Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ
@kenhomansj.bsky.social
Catholic, son, brother, Brother, Jesuit, weightlifter, woodworker, radical for Christ. Proudly putting the SJ into SJW. My posts≠orgs I am part of. (he/him)
What's that about harboring criminal immigrants?
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2h agoBreaking News: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost Brazil’s presidential election, left the country for the U.S. after the Brazilian police asked for his passport because he was being investigated in a money-laundering case. nyti.ms/4A0AfnN
Follow the money: For the top 10 percent, a gain of $17,000; the top 1 percent, $110,000; top 0.1 percent, $520,000; top 0.01 percent, $2.8 million; top 0.001, $20 million each. Trump Can No Longer Mask His Real Agenda www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/o...
Opinion | Trump Can No Longer Mask His Real Agenda
The president has forgotten the “forgotten men and women of this country.”
nytimes.com
This feels like a good time to remind people that @ilsr.bsky.social found that schools are routinely overpaying for supplies they get via Amazon. The site's dynamic pricing means costs for things like markers can fluctuate by 300% in a single day. www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-pay...
Amazon Business Debuts New Procurement Tools | PYMNTS.com
Amazon Business has rolled out a pair of tools designed for procurement professionals. First up is Amazon Business Value Intelligence, which “quantifies
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"Brother Homan, the Inquisition ended quite a while ago." - One of my students We covered environmental history today. I brought this six-foot saw to think through how we relate to nature, what you can learn about a society from something as simple as tools. I got lots of looks walking to class.
It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning
Lula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market rout
Concerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years
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I’ve now heard from yet another junior faculty colleague who was either a vocal 🇵🇸 supporter or labor organizer, and who was recently denied tenure or RIF’d amidst “austerity” layoffs. I personally know at least six.
Which philosophers have the best teeth? Transcen-dental-ists.
Lisa Simpson with a Strange Tool
Alt: Lisa Simpson terrified at the dentist
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ@kenhomansj.bsky.social · yesterdaySt. Louis celebrates Halloween by telling jokes in exchange for candy (except my neighbors across the street that asked math problems, a tremendous cruelty). In honor of this tradition, I'm going to post many jokes the next few days. Why did the priest cross the road? To bless it for safe travels!
Even though these are national and global layoffs, one should read its timing as Microsoft’s effort to stop WA’s millionaires tax, as right-wingers will blame that tax for these layoffs despite there being no actual connection.
Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
Microsoft announced another round of buyouts as it continues to try to reduce its head count.
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What's a plumber's final exam? A toilet paper!
Luigi in the Mario Movie
Alt: Luigi and Mario angrily fixing a sink
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ@kenhomansj.bsky.social · yesterdaySt. Louis celebrates Halloween by telling jokes in exchange for candy (except my neighbors across the street that asked math problems, a tremendous cruelty). In honor of this tradition, I'm going to post many jokes the next few days. Why did the priest cross the road? To bless it for safe travels!
I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.
Chris Ingraham@cingraham.bsky.social · yesterdayKavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...
St. Louis celebrates Halloween by telling jokes in exchange for candy (except my neighbors across the street that asked math problems, a tremendous cruelty). In honor of this tradition, I'm going to post many jokes the next few days. Why did the priest cross the road? To bless it for safe travels!
Priest Says 'Get Behind Me Satan!'
Alt: Priest Says 'Get Behind Me Satan!'
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New Mexico is the first state in the country to create a universal childcare program. I went there to see how it's working and what challenges remain: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This Is What It Feels Like When Your State Makes Childcare Free for Everyone
Last November, New Mexico created a universal childcare program. “I feel like I can breathe," one mother said.
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“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.
Cyclists break road laws much less frequently than motorists - Canadian Cycling Magazine
Study finds 5 per cent of cyclists versus 66 per cent of drivers disobey road laws
cyclingmagazine.ca
The successful fightback against oligarchy probably started when the Brewers swept the Dodgers
I’m very pleased that the NYT, which had ordered up stories to contextualize the return of right wing rule to Brazil, was caught flat footed and now has to talk about Lula’s comeback. See what they had to offer as “see more.”
Was it not enough for you all to lay waste to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, now you want to describe American tacky in Islamic language? OWN YOUR SHIT. You don't have to call it "Saddam." It's Trump and MAGA. Your own Gilded Age is right there!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama
Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...
I remember being at wrestling camp in high school when one of the 119-lb boys made a sexist remark to the girl he was about to wrestle. She proceeded to throw him into a wall at the edge of the mat, pretty much drag him to the center of the mat, and quickly pin him.
Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com · 2d agoYeah, I find this so deeply offensive that it’s upsetting. It feels like a sexist excuse to pretend that boys are born superior to girls and not that testosterone creates an edge that estrogen-focused people can’t match. Until puberty, there’s no real physical difference between the sexes.
Polls officially close after Brazilian supreme court ordered the extension Sunday as Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva await results
Brazil runoff live updates: ballot count resumes after two-hour voting extension
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American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.
A personal word about Archbishop Grob: Having worked in the Archdiocese of Chicago for nearly 30 years, I know +Jeff Grob. He was a renowned pastor, judicial vicar, and Auxiliary Bishop to Cardinal Cupich.
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
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Our AI-powered timetabling system has become self-aware and resigned from its position with immediate effect.
Well this is a fascinating development. www.ncronline.org/news/milwauk...
Milwaukee archbishop who prayed with Trump apologizes, says bishops were 'manipulated'
Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob expressed "sincere regret" for participating in what he said was "a political photo opportunity" orchestrated by the White House.
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I knew someone who had a yearlong guest professorship at an Ivy League school in the nineties whose new faculty orientation included how to date undergrads.
Wagatwe Wanjuki@wagatwe.bsky.social · 3d agoomg he admit it
