Ruth Graham

The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

"Light to push the sails, read the data, cities glow! Hands type the keys, click the mouse, out we go!" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...

I've lived in Texas for a few years now and I'm humbled by how much I still have to learn about i!!

Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood

“Low taxes, low service — that attracts a certain American mind-set." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...

Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’

This is a gorgeous piece of writing by @ruthgraham.bsky.social. I swear there are like 6 novels beneath the words.

Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...

The Lives Lost to the Texas Floods Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims of the July 4 floods.

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Harrowing Tales Emerge in Texas as Rescuers Keep Up Search for Missing

"There’s a saying people like to attribute to Christian theology, which is ‘God will never give you more than you can handle.' It’s terrible theology." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

me when the extended family asks if we want to join them for Disney World in late July

Can't stop thinking about this story. AI is responding to fundamental spiritual intuitions, and "answering" the questions that these seekers might have once turned to organized religion to grapple with. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Sure! I was not recommending the headline specifically, but rather the essay.

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?

"Meta has created a vision of life in which, without A.I. aiding his every word, an individual can be left reeling by the simplest of human interactions." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/m...

ok i will interview him

This Alabama town offered Jews $50,000 to move there. Sixteen years later, what’s left? My latest > forward.com/news/728485/...

Take Me Out to the … Pope Party. It’s a Ballpark Celebration for Leo.

I'm in Chicago for a celebration of the city's very own Pope Leo XIV today at "Rate Field." Curtain-raiser here with more to come: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

Southern Baptists Call to Overturn Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.

New: Southern Baptists just voted for the first time to call for the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, with strategists citing the successful (if long) push to take down Roe v. Wade. #SBC25 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

Jennifer Lyell, Southern Baptist Church Sexual Abuse Whistle-Blower, Dies Jennifer Lyell died at 47 on Saturday. As her denomination started its annual meeting this week, there was no mention of her from the dais.

My dispatch on the death of a Southern Baptist whistleblower as the denomination's convention opens in Dallas, "an annual meeting where abuse reform is dead in the water." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...

Reading the news just now. (It bums me out! I want to read and enjoy this!)

The Sacred Undergarment That Has Mormon Women Buzzing

"Utah women will stop at nothing." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

Pope Leo’s Doctoral Dissertation: Thoughts on Power and Authority

I have not read my husband's dissertation but I read the pope's. With Elizabeth Dias and Jason Horowitz: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

me when I got called on in intro to philosophy

Uh oh, I also thought they did a bad job with the episode with the New Yorker profile. (I love the show but when it veered into territory I had some knowledge of it had so many false notes)

A Church Wants a Homeless Shelter. The Mayor Wants Space for Pickleball.

"The church property, he said, presents 'a great opportunity for parking, for recreation.'" In New Jersey, a Republican mayor wants to use eminent domain to seize and raze an actively functioning Episcopal church, one of the largest in its diocese. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...

The Coyotes of San Francisco

Got to play National Geographic reporter in my own backyard for this one. Coyotes are unique among apex predators for thriving in cities, but my favorite fact is how they got here. Hint: 🌁

Huge kudos to photographer Loren Elliott for his stunning work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

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Yes, I remembered that she went there! So cool!

To understand Leo, understand CTU.

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Thank you!! It's truly such a fascinating era.

Many who were there remember it vividly decades later, and with good reason:

Pope Leo’s Classmates Drew Ire of Church With Protest for Women

New from me & Nick Bogel-Burroughs: When Robert Prevost was in divinity school, his classmates staged a startling protest in favor of women's ordination at an ordination ceremony in 1981. The men being ordained as deacons showed their support, infuriating the bishop. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...

‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.

“He is one of our own!” I went to Mass at the pope's home parish yesterday, where the pride was palpable. With reporting from a crack team in New Orleans, Miami and beyond: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...