Andy Shamel
@andyshamel.bsky.social
Episcopal priest • theologian • inveterate nerd: Tolkien, TTRPGs, M:tG • father of two • Oxford, UK
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
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2024: hahaha suck it troglodytes, this thing's gonna be replacing your job and dating your girlfriend
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
2024: hahaha suck it troglodytes, this thing's gonna be replacing your job and dating your girlfriend
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
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I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
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'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
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A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy?
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He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Yes, I know the demon has eaten my children and is in the process of burning down my village. Yes, I understand that feeding the demon requires us to let it poison our well and not only eat our cattle but make them all infertile, too. Yes, yes, I get it. But have you seen the funny pictures I makes?
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Yes, I know the demon has eaten my children and is in the process of burning down my village. Yes, I understand that feeding the demon requires us to let it poison our well and not only eat our cattle but make them all infertile, too. Yes, yes, I get it. But have you seen the funny pictures I makes?
I can’t believe I’ve moved to a country whose opposition leadership no longer want me to be able to stay. I have a good job and a family, and I’m even from a closely related culture and am acculturating further.
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I can’t believe I’ve moved to a country whose opposition leadership no longer want me to be able to stay. I have a good job and a family, and I’m even from a closely related culture and am acculturating further.
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The truth about Trump and his lackeys is that they actually hate America, and Americans. They can't stand who we actually are, and so they are trying to erase it and replace it with a white bread nostalgic America which never actually was.
He is the anti-patriot.
He is the anti-patriot.
October 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The truth about Trump and his lackeys is that they actually hate America, and Americans. They can't stand who we actually are, and so they are trying to erase it and replace it with a white bread nostalgic America which never actually was.
He is the anti-patriot.
He is the anti-patriot.
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BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post
#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England
www.churchtimes.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post
#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
I would once again like to register my absolute rage at @sergeyager.bsky.social for showing me that enjoying good coffee is super chill and nice. I can't drink bad coffee anymore and I'm buying a pourover setup to have at work and finding new roasters. Wait did I say rage? I meant joy. Absolute joy.
October 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I would once again like to register my absolute rage at @sergeyager.bsky.social for showing me that enjoying good coffee is super chill and nice. I can't drink bad coffee anymore and I'm buying a pourover setup to have at work and finding new roasters. Wait did I say rage? I meant joy. Absolute joy.
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Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
Pizzamas One Shot - Part II
Did you absolutely love the first adventure? Well we’ve got a new one cooked up for you! Now with some new pre-gen characters and packed with a whole lot of excitement! Are you a DM? If you purchase t...
pizzamas.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
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Kathleen worked so hard on this adventure and it’s so good—it’s SO good. It’s hilarious and creative (and playtesters had a blast).
On the page it says she “developed the story”, but I think that undersells that she wrote every dang word. It rules.
On the page it says she “developed the story”, but I think that undersells that she wrote every dang word. It rules.
Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS:
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
pizzamas.com/collections/...
I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure!
It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!
Pizzamas One Shot - Part II
Did you absolutely love the first adventure? Well we’ve got a new one cooked up for you! Now with some new pre-gen characters and packed with a whole lot of excitement! Are you a DM? If you purchase t...
pizzamas.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kathleen worked so hard on this adventure and it’s so good—it’s SO good. It’s hilarious and creative (and playtesters had a blast).
On the page it says she “developed the story”, but I think that undersells that she wrote every dang word. It rules.
On the page it says she “developed the story”, but I think that undersells that she wrote every dang word. It rules.
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
Just saying, North American Magic players, you don’t know how good you have it for big flagship events. #mcatlanta
September 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just saying, North American Magic players, you don’t know how good you have it for big flagship events. #mcatlanta
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Conservatives are desperately trying to make Charlie Kirk their new Jesus because they don't like anything about the actual Jesus
September 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Conservatives are desperately trying to make Charlie Kirk their new Jesus because they don't like anything about the actual Jesus
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
Boil ‘im, mash ‘im, make ‘im into glue.
(Too soon?)
(Too soon?)
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Boil ‘im, mash ‘im, make ‘im into glue.
(Too soon?)
(Too soon?)
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reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
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Or set up a genetic rescue: bring in other subspecies of priests from other regions and release them in Ireland to breed with the native priests.
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Or set up a genetic rescue: bring in other subspecies of priests from other regions and release them in Ireland to breed with the native priests.
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best prayerbook, best hymnbook, best buildings, least problematic leaders* since 1900 or so, good on gender, good on sexuality if you're American, good on racism, not as boring as Quaker meetings and unlike the Methodists you get actual wine.
*I'm not saying *un*-problematic
*I'm not saying *un*-problematic
August 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
best prayerbook, best hymnbook, best buildings, least problematic leaders* since 1900 or so, good on gender, good on sexuality if you're American, good on racism, not as boring as Quaker meetings and unlike the Methodists you get actual wine.
*I'm not saying *un*-problematic
*I'm not saying *un*-problematic
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Uppsala, Sweden
S: Cape Town, South Africa
E: Tokyo, Japan
W: Waimea, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
Now that I write it down, I’ve been some places!
N: Uppsala, Sweden
S: Cape Town, South Africa
E: Tokyo, Japan
W: Waimea, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
Now that I write it down, I’ve been some places!
August 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Uppsala, Sweden
S: Cape Town, South Africa
E: Tokyo, Japan
W: Waimea, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
Now that I write it down, I’ve been some places!
N: Uppsala, Sweden
S: Cape Town, South Africa
E: Tokyo, Japan
W: Waimea, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
Now that I write it down, I’ve been some places!