Vince Miller
@millervincent.bsky.social
Theologian wrestling with hope in the face of climate change and ecological destruction.
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Thinking with Rivers
In the face of the awesome and lifegiving power of rivers, human beings may be the real terror.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
My review of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "beautifully written riverine tangle" - "Is a River Alive?" & James Scott's "In Praise of Floods" is in this month's @commonweal.bsky.social.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
A refreshing counterbalance to the cruel optimism of so much AI and pedagogy discourse.
Fall 2025 is over, grades are in, so time for some thoughts on the artificial intelligence and theology course I taught this semester
stephenokey.substack.com/p/boom-doom-...
stephenokey.substack.com/p/boom-doom-...
Boom, Doom, or Draw
A Post Mortem on my AI and Theology Course
stephenokey.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A refreshing counterbalance to the cruel optimism of so much AI and pedagogy discourse.
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'The Catholic chaplain, Fr. Justin, had announced a Mass for the two students killed yesterday during a pre-exam review session.'
Max Foley-Keene writes from Providence on a campus shooting—and a Gaudete Sunday Mass:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/brown-shooti...
Max Foley-Keene writes from Providence on a campus shooting—and a Gaudete Sunday Mass:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/brown-shooti...
After the Brown Shooting
'The Catholic chaplain, Fr. Justin, had announced a Mass for the two students killed yesterday during a pre-exam review session.'
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
'The Catholic chaplain, Fr. Justin, had announced a Mass for the two students killed yesterday during a pre-exam review session.'
Max Foley-Keene writes from Providence on a campus shooting—and a Gaudete Sunday Mass:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/brown-shooti...
Max Foley-Keene writes from Providence on a campus shooting—and a Gaudete Sunday Mass:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/brown-shooti...
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Fergus Kerr OP passed away on Sunday. Learning about Wittgenstein from him was one of the highlights of my education
He wasn't just a fiercely brilliant philosopher and theologian, but also distinctive for his kindness. He was a real light in my academic sojourn. Rest in peace.
He wasn't just a fiercely brilliant philosopher and theologian, but also distinctive for his kindness. He was a real light in my academic sojourn. Rest in peace.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fergus Kerr OP passed away on Sunday. Learning about Wittgenstein from him was one of the highlights of my education
He wasn't just a fiercely brilliant philosopher and theologian, but also distinctive for his kindness. He was a real light in my academic sojourn. Rest in peace.
He wasn't just a fiercely brilliant philosopher and theologian, but also distinctive for his kindness. He was a real light in my academic sojourn. Rest in peace.
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“Hope is a great stripping away,” he said. “What I hope for is to see the face of God, and whatever else I thought I needed, I don’t really need.” www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/17/w...
What does it really mean to be a pilgrim of hope?
What does it really mean to be a pilgrim of hope? We all know what hope is, more or less. The Gospels call Christians to hope countless times, and Pope Francis, planning ahead, invited Catholics to…
www.simchafisher.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Hope is a great stripping away,” he said. “What I hope for is to see the face of God, and whatever else I thought I needed, I don’t really need.” www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/17/w...
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
My review of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "beautifully written riverine tangle" - "Is a River Alive?" & James Scott's "In Praise of Floods" is in this month's @commonweal.bsky.social.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
Thinking with Rivers
In the face of the awesome and lifegiving power of rivers, human beings may be the real terror.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My review of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "beautifully written riverine tangle" - "Is a River Alive?" & James Scott's "In Praise of Floods" is in this month's @commonweal.bsky.social.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vincent-mill...
Usa-Venezuela, il Papa: con la violenza non si trovano soluzioni
YouTube video by Vatican News
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November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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“The supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to dominate; all are called to serve. No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded; we are all called to participate. - Pope Leo
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“The supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to dominate; all are called to serve. No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded; we are all called to participate. - Pope Leo
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Pope Leo: “We must dream of and build a more humble Church; a Church that does not stand upright….triumphant and inflated with pride, but bends down to wash the feet of humanity; a Church that does not judge.,,but becomes a welcoming place for all.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Pope Leo: “We must dream of and build a more humble Church; a Church that does not stand upright….triumphant and inflated with pride, but bends down to wash the feet of humanity; a Church that does not judge.,,but becomes a welcoming place for all.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Pope Leo condemns "grave crimes" being committed against immigrants.
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pope Leo condemns "grave crimes" being committed against immigrants.
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
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A typhoon has devastated communities in western Alaska and record flood waters have displaced at least 1,400 people and search and rescue operations continue. alaskapublic.org/news/public-...
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Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities
A Coast Guard commander recounted scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, searching for debris to hold onto.
alaskapublic.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A typhoon has devastated communities in western Alaska and record flood waters have displaced at least 1,400 people and search and rescue operations continue. alaskapublic.org/news/public-...
Donate here: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
#LeoXIV treatment of Catholic Social Doctrine in Ch4 #DilexiTe reveals his voice: direct, detailed, comprehensive. He cites laity and religious, papal magisterium, Vatican II, Medellin, the CDF. Leo speaks loudly, not by emphasizing his own voice but by showing the deep consensus of Church teaching.
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#LeoXIV treatment of Catholic Social Doctrine in Ch4 #DilexiTe reveals his voice: direct, detailed, comprehensive. He cites laity and religious, papal magisterium, Vatican II, Medellin, the CDF. Leo speaks loudly, not by emphasizing his own voice but by showing the deep consensus of Church teaching.
Amazing historical detail on Jesus' class from the Gospels in #DilexiTe from Leo XVI. So much of the exhortation has his quiet, comprehensive, even encyclopedic grasp of the tradition.
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Amazing historical detail on Jesus' class from the Gospels in #DilexiTe from Leo XVI. So much of the exhortation has his quiet, comprehensive, even encyclopedic grasp of the tradition.
In #DilexiTe Leo XVI, stresses the fundamental spiritual link between Christ and the poor; concerned that many Christians have "succumbed to attitudes shaped by secular ideologies or political and economic approaches" that replace the Gospel "with the wisdom of the world."
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In #DilexiTe Leo XVI, stresses the fundamental spiritual link between Christ and the poor; concerned that many Christians have "succumbed to attitudes shaped by secular ideologies or political and economic approaches" that replace the Gospel "with the wisdom of the world."
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Hydroelectricity remains the largest source of renewable generation, though virtually all of the growth in renewables over the past five years has come from solar and wind.
Solar has grown particularly fast and on track to surpass wind generation in the next year.
Solar has grown particularly fast and on track to surpass wind generation in the next year.
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hydroelectricity remains the largest source of renewable generation, though virtually all of the growth in renewables over the past five years has come from solar and wind.
Solar has grown particularly fast and on track to surpass wind generation in the next year.
Solar has grown particularly fast and on track to surpass wind generation in the next year.
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Renewables (primarily solar and wind) have grown dramatically over the past five years while other electricity sources have been relatively flat. Renewables are on track to generate more electricity than coal in 2025 (and already have over H1 of the year):
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Renewables (primarily solar and wind) have grown dramatically over the past five years while other electricity sources have been relatively flat. Renewables are on track to generate more electricity than coal in 2025 (and already have over H1 of the year):
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Wisdom all of us should follow.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Wisdom all of us should follow.
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Asked while leaving Castel Gandolfo about the statement from the Israeli Embassy attacking Cardinal Parolin for his interview with Vatican media that could risk undermining peace efforts, the Pope says: “the cardinal expressed the Holy See's opinion very well.”
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Asked while leaving Castel Gandolfo about the statement from the Israeli Embassy attacking Cardinal Parolin for his interview with Vatican media that could risk undermining peace efforts, the Pope says: “the cardinal expressed the Holy See's opinion very well.”
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@triofrancos.bsky.social on the astonishing biodiversity in the Atacama Salt Flat and the environmental cost of green capitalism.
What Mining for Water in the Andean Desert Reveals About “Green” Capitalism
A high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. I am on the Chilean side, in the passenger seat of a Jeep, along with two other researchers. The afternoon air is thin and b…
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October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@triofrancos.bsky.social on the astonishing biodiversity in the Atacama Salt Flat and the environmental cost of green capitalism.
Photos from my trip to the McKenzie River in Oregon to write about Salmon and Aquinas's understanding of hope as an animal passion.
So much to learn about hope as "bonum futurum arduum" from these beings of flesh and flow.
You can hear their sound in this photo.
So much to learn about hope as "bonum futurum arduum" from these beings of flesh and flow.
You can hear their sound in this photo.
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Photos from my trip to the McKenzie River in Oregon to write about Salmon and Aquinas's understanding of hope as an animal passion.
So much to learn about hope as "bonum futurum arduum" from these beings of flesh and flow.
You can hear their sound in this photo.
So much to learn about hope as "bonum futurum arduum" from these beings of flesh and flow.
You can hear their sound in this photo.
Old friends sharpened and tuned for dovetails -- a skill at which I've grown rusty, alas.
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Old friends sharpened and tuned for dovetails -- a skill at which I've grown rusty, alas.