Untact-ful

Untact is terrifying. South Korea is supposed to be largely Christian, but there’s nothing Christian about this spread of the impersonal and machinic. The country seems to be going straight from the quasi-feudal and courtly to the futuristic and cold. https://t.co/AaLKr3Fm6s

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) December 11, 2021

Just Another THOT?

I believe in getting your own food

When you can. pic.twitter.com/FxXA9nvxwD

— Becca S (@SilverBecky1) May 16, 2021

A Chirp Too Dangerous for Facebook Community Standards

Today's unpopular opinion:

Women should marry around age 18-20, when they are at their most beautiful & most fertile. (After 25 it goes downhill fast.)

Men should marry much later (25-35), when they can provide for a family & have proven themselves to be REAL men.#Tradition pic.twitter.com/VZopOAnIhz

— Varg Vikernes (Thulêan Perspective) (@GandalftheWhi19) January 17, 2021

Promoting offline harm? Merely advice that goes against feminist orthodoxy.

Something to Consider

Cancel Yourself.https://t.co/9QLmqBsZdZ

— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) January 14, 2021

"The Monsters of Mass Media"

How should Catholics view social media and technology? @FrSteveGrunow, CEO of Word on Fire, speaks to Jesuits about the perils of artificial intelligence and the online world: https://t.co/1egro4KEKP

— Word on Fire (@WordOnFire) December 22, 2020

Michael Rectenwald on Tech Censorship

This my chat w Dr Michael Rectenwald about deep tech censorship &the early beginnings of Google &Facebook.Turns out that,no, they aren't private companies after all. Now we can quit falling back on that excuse! There is important info in this one. Enjoy!https://t.co/6UQmXHk9kz

— Buck (@buckrebel) December 7, 2020

A ConInc. Review of The Social Dilemma

This article rightly critiques "The Social Dilemma".

We feel helpless in the face of social media b/c our culture does not instill in us the virtues to engage media in healthy ways.

But how do we begin to develop that virtue? That's the unanswered - and unasked - question. https://t.co/mbwZSv0mBf

— Bill McCormick, SJ (@BMcCSJ) December 1, 2020

John Robb on Red Beard Radio

This is related to the idea of stories and why they matter now, more than ever. Triggered Empathy in the words of @johnrobb @dsearls https://t.co/zRlq7cEtF7

— Phil Windley (@windley) November 24, 2020

Episode #63

Is Twitter Doing the Bidding of the CCP?

Is this interview threatening?

“I enjoy the life that Chinese people should have the right to enjoy: fresh air, healthy and safe food, and stars in the sky at night...I have a treasure that the Chinese regime has forgotten: dignity.”https://t.co/niuvbCVqOu

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) November 18, 2020

No Tradition, No Standards

Women have been given the hot-and-vapid or smart-and-frumpy false dichotomy just as much as men have been forced to choose between physical or intellectual excellence.

And nobody wins. https://t.co/XjvsAQHqxO

— Tanner Guzy (@tannerguzy) November 13, 2020

Memes Ripping on Twitter

Best one so far. pic.twitter.com/pflfFmYgRG

— Arctic Genie🧞 (@Kreutzer29) November 13, 2020

There are "Double Standards" Because the Sexes are Different

You say "honour codes," I say natural law.

This female emancipation has of course exposed just how the sexual ancien regime in practice (not theory) assumed gender double standards. And how far in practice the laity combined theological with different honour codes and tacitly saw this combination as perfectly Christian.

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) October 27, 2020

A Christianization or blessing of brotherhood making ceremonies (which are to be found in many cultures) is not the same as a modern day same-sex civil union (or marriage).

And although Jonathan Boswell’s research was largely fantasy, more careful studies (eg The Friend, forget author) have shown certain pre-modern ecclesial recognitions of the special sanctity of certain friendships - albeit not seen as sexual.

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) October 27, 2020

Say stupid things on Twitter, discredit your school of theology (radical orthodoxy). This is what Milbank has done to himself.

There are certainly some (but all evil actions only bad as deficient) though I have say that I think seeing artificial contraception as one of them is plain bonkers. It was already accepted by several 19thC bishops and this ‘rigorism’ re-surfaced for weird reasons.

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) October 27, 2020

For Latins, Humanae Vitae closed this discussion, but it is still an open discussion among Chalcedonian Orthodox jurisdictions. What do the other Apostolic Churches teach?

John Robb with Jack Murphy

Coups, Civil War, and Tribal Totalitarianism - JOHN ROBB - JML #038 https://t.co/5q56X2P6u2 via @YouTube

— Jack Murphy 🇺🇸 ⚔️ (@jackmurphylive) October 15, 2020

Coups, Civil War, and Tribal Totalitarianism - JOHN ROBB - JML #038 https://t.co/9ETvQbaLo1

— Jack Murphy 🇺🇸 ⚔️ (@jackmurphylive) October 15, 2020

Generation Z Representatives?

but not alt-r. A combined following of 13 million.





I assume their fan base is mostly younger teenaged girls or tweens, the sort of audience who likes boy bands and other physically immmature or not yet masculine-looking males, but who knows these days.

Justifying an Investigation of Them

WOW! President @realDonaldTrump Retweets Michelle Malkin Video on Big Tech Censorship -- So Twitter Censors Tweet and Deletes the Video! https://t.co/oFwxDng4AI via @gatewaypundit

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 16, 2020

The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google. The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation. Stay tuned, and send names & events. Thank you Michelle! https://t.co/ZQfcfD3Hk9

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2020

We Need More Studies!

Not just the amount of time, but what sort of screen time: video games, or using social media? Posting selfies?

Thread:
1. I join emerging consensus that “screen time” is not well-linked to mental health problems for teens. Yet @jean_twenge and I find that most studies that clear “screen time” do not clear social media for girls. Great summary by Markham Heid:
https://t.co/S91U3tmgbv

— Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) May 3, 2020

The 18th Ce Lives

At least with respect to how the pope conducts himself in relation to the secular powers, lecturing as if he has authority over them and as if they would be listening.

CNA/CWR: Pope Francis warns of a coronavirus ‘genocide’ if economy prioritized over people

Echoing the concerns of some Catholics (R.R. Reno) and conservatives. With what competence does he have to make this judgment, and why should his opinion count more than R.R. Reno's? After all, there is no guarantee that his judgment of particular circumstances are correct, nor a guarantee that he has the gift of political prudence. There is no guarantee that he has learned moral theology well, either. These statements amount to nothing more than royal nagging.

So much of the power of the patriarch of Rome would be taken away if the news media would stop covering everything he says. If Latin news media stopped reporting on the pope, would they be able to stay in business? Would they have any reason to exist? Maybe Latin laity, if they wish to see a reform of the papacy, should stop patronizing Latin news media and give their reasons for doing so.

As for the pope's presence in social media, which is in accordance with certain claims by Rome about the office of the bishop of Rome, does social media pass on charismatic gifts? Or does it produce instead counterfeits of Christian spirituality, one of which can be identified as the cult of personality surrounding the bishop of Rome? Do the charismatic gifts instead require a face-to-face interaction that is built upon authentic witness, trust, and accountability? To know that someone is an authentic witness of Christ, we must be familiar with his character and this is possible only through our observations of his words and deeds.

An Exercise in Futility? Or for the Sake of Publicity?

Laura Loomer crashes Facebook headquarters and demands a meeting to reinstate her Instagram and Facebook accounts. The police were summoned. https://t.co/wB1GEt100N pic.twitter.com/s4dYww6AQR

— Roosh (@rooshv) May 5, 2019

Kyrie Eleison.

Whatever I think of her taking on the authority to be a truth-teller and making a living from it, the suffering is real.

Is the NPC Meme Still in Currency?

3 weeks later... I don't really pay much attention to social media but is it still being used?