Kyle Oliver
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Big to-do management breakthrough for me today.
I now check off (rather than simply delete) items I've decided to skip or abandon.
I used to not feel like I'd "earned" it. 🤮
But taking decisive action to trim the plan is its own kind of labor and well worth celebrating with the dopamine hit.
I now check off (rather than simply delete) items I've decided to skip or abandon.
I used to not feel like I'd "earned" it. 🤮
But taking decisive action to trim the plan is its own kind of labor and well worth celebrating with the dopamine hit.
August 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Big to-do management breakthrough for me today.
I now check off (rather than simply delete) items I've decided to skip or abandon.
I used to not feel like I'd "earned" it. 🤮
But taking decisive action to trim the plan is its own kind of labor and well worth celebrating with the dopamine hit.
I now check off (rather than simply delete) items I've decided to skip or abandon.
I used to not feel like I'd "earned" it. 🤮
But taking decisive action to trim the plan is its own kind of labor and well worth celebrating with the dopamine hit.
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"It was just three months in a decorated 19-year career, but three months the likes of which we may never see again."
Brewers fans of a certain age won't soon forget 2008.
Brewers fans of a certain age won't soon forget 2008.
"CC Sabathia became a star in Cleveland, and became a champion in New York, and this weekend became a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown—but I will always think of Milwaukee." defector.com/no-ones-ever...
No One's Ever Been Better Than CC Sabathia On The Brewers | Defector
CC Sabathia became a star in Cleveland, and became a champion in New York, and this weekend became a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown—but I will always think of Milwaukee. Possibly the greatest midseason…
defector.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"It was just three months in a decorated 19-year career, but three months the likes of which we may never see again."
Brewers fans of a certain age won't soon forget 2008.
Brewers fans of a certain age won't soon forget 2008.
When I was just getting started in Christian formation, we were in the throes of the transition to *calling* it Christian formation. Roughly fifteen years later, I’m still puzzling over what we gained and what we lost.
July 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When I was just getting started in Christian formation, we were in the throes of the transition to *calling* it Christian formation. Roughly fifteen years later, I’m still puzzling over what we gained and what we lost.
The Faith Formation Creators Collective is a virtual mini-conference that brings together creative minds and faithful hearts to explore where pedagogy, theology, and imagination intersect.
July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Faith Formation Creators Collective is a virtual mini-conference that brings together creative minds and faithful hearts to explore where pedagogy, theology, and imagination intersect.
If you've been on the web in the last fifteen years, you've probably fallen prey at least once (I certainly have) to the "one weird trick" clickbait ploy.
July 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you've been on the web in the last fifteen years, you've probably fallen prey at least once (I certainly have) to the "one weird trick" clickbait ploy.
I’m grateful for the thoughtful ways many writers and researchers I follow are drawing our attention to … attention. It’s a personal wellness issue, a social fabric issue, a political persuasion issue, and—of course—a spirituality issue.
July 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m grateful for the thoughtful ways many writers and researchers I follow are drawing our attention to … attention. It’s a personal wellness issue, a social fabric issue, a political persuasion issue, and—of course—a spirituality issue.
The day I tried to recruit participants for my dissertation pilot, I marched five counselors into the un-campy space of a formal conference room to hang out with a semi-stranger and make low-tech videos about themselves. 🤦🏼♂️
👇🏻 Here’s how we got back on track.
formationplaybook.com/problem-posi...
👇🏻 Here’s how we got back on track.
formationplaybook.com/problem-posi...
'Problem-posing' education makes room for the Spirit
A fondly remembered example from my youth storytelling research
formationplaybook.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The day I tried to recruit participants for my dissertation pilot, I marched five counselors into the un-campy space of a formal conference room to hang out with a semi-stranger and make low-tech videos about themselves. 🤦🏼♂️
👇🏻 Here’s how we got back on track.
formationplaybook.com/problem-posi...
👇🏻 Here’s how we got back on track.
formationplaybook.com/problem-posi...
Which learning theories are especially important for Christian formation leaders to know? I've got thoughts
Even more important than the theories are prompts that help put their underlying mechanics into play. You'll prolly recognize a few.
formationplaybook.com/important-le...
Even more important than the theories are prompts that help put their underlying mechanics into play. You'll prolly recognize a few.
formationplaybook.com/important-le...
Important Learning Theories for Formation Leaders
Bringing a (light-touch) faith lens to some of the most important ideas in learning
formationplaybook.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Which learning theories are especially important for Christian formation leaders to know? I've got thoughts
Even more important than the theories are prompts that help put their underlying mechanics into play. You'll prolly recognize a few.
formationplaybook.com/important-le...
Even more important than the theories are prompts that help put their underlying mechanics into play. You'll prolly recognize a few.
formationplaybook.com/important-le...
This week we’re talking about how we talk about our teaching/ forming.
My fav bit of advice is to have a little pedagogical pep talk ready for whatever activities you’ve had resistance to in the past. It’s better for motivation if you share it in advance.
formationplaybook.com/pedagogy-mom...
My fav bit of advice is to have a little pedagogical pep talk ready for whatever activities you’ve had resistance to in the past. It’s better for motivation if you share it in advance.
formationplaybook.com/pedagogy-mom...
'Pedagogy Moments' in action
But you probably shouldn't call them 'Pedagogy Moments'—or anything at all
formationplaybook.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This week we’re talking about how we talk about our teaching/ forming.
My fav bit of advice is to have a little pedagogical pep talk ready for whatever activities you’ve had resistance to in the past. It’s better for motivation if you share it in advance.
formationplaybook.com/pedagogy-mom...
My fav bit of advice is to have a little pedagogical pep talk ready for whatever activities you’ve had resistance to in the past. It’s better for motivation if you share it in advance.
formationplaybook.com/pedagogy-mom...
I learned something important from my dissertation advisor: the best thing we can do to build buy-in from reluctant learners is tell them why & HOW we’re asking them to learn something.
We teachers & formation leaders are often lousy when it comes to HOW.
formationplaybook.com/teaching-tra...
We teachers & formation leaders are often lousy when it comes to HOW.
formationplaybook.com/teaching-tra...
Teaching Transparently
Key WHYs for sharing the HOWs of learning
formationplaybook.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I learned something important from my dissertation advisor: the best thing we can do to build buy-in from reluctant learners is tell them why & HOW we’re asking them to learn something.
We teachers & formation leaders are often lousy when it comes to HOW.
formationplaybook.com/teaching-tra...
We teachers & formation leaders are often lousy when it comes to HOW.
formationplaybook.com/teaching-tra...
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There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
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i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Please use this link to leave a comment for the FDA asking them NOT to restrict access to the COVID-19 vaccination to people 65 and over and the immunocompromised. You have three days to get it done. And please share this link as well.
www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...
www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Please use this link to leave a comment for the FDA asking them NOT to restrict access to the COVID-19 vaccination to people 65 and over and the immunocompromised. You have three days to get it done. And please share this link as well.
www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...
www.regulations.gov/document/FDA...
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5/ And there are provisions making HUGE cuts to child nutrition programs. 30% cuts to food for kids. C'mon. That means Republicans are taking food away from 12.6 million people so billionaires can…..buy an extra yacht? www.politico.com/live-updates...
House Agriculture Committee approves $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts
The bill will force states to take on more costs of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
www.politico.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
5/ And there are provisions making HUGE cuts to child nutrition programs. 30% cuts to food for kids. C'mon. That means Republicans are taking food away from 12.6 million people so billionaires can…..buy an extra yacht? www.politico.com/live-updates...
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3/ The bill BANS states from regulating artificial intelligence - a present to the big AI companies that send $$ to Republicans.
So now no state consumer protections against AI stealing our jobs or corrupting our kids. What citizen is asking for that?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
So now no state consumer protections against AI stealing our jobs or corrupting our kids. What citizen is asking for that?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A dangerous plan to ‘win’ the AI race is circulating
Congress might release AI from state laws. Why put Americans at risk?
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
3/ The bill BANS states from regulating artificial intelligence - a present to the big AI companies that send $$ to Republicans.
So now no state consumer protections against AI stealing our jobs or corrupting our kids. What citizen is asking for that?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
So now no state consumer protections against AI stealing our jobs or corrupting our kids. What citizen is asking for that?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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May 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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seems kind of weird that the vice president of the united states is openly supportive of german neo-nazis!
Not only is he going out of his way to strengthen the European far right, that claim about the Berlin Wall is beyond absurd.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
May 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
seems kind of weird that the vice president of the united states is openly supportive of german neo-nazis!
‘I expect that [LLMs] will become addictive in ways that make the previous decade’s debate over “screentime” look minor in comparison.’
@caseynewton.bsky.social on the dangers of chatbots learning to flatter us rather than be “honest” with us
* Whatever “honest” means in AI context
@caseynewton.bsky.social on the dangers of chatbots learning to flatter us rather than be “honest” with us
* Whatever “honest” means in AI context
May 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
‘I expect that [LLMs] will become addictive in ways that make the previous decade’s debate over “screentime” look minor in comparison.’
@caseynewton.bsky.social on the dangers of chatbots learning to flatter us rather than be “honest” with us
* Whatever “honest” means in AI context
@caseynewton.bsky.social on the dangers of chatbots learning to flatter us rather than be “honest” with us
* Whatever “honest” means in AI context
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
Disaster preparedness disinvestment is both inflationary and authoritarian
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The End of Anticipation
When it's an emergency, they let you do it. You can do anything.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Disaster preparedness disinvestment is both inflationary and authoritarian
substack.com/app-link/pos...
substack.com/app-link/pos...
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months