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Official BlueSky account of Substack newsletter "At the edges, with Marc Loustau." https://marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/ "In a world on fire, hopeful storytelling about global politics, culture, and the edges of faith."
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Tuesday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. I interviewed John Swanson about one of the most well-known records of the Holocaust: the Auschwitz Album. But did you know that it was once called Lili’s Album? On “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau” on Substack.
Yes, I have been fearful reading the news from Minneapolis. But not only that: I have also stood in blessed awe of the many Minneapolis-based friends in faith and their truthful witness.
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“America's liberal cities are occupied territory."
Delightful vintages, hidden back rooms in a palatial art gallery, an innovative art teacher serves up a small-town lager. Today from "At the Edges," a culture and food tour of Vojvodina in northern #SerbiaTravel.
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This summer I went to a Ukrainian village on the front line. I went partly to record wartime rural life. Today the village is off limits and locals have evacuated. Read about my reflections in today’s Substack essay: “Donetsk through my eyes, Part 2.”
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Russians are forcing Ukrainian priests and pastors to flee occupied territory. But the ministers still contact the parishioners they left behind. I spoke with @christiancentury.bsky.social about my article, "Pastors in exile." www.christiancentury.org/features/pas...
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Donetsk Province in eastern Ukraine is now famous for being a bone of contention in peace negotiations with Russia. Today we're publishing Part 1 of a photo essay, “Donetsk through my eyes,” to bring this geopolitical hotspot a little closer to home.
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Putin plays Western media as much as Trump. Media reports fake negotiations rather than real suffering Putin causes in Ukraine. More war isn't news but peace is. So Putin pretends to negotiate and the media falls for it. Photos: Ukrainian school where Russian missiles killed children in 2022.
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A year's end message from "At the Edges" on Substack: "We provide this service because the world needs critical, hopeful storytelling." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
28.12.2025 18:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Mark Carney announces Canada will provide $2.5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine - aimed on rebuilding Ukraine. Another major economic commitment.
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The latest from “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau:” A conversation about climate denialism and the far right, featuring Prof. Lee Medovoi, Senior Fellow at the Central European University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Am I alone in discovering that spiked, thanks to the #60minutes scandal, is jargon for both journalists and football players?
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“The idea of collective blessing in scripture is a direct critique of the way power is being wielded to punish in our country. Collective punishment in politics has become normalized, but it does not have to be so.”
– @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
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“Our Christian hope is that God will one day step in decisively to disrupt all our timelines. No calendar can prepare us for that day.”
– Brandon Ambrosino
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Update on Hungary child abuse scandal: Independent Hungarian public opinion research group reports that pro-government voters disagree with government PR campaign slandering the victims as criminals. telex.hu/belfold/2025...
My own coverage on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/marcrosc...
Hungarian PM Orbán claims he prevented a “declaration of war on Russia” by blocking the use of frozen assets and refusing to back the EU’s €90B loan for Ukraine. Poland’s FM Sikorski responded with sarcasm, posting an image of the Soviet Union’s Order of Lenin medal.
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“FanDuel and DraftKings contribute money (however paltry) to anti-addiction efforts, while also steadily deepening fans’ dependence on betting … It’s moral laundering reminiscent of the tobacco companies that once insisted they weren’t encouraging teens to smoke.”
– Peter W. Marty
“The fascism debate is evidence that we don’t have a clear picture of our terrifying authoritarian and racial-nationalist present.”
– Mac Loftin
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“A properly apolitical nativity scene, we’re led to believe, would tastefully decorate lawns and mantles, signifying nothing other than the common faith that transcends conflict over things like war and oppression … But what could possibly be more political than that?”
– Mac Loftin
“The potluck is an act of faith. You don’t think you bring it all, but you also don’t think you have nothing to do with it. You bring something.”
– Amy Frykholm
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“Gossip tends to work like a bad novelist. It smooths everything out. It turns complex actions into simple, legible ones and cuts ambiguities down to a single dimension.”
– @philipchristman.bsky.social
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Crops shrink and sizzle
in pernicious heat
it’s fine
I’ve stacked
enough energy drinks
in my caves
for you
to ride at dawn
– read the complete new poem from Heidi Neumark: www.christiancentury.org/poetry/king-...
After watching Die My Love, columnist Kathryn Reklis considers just how dismal the state of motherhood in popular culture has become.
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“In Humans: A Monstrous History, British historian @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social offers a scholarly exploration of monsters and monster-making through the ages.”
– review by A. Trevor Sutton
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Photos from this weekend's #Hungary protests over child abuse in state care and correctional facilities.
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“The sages see in Nimrod’s deeds the necessity of a constant check against the arrogance of power. Yet they also offer a warning to his followers: You follow a bad king at your peril.”
– Mordechai Beck
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“Wherever we situate Bethlehem, let’s be clear that it’s far away from the corridors of power. God shows up in profound humility, taking up very little oxygen in that cattle stall.”
– Peter W. Marty
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A weekend of protests in Budapest after videos surfaced showing child abuse in a state facility. Read more in "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau." marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/fathers-ou...
15.12.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An editor at a magazine I write for said to me yesterday, "Marc, you're on our 'grim beat.'" I have to agree.
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Horseheads, diabolical femininity, and giving the middle finger. All in today’s edition of “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau” on Substack. With thanks to @AndreaPeto and @VeraJonas
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