Pippa Koch
@pippakoch.bsky.social
Prof of American religion, early America, colonial world, religion and medicine.
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Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Tillis: compares “science” which is ”corrupt” and “data.”
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tillis: compares “science” which is ”corrupt” and “data.”
“Do you know how the FDA approval process works?“ - Hassan commenting on how everything about the Covid vaccine has been public until RFK made a decision behind closed doors.
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Do you know how the FDA approval process works?“ - Hassan commenting on how everything about the Covid vaccine has been public until RFK made a decision behind closed doors.
“You blame chronic disease, and yet you are not putting solutions on the table to expand coverage to all Americans.” Cantwell asking about the ACA, too. Tells RFK that the Northwest will continue leading where the US is failing.
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“You blame chronic disease, and yet you are not putting solutions on the table to expand coverage to all Americans.” Cantwell asking about the ACA, too. Tells RFK that the Northwest will continue leading where the US is failing.
Cantwell to RFK, Jr.: you are a charlatan.
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Cantwell to RFK, Jr.: you are a charlatan.
Cassidy is playing an interesting game in his questioning of RFK Jr. He asked RFk if Trump deserves a Nobel prize for operation warp speed. And then asked RFK why he also thinks Covid vaccines kill people.
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cassidy is playing an interesting game in his questioning of RFK Jr. He asked RFk if Trump deserves a Nobel prize for operation warp speed. And then asked RFK why he also thinks Covid vaccines kill people.
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This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
An amazing book!
Today is the official publication day of *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*! Much gratitude to family, friends, students, and colleagues who engaged the project, and to librarians and foundations for support in the research process.
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
An amazing book!
I have been so fortunate to have a fellowship from the Library of Congress and I continue to use their collections. I am devastated by the catastrophic cuts to the institution that is home to so much of our history and memory.
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I have been so fortunate to have a fellowship from the Library of Congress and I continue to use their collections. I am devastated by the catastrophic cuts to the institution that is home to so much of our history and memory.
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I could not have written my most recent book without the resources made possible by the National Digital Newspaper Program. More information and ideas for action in the thread.
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
www.loc.gov
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I could not have written my most recent book without the resources made possible by the National Digital Newspaper Program. More information and ideas for action in the thread.
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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Meet our co-hosts and featured panelist for our upcoming episode, Religion & The Madhouse!
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March 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Meet our co-hosts and featured panelist for our upcoming episode, Religion & The Madhouse!
Register and learn more: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
@jlweisenfeld.bsky.social @profjte.bsky.social @pippakoch.bsky.social
Register and learn more: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
@jlweisenfeld.bsky.social @profjte.bsky.social @pippakoch.bsky.social
Hoya saxa
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hoya saxa
This. From GU Law: “At Georgetown Law, we strive to live by the Jesuit concept of cura personalis – the care of the whole person. Our mission is to create a community where the many different and unique talents, abilities, and dreams of all our members are valued and can flourish.”
Honestly, the best response would be for Georgetown Law to explain that diversity, equity, and inclusion are values promoted by Catholic teaching, and they don't appreciate the U.S. attorney demanding they eliminate their religious principles from their curriculum. His head would explode.
March 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This. From GU Law: “At Georgetown Law, we strive to live by the Jesuit concept of cura personalis – the care of the whole person. Our mission is to create a community where the many different and unique talents, abilities, and dreams of all our members are valued and can flourish.”
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Benjamin Franklin produced the very first chart of the Gulf Stream and then two more charts of it—here’s the final one, of 1786, showing Dr. Franklin in the lower right-hand corner, lecturing poor old Neptune, behind whom is the source of the Gulf Stream: the Gulf of Mexico
February 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Benjamin Franklin produced the very first chart of the Gulf Stream and then two more charts of it—here’s the final one, of 1786, showing Dr. Franklin in the lower right-hand corner, lecturing poor old Neptune, behind whom is the source of the Gulf Stream: the Gulf of Mexico
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The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state.
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state.
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
“Lutherans” 🤣🤣🤣
If they succeed in this, a lot of Americans are about to realize how much these Lutheran programs do.
If they succeed in this, a lot of Americans are about to realize how much these Lutheran programs do.
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Lutherans” 🤣🤣🤣
If they succeed in this, a lot of Americans are about to realize how much these Lutheran programs do.
If they succeed in this, a lot of Americans are about to realize how much these Lutheran programs do.
Teach cultural competence without teaching diversity. www.news-leader.com/story/news/e...
Missouri State University ends DEI efforts, closes Office of Inclusive Engagement
MSU has stopped its diversity, equity and inclusion programs and closed the Office of Inclusive Engagement. The changes are effective immediately.
www.news-leader.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Teach cultural competence without teaching diversity. www.news-leader.com/story/news/e...
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Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.
January 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.