in this the rise of Tiktok, etc, and I suspect now AI is fueling the rise of loads of new crime, by making it easy to learn

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 18h

In the first century we called this the "Johannine community"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 19h

As a reverend, this guy is both really articulate and politically compelling, and the Robert Redford rugged good looks don't hurt.

A multi-denominational vigil of religious leaders at every ICE facility being protested would also be a powerful political device.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 20h

Super plausible, yes.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 20h

track of others’ mental states) but *that* it is so is not really up for doubt. One way in which setting aside the colonial frame (for liberal-ish reasons because left-coded in the one case; and for self-interested ones in another) has consequences, I guess.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 20h

IMHO, the European settler colony is a little foretaste of hell. But even if you don’t think so—even if you think it’s broadly tolerable or even just fine—you’ll have noticed that colonial wars have a very special intensity of hatred. I’m not sure exactly why (maybe segregation means everyone loses

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