Shane Liesegang, SJ
@sjml.bsky.social
🎭 theater kid turned 🎮 game dev turned ✝️ Jesuit [scholastic/deacon]
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield, migrant care (🇵🇭)
present: theology in Boston
https://shaneliesegang.com
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield, migrant care (🇵🇭)
present: theology in Boston
https://shaneliesegang.com
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Shane Liesegang, SJ
@sjml.bsky.social
· Feb 3
I'm increasingly skeptical that "another birdsite" is the answer but there's so many people I can only keep in touch with on the social, so here we are. My old feed was a mix of lefty politics, tech/games, and religion. Trying to find more of the same, but now with migration/refugee stuff thrown in.
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Last Stoppard thought for now: the night before the English Lit AP test I had a perhaps foolish desire to re-read something fun instead of useful. So I plowed through R&G Are Dead. The next day's prompt: "Discuss a work where the investigation of a mystery is at least as important as its solution."
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last Stoppard thought for now: the night before the English Lit AP test I had a perhaps foolish desire to re-read something fun instead of useful. So I plowed through R&G Are Dead. The next day's prompt: "Discuss a work where the investigation of a mystery is at least as important as its solution."
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When I was young, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was my master class in playwriting - wordplay, wit, structure. I saw Arcadia three times in a row, just trying to figure out HOW he did that. He was utterly singular, RIP Tom Stoppard, there will never be another www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88
His intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works, including “Arcadia” and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” were among the most acclaimed and oft-performed plays of the last half-cen...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When I was young, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was my master class in playwriting - wordplay, wit, structure. I saw Arcadia three times in a row, just trying to figure out HOW he did that. He was utterly singular, RIP Tom Stoppard, there will never be another www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
As a theater kid who was not yet a film nerd, all I knew was that I *must* see Shakespeare in Love (as my theater teacher insisted) and I spent the whole time with a stupid grin on my face from how much I was enjoying and only when this credit appeared did I realize (and say aloud) "ah, that's why."
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As a theater kid who was not yet a film nerd, all I knew was that I *must* see Shakespeare in Love (as my theater teacher insisted) and I spent the whole time with a stupid grin on my face from how much I was enjoying and only when this credit appeared did I realize (and say aloud) "ah, that's why."
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
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The strange inversions of modern armed conflict that most non-experts have not internalized is that the rise of cheap reliable assault rifles and nuclear weapons have made it so obliteration is now easy but occupation is now hard.
really recommend cameron mcwhirter’s book on the AR-15 www.amazon.com/American-Gun...
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The strange inversions of modern armed conflict that most non-experts have not internalized is that the rise of cheap reliable assault rifles and nuclear weapons have made it so obliteration is now easy but occupation is now hard.
Lord, give me the confidence of the branding team that decided to change from "Yammer" (which, admittedly, was in dire need of an upgrade) to "Viva Engage"
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lord, give me the confidence of the branding team that decided to change from "Yammer" (which, admittedly, was in dire need of an upgrade) to "Viva Engage"
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I second this, and am happy to note that it is also the response clearly called for by Catholic Social Teaching (and the most basic teachings of the Catholic Church). Let this be the Advent when we make sure every Catholic knows it.🕯
The only antidote - and I do mean the ONLY one - to Trump and Miller's xenophobia is a full-throated defense of immigration and a full-throated attack on the racism and xenophobia currently guiding immigration policy. You can't half-ass this one, you can't Very Reasonable Limits this one.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I second this, and am happy to note that it is also the response clearly called for by Catholic Social Teaching (and the most basic teachings of the Catholic Church). Let this be the Advent when we make sure every Catholic knows it.🕯
Traditional post-Thanksgiving brekkie
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Traditional post-Thanksgiving brekkie
There is no such thing as unskilled labor, exhibit 7,523,568.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor, exhibit 7,523,568.
Leaving aside, for just a moment, that "my husband doesn't eat mayonnaise" is in the running for Weirdest Flex of All Time (even in our era of increasingly weird flexes), she said her husband does WHAT?!
Nice try, but I am absolutely not listening to Katie Miller's podcast for more context on this.
Nice try, but I am absolutely not listening to Katie Miller's podcast for more context on this.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Leaving aside, for just a moment, that "my husband doesn't eat mayonnaise" is in the running for Weirdest Flex of All Time (even in our era of increasingly weird flexes), she said her husband does WHAT?!
Nice try, but I am absolutely not listening to Katie Miller's podcast for more context on this.
Nice try, but I am absolutely not listening to Katie Miller's podcast for more context on this.
For anyone else trying to double or triple a recipe today, reminder that you may not need as much water as you think to cook the pasta for your mac and cheese.
A New Way to Cook Pasta? | The Food Lab
It turns out that not only do you not need a large volume of water to cook pasta, but in fact, the water does not even have to be boiling.
www.seriouseats.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For anyone else trying to double or triple a recipe today, reminder that you may not need as much water as you think to cook the pasta for your mac and cheese.
Was given a set of very time intensive tasks and said, "I'll do my best." He looked at me and replied, "I've never seen you do anything else." Pause. "And I've never seen your best not be good enough."
RIP Randy Pausch
RIP Randy Pausch
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Was given a set of very time intensive tasks and said, "I'll do my best." He looked at me and replied, "I've never seen you do anything else." Pause. "And I've never seen your best not be good enough."
RIP Randy Pausch
RIP Randy Pausch
By necessity, had to brave a grocery store the day before Thanksgiving, but got a chance to give an assist to a panicky teen in the pasta aisle which was out of the desired shape and couldn't contact the cook to ask for an alternate. "What are they making? Ok, this one will probably work, too."
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
By necessity, had to brave a grocery store the day before Thanksgiving, but got a chance to give an assist to a panicky teen in the pasta aisle which was out of the desired shape and couldn't contact the cook to ask for an alternate. "What are they making? Ok, this one will probably work, too."
Leo has a higher probability than any other Pope of having watched Battlestar Galactica and I have to know what he thinks about Cylon monotheism and their belief in their own souls.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Leo has a higher probability than any other Pope of having watched Battlestar Galactica and I have to know what he thinks about Cylon monotheism and their belief in their own souls.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
hi it's me, one of the people who actually likes the modern day and Isu nonsense in Assassin's Creed games and I just finished the latest one and it had none of that?!
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: The clip from Arrested Development where Tobias asserts to the crowd "There are dozens of us! Dozens!" I think he's also holding a corn dog? That's not relevant, though.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
hi it's me, one of the people who actually likes the modern day and Isu nonsense in Assassin's Creed games and I just finished the latest one and it had none of that?!
I think part of what commercial LLMs have revealed is how appealing people find a non-judgmental conversation partner. We have so few spaces, especially free ones, where you can express insecurities or ask embarrassing questions, and even the kindest of humans hit fatigue at some point.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I think part of what commercial LLMs have revealed is how appealing people find a non-judgmental conversation partner. We have so few spaces, especially free ones, where you can express insecurities or ask embarrassing questions, and even the kindest of humans hit fatigue at some point.
Scouting was where I learned that there are forms of authority that don't rely solely on assertion of will. That there is a masculinity that doesn't involve dominance. But I'm also the kind of man Hegseth would probably find "weak."
Then again, I'm an Eagle Scout and he never held any rank, so.
Then again, I'm an Eagle Scout and he never held any rank, so.
This is the Scout Law (say it with me!): "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent." Scouting America hasn't changed its values at all. It has simply recognized that they aren't exclusively male.
Is it a 'masculine value' to melt down about some new fake shit every week?
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Scouting was where I learned that there are forms of authority that don't rely solely on assertion of will. That there is a masculinity that doesn't involve dominance. But I'm also the kind of man Hegseth would probably find "weak."
Then again, I'm an Eagle Scout and he never held any rank, so.
Then again, I'm an Eagle Scout and he never held any rank, so.
Zuck, Huang, and Cook are all standing in “keynote pose” which I guess is like T-pose for CEOs but is somewhat revealing of the training data
I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Zuck, Huang, and Cook are all standing in “keynote pose” which I guess is like T-pose for CEOs but is somewhat revealing of the training data