May 26, 2026 · Nick Cerbone
Caesar and the Machine
A Catholic Response to Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas
On AI governance, subsidiarity, and the temptation of digital empire.
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He Has Gone Before Us: Reflections for the Solemnity of the Ascension
A reflection for Ascension Sunday, May 17, 2026.
Read the postMay 12, 2026 · Nick Cerbone
A Miracle of Faith: Sts. Nereus and Achilleus
A reflection for their feast day, May 12.
Read the postMay 12, 2026 · Nick Cerbone
Notes on an Incident
Instructure calls it an "incident." The students are calling it finals week.
Read the postMay 11, 2026 · Nick Cerbone
Public Data Is Not Public
This is the first post on this site, and I want to start with the problem I keep coming back to: public information that is legally available and practically unreachable.
Read the postAbout this diary
Why this page exists
This diary is a place for the personal side of the work: the family lessons, classroom notes, faith questions, practical reflections, and ordinary moments that do not belong in a résumé or an institutional update.
Some entries may be polished essays. Others may be short field notes. The point is not performance. The point is recordkeeping, reflection, and telling the truth carefully.