Three questions on AI for you, from Pope Leo: https://nathanschneider.info/2026/06/three-questions-on-ai-for-you-from-pope-leo/
If you're looking for a way to hold the anniversary of this troubled United States, the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant are on @gutenberg.org: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4367
Toward a durable writing stack—some notes on the tools I currently use: nathanschneider.info/2026/06/towa...
New in America, I argue that a central thread of Pope Leo's encyclical is to counter the secular apocalypses that have spread in AI culture: https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026/05/29/the-dueling-a-i-apocalypses-and-what-pope-leo-has-to-say-about-both/
Pope Leo, inspiring a renaissance in sharing.😍 For gov nerds, this is dreamy for Collective Decision Making (check out the MetaGov list in this article to monitor examples) @ntnsndr.in @theconversation.com @metagov.bsky.social theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv...
They were published with the help of Mark Twain to get Grant's family out of poverty. Grant finished the book just days before his death.
I can't put this book down.
This is a great history lesson on co-ops and social reforming Popes named Leo, and the imperative to democratize ownership of AI while we still have a chance.
@ntnsndr.in @cooperatives.bsky.social
Deadline extended to May 30! Submit your abstracts for "Why We Come Together: Media, Religion, and Community" and come visit us in Boulder this October, along with Fred Moten, Jen Deerinwater, and more: https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/2026/03/26/why-we-come-together-media-religion-and-community
"We lack even a vocabulary of care." We need new social, legal, financial infrastructure to create thousands of caring enterprises — a new social safety net. https://youtu.be/jzsHlEjbx30 #SocialCoops #RMEOC
Compendium of my Magnifica Humanitas takes:
The Dueling A.I. Apocalypses—and What Pope Leo Has to Say about Both https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026/05/29/the-dueling-a-i-apocalypses-and-what-pope-leo-has-to-say-about-both/
Pope Leo XIV Compares AI to the Industrial Revolution—as New A