Mike Jordan Laskey

thank you for using your skills for good

Catholic Priests Barred From Ministering to Detained Migrants in Florida Miami Archbishop slams lack of access at so-called 'Alligator Alcatraz', calling it a denial of dignity and faith.

Florida’s Republican administration blocks Catholic priests from ministering to immigrants jailed at Everglades detention camp: migrantinsider.com/p/catholic-p...

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years.

The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).

Jesuit Conference Communications Team Wins 14 Catholic Media Association Awards - Jesuits.org The Jesuit Conference’s Office of Communications and Vocation Promotion team won 14 2025 Catholic Media Awards.

Happy to share the @jesuits.bsky.social comms team brought home 14 Catholic Media Association awards last week!

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After reports of ICE at churches in Montclair and Highland, San Bernardino Bishop denounces raids “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights,” the immigrant bishop said.

After ICE agents enter 2 Diocesan churches, San Bernardino’s Bishop Rojas adamantly speaks out: “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights.” www.sbsun.com/2025/06/24/a...

Self-Learning Netflix Algorithm Produces Jeffrey Dahmer Stand-Up Special

Self-Learning Netflix Algorithm Produces Jeffrey Dahmer Stand-Up Special
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What happened here is an example of the Trump administration “de-documenting” people. His workers all had work permits; it seems they were Nicaraguans who entered through CHNV parole. But the Trump admin stripped them of their status then rounded them up, making even his supporter mad.

Mozart and Salieri

I'm thrilled to be in the great LMU Magazine as part of their series on loss. I wrote about the patron saint of lost things and never returning the books I borrow.

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Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.

"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

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4. Sports generally over the top at ND, but he gave a long talk on the virtue of sports and leisure after being inspired by our overtime football loss to Navy. 5. Any form of a B in his class meant you were in good shape for law school or business school. Any A? Ready for philosophy grad school.

1. The most important decision you'll make in life is where to send your kids to school. 2. He was excited to tell us about this mayor in the Mountain West who had office hours at a diner a few mornings a week. 3. You can't be literate if you haven't read "The Sun Also Rises."

RIP Alisdair MacIntyre. He said he didn't like emails so wouldn't respond if he wrote him, but he always wrote back. I asked him in '09 for his views on hosting Obama as commencement speaker and giving him an honorary degree. A few memories from his class that stand out... (1/x)

On the new #AMDG pod, @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social shares his experience of being part of the ABC News team that covered Pope Francis’ funeral, the conclave and the first moments of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate.

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It was great to have @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social on the AMDG pod to discuss his time in Rome covering Pope Francis' funeral, the conclave and the first moments of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate. He shared some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories. open.spotify.com/episode/2sXy...

phenomenal essay

everyone cheered that line when I saw him Thursday... what a world

Diocese of Nashville in response to immigration raids: “Our churches remain open to welcome and serve our parish communities, but no Catholic is obligated to attend Mass on Sunday if doing so puts their safety at risk.” www.nashvillecatholic.org/news/posts/s...

lmao

I'm a YIGBY (Yes In God's Backyard)

The Popemobile of Peace: Pope Francis’ final gift to Gaza - Vatican News Pope Francis requests that his popemobile be turned into a health clinic for the children of Gaza.

Pope Francis’ popemobile, “the very vehicle from which he waved and was close to millions of faithful all around the world, is being transformed into a mobile health unit for the children of Gaza,” per his wishes. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

@briancgrubb.bsky.social no way this was random

After Trump Aid Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.

NEW: After USDA cuts aid to food banks, one charity in WV tries to make lunch out of craisins, crackers and vegetable soup. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

my only contribution to pope discourse: when he came to the city in 2015, the Post assigned me to ask a bunch of pizza places what kind of pies they would make for the pope, and Bleecker Street Pizza came up with this one nypost.com/2015/09/23/t...

The Work of Lent: Time to Reconcile On this episode of our limited series,

On this episode of our Lenten podcast, we talk to @mikelaskey.bsky.social, director of communications for the Jesuit Conference and Jesuit Media Lab, about Lent as a time of reconciliation. soundcloud.com/jesuitconfer...

Dangerous dreams have been detected
Streaming over the southern border

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“I think it’s fine to say something like, ‘Lisa was an adventurous spirit,’ but it’s definitely too much to mention the Sky Sailors Hot Air Balloon Company specifically.”

The War on Annunciation Day -- Nordic secularism run rampant. #BoycottWaffles