Michele Somerville she/her
@michelesomerville.bsky.social
NYC mama, poet, writer, teacher, religion scholar.
I’m Indie Theology. Books (poems): Glamourous Life, Black Irish, WISEGAL. Bylines: Harvard Divinity, Religion Dispatches, NYT.
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https://indietheology.substack.com/https://linktr.ee/mmsnypoet
I’m Indie Theology. Books (poems): Glamourous Life, Black Irish, WISEGAL. Bylines: Harvard Divinity, Religion Dispatches, NYT.
NO DMs!
https://indietheology.substack.com/https://linktr.ee/mmsnypoet
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NCAA ought to replace Div I football and basketball with AI. No need to play or watch games. Simply ask ChatGPT who would win. More efficient, less expensive, and basically the same thing, right?
Something like this will be my reply to suggestions we need AI in the classroom.
Something like this will be my reply to suggestions we need AI in the classroom.
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is good!
1/This is what they’re going for.
It’s not ALL they’re going for, but the same US bishops who mmsacrificed migrants rights to get their so-called “pro-life” president, have buyers’ remorse & are making lemonade out of the lemon.>
It’s not ALL they’re going for, but the same US bishops who mmsacrificed migrants rights to get their so-called “pro-life” president, have buyers’ remorse & are making lemonade out of the lemon.>
Still can't believe that this administration has got me cheering the Catholic Church
Church displays ‘ICE was here’ sign in Nativity scene
A church in Massachusetts is making a statement with its Nativity scene.
www.wowt.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1/This is what they’re going for.
It’s not ALL they’re going for, but the same US bishops who mmsacrificed migrants rights to get their so-called “pro-life” president, have buyers’ remorse & are making lemonade out of the lemon.>
It’s not ALL they’re going for, but the same US bishops who mmsacrificed migrants rights to get their so-called “pro-life” president, have buyers’ remorse & are making lemonade out of the lemon.>
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
“In this war, Russia is trying to kill a culture. But what is far more interesting is the work that is being done within that culture -- which has implications for all of the rest of us…”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“In this war, Russia is trying to kill a culture. But what is far more interesting is the work that is being done within that culture -- which has implications for all of the rest of us…”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
“In this war, Russia is trying to kill a culture. But what is far more interesting is the work that is being done within that culture -- which has implications for all of the rest of us…” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“In this war, Russia is trying to kill a culture. But what is far more interesting is the work that is being done within that culture -- which has implications for all of the rest of us…” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
“The president’s dehumanizing and dangerous attacks on minority immigrant communities are nothing new. When he first ran for president a decade ago, he launched his campaign with claims that he was going to pause Muslim immigration to this country. >1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“The president’s dehumanizing and dangerous attacks on minority immigrant communities are nothing new. When he first ran for president a decade ago, he launched his campaign with claims that he was going to pause Muslim immigration to this country. >1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
This is tragic, but not surprising. The US dictator is throwing #Ukraine under the bus. Putin has been buying t Rump for a very long time. f24.my/BbF9
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is tragic, but not surprising. The US dictator is throwing #Ukraine under the bus. Putin has been buying t Rump for a very long time. f24.my/BbF9
The conference he led installed the dictator. He & that conference celebrated the 1 genders only decision. ICE is costing their arch/dioceses a sh*tload of 💸✝️💰✝️ , & Timothy has buyers remorse.
To deliberately kill "survivors on a vessel who pose no immediate lethal threat to our armed forces," Broglio said, is "illegal and immoral." He explained that "the moral principle forbidding the intentional killing of noncombatants is inviolable."
Catholic military archbishop calls 'intentional killing of noncombatants' illegal and immoral
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said in a statement Wednesday (Dec. 3) that an order to kill survivors of an attack by U.S. forces on a b...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The conference he led installed the dictator. He & that conference celebrated the 1 genders only decision. ICE is costing their arch/dioceses a sh*tload of 💸✝️💰✝️ , & Timothy has buyers remorse.
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I refuse to learn who Olivia Nuzzi is
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I refuse to learn who Olivia Nuzzi is
Please read this. I hope some of the members of Congress who have the power to remove t Rump will as well.
1/ www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
1/ www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Please read this. I hope some of the members of Congress who have the power to remove t Rump will as well.
1/ www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
1/ www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
1/If yr shocked, yr not paying attention. This is a norm among prelates. One can’t rise in the hierarchy if he refuses to hold the Omertà. #PopeLeo #CatholicChurch
#TheFishRotsFromTheHead #catholicClergySexAbuse & #ChildRape crisis/cover-up. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
#TheFishRotsFromTheHead #catholicClergySexAbuse & #ChildRape crisis/cover-up. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo helped shield clergy accused of abuse in Peru, abuse survivors allege
New recordings of church officials spurred the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, to file an updated complaint with the Vatican.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
1/If yr shocked, yr not paying attention. This is a norm among prelates. One can’t rise in the hierarchy if he refuses to hold the Omertà. #PopeLeo #CatholicChurch
#TheFishRotsFromTheHead #catholicClergySexAbuse & #ChildRape crisis/cover-up. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
#TheFishRotsFromTheHead #catholicClergySexAbuse & #ChildRape crisis/cover-up. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Sr Jamie T. Phelps, one of the most influential modern Black Catholics, has died in MIchigan following an illness. She was 84 years old.
The acclaimed womanist theologian, founder, and multidisciplinary scholar desegregated the Adrian Dominicans in 1959. buff.ly/M67wPh7
The acclaimed womanist theologian, founder, and multidisciplinary scholar desegregated the Adrian Dominicans in 1959. buff.ly/M67wPh7
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Sr Jamie T. Phelps, one of the most influential modern Black Catholics, has died in MIchigan following an illness. She was 84 years old.
The acclaimed womanist theologian, founder, and multidisciplinary scholar desegregated the Adrian Dominicans in 1959. buff.ly/M67wPh7
The acclaimed womanist theologian, founder, and multidisciplinary scholar desegregated the Adrian Dominicans in 1959. buff.ly/M67wPh7
Catholics who underwrite, enforce, aid, abet and support #misogynist & #MaleSupremacist ordination norms cooperate with a grave evil action. No faith leader can oppose bigotry while practicing & countenancing it on a daily basis. #Catholic #misogyny keeps women unsafe.
A Vatican commission studying the possibility of female deacons reported that the current state of historical and theological research "excludes the possibility of proceeding" toward admitting women to the diaconate.
Vatican commission votes against ordaining female deacons
The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not accidental" but rather an "integral part of the sacramental identity."
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Catholics who underwrite, enforce, aid, abet and support #misogynist & #MaleSupremacist ordination norms cooperate with a grave evil action. No faith leader can oppose bigotry while practicing & countenancing it on a daily basis. #Catholic #misogyny keeps women unsafe.
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On Nov. 18 murder maven & #Texas gov Greg Abbot “issued a proclamation designating Cair and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations – a move only the federal government is able to make.”1/
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greg Abbott’s Cair ‘terror’ label stokes legal fight in Texas’s long struggle with Islamophobia
The civil liberties group argues the Texas governor’s proclamation exceeds his authority and deepens fears
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On Nov. 18 murder maven & #Texas gov Greg Abbot “issued a proclamation designating Cair and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations – a move only the federal government is able to make.”1/
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ah. The post was deleted. My hope is that Sanchez sees the grave error in his argument. Either way, here’s the screenshot for context.
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ah. The post was deleted. My hope is that Sanchez sees the grave error in his argument. Either way, here’s the screenshot for context.
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The basis of eugenics is that race is a genetic trait; eugenics cites biology (not white supremacy) as the justification for the inequity we see in the world today. Genetic optimization reinforces the same notion. Making excuses for eugenics, as Sanchez does here, is unacceptable.
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The basis of eugenics is that race is a genetic trait; eugenics cites biology (not white supremacy) as the justification for the inequity we see in the world today. Genetic optimization reinforces the same notion. Making excuses for eugenics, as Sanchez does here, is unacceptable.
This is a ‘must-read’ esp. parts relating to complicty of Dems ( w/rise of t Rump/Trump Regime), t Rump’s criminal past— (New Yorkers knew) which should have foreclosed upon a project like the vile program “The Apprentice” …
x.com/sarahkendzio...
x.com/sarahkendzio...
x.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is a ‘must-read’ esp. parts relating to complicty of Dems ( w/rise of t Rump/Trump Regime), t Rump’s criminal past— (New Yorkers knew) which should have foreclosed upon a project like the vile program “The Apprentice” …
x.com/sarahkendzio...
x.com/sarahkendzio...
There are many easily available video /film accounts on the topic of the ongoing #Catholic #ChildRape & #ClergySexAbuse &‘crisis’ & cover-up — & the role larger #Catholics’ support of clericalism plays in supporting this malfeasance, but this one’s excellent. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gs0_...
Manufacturing the Clerical Predator
YouTube video by Nate's Mission
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December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There are many easily available video /film accounts on the topic of the ongoing #Catholic #ChildRape & #ClergySexAbuse &‘crisis’ & cover-up — & the role larger #Catholics’ support of clericalism plays in supporting this malfeasance, but this one’s excellent. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gs0_...
“We’re stuck in a sort of mass political psychosis: with pundits and strategists advising Democrats to compromise on their most powerful and popular issue and Democrats acquiescing—forever hedging their language and refusing to go on offense.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
The Most Unpopular Laws in America
Nobody wants abortion bans—not even deep red states
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December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“We’re stuck in a sort of mass political psychosis: with pundits and strategists advising Democrats to compromise on their most powerful and popular issue and Democrats acquiescing—forever hedging their language and refusing to go on offense.”
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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The Trump administration wants Maryland’s voter rolls
The Trump administration wants Maryland’s voter rolls
Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis to get the state’s voter rolls.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Trump administration wants Maryland’s voter rolls
They don’t want young people, non-white people, poor people, scholars, & students to vote. They’d erase the whole of a 150 years of voting rights advances / history if they could. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump ally admits goal of eliminating same-day registration in federal voting rights trial
Cleta Mitchell was compelled to testify in North Carolina over a recent law that hiked up requirements
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They don’t want young people, non-white people, poor people, scholars, & students to vote. They’d erase the whole of a 150 years of voting rights advances / history if they could. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
