We’re cutting faculty, raising class sizes, pushing tech on profs & Ss that few people want and helping these grifters become billionaires. Ridiculous www.engadget.com/ai/openai-is...

Wrote this for @nytimes.com two weeks after J6:

www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/o...

It's not just voting that makes atheists and agnostics different. They're far more likely be exclusive empiricists who believe death is the final end. We show the receipts and explain what this means in an essay that relies on the General Social Survey. academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...

Just a reminder that atheists (82%) and agnostics (80%) supported Kamala Harris at almost the same rate that white evangelicals supported Trump (85%) in the last presidential election. The secular vote matters, and it's growing.

Glad to be part of a new project, @thesecularvote.bsky.social cularvote.bsky.social, started by @juhemnr.bsky.social and Sarah Levin. The site connects secular voters and the media with resources about Americans (more than a third!) who are nonreligious in one sense or another.

thesecularvote.com

Looking forward to participating in this event tomorrow. It's a great edited volume. Worth attending if you're interested and haven't read it yet.

New in @theconversation.com, I explain the radical lessons from Pope Leo XIII that suggest how Leo XIV might approach AI: theconversation.com/19th-century...

The Secular Studies Association Brussels announces its call for proposals for an upcoming conference entitled, "Biographies and the Secular." The CFP will be open through 30 June.

Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
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Today is publication day! 🎉

Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.

Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
nyupress.org/978147983322...

Agreed! thefulcrum.us/governance-l...

"That same year, @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social published a report that described examples of religious freedom supporting progressive causes. The report failed to make waves in part because progressives weren’t ready to embrace their religious freedom. Now...the calculus has changed."

"Progressives Have Religious Freedom Too." My OpEd at @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social builds on my research on the variety among the nonreligious, including nonbelievers and spiritual people. Thanks to the Op Ed Project and @neiljyoung.bsky.social for their support. thefulcrum.us/governance-l...

Looks like Angel’s!

Crackdown implies universities are doing illegal things. Why are you wording it this way? If it’s his claim, it’s false propaganda. At least use quotes

I'm excited to announce that my book is out with @uncpress.bsky.social!

uncpress.org/book/9781469... (use discount code 01SOCIAL30)

If American religion were 100 people

63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS

7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim

30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists

Grateful to Niels de Nutte for organizing this special issue of Secular Studies about my book, The Secular Paradox. My response to the forum will be in the next issue, along with the first emoticon I've managed to slide into an academic essay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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