David Gibson
@gibsonwrites.bsky.social
Director of Fordham University's Center on Religion & Culture. "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto." Recovering Vaticanista. Occasionally commit journalism. https://linktr.ee/gibsonwrites
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Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
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Mamdani: "I cannot blame anyone who has come to question the role of government, whose faith in democracy has been eroded by decades of apathy. We will restore that trust by walking a different path ... "
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Mamdani: "I cannot blame anyone who has come to question the role of government, whose faith in democracy has been eroded by decades of apathy. We will restore that trust by walking a different path ... "
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This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Definitely worth asking why there are so many "is the resistance exhausted" takes before No Kings and the landslide off-year election wins.
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Definitely worth asking why there are so many "is the resistance exhausted" takes before No Kings and the landslide off-year election wins.
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
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🧵Helpful things to do while visiting your parents this holiday season:
- Change their remote, smoke alarm, & flashlight batteries
- Make sure they're logged into all apps on their phone, Roku, etc
- Turn off the motion smoothing setting on their TV
- Check the fire extinguisher expiration date
- Change their remote, smoke alarm, & flashlight batteries
- Make sure they're logged into all apps on their phone, Roku, etc
- Turn off the motion smoothing setting on their TV
- Check the fire extinguisher expiration date
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🧵Helpful things to do while visiting your parents this holiday season:
- Change their remote, smoke alarm, & flashlight batteries
- Make sure they're logged into all apps on their phone, Roku, etc
- Turn off the motion smoothing setting on their TV
- Check the fire extinguisher expiration date
- Change their remote, smoke alarm, & flashlight batteries
- Make sure they're logged into all apps on their phone, Roku, etc
- Turn off the motion smoothing setting on their TV
- Check the fire extinguisher expiration date
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Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, and homemade biscotti, and “Die Hard,” of course.
December 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, and homemade biscotti, and “Die Hard,” of course.
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Introducing "Art & Soul," the new podcast of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture. Coming soon.
Check out the trailer, featuring @gibsonwrites.bsky.social, one of your hosts for "Art & Soul."
Check out the trailer, featuring @gibsonwrites.bsky.social, one of your hosts for "Art & Soul."
Introducing ‘Art & Soul’: The Official Podcast of the Center on Religion and Culture
YouTube video by Center on Religion and Culture
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December 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Introducing "Art & Soul," the new podcast of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture. Coming soon.
Check out the trailer, featuring @gibsonwrites.bsky.social, one of your hosts for "Art & Soul."
Check out the trailer, featuring @gibsonwrites.bsky.social, one of your hosts for "Art & Soul."
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
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The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Honestly, the NYT has been good at this, putting reporters on camera to explain their stories.
We've evolved to trust friendly faces telling us things directly, more than we trust print. Slop peddlers exploit this to yammer/read headlines. Reporters can/must elbow them out of the way.
We've evolved to trust friendly faces telling us things directly, more than we trust print. Slop peddlers exploit this to yammer/read headlines. Reporters can/must elbow them out of the way.
I've definitely been thinking a while about how I could approach making TikToks (bc as much as I hate it, I know I could reach a lot of people there), YouTube videos, Instagram, etc., sharing the kind of information and ideas I do here.
The holdup is — how to do it without it being overwhelming?
The holdup is — how to do it without it being overwhelming?
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Honestly, the NYT has been good at this, putting reporters on camera to explain their stories.
We've evolved to trust friendly faces telling us things directly, more than we trust print. Slop peddlers exploit this to yammer/read headlines. Reporters can/must elbow them out of the way.
We've evolved to trust friendly faces telling us things directly, more than we trust print. Slop peddlers exploit this to yammer/read headlines. Reporters can/must elbow them out of the way.
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Robert Samuelson, the award-winning economics columnist who wrote for Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, has died at 79.
Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79
He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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This is a wonderful conversation with a wonderful theologian and Catholic. A reminder that the bad old days of inquisitorial Catholicism were not so long ago, and that the Jesuits who today's social media inquisitors continue to criticize are far more grace-filled than their angry delators.
It was 21 years ago, on December 13th, 2004, that Fr. Roger Haight, S.J., was barred from teaching Catholic theology over his attempts to make sense of Jesus in an interreligious context.
Hear from Fr. Haight (1936-2025) in this archival interview with @jimmcd.bsky.social
Hear from Fr. Haight (1936-2025) in this archival interview with @jimmcd.bsky.social
‘I’m Still Trying to Figure Christianity Out’: The Journey of Roger Haight | SAPIENTIA
On June 19th, New York Jesuit and Fordham resident Fr. Roger Haight, S.J., passed away. A former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Haight was a world-renowned theological think...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a wonderful conversation with a wonderful theologian and Catholic. A reminder that the bad old days of inquisitorial Catholicism were not so long ago, and that the Jesuits who today's social media inquisitors continue to criticize are far more grace-filled than their angry delators.
This is a wonderful conversation with a wonderful theologian and Catholic. A reminder that the bad old days of inquisitorial Catholicism were not so long ago, and that the Jesuits who today's social media inquisitors continue to criticize are far more grace-filled than their angry delators.
It was 21 years ago, on December 13th, 2004, that Fr. Roger Haight, S.J., was barred from teaching Catholic theology over his attempts to make sense of Jesus in an interreligious context.
Hear from Fr. Haight (1936-2025) in this archival interview with @jimmcd.bsky.social
Hear from Fr. Haight (1936-2025) in this archival interview with @jimmcd.bsky.social
‘I’m Still Trying to Figure Christianity Out’: The Journey of Roger Haight | SAPIENTIA
On June 19th, New York Jesuit and Fordham resident Fr. Roger Haight, S.J., passed away. A former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Haight was a world-renowned theological think...
crc.blog.fordham.edu
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a wonderful conversation with a wonderful theologian and Catholic. A reminder that the bad old days of inquisitorial Catholicism were not so long ago, and that the Jesuits who today's social media inquisitors continue to criticize are far more grace-filled than their angry delators.
"That the Orpheus tale was not in the novel does not mean it was not part of Shakespeare’s creative genius, as shown by the fact that he used it in one of his later plays, Henry VIII...."
Great insights from @oliviapoust.bsky.social
Great insights from @oliviapoust.bsky.social
Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of "Hamnet" captures the grief of the Shakespeare family as they navigate the death of a child.
Early on, William recounts the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice to Agnes, his wife, setting the tone for the remainder of the film.
Early on, William recounts the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice to Agnes, his wife, setting the tone for the remainder of the film.
‘Hamnet’: Orpheus, Eurydice, and the Love that Keeps Us Afloat | SAPIENTIA
Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Hamnet captures the beauty and grief of Agnes Hathaway (often known as Anne Hathaway), her husband William Shakespeare, and their family as they navigate the death of their ...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"That the Orpheus tale was not in the novel does not mean it was not part of Shakespeare’s creative genius, as shown by the fact that he used it in one of his later plays, Henry VIII...."
Great insights from @oliviapoust.bsky.social
Great insights from @oliviapoust.bsky.social
Pope Leo had interesting remarks to center-right European MPs that could be apt for the US right.
Highlights:
Leo stressed the common good and especially "to never to lose sight of the forgotten ones, those on the margins, 'the least' among us..."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Highlights:
Leo stressed the common good and especially "to never to lose sight of the forgotten ones, those on the margins, 'the least' among us..."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
To Members of the
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF THE
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December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pope Leo had interesting remarks to center-right European MPs that could be apt for the US right.
Highlights:
Leo stressed the common good and especially "to never to lose sight of the forgotten ones, those on the margins, 'the least' among us..."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Highlights:
Leo stressed the common good and especially "to never to lose sight of the forgotten ones, those on the margins, 'the least' among us..."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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MY LATEST: Many religions are heavily concentrated in a few countries.
Many religions are heavily concentrated in a few countries
Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
MY LATEST: Many religions are heavily concentrated in a few countries.
Happy Feast of Saint Nicholas!
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy Feast of Saint Nicholas!
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"An odd thing about the book—one that gives it an aloof, affectless quality—is that Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal." The story here is the sociopathic ethical violations. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | A Serious Journalism Scandal Hiding Inside a Frivolous Sexual One
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December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"An odd thing about the book—one that gives it an aloof, affectless quality—is that Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal." The story here is the sociopathic ethical violations. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...