Charles Mathewes
@ctmathewes.bsky.social
I teach religion & ethics @ UVa
I'm mostly here to find books & articles I don't yet know about
Sometimes also interested in opinions, but not as often as many of you seem to believe
I'm mostly here to find books & articles I don't yet know about
Sometimes also interested in opinions, but not as often as many of you seem to believe
REM, Radio Free Europe
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Amy Winehouse, Rehab
The Clash, London Calling
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
(Xtra cred: Dire Straits, Down to the Waterline)
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Amy Winehouse, Rehab
The Clash, London Calling
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
(Xtra cred: Dire Straits, Down to the Waterline)
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
REM, Radio Free Europe
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Amy Winehouse, Rehab
The Clash, London Calling
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
(Xtra cred: Dire Straits, Down to the Waterline)
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Amy Winehouse, Rehab
The Clash, London Calling
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
(Xtra cred: Dire Straits, Down to the Waterline)
Ppl esp young ppl today claim to mistrust institutions but (a) their mistrust of institutions is enormously amplified by the cynical nihilism with which news @ institutions is mediated to them thru social media, www.washingtonpost.com/.../2025/pho...?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ppl esp young ppl today claim to mistrust institutions but (a) their mistrust of institutions is enormously amplified by the cynical nihilism with which news @ institutions is mediated to them thru social media, www.washingtonpost.com/.../2025/pho...?
Have we reached Peak Foucault?
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Have we reached Peak Foucault?
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The ‘Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus’ depicting battle scenes between Romans and Barbarians. The sarcophagus dates to the 3rd century AD, and is part of the collections at the Palazzo Altemps in Rome. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Rome
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The ‘Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus’ depicting battle scenes between Romans and Barbarians. The sarcophagus dates to the 3rd century AD, and is part of the collections at the Palazzo Altemps in Rome. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Rome
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District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
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i just want to say that i wrote this exactly one year ago.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i just want to say that i wrote this exactly one year ago.
Where now? Who now? When now? Unquestioning. I, say I. Unbelieving. Questions, hypotheses, call them that. Keep going, going on, call that going, call that on, Charlie Brown
and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes, Charlie Brown
God is dead. God remains dead. And it is we who have killed him, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Where now? Who now? When now? Unquestioning. I, say I. Unbelieving. Questions, hypotheses, call them that. Keep going, going on, call that going, call that on, Charlie Brown
“Through”?
Huge thanks to the @islingtontrib.bsky.social for a brilliant write-up of the Courting Disaster event at @ink84books.bsky.social in #London last week which saw author @thezhm.bsky.social host a feminist discussion of Austen's male leads:
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/whic...
#booksky
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/whic...
#booksky
Which of Jane Austen's men would you through out of a balloon?
Mr Darcy emerges as best man at bookshop talk
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“Through”?
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Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
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China is mobilizing an armada of civilian ships that could help in an invasion of Taiwan – a mission that could surpass the Second World War’s Normandy landings.
Interesting visual analysis by Reuters
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Interesting visual analysis by Reuters
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
China is mobilizing an armada of civilian ships that could help in an invasion of Taiwan – a mission that could surpass the Second World War’s Normandy landings.
Interesting visual analysis by Reuters
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Interesting visual analysis by Reuters
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Fundamental Attribution Error alive and well in the Ancient Near East
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fundamental Attribution Error alive and well in the Ancient Near East
But I thought Trump was playing 4D chess
Democrats, who once thought they would come up short in a gerrymandering war, are on track to net an estimated five seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
And while that could shift, they may still end up with an advantage.
And while that could shift, they may still end up with an advantage.
In surprise shift, Democrats are ahead in redistricting fight
After early redistricting wins, Trump faces setbacks over maps for Texas, Indiana and other Republican-led states, frustrating his allies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
But I thought Trump was playing 4D chess
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This past month, four different Protestant groups/denominations, most evangelical, have been at the center of in-depth news reports detailing how those denominations’ systems of oversight have failed victims of alleged abuse. In chronological order…
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This past month, four different Protestant groups/denominations, most evangelical, have been at the center of in-depth news reports detailing how those denominations’ systems of oversight have failed victims of alleged abuse. In chronological order…
Tell me again how it's The Left who are The Snowflakes
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tell me again how it's The Left who are The Snowflakes
These are good shovel-ready jobs, people. Come and join us. Do consider & share!
Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Un...
jobs.virginia.edu
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
These are good shovel-ready jobs, people. Come and join us. Do consider & share!
Turing Test questions taking an interesting turn here
Might be Grok’s boldest claim yet, even over saying Musk is more athletic than LeBron
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Turing Test questions taking an interesting turn here
I'm always here for the Episcopal-on-Episcopal conflict. My church can be just as petty as any others!
A new Common Mission Share plan, passed Nov. 15 at the Episcopal Diocese of New York’s 249th annual convention, would double the annual amount owed to the diocese by Trinity, while cutting costs for most other churches.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
A new funding plan puts NYC Bishop and Trinity Church at odds
(RNS) — A new funding plan would cut costs for most New York churches but calls on Trinity Church to double its donations to the diocese. Trinity leaders say they want to help but the bishop’s plan…
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm always here for the Episcopal-on-Episcopal conflict. My church can be just as petty as any others!
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Wealthy democracies with a history of fair elections never fail–or do they? My interview w/ @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social Professor Adam Przeworski on a career's worth of insight on what makes democracy thrive, and why he's so puzzled now about the US
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/wealthy-de...
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/wealthy-de...
Wealthy Democracies With a History of Fair Elections Never Fail – Or Do They?
My interview with NYU Politics Professor and leading scholar Adam Przeworski on a career's worth of insight on what makes democracy thrive or fail
michaelalbertus.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wealthy democracies with a history of fair elections never fail–or do they? My interview w/ @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social Professor Adam Przeworski on a career's worth of insight on what makes democracy thrive, and why he's so puzzled now about the US
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/wealthy-de...
michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/wealthy-de...
WTAF
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
WTAF
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Former BOV Rector Hardie to current Rector Sheridan and BOV member Manning: “I am very disappointed that two of my closest friends decided to leave their friend the Rector out of such a conservation. Stand by your president. This is sickening to me. I am appalled.”
State Sen. Creigh Deeds received his FOIA requests from U.Va. — here’s what we learned
After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, received 284 pages of records Oct. 29, pertaining to former Un...
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former BOV Rector Hardie to current Rector Sheridan and BOV member Manning: “I am very disappointed that two of my closest friends decided to leave their friend the Rector out of such a conservation. Stand by your president. This is sickening to me. I am appalled.”
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WOW. A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll has Democrats up 14 points on the generic ballot, 55% to 41%. This is their largest lead since 2017, a year before they picked up over 40 House seats.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
WOW. A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll has Democrats up 14 points on the generic ballot, 55% to 41%. This is their largest lead since 2017, a year before they picked up over 40 House seats.