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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 4d

Awesome! Congratulations and I hope it fully pans out!

Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 4d

Might this be related to the thing that, a few weeks ago, you said you put yourself out there for? In any case, hoping this and the other thing turn out well for you.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 27d

I hope you’ll get your thing!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 27d

What happened?

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character

Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children

Madame Brie-ota 🔮 @briesmith.xyz · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Hitting a green light when you're in a hurry
2. The 1990s HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show w/ Bob and David"
3. A brownie with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge
4. A cold Gatorade when you're hot and sweaty
5. Apples

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children

Madame Brie-ota 🔮 @briesmith.xyz · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Hitting a green light when you're in a hurry
2. The 1990s HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show w/ Bob and David"
3. A brownie with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge
4. A cold Gatorade when you're hot and sweaty
5. Apples

Erin K. Maher @erinkmaher.bsky.social · 28d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Noticing something new about a song you love
2. Learning that you've been pronouncing a word *right*
3. Catching a typo *before* you hit send
4. A person you want to be Bluesky pals with following you back
5. Noise-canceling headphones

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 28d

I can’t understand a parent shouting in rapid succession from the sidelines at a soccer game “Go! Go! Stay! Stay! Go!” How does one follow that instruction?

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Sep 12

Frustrating indeed!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Aug 22

Omg, this is awful.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Aug 16

How scary! Hope all is well now, or will be soon.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Aug 9

New paper by Laura Callahan and me, forthcoming in Nous: philpapers.org/rec/CALEAI-3

Laura Frances Callahan & Michael C. Rea, Epistemic Authenticity - PhilPapers

There are better and worse ways to acquire epistemic virtues and more generally to be disposed to change or maintain one’s epistemic dispositions over time. This is a dimension along which ...

philpapers.org

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Aug 3

Hope you’ll feel better soon!

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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · Feb 18

"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy www.salon.com/2025/02/18/h... @amandamarcotte.bsky.social

"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy

Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America

www.salon.com

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Mar 12

I’ve written a piece on the “sin of empathy” discourse: religionnews.com/2025/03/12/e...

Empathy isn't a sin. It's a risk.

(RNS) — But a lot of good things are risky.

religionnews.com

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Amanda Held Opelt @amandaheldopelt.bsky.social · Jul 3

This month marks 100 years since the Scopes Monkey Trial. I grew up in Dayton Tennessee, under the long shadow of that trial. In this Op Ed for @rns.org I share what it means to me now.

religionnews.com/2025/07/03/1...

100 years after Scopes trial, cultural discourse about 'Bible Belt' Christians still suffers

(RNS) — Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role the media play in that discourse.

religionnews.com

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is a great article by @amandaheldopelt.bsky.social

Amanda Held Opelt @amandaheldopelt.bsky.social · Jul 3

This month marks 100 years since the Scopes Monkey Trial. I grew up in Dayton Tennessee, under the long shadow of that trial. In this Op Ed for @rns.org I share what it means to me now.

religionnews.com/2025/07/03/1...

100 years after Scopes trial, cultural discourse about 'Bible Belt' Christians still suffers

(RNS) — Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role the media play in that discourse.

religionnews.com

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 8

A great post by Elizabeth Barnes on the value of conversations across serious disagreement: dailynous.com/2025/07/08/t...

The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post) - Daily Nous

"I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a person with a disability making claims about disability, and ...

dailynous.com

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 8

I went to that conference (I assume it’s the same one) in 2006 and stayed in a convent there too—looks like the same convent, even, from the look of the room. It was awesome. Hope you have a good time!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 8

In Kirchberg perhaps?

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Sam Ramm-Pelts @wildkineticdreams.bsky.social · Jul 6

“They want you to know that the money being taken out of school lunches is going to be invested in hurting people.”

Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · Jul 6

BBB and the Psychology of Fascism. My latest on substack open.substack.com/pub/writekat...

BBB and the Psychology of Fascism

They want you to know that the money being taken out of school lunches and healthcare for the poor is going to be invested in hurting people.

open.substack.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Jul 3

say what you will about nancy pelosi (as one of her constituents believe me i have) she'd have impaled herself with a gavel live on the house floor before she'd have allowed this shitshow of a vote on her watch as speaker

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 1

😔

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 1

That sounds awesome!!

Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hope you get two pieces of good news!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jun 27

Who said this?

Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’ll be there too

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jun 24

Looks like the “Art of the deal” is just to announce in all caps that a deal has been made and then wait and see what happens.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jun 22

As a friend on FB commented, not really unbelievable, but otherwise yes.

David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · Jun 22

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Jun 22

"We are today ruled by gerontomorphic old men...who [have] confused [their] fantasies with life and who ought to be undergoing therapy instead of being in charge of anything." --Alice B. Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree, Jr. in 1974.
God help us.

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · Jun 22

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

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