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Any pathway to peace in Palestine & Israel should be determined by Palestinians & Israelis themselves. This is what drew me to A Land for All – a framework created by Palestinians & Israelis – based on principles of shared interests, lived experience & context: www.alandforall.org/english/?d=l...

submitted 18 days ago • 233 comments

The ancient Christians predicted social media.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

This morning: hearing Japanese learners discuss how Manila and Bangkok’s traffic issues affect their tourism. Hehe.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 27 days ago • 77 comments

"As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages. Because this is what conservatism is now, and we have to respect that. "

submitted 27 days ago • 8 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 36 days ago • 1092 comments

I’ve seen a lot of live TTRPG shows. It’s a peculiar kind of form, especially blockbuster ones that lean heavily into callbacks. I’m exceptionally biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Warning—you might have a physical reaction to this recording. The harmonies take me from goosebumps to gasping. Vienna Teng's 2013 "The Hymn of Acxiom" is about your life being tracked as data then remade by companies. (I'll link to the lyrics below.) See you around.

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...

submitted 39 days ago • 25 comments

Wow

submitted 39 days ago • 888 comments

There’s quite a crew of faithful Episcopalians on here from all over the Episcopal Church - if you’re trying to find someplace to try it out this Sunday, feel free to reply here with your city or town and we’ll see if people know specific parishes in your area they can recommend! (Feel free to RT) ⚓️

submitted 40 days ago • 71 comments

Listening to a conversation between Philip Clayton and @trippfuller.bsky.social on the recently departed John Cobb and this is probably the most compelling listen I’ve had this week on a commute.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

I had to explain Zeno's paradox and play "livin' on a prayer" to my kids for them to understand this joke. Worth it.

submitted 47 days ago • 6 comments

Hello! I need a job badly! I am a longtime game writer and narrative designer. I wrote the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden, board/card games, casual mobile, PC/console sims…I’m a character- and dialogue-focused writer who loves jokes and feelings. If you have a remote opportunity please get in touch

submitted 49 days ago • 24 comments

have you ever noticed that people are v reluctant to admit that they were being unreasonable after something triggers their defenses and they reflexively create a story about it. you can see this kind of thing happening online if you look very carefully

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged. "Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?

submitted 52 days ago • 31 comments

“Why haven’t Black people ever built a prosperous town or their own?!” We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 52 days ago • 17 comments

i have seen the theory that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he doesn't understand the Mercator projection and i cannot stop laughing. one hundred percent that's what's going on

submitted 55 days ago • 63 comments

A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵 • Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse. • Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]

submitted 55 days ago • 7 comments

If you live in LA make sure your devices are charged and do whatever else you need to do to be prepared in an emergency. The power is starting to go on and off.

submitted 55 days ago • 185 comments

The tip jar is still open; every little bit helps me get to do the work I do (especially at this time when I am between work and projects). ko-fi.com/renaguila

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

News from Duke Divinity School that Richard Hays has died. Richard was a tremendous influence on my early emergence into New Testament studies — a friend and mentor (we coached Little League and Pony League baseball together, including future Prof. Christopher Hays of Fuller Seminary)…

submitted 59 days ago • 7 comments

I am not a fan of the fact that a prayer from the 1928 BCP was repurposed by white supremacists.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

What’s the deal with supposed progressives posting Gen AI imagery? You’re using several gallons of water and god knows how much power each time, to make stuff that looks like dead dog ass. And insulting actual artists in the process.

submitted 59 days ago • 36 comments

NEW: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover in right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. This is his story, by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

submitted 59 days ago • 34 comments

gamergate mattered more to our sociopolitical discourse than like probably the last eight years of presidential debates

submitted 58 days ago • 5 comments

"KETO DIET. Pros: Finally put all those leftover mayonnaise packets to use; weekly grocery shopping can eventually be replaced by a single Arby’s party platter and a bag of almonds. Cons: Excruciating bowel movements once every six days; scurvy."

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

submitted 59 days ago • 905 comments

well played, sir. well played.

submitted 64 days ago • 100 comments

I’m a copy editor and inveterate pedant, but as I keep correcting people who say of Trump’s second term “most voters wanted this,” know that I have good reason for insisting otherwise.

submitted 77 days ago • 8 comments

can't stress enough, as someone who has a lot of experience in media, they know what they are doing when they run provocative and/or genuinely dumb takes. they do not deserve your well-intentioned "marketplace of ideas" counterarguments even a little bit! bsky.app/profile/aoc....

submitted 91 days ago • 14 comments

Home and tired!

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Thinking about 2025 and things are pretty interesting on my end.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Night falls on Manila as I begin to worry anew about things closer to home.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Jesus did not die for the sake of traditional gender roles

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

There's something I need people to understand. The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad. The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.

submitted 103 days ago • 675 comments

Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

As Bluesky is blowing up with new users, be aware that more sophisticated bigots are moving in, and the indicators are going to get more subtle. @safety.bsky.app , I'm making a preemptive request to listen closely to people who are experts in online radicalization about that the dog whistles are.

submitted 105 days ago • 29 comments

Theological podcast night.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 107 days ago • 1169 comments

Isn’t “Ask For Angela” mostly well-intentioned BS? If a woman is able to get to the bar ‘unsupervised’ she can ask for help in clearer terms – especially as AfA is promoted online and on posters in men’s loos too? Feels more like signalling than real help. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 106 days ago • 27 comments

My son's a sweaty nonce.

submitted 107 days ago • 16 comments