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.
At long last, we have trained the Ball-Kicking Robot from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Train The Ball-Kicking Robot
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
At long last, we have trained the Ball-Kicking Robot from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Train The Ball-Kicking Robot
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Today is Octidi the 8th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate manure.#JacobinDay
More information on manure
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate manure.#JacobinDay
More information on manure
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Octidi the 8th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate manure.#JacobinDay
More information on manure
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate manure.#JacobinDay
More information on manure
holy crap, Hamnet
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
holy crap, Hamnet
For whomever might need to hear it:
There is nothing you could ever think, or say, or do, or even *become* that would make God love you any less.
There is nothing you could ever think, or say, or do, or even *become* that would make God love you any less.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For whomever might need to hear it:
There is nothing you could ever think, or say, or do, or even *become* that would make God love you any less.
There is nothing you could ever think, or say, or do, or even *become* that would make God love you any less.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
A podcast I have loved for a LONG time has started including sight gags and I cannot tell you the amount of frustration and (weirdly) feelings of betrayal(?) this creates in me.
I understand that YouTube is the dominant cultural delivery method of our age but i genuinely don’t understand it. I don’t want video of my audio entertainment. I listen while I’m doing other things. I don’t even know what the use case would be for me.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A podcast I have loved for a LONG time has started including sight gags and I cannot tell you the amount of frustration and (weirdly) feelings of betrayal(?) this creates in me.
as timekeeping technology progressed, we really should have kept this kind of aesthetic for it; miniaturize this and strap it to my wrist
December 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
as timekeeping technology progressed, we really should have kept this kind of aesthetic for it; miniaturize this and strap it to my wrist
Man, every time I visit New York I’m reminded how much I love this city. What a great idea for a place. Every corner I turn any time of day or night is just a different brand of magic waiting to be uncovered.
Sometimes the magic is rats, but that’s all part of the fabric of its imagination.
Sometimes the magic is rats, but that’s all part of the fabric of its imagination.
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Man, every time I visit New York I’m reminded how much I love this city. What a great idea for a place. Every corner I turn any time of day or night is just a different brand of magic waiting to be uncovered.
Sometimes the magic is rats, but that’s all part of the fabric of its imagination.
Sometimes the magic is rats, but that’s all part of the fabric of its imagination.
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Had more than one person tell me they wanted to hear "a Catholic commentary track for WAKE UP DEAD MAN," and it was a fun excuse to rewatch the movie with my Jesuit friend JRod as we talked about how this thing feels from the perspective of young clerics currently immersed in theology studies.
Jesuit Commentary Track - Wake Up Dead Man
Two Jesuits provide a commentary track sharing their perspectives on the Church and pastoral theology in relation to the film.
shaneliesegang.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Had more than one person tell me they wanted to hear "a Catholic commentary track for WAKE UP DEAD MAN," and it was a fun excuse to rewatch the movie with my Jesuit friend JRod as we talked about how this thing feels from the perspective of young clerics currently immersed in theology studies.
I’m glad I was not the only one baffled by this exchange
Al Michaels: it will be a busy offseason for Kelce because he’s marrying the biggest pop star alive
Herbstriet: Look, Travis Kelce is from Ohio and I’m from Ohio.
Herbstriet: Look, Travis Kelce is from Ohio and I’m from Ohio.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m glad I was not the only one baffled by this exchange
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Today is Sextidi the 6th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate lava.#JacobinDay
More information on lava
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate lava.#JacobinDay
More information on lava
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Sextidi the 6th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate lava.#JacobinDay
More information on lava
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate lava.#JacobinDay
More information on lava
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing on the street corners to be seen by others.”
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing on the street corners to be seen by others.”
Merry Christmas from the golden-haired Romulan child I once was
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Merry Christmas from the golden-haired Romulan child I once was
COME IN, AND KNOW ME BETTER, MAN!
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
COME IN, AND KNOW ME BETTER, MAN!
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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Today is Quintidi the 5th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate dogs.#JacobinDay
More information on dogs
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate dogs.#JacobinDay
More information on dogs
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Quintidi the 5th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate dogs.#JacobinDay
More information on dogs
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate dogs.#JacobinDay
More information on dogs
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
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Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual.
White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be busine...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual.
I used to give a lectures on the history of (TT+C)RPGs and would dutifully start in the 70s because that's what was expected, but then open the last third with this map of Angria and ask if anyone knew what it was. The shared universe of the Brontë siblings! (this is mentioned downthread.)
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I used to give a lectures on the history of (TT+C)RPGs and would dutifully start in the 70s because that's what was expected, but then open the last third with this map of Angria and ask if anyone knew what it was. The shared universe of the Brontë siblings! (this is mentioned downthread.)
Had more than one person tell me they wanted to hear "a Catholic commentary track for WAKE UP DEAD MAN," and it was a fun excuse to rewatch the movie with my Jesuit friend JRod as we talked about how this thing feels from the perspective of young clerics currently immersed in theology studies.
Jesuit Commentary Track - Wake Up Dead Man
Two Jesuits provide a commentary track sharing their perspectives on the Church and pastoral theology in relation to the film.
shaneliesegang.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Had more than one person tell me they wanted to hear "a Catholic commentary track for WAKE UP DEAD MAN," and it was a fun excuse to rewatch the movie with my Jesuit friend JRod as we talked about how this thing feels from the perspective of young clerics currently immersed in theology studies.
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Just so you are aware, the average historian
-- will have done comprehensive exams for their PhD where they are expected to have read *all* the research in their area.
-- they will then write a dissertation where they add to this by visiting archives and painstakingly amassing new sources.
1/2
-- will have done comprehensive exams for their PhD where they are expected to have read *all* the research in their area.
-- they will then write a dissertation where they add to this by visiting archives and painstakingly amassing new sources.
1/2
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Just so you are aware, the average historian
-- will have done comprehensive exams for their PhD where they are expected to have read *all* the research in their area.
-- they will then write a dissertation where they add to this by visiting archives and painstakingly amassing new sources.
1/2
-- will have done comprehensive exams for their PhD where they are expected to have read *all* the research in their area.
-- they will then write a dissertation where they add to this by visiting archives and painstakingly amassing new sources.
1/2
I don't think I quite liked Superman as much as the Zeitgeist™ did but it was definitely fun and the opening interview with Lois (which I didn't like when they released it in isolation) was a smart critique of the very *idea* of superheroes (even if the movie undercut that thought it in the climax)
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I don't think I quite liked Superman as much as the Zeitgeist™ did but it was definitely fun and the opening interview with Lois (which I didn't like when they released it in isolation) was a smart critique of the very *idea* of superheroes (even if the movie undercut that thought it in the climax)
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Today is Primidi the 1st of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate peat.#JacobinDay
More information on peat
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate peat.#JacobinDay
More information on peat
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Primidi the 1st of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate peat.#JacobinDay
More information on peat
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate peat.#JacobinDay
More information on peat