Shane Liesegang, SJ
@sjml.bsky.social
🎭 theater kid turned 🎮 game dev turned ✝️ Jesuit [scholastic+deacon]
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield, migrant care (🇵🇭)
present: theology in Boston
https://shaneliesegang.com
past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield, migrant care (🇵🇭)
present: theology in Boston
https://shaneliesegang.com
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Shane Liesegang, SJ
@sjml.bsky.social
· Feb 3
I'm increasingly skeptical that "another birdsite" is the answer but there's so many people I can only keep in touch with on the social, so here we are. My old feed was a mix of lefty politics, tech/games, and religion. Trying to find more of the same, but now with migration/refugee stuff thrown in.
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
You all are very kind so far and I appreciate you. Waiting for other shoes to drop…
Question for my ordination bio that I am supposed to ask other people:
What are three words you would use to describe me?
What are three words you would use to describe me?
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You all are very kind so far and I appreciate you. Waiting for other shoes to drop…
Walking down the street with friends in LA, I stopped suddenly.
“Y’all, they’re showing Ratatouille.” “Yeah the new Pixar thing.” “But it doesn’t come out for another month.”
Had stumbled across a soft-open preview. Convinced eight people to cancel karaoke plans and come watch with me. No regrets.
“Y’all, they’re showing Ratatouille.” “Yeah the new Pixar thing.” “But it doesn’t come out for another month.”
Had stumbled across a soft-open preview. Convinced eight people to cancel karaoke plans and come watch with me. No regrets.
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Walking down the street with friends in LA, I stopped suddenly.
“Y’all, they’re showing Ratatouille.” “Yeah the new Pixar thing.” “But it doesn’t come out for another month.”
Had stumbled across a soft-open preview. Convinced eight people to cancel karaoke plans and come watch with me. No regrets.
“Y’all, they’re showing Ratatouille.” “Yeah the new Pixar thing.” “But it doesn’t come out for another month.”
Had stumbled across a soft-open preview. Convinced eight people to cancel karaoke plans and come watch with me. No regrets.
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The machine can replace our humanity only if we allow it first to reduce our sense of humanity to whatever we program the machine to do.
A human horizon willingly sealing itself in a prism.
A human horizon willingly sealing itself in a prism.
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The machine can replace our humanity only if we allow it first to reduce our sense of humanity to whatever we program the machine to do.
A human horizon willingly sealing itself in a prism.
A human horizon willingly sealing itself in a prism.
Question for my ordination bio that I am supposed to ask other people:
What are three words you would use to describe me?
What are three words you would use to describe me?
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Question for my ordination bio that I am supposed to ask other people:
What are three words you would use to describe me?
What are three words you would use to describe me?
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I will make a rare invocation of my masters degree in economics to affirm that this is utter nonsense
I know people have only a dim understanding of economics but it's pretty blatant to claim "immigrants were stealing all the jobs, but ALSO they're the reason there were so many jobs, so now there are 25% as many jobs, get used to it" and expect anyone but the rabid xenophobe base to swallow it
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I will make a rare invocation of my masters degree in economics to affirm that this is utter nonsense
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a typo in a banger is just a post's beauty mark
this website is dope cause nobody ever corrects typos and everyone knows what you meant
August 15, 2023 at 4:11 AM
a typo in a banger is just a post's beauty mark
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As a child this use of arithmetic as a gate keeping function also made me incredibly angry - because I recognized how stupid, cruel, and irrational it was even then.
the degree to which we let early facility in one thing, arithmetic, be the gating function for exposure to a whole vast array of other things with essentially nothing whatsoever to do with early facility in arithmetic is wild to me, like this 19th century throwback idea hiding in plain sight
Funny story: my career in drones exists because I have a arithmetic learning disability, tested awfully in math and couldn’t study STEM in college, and became so angered by how normal it was to look down upon non-tech people in the 2010s that I decided to master a hard tech field out of pure spite.
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
As a child this use of arithmetic as a gate keeping function also made me incredibly angry - because I recognized how stupid, cruel, and irrational it was even then.
I spent most of elementary/middle/high school being told I was bad at math when it turns out I was actually bad at arithmetic. I got to calculus almost purely out of spite and found it was awesome and fun and ruled and you know what? Turns out computers are real good at arithmetic.
the degree to which we let early facility in one thing, arithmetic, be the gating function for exposure to a whole vast array of other things with essentially nothing whatsoever to do with early facility in arithmetic is wild to me, like this 19th century throwback idea hiding in plain sight
Funny story: my career in drones exists because I have a arithmetic learning disability, tested awfully in math and couldn’t study STEM in college, and became so angered by how normal it was to look down upon non-tech people in the 2010s that I decided to master a hard tech field out of pure spite.
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I spent most of elementary/middle/high school being told I was bad at math when it turns out I was actually bad at arithmetic. I got to calculus almost purely out of spite and found it was awesome and fun and ruled and you know what? Turns out computers are real good at arithmetic.
I am in *way* over my head on this Rahner seminar but it is shaping up to be the best class I've taken in my years of theology study. Highlights include the professor (who I adore and deeply respect) sending emails with subjects like "Graced Humanity" that start with "Dear Colleagues."
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I am in *way* over my head on this Rahner seminar but it is shaping up to be the best class I've taken in my years of theology study. Highlights include the professor (who I adore and deeply respect) sending emails with subjects like "Graced Humanity" that start with "Dear Colleagues."
Some of you people need to get offline and couch grass
Today is Tridi the 23rd of Pluviôse in the year 234.
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate couch grass.#JacobinDay
More information on couch grass
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate couch grass.#JacobinDay
More information on couch grass
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Some of you people need to get offline and couch grass
this is actually my specialty
I miss having a producer who could light a fire under me to push stuff over the finish line
I miss having a producer who could light a fire under me to push stuff over the finish line
unfinished projects are fiiiiiine
society has brainwashed us into chasing utmost productivity every hour of our waking existence
just be curious and have fun, man
society has brainwashed us into chasing utmost productivity every hour of our waking existence
just be curious and have fun, man
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
this is actually my specialty
I miss having a producer who could light a fire under me to push stuff over the finish line
I miss having a producer who could light a fire under me to push stuff over the finish line
For me the repeated "this would end careers in other administrations" things are less about hypocrisy (though that does gall me) but more about the implicit assertion that Things Don't Matter, that nothing is to be taken seriously, just a purely cynical existence free of consequence.
NEWS: Marco Rubio is telling Trump we are holding negotiations with Cuba, yet no such talks are happening.
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
For me the repeated "this would end careers in other administrations" things are less about hypocrisy (though that does gall me) but more about the implicit assertion that Things Don't Matter, that nothing is to be taken seriously, just a purely cynical existence free of consequence.
Was impressed by the demo slice of this game a little while back — glad to hear it sounds like it stuck the landing. Combining heist mechanics and decolonization sounds like a combo made for me. Excited to check out the full thing!
Many "important" games are boring. Few fun games are "important." Relooted is both -- and so much more.
The Best Heists Are Also History Lessons
In Relooted, before you steal artifacts you must learn why they matter
postgame.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Was impressed by the demo slice of this game a little while back — glad to hear it sounds like it stuck the landing. Combining heist mechanics and decolonization sounds like a combo made for me. Excited to check out the full thing!
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Happy to see that, "Just make it an NPC wearing an object you need to move," works outside of games too.
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Happy to see that, "Just make it an NPC wearing an object you need to move," works outside of games too.
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An absolutely insane story. Anyone thinking that as long as you're white and lawful you're safe - you are wrong. We have reached the end of that poem - you know the one.
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work
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An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.
Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
An absolutely insane story. Anyone thinking that as long as you're white and lawful you're safe - you are wrong. We have reached the end of that poem - you know the one.
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The Winter Olympics are the Taco Bell of sports (complimentary)
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
The Winter Olympics are the Taco Bell of sports (complimentary)
Third appearance means this is officially A Very Gaga Super Bowl
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Third appearance means this is officially A Very Gaga Super Bowl
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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My Spanish isn't good enough for this, but the message I got was "Latin America is cool" and I agree
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
My Spanish isn't good enough for this, but the message I got was "Latin America is cool" and I agree
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Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Doing things is the whole point of being alive and it baffles me how much people are drawn to avoiding doing things. I don't mean tedium or hard labor but art and song and learning and swimming and tripping over your feet and laughing as a friend helps you up; why do you want to not do these things?
February 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Doing things is the whole point of being alive and it baffles me how much people are drawn to avoiding doing things. I don't mean tedium or hard labor but art and song and learning and swimming and tripping over your feet and laughing as a friend helps you up; why do you want to not do these things?