Austin Roberts
@austinroberts13.bsky.social
Philosophy, religion, & environmental ethics professor in Humboldt County. PhD in theological and philosophical studies in religion, Drew University.
How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time?
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
September 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
Ezra Klein’s interview with Mahmoud Khalil is powerful. Highly recommend listening/watching:
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Mahmoud Khalil Tells His Story
The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in America.
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ezra Klein’s interview with Mahmoud Khalil is powerful. Highly recommend listening/watching:
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write,” Ms. Novak said at a news conference in Jerusalem. “But in recent months, we have been witnessing a reality that has left us no choice but to acknowledge the truth.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write,” Ms. Novak said at a news conference in Jerusalem. “But in recent months, we have been witnessing a reality that has left us no choice but to acknowledge the truth.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
“…my sense of self dissolved and I unified with an abiding force that permeated all existence — something that felt conscious, vast, benevolent, eternal, peaceful, and furiously important.” theoutline.com/post/7367/ta...
Taking mushrooms for depression cured me of my atheism
Psilocybin not only eased my depression, it showed me a new way to live.
theoutline.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“…my sense of self dissolved and I unified with an abiding force that permeated all existence — something that felt conscious, vast, benevolent, eternal, peaceful, and furiously important.” theoutline.com/post/7367/ta...
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Today, Trump sold out the young people of America and future generations.
He will give the fossil fuel industry the unrestricted ability to release carbon emissions and accelerate the existential threat of climate change.
How much in campaign contributions is that worth?
He will give the fossil fuel industry the unrestricted ability to release carbon emissions and accelerate the existential threat of climate change.
How much in campaign contributions is that worth?
Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today, Trump sold out the young people of America and future generations.
He will give the fossil fuel industry the unrestricted ability to release carbon emissions and accelerate the existential threat of climate change.
How much in campaign contributions is that worth?
He will give the fossil fuel industry the unrestricted ability to release carbon emissions and accelerate the existential threat of climate change.
How much in campaign contributions is that worth?
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Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted as a war criminal.
His government is systematically killing and starving the people of Gaza.
He will be remembered as one of the monsters of modern history.
And Trump welcomed him to the White House.
His government is systematically killing and starving the people of Gaza.
He will be remembered as one of the monsters of modern history.
And Trump welcomed him to the White House.
Trump Welcomes a War Criminal to the White House | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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July 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted as a war criminal.
His government is systematically killing and starving the people of Gaza.
He will be remembered as one of the monsters of modern history.
And Trump welcomed him to the White House.
His government is systematically killing and starving the people of Gaza.
He will be remembered as one of the monsters of modern history.
And Trump welcomed him to the White House.
This is amazing—Catholic bishops from the global south call for climate justice and degrowth, citing the work of @jasonhickel.bsky.social in the text of their statement.
apnews.com/article/vati...
apnews.com/article/vati...
Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa, Latin America demand climate justice
Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected by rising temperatures.
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is amazing—Catholic bishops from the global south call for climate justice and degrowth, citing the work of @jasonhickel.bsky.social in the text of their statement.
apnews.com/article/vati...
apnews.com/article/vati...
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You have to dig pretty deep these days to find someone with a PhD who rejects climate science. Which, of course, is what the Trump administration has done.
Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You have to dig pretty deep these days to find someone with a PhD who rejects climate science. Which, of course, is what the Trump administration has done.
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In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone
May 2025 experienced the first 430 ppm+ monthly #co2 average in human history, per Keeling Curve: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...
Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone
For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...
scripps.ucsd.edu
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone
Fantastic short piece about the Klamath River and the rights of nature movement, which is now facing uphill battles against Trump’s human supremacy thinking. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Does a River Have Legal Rights?
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fantastic short piece about the Klamath River and the rights of nature movement, which is now facing uphill battles against Trump’s human supremacy thinking. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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14,000 children.
That’s how many Palestinian children are imminently at risk of dying from starvation and preventable illness unless immediate aid is allowed into Gaza. This is not alarmism. This is every major humanitarian agency ringing the bell, yet again, while too many of us scroll by.
That’s how many Palestinian children are imminently at risk of dying from starvation and preventable illness unless immediate aid is allowed into Gaza. This is not alarmism. This is every major humanitarian agency ringing the bell, yet again, while too many of us scroll by.
May 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
14,000 children.
That’s how many Palestinian children are imminently at risk of dying from starvation and preventable illness unless immediate aid is allowed into Gaza. This is not alarmism. This is every major humanitarian agency ringing the bell, yet again, while too many of us scroll by.
That’s how many Palestinian children are imminently at risk of dying from starvation and preventable illness unless immediate aid is allowed into Gaza. This is not alarmism. This is every major humanitarian agency ringing the bell, yet again, while too many of us scroll by.
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"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
I'm a professor. We're not the 'elite' the powerful billionaires say we are.
Most professors don't have tenure. An increasing number don't even have full-time jobs. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
My article on progressive faith and theology, inspired by process thought, is now up at Open Horizons.
Reimagining Christ for an Evolving World: Austin Roberts
This vision of progressive Christianity is shaped by the insights of process theology and offered in the spirit of an ongoing conversation about what is true, good, and life-giving—for people and...
www.openhorizons.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My article on progressive faith and theology, inspired by process thought, is now up at Open Horizons.
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Norman Wirzba: Theologies of Hope in a Time of Crisis www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/04/14/n...
Norman Wirzba: Theologies of Hope in a Time of Crisis
Online Class: The Many Faces of Christ Today
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May 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Norman Wirzba: Theologies of Hope in a Time of Crisis www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/04/14/n...
This is so true!
The thing about most professors… they actually want to teach… so if you want to learn they will help you
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is so true!
This is a great book—check it out, friends!
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Me? I love @libro.fm as it allows you to support your local #bookshop, like @booksellercrow.bsky.social. So go grab from there: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Me? I love @libro.fm as it allows you to support your local #bookshop, like @booksellercrow.bsky.social. So go grab from there: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
God-like: a 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters Audiobook on Libro.fm
In the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' - the first test of the atomic bo...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is a great book—check it out, friends!
“Christianity was always for the poor”—Fantastic article from theologian David Bentley Hart about the communist teachings of Jesus and the New Testament. jacobin.com/2024/03/chri...
Christianity Was Always for the Poor
From the Sermon on the Mount through the Apostolic Age, the first Christians preached against wealth.
jacobin.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Christianity was always for the poor”—Fantastic article from theologian David Bentley Hart about the communist teachings of Jesus and the New Testament. jacobin.com/2024/03/chri...
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Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
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The big/small men of MAGA are apocalyptic fantasists.
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The big/small men of MAGA are apocalyptic fantasists.
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This — and has been for a while — an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation for anyone who cares about the welfare of the world.
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This — and has been for a while — an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation for anyone who cares about the welfare of the world.
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Sleep deprived Corey Booker is what America needed today. Not kidding.
Go Corey go!
Go Corey go!
April 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sleep deprived Corey Booker is what America needed today. Not kidding.
Go Corey go!
Go Corey go!
Morgan Stanley predicts we’re on track for 3°C of warming—ironic, coming from a company that’s been funding the fossil fuel train for decades.
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Morgan Stanley predicts we’re on track for 3°C of warming—ironic, coming from a company that’s been funding the fossil fuel train for decades.