Houston Coley

they are literally prosecuting thought crimes. this is fascism

under current political pressures, Dem politicians are increasingly revealing who they really are: has a spine vs spineless. willing to stand up for LGBTQ+ ppl vs merely saying pro-gay-ish-sounding platitudes so long as it's politically convenient

Our guy walks into a totally unfamiliar environment with the craziest possible shit happening all around him and still somehow manages to make the correct moral choice like 85 times in a row.

What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?

If only they were some kind of obvious and direct analogy to an event in history committed by an authoritarian regime that later committed atrocities on a mass scale.

Is This the End of USAID? - Christianity Today Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.

This Christianity Today article about Musk's illegal decimation of USAID, and its catastrophic impacts, is very, very good. Republicans need to hear from evangelicals and Catholics who aren't NAR or theobros

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

"When politicians start talking theology, Christians should be on high alert for distortions of their faith that serve the interests of the powerful."

it feels like such a sick joke to watch the richest man in the world run a "Department of Government Efficiency" and brag about cutting federal spending when literally any amount he cuts—no matter how large—could easily be paid *by him* for literal pennies of his net worth

This is a hell of a crowd size for a protest at the Treasury Department.

People do not like Elon.

it's soooo funny that the price of eggs was one of the primary examples of "economy is doing bad" during the election and as soon as Trump took office we got hit with the highest egg prices ever. like I don't even know if he can be blamed for the avian flu thing but dawg that's just poetic

I'm shocked to say it, but I think this trailer actually excited me even more than the Superman one

I know you’re going to tell me that I’m an idiot but I really am surprised that my former friends who became Musk fans aren’t waking up to reality right now.

Can Elon Musk Fit Through the Eye of a Needle? It’s clear that Jesus’ relationship with wealth was adversarial; we ignore his exhortations against wealth at our own peril.

"In the United States, 'love of money' is the gas in the engine, the beating heart of the whole shebang."

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"Dude, this is actually a very minor conflict," said Gandalf, "Sauron isn't even the main bad guy, that's Morgoth. All of this is a minor skirmish compared to what was happening before. Read the Silmarillion, damn."

Listening to the audiobook of THE HOBBIT read by Andy Serkis and when he finally gets to the point where he can whip out the Gollum voice it's like when the drums hit in 'In The Air Tonight.'

Hey, where is this list from?

the one thing giving me hope amid all this anti-trans legislation is that the community will finally have a powerful ally, JK Rowling, on their side. ya know, because she famously said she’d march with them if they were ever discriminated against. let’s get this march started!

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

has anyone else found it hard to be creatively productive this month hahahahahaha no i know i know

kind of the defining image of our current era for me. a character betrayed, grieving, and angry, watching helplessly as fundamentalism consumes her people and they zealously rally to destroy the world

sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it

We need italics in micro blogging apps. This statement is meaningless until we know which word is being stressed.

this is the correct advice for the moment. be a loud, material supporter of the trans people in your life.

hope everyone is done Just Asking Questions now

We All Lose in Trump’s War Against Trans Americans His cynical executive orders targeting trans people will harm important American institutions by taking away talent, energy, and the plain competence our country needs.

I appreciate this piece in The Bulwark greatly. It makes the serious, moderate, cis-friendly case that trans rights are not a distraction or a trifle to be easily dispensed with.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...

so many people warned about exactly this for years and major papers preferred to publish scare pieces about trans girls playing sports

Exactly this. The Oscars aren’t all that matter, but I do want to live in a world where art is rewarded with public displays of attention and honor!

This is a screenshot from the other site that shows an image of Bishop Budde. The text, from an account named Ben Garrett, reads: Do not commit the sin of empathy. This snake is God's enemy and your too. She hates God and His people. You need to properly hate in response.

Probably time to talk about fascism and moral inversion huh

The full quote is unhinged. He says “you can argue the Trail of Tears was wrong, but you can’t argue it was un-American. And in a sense, doesn’t that mean…it was actually right?”

Ladies and gentlemen: we did it