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.
Hi Jane! Good to see you over here. 🥰
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Hi Jane! Good to see you over here. 🥰
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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
A few weeks ago someone at our house brought up how Star Wars changed movies and mentioned "... it came out in 1979, and..." I jumped in to say, "1977." "I don't know, are you sure?" With more confidence than I have ever declared anything I said, "1977." "How do you know that?" "How do you NOT?!"
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A few weeks ago someone at our house brought up how Star Wars changed movies and mentioned "... it came out in 1979, and..." I jumped in to say, "1977." "I don't know, are you sure?" With more confidence than I have ever declared anything I said, "1977." "How do you know that?" "How do you NOT?!"
*Jesuit, and not yet a priest but otherwise close enough! :D
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
*Jesuit, and not yet a priest but otherwise close enough! :D
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…
Not sure if that counts for the prompt but I definitely was telling everyone it was great in the weeks before its official release.
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Not sure if that counts for the prompt but I definitely was telling everyone it was great in the weeks before its official release.
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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this bot will be for nobody but me and I am 10000% ok with that
February 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
this bot will be for nobody but me and I am 10000% ok with that
very tempted, once I have bandwidth again, to make a bot that just tweets random sentences of Rahner's _Theological Investigations_ along the lines of the Moby Dick bot
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
very tempted, once I have bandwidth again, to make a bot that just tweets random sentences of Rahner's _Theological Investigations_ along the lines of the Moby Dick bot
Removing immigrants consistently causes a brief rise in employment for the native population followed by a steep drop because it turns out immigrants are not only active in the labor market but also create demand for goods and services! So what do you think happens when that demand is deported?
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Removing immigrants consistently causes a brief rise in employment for the native population followed by a steep drop because it turns out immigrants are not only active in the labor market but also create demand for goods and services! So what do you think happens when that demand is deported?
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
Numbers are for chumps!
(jk jk some of my best friends are numbers)
(jk jk some of my best friends are numbers)
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Numbers are for chumps!
(jk jk some of my best friends are numbers)
(jk jk some of my best friends are numbers)
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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
"They only think of the short term" doesn't even encapsulate it — it's an entire life lived just in the present instance, not even thinking of what happens after my momentary thrill of dominance or pleasure or victory. Any reality evaporates the moment it recedes outside of immediate perception.
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"They only think of the short term" doesn't even encapsulate it — it's an entire life lived just in the present instance, not even thinking of what happens after my momentary thrill of dominance or pleasure or victory. Any reality evaporates the moment it recedes outside of immediate perception.
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.