Dr Whales
@kmwhales.bsky.social
PhD in Literature and Theology (University of Glasgow), current religion assistant professor in FL. I mostly write about trauma and grief and theopoetics, probably why I am deeply unserious most of the time. A gen z-er once told me I was iconic. She/her
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Dr Whales
@kmwhales.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Wounded Images- Wipf and Stock Publishers
This volume works through deconstructing traditional models of the imago Dei in search of a more inclusive understanding of the doctrine, one that allows for...
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For those interested, here’s my book. I examined the imago dei in light of trauma, through the interwar novels of Jean Rhys. Honestly, it’s my best work. ;) wipfandstock.com/979838520302...
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If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
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Trump implying that one of his supporters murdered Rob Reiner for criticizing him is really something
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump implying that one of his supporters murdered Rob Reiner for criticizing him is really something
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This part. It sounds cool and hip. But it’s bad thinking and psyop politics.
People are dismissing network television like they did radio 20 years ago. If a bunch of liberal rich people invested in non-profit independent radio across the country twenty years ago we would live in a fundamentally different country
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This part. It sounds cool and hip. But it’s bad thinking and psyop politics.
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YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
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lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
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Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
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So is it going to be the affordability panic, the indiscriminate murder at sea, or the Epstein files that does it?
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So is it going to be the affordability panic, the indiscriminate murder at sea, or the Epstein files that does it?
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
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This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Everyone saying ”giving that essay a zero was probably too harsh, I would have given it like a 70% to avoid conflict” are perfectly demonstrating how the us education system has been successfully dismantled.
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Everyone saying ”giving that essay a zero was probably too harsh, I would have given it like a 70% to avoid conflict” are perfectly demonstrating how the us education system has been successfully dismantled.
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That assignment isn't a religious freedom issue. You have to do the assignment. They didn't do the assignment. The feedback was incredibly generous and thorough, much more thorough than the assignment. This is about bending over backwards to the far right, not about religious freedom or anything.
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
That assignment isn't a religious freedom issue. You have to do the assignment. They didn't do the assignment. The feedback was incredibly generous and thorough, much more thorough than the assignment. This is about bending over backwards to the far right, not about religious freedom or anything.
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OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Big food banks get attention and resources but small, community-based food banks also do important work filling gaps in the safety net. Let’s boost nine of them, from the city to the suburbs to rural Colorado. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations: www.coloradogives.org/story/arapah...
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Big food banks get attention and resources but small, community-based food banks also do important work filling gaps in the safety net. Let’s boost nine of them, from the city to the suburbs to rural Colorado. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations: www.coloradogives.org/story/arapah...
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
womenintheology.org/2025/11/28/t... The Redemption of Dr. Frankenstein – WIT
The Redemption of Dr. Frankenstein
This past weekend, I attended the annual conference for the American Academy of Religion in Boston. I was grateful to attend a panel discussion titled “The Difference the Resurrection Makes” featur…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
womenintheology.org/2025/11/28/t... The Redemption of Dr. Frankenstein – WIT
Thankful for good community, for people working hard to make the world better, and for dogs. Specifically mine, Penny, who is primarily thankful for blankets.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thankful for good community, for people working hard to make the world better, and for dogs. Specifically mine, Penny, who is primarily thankful for blankets.
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this op-ed is a video reel of interviews with some of the 47 million people in the US experiencing food insecurity right now.
if you can, i hope you give to local mutual aid groups today/this weekend.
if you can, i hope you give to local mutual aid groups today/this weekend.
Opinion | America, the Hungry
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this op-ed is a video reel of interviews with some of the 47 million people in the US experiencing food insecurity right now.
if you can, i hope you give to local mutual aid groups today/this weekend.
if you can, i hope you give to local mutual aid groups today/this weekend.