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samwilson.bsky.social
Church & State Dad, Christian, youth worker, General Synod member, he/him 🏳️‍🌈
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Genie: ok what do you want for your birthday Trump: a military parade, oh, and also millions of people on the street chanting my name Genie: okie dokie

submitted 19 hours ago • 61 comments

Wouldn't happen to Trooping the Colour. This is how you do a birthday parade for the head of state you rubes

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

Bonus Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men “Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 92 comments

Just discovered my friend Will, who I would probably not be a youth worker without, was awarded a British Empire Medal “for services to Young People and the community”. Incredibly well deserved.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Never forget, when the Israelites go to Samuel and are like “We need a king! Everyone else has a king!” Samuel is like “You jokers—this is the worst idea you have ever had. Do you know what kings do? They take your stuff, they start stupid wars and make you fight, they take your stuff MORE, etc”

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Aldingbourne, West Sussex, St Mary has a penguin in a window designed by Christopher Webb to remember the official photographer on the 1901 Antarctic expedition Admiral Reginald Skelton

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Great to see Malcolm Brown, outgoing Director of Faith and Public Life for the CofE, awarded an OBE! And fellow #Synod member James Pitkin awarded an MBE for his work with young people!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

One year and three weeks until Sir John Glubb’s hypothesis is proven false. Will they make it?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Really interesting writeup in Tim Wyatt’s newsletter about the Quiet Revival figures (using @thechurchmouse.bsky.social’s work) along the lines of the scrutiny I’ve already seen from @selvaratnam.bsky.social. The sums don’t add up, but there’s a bigger question worth asking. Well worth a read

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Happy to swap salaries with anyone earning £100k 👍 Contact: me

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

“Fusion” material?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Imaging the truly nightmare scenario - and I say this with the love that only an ex-staffer can have - if UK parliamentary staffers had the rank equivalent of major general or rear admiral.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

These days, if you say you’re a senator, you get thrown in jail

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I have new glasses that are a different shape and now the profile image I’ve been using for ~7 years is out of date

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I am very glad to live in a country where we only forcibly manhandle national legislators if they pick up a golden mace

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