As colleges and universities implement AI for educating students, we must remember that AI cannot truly teach, and relinquishing this responsibility would be to ignore the spark of God in every one of our students. open.substack.com/pub/gorebuil...

Teachers Cannot be Replaced by AI, or What I Learned from Roger Haight, SJ

By Brianne Bell Jacobs

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Brianne Bell Jacobs @briannejacobs.bsky.social opens v.15.2 with her incisive theological critique of AI in "Infinite Generation, Infinite Consumption: Theological Anthropology & Human Relationships with Artificial Intelligence." As she argues, while promising... doi.org/10.55476/001...

In JMT vol. 15.2, Brianne Bell Jacobs, Emmanuel Ojeifo, Daniel Fleming, Jens Mueller, Sara Williams, & Juan Espinoza Portocarrrera highlight themes & figures that bear magnificent witness to what God’s abundance looks like when the imago Dei meets imago Dei. jmt.scholasticahq.com/issue/14406-...

A beautiful review of @briannejacobs.bsky.social lovely and important book Holy Body. (Out now in paperback!) jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/1658...

This is very interesting. Note the temporal qualifier in second quote.

It’s easy to see and understand that the war in Iran meets no criterion — let alone the first— for just war within the Catholic tradition (Massaro, “Living Justice”).

My book is now available as a (much cheaper) paperback! Yay!

Holy Body

Holy Body: Gender and Sexual Difference in Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology argues that all bodies across sexual difference are procreative. The author…

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We did a book launch! @esther-alter.bsky.social moderated a conversation with cyberpunk savant @robotleblanc.bsky.social whose knowledge of the genre blew my mind. So much fun, a great venue at Side Quest Books.

Check out my interview with @paulsemel.bsky.social Cyberscion is available for purchase now from @neonhemlock.bsky.social #cyberscion #cyberpunk #writing #books #sff #queersff #newbooks paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

Cyberscion · Thomas Bulen Jacobs · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "Cyberscion" Author Thomas Bulen Jacobs \ In which he talks about his new cyberpunk science fiction novella.

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CYBERSCION by Thomas Bulen Jacobs / @tbjacobs.bsky.social is out today! “Cyberscion’s neon-slick setting and lovable cast of characters lured me in from the start, while the story’s emotional heart—conflict between tradition and upheaval—kept me hooked.” —@domsdickey.bsky.social

In or near Massachusetts? Come hear me, @robotleblanc.bsky.social and @esther-alter.bsky.social wax poetical about Cyberpunk. Side Quest Books in Somerville MA 3/20 @ 7:30 PM www.eventbrite.com/e/indie-spec...

Indie Spec Fic Panel & Book Launch w/ Local Authors

Join authors from indie publisher Neon Hemlock for a panel on speculative fiction, as well as the launch of Jacobs' "Cyberscion"!

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"...a fast-paced, action-packed romp..." —Publishers Weekly 🪢 CYBERSCION from @tbjacobs.bsky.social is out in a less than a week! 🪢

Beyond excited to share the pre-order link for my new novella CYBERSCION from @neonhemlock.bsky.social Out March 17, 2026! www.neonhemlock.com/books/cybers...

Cyberscion by Thomas Bulen Jacobs (Pre-Order) — neon hemlock

Publication date: March 17, 2026. An 8” x 5” novella. 176 pages. "...a fast-paced, action-packed romp..." -Publishers Weekly In a far future New York City, Benjiro Ibn Benjiro Ayad Nakamura is...

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In which my book gets a little shout out.

The Rattlesnake Test

A handy framework for assessing the power of Christian witness

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Loved writing this!

Church and State: Roman Catholicism in an Era of Christian Nationalism

One of the most courageous and faith-filled developments of the Roman Catholic Church has been its shift in relationship with the role and purpose of state government. The Roman Catholic Church has de...

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)

As the parent of an autistic kid, it is hard even to formulate a sentence these days. The rage bubbles like molten lava under my skin. The audacity of a regime that illegally tears a father from his autistic child to claim that it is autism that destroys families… He is preaching eugenics.

Anyone have fav scifi/cyberpunk artists? Self-recs welcome. Environmental/bg skills essential, but also especially looking for folks who have queer folks and non-white people in their portfolios.

There is no connection. And. Measles is scarier than autism.

C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism

Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.

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My @rns.org column: Will #Musk and #Trump go to Hell for defunding the corporal works of mercy? | National Catholic Reporter www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Will Musk and Trump go to Hell for defunding the corporal works of mercy?

If you believe the Scripture is the Word of God, the message is clear: Musk and Trump will go to Hell for defunding the corporal works of mercy. Will we?

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Tyranny works same in every context, which is why Trump—in the Oval Office regarding world politics and war—hit like an angry derisive parent. Not because Zelensky was childish but because tyranny is always about coercive belittling violence, whether between family members or nations.

Opinion | Francis isn’t dead yet but it’s not too early to start talking about how the next Pope needs to be a real Catholic. by Ross Douthat and JD Vance

As ever @katemanne.bsky.social nails it It’s about power, not softening of image open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

I learned that the FAFSA is requiring students to select M or F to access federal funding. Trans and nonbinary students now have to misgender themselves to access their education (I’m not convinced it will be an easy switch). I’ve called my reps / am outraged at the violation of my students’ rights.

"The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the 'Good Samaritan,' that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception”

NEXT WEEK: Elyse Raby will be in conversation with our own Ellen Koneck about gender and synodality! Register here: events.fairfield.edu/catholic-stu...