Elizabeth Drescher, PhD
@edrescherphd.bsky.social
Puppy mum, gardener, green cook, scholar of living non/religion, urban religion, material religion, domestic religion, religion in everyday life.
The trouble with reading Hannah Arendt, Merleau-Ponty, or Michael Jackson is that every other line seems important, notable, underline worthy. Then you re-read, and what you didn't mark the first time seems important, notable, underline worthy. #InfiniteLoop
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The trouble with reading Hannah Arendt, Merleau-Ponty, or Michael Jackson is that every other line seems important, notable, underline worthy. Then you re-read, and what you didn't mark the first time seems important, notable, underline worthy. #InfiniteLoop
Took these photos of “When the Mountain fell in Love with the Sea” by Lacey Bryant at Ryland Mews n 90º weather in August. Then noticed an unhoused woman sleeping near the railroad tracks. Can you see her? Can any of us? #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Took these photos of “When the Mountain fell in Love with the Sea” by Lacey Bryant at Ryland Mews n 90º weather in August. Then noticed an unhoused woman sleeping near the railroad tracks. Can you see her? Can any of us? #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
The evil in Weiss's actions re #60Minutes should be obvious. The idiocy is that she somehow believed she could stop the story from getting out.
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The evil in Weiss's actions re #60Minutes should be obvious. The idiocy is that she somehow believed she could stop the story from getting out.
GOP women are unhappy with Mike Johnson? Oh, wow. Color me so sad 🥹 that the women betraying women (and everyone else in America) feel betrayed by the deceitful little man they brought to power.
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
GOP women are unhappy with Mike Johnson? Oh, wow. Color me so sad 🥹 that the women betraying women (and everyone else in America) feel betrayed by the deceitful little man they brought to power.
This girl, stopping to smell the not-really-lavender, finding sunshine on a cloudy day.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This girl, stopping to smell the not-really-lavender, finding sunshine on a cloudy day.
This girl, in her heirloom holiday jammies. Everything.
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This girl, in her heirloom holiday jammies. Everything.
Murals at Khemara Rangsey Temple in the Tropicana neighborhood of San José, CA remember Cambodia & South Vietnam, celebrate the Bay Area Khmer & Kampuchea-Krom diaspora, and help to preserve Khmer identity & culture. #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Murals at Khemara Rangsey Temple in the Tropicana neighborhood of San José, CA remember Cambodia & South Vietnam, celebrate the Bay Area Khmer & Kampuchea-Krom diaspora, and help to preserve Khmer identity & culture. #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
The eventual #Epsteinfiles release is, alas, probably going to turn out to be a not-much-burger. But is there a chance that the process has taught more moderate GOP members how to stand up to tRump?
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The eventual #Epsteinfiles release is, alas, probably going to turn out to be a not-much-burger. But is there a chance that the process has taught more moderate GOP members how to stand up to tRump?
Virgin of Guadalupe at Biebrach Park pool, Gardner neighborhood, San Jose, CA. See more: bit.ly/4nX1SHK #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Virgin of Guadalupe at Biebrach Park pool, Gardner neighborhood, San Jose, CA. See more: bit.ly/4nX1SHK #Urban🖼️ #MuralOfTheWeek #SanJoseMurals #MappingLivingReligion
Inch by inch, academic freedom, any kind of intellectual integrity at all, is excised from American colleges and universities.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Inch by inch, academic freedom, any kind of intellectual integrity at all, is excised from American colleges and universities.
Also, "we'll see" what happens to Shaheen's legacy when she conveniently exits stage right in 2026 after fkking over the American people in 2025. #healthcareforall
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Also, "we'll see" what happens to Shaheen's legacy when she conveniently exits stage right in 2026 after fkking over the American people in 2025. #healthcareforall
FFS, @markwarner.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @hassan.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov #jontester, sure @joemanchin5.bsky.social is a fkwad who'll yield power to line his (& his daughter's) pockets. But are all of you NUTS? No means no on #ACA. #HoldTheLine
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
FFS, @markwarner.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @hassan.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov #jontester, sure @joemanchin5.bsky.social is a fkwad who'll yield power to line his (& his daughter's) pockets. But are all of you NUTS? No means no on #ACA. #HoldTheLine
"don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics" Do better @chrismurphyct.bsky.social #nonazis
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics" Do better @chrismurphyct.bsky.social #nonazis
Reposted by Elizabeth Drescher, PhD
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
Reposted by Elizabeth Drescher, PhD
What will Amy Coney Barrett do?
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What will Amy Coney Barrett do?
“The condition of the poor is a cry that, throughout human history, constantly challenges our lives, societies, political and economic systems, and, not least, the Church.” - Pope Leo (October 4, 2025)
October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“The condition of the poor is a cry that, throughout human history, constantly challenges our lives, societies, political and economic systems, and, not least, the Church.” - Pope Leo (October 4, 2025)
"There is no justice without compassion; there is no legitimacy without listening to the pain of others." ~ Pope Leo XIV (September 12, 2025)
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"There is no justice without compassion; there is no legitimacy without listening to the pain of others." ~ Pope Leo XIV (September 12, 2025)
#Librarians for the win! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#Librarians for the win! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Hey Marc Benioff: Shut up.
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey Marc Benioff: Shut up.
Why are the last three assignments always the hardest to grade?
October 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Why are the last three assignments always the hardest to grade?
THIS! Not your list of the ways in which Trump, Inc. is evil. Got that. Not how you knew it was coming. Good for you. We did, too. This.
If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
THIS! Not your list of the ways in which Trump, Inc. is evil. Got that. Not how you knew it was coming. Good for you. We did, too. This.
I've hit the wall on "I saw it all coming" posts.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I've hit the wall on "I saw it all coming" posts.