Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst
@profirmf.bsky.social
tired Islam, South Asia, race, & religion professor. podcaster. parent. enthusiastic killjoy. drama & drag & bad movie fan. adoptee. occasional TikTokker. she/her.
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Religion Is Not Done with You by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin: 9780807012758 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
our book is about systems of power—& especially religion
we say repeatedly that religion is what people do
the good & bad & everything
enough white Christian Americans are doing fascism that that is the whole game now
so study up
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...
we say repeatedly that religion is what people do
the good & bad & everything
enough white Christian Americans are doing fascism that that is the whole game now
so study up
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...
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People aren't skipping jabs there is a concerted campaign from the highest levels of US government to prevent people from getting vaccines
Moderna is most shorted stock in S&P 500 as Americans skip jabs on.ft.com/48vPERR
Moderna is most shorted stock in S&P 500 as Americans skip jabs
Maker of Covid-19 shots has slumped since pandemic as people turn against vaccines
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
People aren't skipping jabs there is a concerted campaign from the highest levels of US government to prevent people from getting vaccines
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good morning, #AARSBL25. hope to catch a very many of you at inventing christianity’s celebration of elizabeth castelli at 9am. convention center, room 111.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
good morning, #AARSBL25. hope to catch a very many of you at inventing christianity’s celebration of elizabeth castelli at 9am. convention center, room 111.
these were called “suicides” where I grew up and that feels fitting
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
these were called “suicides” where I grew up and that feels fitting
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
the fire never ceased
An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon kills 11 people, the Lebanese health ministry says.
Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 11 people, Lebanese ministry says
State media and the Health Ministry in Lebanon say that an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 11 people and wounded four.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
the fire never ceased
all this Hitler dick talk is unhinged
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
all this Hitler dick talk is unhinged
Skynet wants to convince you skynet is right
No surprise: “AI peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found.”
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Skynet wants to convince you skynet is right
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reading this prose is like being suffocated with a pillow
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
reading this prose is like being suffocated with a pillow
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For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
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NEW: The government is about to reopen. But the legislation involved does nothing to extend expiring “Obamacare” subsidies, meaning the problem at the heart of the fight hasn’t gotten better. If anything, it’s about to get worse.
@citizencohn.bsky.social reports.
@citizencohn.bsky.social reports.
Here Is How an Obamacare Deal Might Actually Work
A compromise on subsidies is possible—but not if Republicans are determined to resurrect their repeal agenda.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NEW: The government is about to reopen. But the legislation involved does nothing to extend expiring “Obamacare” subsidies, meaning the problem at the heart of the fight hasn’t gotten better. If anything, it’s about to get worse.
@citizencohn.bsky.social reports.
@citizencohn.bsky.social reports.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.”
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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We potentially cede our civil liberties every time we go online.
It does worry me.
That, and a cashless society.
Anyone who understands the lessons of history knows where this can lead.
It does worry me.
That, and a cashless society.
Anyone who understands the lessons of history knows where this can lead.
👇 I don’t get why this is so poorly understood. If you live in a wealthy country, in the event that dictatorship comes to your country, your smart fridge’s manufacturer is not going to say “we couldn’t possibly hand *that* over”.
I mean, in reality, there isn't any difference at all, because all the government has to do is ask for it and it will be handed over.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We potentially cede our civil liberties every time we go online.
It does worry me.
That, and a cashless society.
Anyone who understands the lessons of history knows where this can lead.
It does worry me.
That, and a cashless society.
Anyone who understands the lessons of history knows where this can lead.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Nope go to their offices . And cuss the the fuck out ,
We are not routing and changing entire modes of campaigning for them to be weak little quislings
Start calling and start cussing
We are not routing and changing entire modes of campaigning for them to be weak little quislings
Start calling and start cussing
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Nope go to their offices . And cuss the the fuck out ,
We are not routing and changing entire modes of campaigning for them to be weak little quislings
Start calling and start cussing
We are not routing and changing entire modes of campaigning for them to be weak little quislings
Start calling and start cussing
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“I’ve seen condiments you people wouldn’t believe”
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“I’ve seen condiments you people wouldn’t believe”
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
you should definitely have a colleague bestie who sees a Pickolas Cage and knows you are the best recipient of this Pickolas Cage
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
you should definitely have a colleague bestie who sees a Pickolas Cage and knows you are the best recipient of this Pickolas Cage
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say