Ron Hogan
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
It’s time to get serious about the filioque.
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It’s time to get serious about the filioque.
We finally got around to watching Good Boy tonight, and Indy is indeed a very good dog—practically a saint considering what a jerk his man is!
But, yeah, I think maybe Indy acts circles around that other dog from the European film last year.
But, yeah, I think maybe Indy acts circles around that other dog from the European film last year.
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We finally got around to watching Good Boy tonight, and Indy is indeed a very good dog—practically a saint considering what a jerk his man is!
But, yeah, I think maybe Indy acts circles around that other dog from the European film last year.
But, yeah, I think maybe Indy acts circles around that other dog from the European film last year.
I’ve got a joke about men I learned from Diogenes, but I’m too chicken to tell it.
I thought I had a joke about Zeno, but I can only ever get halfway through it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I’ve got a joke about men I learned from Diogenes, but I’m too chicken to tell it.
I have a joke about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but it’s too hot for this venue.
I have a joke about Moses coming down the mountain, but you won’t be able to face it.
I had a joke about Jacob/Yisrael, but I really wrestled with posting it
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have a joke about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but it’s too hot for this venue.
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I would say I had a joke about Elisha, but that would be a bald-faced lie.
I had a joke about Balaam, but some jackass ruined it.
I had a joke about Jacob/Yisrael, but I really wrestled with posting it
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I would say I had a joke about Elisha, but that would be a bald-faced lie.
City of Death and Pyramids of Mars.
What episodes do you tell people to watch if they want to get a feel for Doctor Who? I usually go with Blink, Vincent and the Doctor, and The Eleventh Hour.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
City of Death and Pyramids of Mars.
I had a joke about Balaam, but some jackass ruined it.
I had a joke about Jacob/Yisrael, but I really wrestled with posting it
I have a joke about Narcissus, but I’d be seriously dating myself
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I had a joke about Balaam, but some jackass ruined it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had an Orpheus joke but looking back it wasn’t really that great.
I have a joke about Narcissus, but I’d be seriously dating myself
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I had an Orpheus joke but looking back it wasn’t really that great.
Non-binary Quaker, ahead of their time!
just this second learning about (and reading up on) the Public Universal Friend, whose birthday is today
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Non-binary Quaker, ahead of their time!
The administration at Northwestern have simply embarrassed themselves on this one.
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The administration at Northwestern have simply embarrassed themselves on this one.
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in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
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I honestly don't know why ANYONE would possibly do this. If your image of food is AI, I assume that you don't give a shit about anything in your restaurant and that your food looks terrible, because otherwise you would, at a minimum, take out your pocket phone camera and snap a real picture.
Same but for any restaurant that uses AI images of their food (including a few well reviewed, high end places in nyc)
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I honestly don't know why ANYONE would possibly do this. If your image of food is AI, I assume that you don't give a shit about anything in your restaurant and that your food looks terrible, because otherwise you would, at a minimum, take out your pocket phone camera and snap a real picture.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Sunn O)))
Chelsea Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Belly
Gene Pitney
Sunn O)))
Chelsea Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Belly
Gene Pitney
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Sunn O)))
Chelsea Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Belly
Gene Pitney
Sunn O)))
Chelsea Wolfe
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Belly
Gene Pitney
In addition to “nothing to see here,” the judges would also have accepted “oh, I’m sure that’s nothing.”
Nothing to see here: Just a CIA trained killer from an elite unit travels from Washington State to DC to shoot random National Guard troops at a random train station on Thanksgiving Eve. Even MAGA has to know this smells rotten.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In addition to “nothing to see here,” the judges would also have accepted “oh, I’m sure that’s nothing.”
Hunt down a copy—it’s great!
Today is the fifth anniversary of YOU RUIN IT WHEN YOU TALK being published! We did a launch on Instagram stories because England was back in lockdown. A year later I threw a party in Camden for it that nobody thought to photograph so I can't post any pics
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hunt down a copy—it’s great!
Okay, even with my usual trick of reverse engineering my first guess from my wife’s starter word (when she shares her results with me), this is a bit uncanny.
Wordle 1,622 2/6
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Wordle 1,622 2/6
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November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Okay, even with my usual trick of reverse engineering my first guess from my wife’s starter word (when she shares her results with me), this is a bit uncanny.
Wordle 1,622 2/6
🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,622 2/6
🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Mind you, that same military is required BY FEDERAL LAW to provide logistical support to the annual Scouting Jamboree, so Hegseth isn’t going to get this item off his wish list right away.
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Mind you, that same military is required BY FEDERAL LAW to provide logistical support to the annual Scouting Jamboree, so Hegseth isn’t going to get this item off his wish list right away.
The trailer for the new Gus van Sant film looks fantastic—so much so that I’m wondering why they’re burying it in January, instead of an Oscar-eligibility run.
But I’m also curious how the vision for a film goes from Werner Herzog directing Nic Cage to Gus Van Sant and Bill Skarsgård!
But I’m also curious how the vision for a film goes from Werner Herzog directing Nic Cage to Gus Van Sant and Bill Skarsgård!
DEAD MAN'S WIRE | Official Trailer (2026) 4K
YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Network
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The trailer for the new Gus van Sant film looks fantastic—so much so that I’m wondering why they’re burying it in January, instead of an Oscar-eligibility run.
But I’m also curious how the vision for a film goes from Werner Herzog directing Nic Cage to Gus Van Sant and Bill Skarsgård!
But I’m also curious how the vision for a film goes from Werner Herzog directing Nic Cage to Gus Van Sant and Bill Skarsgård!
Everyone digs “[AI] won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation,” but don’t sleep on Leo’s other great line.
“Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Everyone digs “[AI] won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation,” but don’t sleep on Leo’s other great line.
“Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Bailey’s Amendment to Betteridge’s Law
Every question headline should end like this
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
Why do we find our pets so cute? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer | Helen Pilcher
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Bailey’s Amendment to Betteridge’s Law
Quakers don’t (usually) go in for Rapture panics, like the one we had two months ago. The explanation goes back to the earliest Friends of the 17th century, who experienced the “Living Christ” already present among them, speaking directly to their spiritual condition.
quaker.org/2025/11/24/y...
quaker.org/2025/11/24/y...
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Quakers don’t (usually) go in for Rapture panics, like the one we had two months ago. The explanation goes back to the earliest Friends of the 17th century, who experienced the “Living Christ” already present among them, speaking directly to their spiritual condition.
quaker.org/2025/11/24/y...
quaker.org/2025/11/24/y...
Good on you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Good on you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
I’ll admit, when this appeared in my @commonweal.bsky.social newsletter, I thought women deacons might debate among themselves about a synodality on doom, not that a debate over women deacons would be the doom of synodality. But I’m looking forward to what @heidischlumpf.bsky.social has found out!
Will the Women Deacons Debate Doom Synodality?
Is the Vatican shutting down synodal discussion of women deacons?
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’ll admit, when this appeared in my @commonweal.bsky.social newsletter, I thought women deacons might debate among themselves about a synodality on doom, not that a debate over women deacons would be the doom of synodality. But I’m looking forward to what @heidischlumpf.bsky.social has found out!