Rohan Salmond
@rjsalmond.bsky.social
I’ll wait here for my Cherry Coke Zero. 🎙️ Religion specialist and producer on Soul Search on Radio National. Sydney-based 🏳️🌈 he/him
My newsletter is called Modern Relics! 🖥️💀🙏 modernrelics.email
My newsletter is called Modern Relics! 🖥️💀🙏 modernrelics.email
It’s probably just that we share a first language but there’s something about how this pope can deliver a line
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s probably just that we share a first language but there’s something about how this pope can deliver a line
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Honestly the thing that feels fake to me even though I know it’s not is that cooking oil counts toward your calorie intake
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Honestly the thing that feels fake to me even though I know it’s not is that cooking oil counts toward your calorie intake
I’ve also only had one Thanksgiving and it was in Northern California and we deep fried a whole turkey in a giant vat of oil. It was good
I've only had one Thanksgiving in the States and it was in New Orleans with a ballet dancer, his french horn playing marine boyfriend and a jazz musician/composer. I tried homemade gumbo among other things.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’ve also only had one Thanksgiving and it was in Northern California and we deep fried a whole turkey in a giant vat of oil. It was good
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Reposted by Rohan Salmond
Discourse about whether turkey is good food or not
November 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Discourse about whether turkey is good food or not
I started a blog at the age of 17 on MSN Spaces which led me to make a YouTube channel in 2007, right before the global financial crisis forced me to move to an ecumenical pilgrimage site on the other side of the world
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I started a blog at the age of 17 on MSN Spaces which led me to make a YouTube channel in 2007, right before the global financial crisis forced me to move to an ecumenical pilgrimage site on the other side of the world
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Meanwhile, do I restart my Animal Crossing island (insane) or boot up Stardew Valley on Steam again (less insane)
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Meanwhile, do I restart my Animal Crossing island (insane) or boot up Stardew Valley on Steam again (less insane)
I’ve lived in my neighbourhood for five years now and it’s just long enough to be clocking certain characters. I bet people clock me walking around too. I sit at the pub and people watch and I recognise like 20% of the people. It’s nice
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I’ve lived in my neighbourhood for five years now and it’s just long enough to be clocking certain characters. I bet people clock me walking around too. I sit at the pub and people watch and I recognise like 20% of the people. It’s nice
I hate shoe shopping the most in the whole world and I always seem to be shoe shopping ahhh
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I hate shoe shopping the most in the whole world and I always seem to be shoe shopping ahhh
Spelling it “thingking”
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Spelling it “thingking”
Do you have particular Pokémon you always give the same nickname? If I catch a Ghastly, its name is ALWAYS Cheesecake
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Do you have particular Pokémon you always give the same nickname? If I catch a Ghastly, its name is ALWAYS Cheesecake
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Every day someone new learns that Oscar Isaac was in a late 90s Christian ska band. Who will today’s person be.
September 2, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Every day someone new learns that Oscar Isaac was in a late 90s Christian ska band. Who will today’s person be.
I’m one of the guests on Download This Show this week, talking about ‘Christian AI’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Is it possible for an AI to 'hasten the coming of Christ's return'? - ABC listen
What happens when theology and technology collide? There's a new tech startup dedicated to building a Christian AI. It's called Gloo, launched by ex-Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger, and they say it's goin...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m one of the guests on Download This Show this week, talking about ‘Christian AI’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
A reminder for the morning crowd, there’s a new edition of my newsletter out.
New Modern Relics! These anti-ICE protests are distinctly online, and distinctly religious.
www.modernrelics.email/one-big-frog...
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One big frog! One big frog!
Also, the Rapture didn't happen and Hayley Williams is a True Believer.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A reminder for the morning crowd, there’s a new edition of my newsletter out.
New Modern Relics! These anti-ICE protests are distinctly online, and distinctly religious.
www.modernrelics.email/one-big-frog...
www.modernrelics.email/one-big-frog...
One big frog! One big frog!
Also, the Rapture didn't happen and Hayley Williams is a True Believer.
www.modernrelics.email
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New Modern Relics! These anti-ICE protests are distinctly online, and distinctly religious.
www.modernrelics.email/one-big-frog...
www.modernrelics.email/one-big-frog...
Take me back to the weekend 😭
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Take me back to the weekend 😭
To be clear, I genuinely love this bar. But what the fuck is going on with this happy hour poster
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
To be clear, I genuinely love this bar. But what the fuck is going on with this happy hour poster
*Finds out about an Ancient Greek/Roman goddess* Oh wow Lovecraft used her in one of his stories.
[three minutes later]
The cat is called WHAT
[three minutes later]
The cat is called WHAT
I’ve slowed down a little bit on this but the idea of a mathematician accidentally stumbling into dreadful arcane witchcraft because his formulas are too complex absolutely rules. The story is bad though. Oh well!
In Lovecraft’s stories even men of science and reason describe weird stuff as “blasphemous”. Blasphemous against who, buddy? You just discovered something new in the natural order and it’s a bit much, but what’s it blaspheming against?
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
*Finds out about an Ancient Greek/Roman goddess* Oh wow Lovecraft used her in one of his stories.
[three minutes later]
The cat is called WHAT
[three minutes later]
The cat is called WHAT
Every three or four years we publish an article titled “Are tiny homes the solution to Australia’s housing crisis?” and every time the answer is “No ❤️”
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every three or four years we publish an article titled “Are tiny homes the solution to Australia’s housing crisis?” and every time the answer is “No ❤️”
How the hell is it November and I’m sitting here wearing a hoodie
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How the hell is it November and I’m sitting here wearing a hoodie
It’s Melbourne Cup day and you know that that means! You can wear shorts to the office from now until Anzac Day. That’s the rule
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s Melbourne Cup day and you know that that means! You can wear shorts to the office from now until Anzac Day. That’s the rule
Wait am I going to become an Animal Crossing girlie again
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wait am I going to become an Animal Crossing girlie again