John Faithful Hamer
@johnfaithfulhamer.bsky.social
Teacher of the Humanities — Department of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion — John Abbott College (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec)
Pinned
“The fact that we’re no longer Robin to America’s Batman, and that Batman has certainly turned into the Joker, means that we have to get our act together in a way that we never, ever have had to do.”—Stephen Marche, “Is Canada Leading the Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’?” CANADALAND (May 5, 2025)
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Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
They just… blocked me. Like I’m some kind of annoyance, rather than the iconoclastic and fascinating truth-teller which I know myself to be.
www.thebeaverton.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
“It is a cliché, but a cliché that seems to be a cliché because it is so true, that almost all billionaires I have met . . . despite the astonishing opportunities for growth in their lives, have the emotional intelligence of tedious, privileged adolescents.”—David Whyte, Consolations II (2024)
May 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“It is a cliché, but a cliché that seems to be a cliché because it is so true, that almost all billionaires I have met . . . despite the astonishing opportunities for growth in their lives, have the emotional intelligence of tedious, privileged adolescents.”—David Whyte, Consolations II (2024)
They knew. And they didn’t care.
Opinion | These Internal Documents Show Why We Shouldn’t Trust Porn Companies
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
They knew. And they didn’t care.
“The good thing about everything being so fucked up is that no matter where you look, there is great work to be done.”—Derrick Jensen
May 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“The good thing about everything being so fucked up is that no matter where you look, there is great work to be done.”—Derrick Jensen
“The fact that we’re no longer Robin to America’s Batman, and that Batman has certainly turned into the Joker, means that we have to get our act together in a way that we never, ever have had to do.”—Stephen Marche, “Is Canada Leading the Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’?” CANADALAND (May 5, 2025)
May 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“The fact that we’re no longer Robin to America’s Batman, and that Batman has certainly turned into the Joker, means that we have to get our act together in a way that we never, ever have had to do.”—Stephen Marche, “Is Canada Leading the Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’?” CANADALAND (May 5, 2025)
“Remaining open to the powers of conversation—to new evidence and better arguments—is not only essential for rationality. It is essential for love.”—Sam Harris, Lying (2013)
May 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Remaining open to the powers of conversation—to new evidence and better arguments—is not only essential for rationality. It is essential for love.”—Sam Harris, Lying (2013)
French nails it. Again.
Opinion | The Anti-Woke Right and the Free Speech Con (Gift Article)
DeSantis walked so that Trump could run.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
French nails it. Again.
Why do we love Carney? Because Canadians have a weakness for boring nice guys who look like they refill the ice cube tray without having to be asked.
April 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Why do we love Carney? Because Canadians have a weakness for boring nice guys who look like they refill the ice cube tray without having to be asked.
Damn! That was quite the spanking. Bill Maher isn’t going to be able to sit down for a week.
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Damn! That was quite the spanking. Bill Maher isn’t going to be able to sit down for a week.
Yet another reason to love Ryan Holiday. This guy really walks his talk.
Opinion | The Naval Academy Canceled My Lecture on Wisdom (Gift Article)
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yet another reason to love Ryan Holiday. This guy really walks his talk.
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
Highly recommended. Thanks for recommending it, @aaunio.bsky.social
The Podcaster Asking You to Side With History’s Villains (Gift Article)
Darryl Cooper is no scholar. But legions of fans — many on the right — can’t seem to resist what he presents as hidden truths.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Highly recommended. Thanks for recommending it, @aaunio.bsky.social
I wonder if they’re tired of winning yet.
Live Updates: Trump Tariffs and Inflation Concerns Spark Stock Market Turmoil (Gift Article)
Markets reeled from worries about the trade war, overshadowing some good news about the U.S. labor market. President Trump insisted that his policies were working.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I wonder if they’re tired of winning yet.
“The work of our lives is to go from dependence to dependability, from being taken care of to being a caretaker—but not just for our own children if we choose to have them, but for others, for ideas, for causes, for justice itself.”—Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now (2024)
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“The work of our lives is to go from dependence to dependability, from being taken care of to being a caretaker—but not just for our own children if we choose to have them, but for others, for ideas, for causes, for justice itself.”—Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now (2024)
“For government to do more—or even for it to just do what it is already doing—sometimes it first needs permission to do much less.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
March 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“For government to do more—or even for it to just do what it is already doing—sometimes it first needs permission to do much less.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
“‘The environmentalist movement evolved to stop bad people from destroying the world, and so we have perfected the art of saying no,’ says Larry Selzer, the president and CEO of the Conservation Fund. ‘But we can’t “no” our way to the kind of growth we need.’—Klein & Thompson, Abundance (2025)
March 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“‘The environmentalist movement evolved to stop bad people from destroying the world, and so we have perfected the art of saying no,’ says Larry Selzer, the president and CEO of the Conservation Fund. ‘But we can’t “no” our way to the kind of growth we need.’—Klein & Thompson, Abundance (2025)
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
Reposted by John Faithful Hamer
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
If Trump didn’t sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, who — or what — did?
Did Trump misspeak? Is he trying to deflect a decision under heavy legal scrutiny onto Secretary of State Marco Rubio?
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
Every accusation is a projection, autopen/ didn’t know what he was signing edition
“In the time California has spent failing to complete its 500-mile high-speed rail system, China has built more than 23,000 miles of high-speed rail.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
March 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“In the time California has spent failing to complete its 500-mile high-speed rail system, China has built more than 23,000 miles of high-speed rail.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
“In the same progressive zip codes where homeowners press signs into the soil of their front lawns bearing the message Kindness Is Everything, affordable housing can’t be found—and homelessness is endemic.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
March 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“In the same progressive zip codes where homeowners press signs into the soil of their front lawns bearing the message Kindness Is Everything, affordable housing can’t be found—and homelessness is endemic.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
“If liberals do not want Americans to turn to the false promise of strongmen, they need to offer the fruits of effective government. Redistribution is important. But it is not enough.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“If liberals do not want Americans to turn to the false promise of strongmen, they need to offer the fruits of effective government. Redistribution is important. But it is not enough.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
“Liberals should be able to say: Vote for us, and we will govern the country the way we govern California! Instead, conservatives are able to say: Vote for them, and they will govern the country the way they govern California!”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson
#ezraklein #derekthompson
March 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Liberals should be able to say: Vote for us, and we will govern the country the way we govern California! Instead, conservatives are able to say: Vote for them, and they will govern the country the way they govern California!”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson
#ezraklein #derekthompson
“Democrats cannot simultaneously claim to be the party of middle-class families while presiding over the parts of the country that they are leaving.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
March 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Democrats cannot simultaneously claim to be the party of middle-class families while presiding over the parts of the country that they are leaving.”—Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson, Abundance (2025)
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance
#ezraklein #derekthompson #abundance