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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 19m

Hello friends. I just found out that I have anemia and an iron deficiency. I’m going to see the doctor on Thursday. She’s looking into IV iron replacement therapy for me. Please send your prayers, as I’ve been feeling really fatigued as of late.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 5h

I bought a copy of it a long while ago. Sadly it’s back home in Los Angeles. I wonder if there is an online version.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 5h

I really like the CEB for communicating the message of scripture. In terms of its euphony, however, it’s quite bad. I don’t like how most Bible translations “sound.” The only exception I’ve come across is the Revised English Bible. RSV is up there, too.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 5h

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” – John 11:25-26 (KJV)

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 6h

In my reading, AI reliance reveals precarity: workers must appear flawless while hiding their “tools,” deepening alienation under digital capitalism. Blaming “generation SMS” repeats conservative decline tropes and ignores structural causes like underfunded schools and commodified attention.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 6h

The article individualizes systemic failure, turning structural educational inequities into personal shortcomings to be fixed through private training. And, by citing HR language uncritically, the piece naturalizes corporate control over speech & the demand for self-policing linguistic performance.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 6h

Elisabeth Pineau’s otherwise fascinating piece doesn’t acknowledge that orthography reinforces class hierarchy as spelling mastery is treated as merit in France, masking its function as cultural capital that privileges the already educated.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 6h

A new Le Monde article shows how young French workers rely on AI to hide spelling problems. For many, writing errors bring shame and slow careers down. Training firms profit as the ability to write clearly becomes both a burden and a mark of privilege.

« ChatGPT, c’est ma bouée de sauvetage » : les parades des jeunes salariés fâchés avec l’orthographe

Malgré les béquilles que sont les correcteurs automatiques, et désormais de l’intelligence artificielle, les lacunes en expression écrite restent souvent mal vécues. D’autant qu’elles sont susceptible...

www.lemonde.fr

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 8h

Today, the Committee on Preparation for Ministry of the Presbytery of Detroit PC(USA) has unanimously voted to admit me as an inquirer for ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament!

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 23h

Puff piece.

Catholic Media Organizations to Publish Second Edition of Liturgy of the Hours

The prayers are set according to the Church calendar and are composed of Psalms, hymns and readings from Scripture.

www.ncregister.com

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Ascension *and* Word on Fire will be publishing the second edition of the Liturgy of the Hours. Does anyone know why the USCCB made this decision? Why are two firms publishing the LotH in different formats? Won’t that create serious continuity problems and raise formatting concerns?

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 1d

I think we crossed a critical threshold around 2016–2017, when widespread public discourse about “antifa” was taken seriously. The suggestion that someone is not opposed to fascism is very alarming. A real public sphere and fascism cannot coexist.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 1d

New on my blog: a discussion of "Diaspora and Transnationalism" (Bauböck & Faist). The post examines how the book redefines diaspora as identity and transnationalism as practice, offering a framework for studying mobility and citizenship across borders.

Between “Hot Identities” and “Cold Constellations”: On Bauböck and Faist’s “Diaspora and Transnationalism” — Keanu Heydari

Rainer Bauböck and Thomas Faist’s Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods advances a disciplined framework for studying cross-border social formations by redefining “diaspora” ...

www.keanuheydari.com

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 1d

“The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Don’t let the prophets and diviners in your midst mislead you. Don’t pay attention to your dreams. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I didn’t send them, declares the Lord.” – Jeremiah 29:8–9 (CEB)

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Reposted by Keanu Heydari

Baudrillard Warned Us @baudrillardwarned.us · 2d

"No more subject, no more focal point, no more center or periphery: pure flexion or circular inflexion."
- Simulacra and Simulation

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 2d

Stay with me, remain here with me; watch and pray, watch and pray.

TAIZÉ – Stay With Me

YouTube video by Warren Busuttil

youtu.be

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 2d

In Frédéric Gros’s recent work, I think the political ambition of shame may overestimate how far an “emotion” can galvanize collective transformation in contexts of entrenched structural power. That said, Gros has convinced me of the revolutionary power of shame.

Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

The truth of Christian faith is evental. It happens where the crucified and risen Christ determines human existence. This means that Christianity must keep happening. It is the living act of God taking hold of the world in Christ, letting it determine one’s life again and again.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

Dream team: Bruce McCormack, Paul Dafydd Jones, David Congdon, Suzanne McDonald, Kait Dugan, Philip Ziegler, and Christophe Chalamet.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

As you know, I make only one (irrational and unjustifiable) exception to this rule, for Shia theology. They can be as spiritual as they want.

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

💯💯💯

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

My atheist friends are always amused when I tell them that “I’m religious but absolutely not spiritual.”

Nonreligious Americans might not be as spiritual as we thought

(RNS) — Our research shows that nonreligious Americans report being significantly less spiritual than people who identify with established traditions such as Christianity, Judaism or Islam.

religionnews.com

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

“By tracing the presence and political activity of Iranian students in postwar Paris, the dissertation explores how the metropolis functioned as a contact zone in which the histories of empire and exile converged.”

Caught in the trap between Chakrabarty and Goebel! #amrevising

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Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

Trust in institutions often mirrors broader declines in interpersonal trust and social cohesion. If people believe others (including elites) are unreliable, they are less likely to trust institutions. Surveys show interpersonal trust in the U.S. has fallen over decades.

Americans’ Trust in One Another

Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.

www.pewresearch.org

Keanu Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, bon ?

EN DIRECT - Les Républicains annoncent qu’ils ne participeront pas au gouvernement Lecornu II

De nouveau sous la menace de censure après sa reconduction très critiquée, le plus si nouveau Premier ministre doit constituer, dans un délai ultra-court, son nouveau gouvernement afin de pouvoir prés...

www.liberation.fr

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