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Michael Rea
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Philosophy professor, Notre Dame
Pastor’s Spouse, Church of the Savior
Working in metaphysics, analytic theology, and feminist philosophy; current book project focuses on love, beauty, and objectification
www.michaelrea.org
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Michael Cannon Rea is an American analytic philosopher and, since 2017, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He delivered the 2017 Gifford Lecture on divine hiddenness. .. more

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 8d
rewriting a paper rejected by Analysis
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life hack: I was annoyed that I didn't have enough dishes to run a full load, so I repacked the dishwasher less efficiently

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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 8d
The American Conservative Movement Has Failed. My latest, posted at The Contrarian open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The American Conservative Movement Has Failed
Assuming the republic survives, we will have to pick up the pieces. But first we must understand who and what brought us here.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 11d
DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???

“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 11d
Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.

They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.

It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.

www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
Pro-ICE churches should be shamed
Cities Church in St. Paul are the persecutors, not the persecuted
www.salon.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 25d
theconversation.com/why-donald-t...
Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.
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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 29d
Thanks, Christian

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · 29d
Congratulations, Christian!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 22
(This was best and most fun)

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 22
The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 21
I would absolutely email the editor.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 21
😮

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 19
Omg

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 18
I submitted a paper to the journal Ergo in 2021 and, in the process, made the “optional” donation to Syracuse U. to support the journal. (If you don’t get the scare quotes around “optional”, just think for a bit about the dynamics.) Now I still get regular support emails and mailings from Syracuse 🫤

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 11
Likewise!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 11
This is such a good paper!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 11
Well said.

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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · Dec 10
The corruption and criminality of the present administration is outrageous. We should meet it with cool-headed reconstructive determination -- and yes, anger. My latest on Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...
Stay Angry
Never forget the outrages against democracy
substack.com

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 8
I’m done teaching until Fall 2026!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 4
This is astonishing.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Dec 4
So not “42”?

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 30
They are a bit more cakey—they don’t flatten out as much

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 30
Well-deserved!

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 29
Good ol’ Tollhouse chocolate chip (but with twice the baking soda and slightly undercooked)

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 25
I wonder if we will also be delayed for de-icing.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 25
My fake flight is delayed by almost an hour. The bus is awaiting clearance to get to the gate. Flight control is probably like, “Dude, you’re a bus, WTF.”

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 25
My “flight” is a bus…which I could have discovered by reading the fine print but, you know, booking something called a “flight” and choosing seats on an image shaped like a plane encourages certain expectations. Hard eye roll, #AmericanAirlines.

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 15
Predictable :(

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Nov 15
That guy is messed up

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Michael Rea @michaelreand.bsky.social · Oct 29
I loved that film!

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · Oct 25
Fuck it. I’m in a mood. Let’s do another Saturday with Camus.
AUGUST I937 Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people's anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble— yes, gamble-with a whole part of their life and their so-called "vital interests."