Also fascinating that Indiana redistricting did not happen in part because a powerful Republican state senator was fed up with Trump using the r-word.

Congrats! That's great!

Thank you for writing this. It’s going to help a lot of folks. Congrats!

Front cover of The Christian Past that Wasn't book

Back cover of The Christian Past that Wasn't book

Congrats to @wthrockmorton.bsky.social on the release of his new book, "The Christian Past that Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths that Hijack History."

I blurbed this book b/c I believe in the work. He dismantles 7 key myths. Check it out!

www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...

Five Elements of Christian Nationalism Christian nationalism envisions a very particular nation: one that is ordered in such a way that only a certain group remains at the top and in charge while others have limited access to the levers of...

I appreciate this work of connecting all the dots. And to anyone interested in the decade+ amount of social science research clearly defining and describing Christian nationalism, please take a look:

kettering.org/five-element...

Press cutting Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2008: Shepherd's pie recipe rumpus. Subhead: Petrol bomb threat in tomato topping row. By ANDREW BELLARD A dispute over the contents of a shepherd's pie proved to be a recipe for brotherly disharmony. Blackburn magistrates heard that John Garvin thought that the pie his brother Michael made should have been topped with tomatoes but Michael disagreed. The upshot was that John, who was hit over the head with a shovel, reacted by threatening to petrol bomb his brother's flat. And he ended up spending a night in custody to allow tempers to cool. John Garvin, 47, of Montague Street, admitted a breach of the peace and was bound over in £100 to keep the peace for 12 months. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the brothers lived in separate flats next to each other. On the day of the culinary dispute they had been drinking together since 7am. "The argument started because there were no tomatoes on the shepherds pie that Michael made for tea and John thought this was wrong," said Miss Allan. John called his brother an offensive name and then said he was going to petrol bomb his flat. "Michael was concerned by this threat because on a previous occasion John had started a fire in his own flat," said Miss Allan. Liz Parker, defending, said her client did not accept making a remark about petrol bombing his brother's flat. "He does say that his brother hit him over the head with a shovel and it is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing," she added. (The article has a pullout quote which says “It is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing” - LIZ PARKER in large letters) District Judge Peter Ward, who imposed the bind over, asked in court: "You can make shepherd's pie without tomatoes can't you?" But 'legal' opinion at Blackburn magistrates, where the issue became quite a talking point, was divided. A female defence solicitor said it should be made with lamb and topped with sliced tomatoes and that a pie made with b…

And lo, it came to pass that the 18th anniversary of the greatest local news story ever told came upon us, and we were sore amazed

by artist JB Cornish

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

(coming back from summer break in HS)
“My girlfriend is Canadian, you wouldn’t know her. We talk all the time.”

A pleasure to contribute to this piece in Newsweek on the jump in religiosity among young men:

www.newsweek.com/gen-z-mens-v...

@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have found similar dynamics in our own survey data. The bump in young men's religiosity seems to be related to the embrace by young men of more conservative religious worldviews, not religion broadly speaking. For more, check out: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...

Big News! I'm Writing a Book on Resistance Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

Another essential addition to the reading list! 📚

KF Senior Fellow @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social announces her forthcoming book, Resisting Autocracy: What History Teaches About Fighting Back, offering a grounded look at how resistance has shaped the fight for freedom across time.

Young pope Leo, undated but he appears to be in his teens or early 20’s

young pope leo looks like a ska scene regular who goes by Upbeat but no one knows his real name

Book titled The Christian Past That Wasn’t

Glad to see this important book from my old pal @wthrockmorton.bsky.social, who I got to know fighting US Christian right backing for Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill. Warren, a conservative Christian teaching at a Christian college, was a hero. He’s been fighting the good fight ever since.

America's Democracy Is in Decline According to the first report from the Democracy for All Project, over half of the people surveyed think that American democracy is performing poorly. New research by Freedom House suggests that this ...

Americans are committed to democracy, but most believe it is not performing well. Findings from @freedomhouse.bsky.social’s Freedom in the World 2026 report and the Kettering-Gallup #DemocracyForAll Project suggest that increased civic engagement is essential. https://bit.ly/4sAoNLv

That time of year, fellow nerds.

"too bad for the Pope or the Bible" 😆💯

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, said this to the leader of the Catholic Church after apparent differences in theological application:

“I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”

Just an incredible amount of hubris.

The vice president is there with a Secret Service detail, but sure

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Pairing this with the pics of no one at the event…. Interesting.

In major win for voters, judge blocks Indiana GOP’s student ID ban While Indiana argued the ban was necessary to protect election integrity, the court found no evidence that student IDs had ever posed a problem.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday blocked Indiana’s ban on using student IDs for voter identification, a victory that will make it easier for students and young voters to cast ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Swalwell thought his behavior was consistent with a seat in Congress until other people learned about it

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

BREAKING: Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales just announced he will file his "retirement from office" tomorrow.

This is exactly it. It could be that some folks in their 70s or later want to work—they should be able to.

But I always think about how the lack of a robust social safety net is likely forcing this person into the workforce. And they deserve to retire if they want to.

Who Gets Guggenheims? - Public Books Unfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe.

Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities

www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

Update to the update: sometime late this morning ET, the image of Trump as a Jesus-like figure was removed from the president's Truth Social page.