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I'm a religious studies professor. I study new religious movements, exorcism, and satanic panic, among other topics. https://sites.google.com/view/joseph-p-laycock/
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I agree with Grok.

I got a mention in this article about a sex panic. And not just because of my last name: reason.com/2025/02/19/w...

Dark Pence is back.

If anyone knows any literary agents––I have started writing a really amazing, lucrative book about lizard people. Also, I think we all know the real reason why the literary agents want to suppress this book . . .

Common Cause had a signed contract with The Washington Post to run this ad. At the last minute, Bezos censored it.

Our country has become a joke.

How long until the Library of Congress faces a purge? Should historians be getting what resources they can now? I'm imagining anything related to the civil rights movement, anti-fascism, and even public health could be gone soon.

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

Any religious studies folk studying religion in the 90s? popularcultureandtheology.com/2025/02/03/c...

It turns out there actually is a "great replacement" conspiracy, but it involves deporting as many brown people as possible and replacing them with white South Africans.

Bizarre case. I'm not sure why the media is calling this group a "cult." It seems more like a gang than anything else.

I downloaded this app. It's very handy for the daily calls to our representatives we should all be making.

The kids are alright.

www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli

A youtube thumbnail for a video where Martins literally put words in my mouth. His mugshot from the Joliet police department. There is a reason the Church wanted exorcism to be deeply controlled and private. It attracts priests with the worst judgment and the most desire for clout.

Carlos Martins––the exorcist who appeared in a youtube video saying I'm an atheist and don't know anything about exorcism––has been charged for putting a 13-year-old girl's hair in his mouth and trying to floss his teeth with it. www.mlive.com/news/2025/01...

Not today, Satan

It’s not too late to RESIST! GET INVOLVED TODAY! Take 5 minutes out of your day and call your Senator to OPPOSE RFK as Health Secretary. (See comments for link to Senators). 👇🇺🇸👇🇺🇸👇🇺🇸👇🇺🇸👇🇺🇸👇🇺🇸👇

While we may face repercussions for this, the truth lies in the metadata. Memos to federal employees are being authored by individuals with ties to Project 2025. You can verify this yourself.

Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship. Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Texas megachurch pastor retires after arrest for solicitation of prostitution at massage parlor flip.it/Sn8N8q

Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time. To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.

How would you even apologize for asking a leader to govern with mercy?

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

I just contacted my senators and urged them to oppose Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Defense Department. Trump's pick would undermine our national security. app.sosha.ai/s/SfRLI7d8

🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨 The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is [email protected]. Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.

Is this demon wearing an Apple watch?

Do not miss this Empathy intergrity and hope

Everyone please mark your calendars for @natashalotus.bsky.social free talk with Morbid Anatomy on how death and funeral practices changed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Holy fuck.

It is so surreal to see what has happened with D&D. I remember being threatened with physical violence just for playing it.

they should shut down every social media site and force us all to get a life tbh

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

When Christians wear crosses, conspiracy theorists claim they are Satanists. When real Satanists wear inverted crosses, conspiracy theorists say it's actually a Christian symbol and the joke's on them. The common denominator is a desire to feel smarter than everyone else.

When you don't study for the exam

Not a good look for Millsaps.

Well I now have about as many followers here as it took me 14 years to acquire on that other site.

NOLA bathrooms

“What I experienced defending the Capitol against rioters was worse than the combat I saw in Iraq…Releasing those who assaulted us from blame would be a desecration of justice.” (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...

There is no better time than right now to abandon Twitter. Make it useless. Worthless.

Who’s looking to be a part of a new project for the new year? popularcultureandtheology.com/2024/11/01/e...