Drew Kadel
@drewkadel.bsky.social
Long-time Episcopal Priest and Long-time academic librarian.
Author of How do you Baptize a Whale? An Encouragement to Compassion https://wipfandstock.com/9798385256204/how-do-you-baptize-a-whale/
Blog: https://drewkadel.wordpress.com/
Author of How do you Baptize a Whale? An Encouragement to Compassion https://wipfandstock.com/9798385256204/how-do-you-baptize-a-whale/
Blog: https://drewkadel.wordpress.com/
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Drew Kadel
@drewkadel.bsky.social
· Nov 9
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
--1 John 4:16 ⚓
--1 John 4:16 ⚓
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Most of the derangement about Mamdani is for the obvious reasons but part of it is also that a surprising amount of people were committed to the Cuomo rehabilitation project because they hated the idea that anything could have consequences for men of the right class.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Most of the derangement about Mamdani is for the obvious reasons but part of it is also that a surprising amount of people were committed to the Cuomo rehabilitation project because they hated the idea that anything could have consequences for men of the right class.
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January 1, 1960: Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard is among the inmate audience.
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
January 1, 1960: Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard is among the inmate audience.
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Me, a historian: "The term 'the sixties' doesn't refer to the calendar specifically—one may posit any number of plausible start dates for the decade, and indeed the one thing we can say with certainty is that 'the sixties' didn't begin on ... "
"Well, shit. Never mind."
"Well, shit. Never mind."
January 1, 1960: Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard is among the inmate audience.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Me, a historian: "The term 'the sixties' doesn't refer to the calendar specifically—one may posit any number of plausible start dates for the decade, and indeed the one thing we can say with certainty is that 'the sixties' didn't begin on ... "
"Well, shit. Never mind."
"Well, shit. Never mind."
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892:
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892:
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
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happy new year socialists, we are so back
Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City early on Thursday, just after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
happy new year socialists, we are so back
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
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Happy last day in office Eric Adams, I hope you catch that leprechaun today king
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy last day in office Eric Adams, I hope you catch that leprechaun today king
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See I knew that the Right could be brought around to supporting gender-affirming care as an expression of autonomy and human dignity (well, kind of)
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
See I knew that the Right could be brought around to supporting gender-affirming care as an expression of autonomy and human dignity (well, kind of)
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To me key detail in this scary report is that the would-be murderers loathed mosques and preferred online bubbles of those who wouldn't challenge them. True of the murder mind in every religion, which cannot tolerate the daily life of a diverse group. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘My blood is boiling, brother’: the foiled plot to massacre Jews on streets of Greater Manchester
Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein thought ‘zero hour’ had finally arrived until undercover operative thwarted them
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
To me key detail in this scary report is that the would-be murderers loathed mosques and preferred online bubbles of those who wouldn't challenge them. True of the murder mind in every religion, which cannot tolerate the daily life of a diverse group. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I wonder if Vermeule likes to walk around the house in his shorts declaiming Col. Jessup bits. “I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it” etc.
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I wonder if Vermeule likes to walk around the house in his shorts declaiming Col. Jessup bits. “I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it” etc.
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Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
Nobody wants AI. We want Mexican Coke and McDonald’s to bring back the dollar menu. That’s it, you fucking pigs. Easy.
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
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Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
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When I was growing up in the South, we assumed that people who used phrases like "Heritage American" in public were definitely in the Klan.
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When I was growing up in the South, we assumed that people who used phrases like "Heritage American" in public were definitely in the Klan.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: “On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other.”
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: “On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other.”
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".. The sluggish deal activity has led to the once unimaginable: For the past several years, private equity’s annual returns have been lower than the S&P 500’s."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
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Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
".. The sluggish deal activity has led to the once unimaginable: For the past several years, private equity’s annual returns have been lower than the S&P 500’s."
@nytimes.com @maureenfarrell.bsky.social $CG
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
@nytimes.com @maureenfarrell.bsky.social $CG
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
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People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
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This also answers the question: which Catholics on the Court believe the Pope is the Vicar of Christ and fear for their souls?
BREAKING: #SCOTUS rejects Trump over deployment of National Guard to aid immigration enforcement in Illinois, says law limits use to when regular military is insufficient. 3 justices dissent: Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
25A443 Order
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December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This also answers the question: which Catholics on the Court believe the Pope is the Vicar of Christ and fear for their souls?
For the Sunday after Christmas in Rockland County.⚓
Our hope, as Christians, is not in the big lights and the big productions, but in that one small and humble light. That hope is not wishful thinking, but the sure and certain triumph of the love of God.
drewkadel.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
Our hope, as Christians, is not in the big lights and the big productions, but in that one small and humble light. That hope is not wishful thinking, but the sure and certain triumph of the love of God.
drewkadel.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
And the Darkness did not Overcome It
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John’s Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When…
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December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For the Sunday after Christmas in Rockland County.⚓
Our hope, as Christians, is not in the big lights and the big productions, but in that one small and humble light. That hope is not wishful thinking, but the sure and certain triumph of the love of God.
drewkadel.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
Our hope, as Christians, is not in the big lights and the big productions, but in that one small and humble light. That hope is not wishful thinking, but the sure and certain triumph of the love of God.
drewkadel.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
And the Darkness did not Overcome It
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When I am the celebrant at the Eucharist, after the service I often say…
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When I am the celebrant at the Eucharist, after the service I often say…
And the Darkness did not Overcome It
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When I am the celebrant at the Eucharist, after the service I often say the beginning of the prologue of the Gospel of John, which is our Gospel lesson today.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And the Darkness did not Overcome It
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When I am the celebrant at the Eucharist, after the service I often say…
A sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2025 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York “The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” When I am the celebrant at the Eucharist, after the service I often say…
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...