Eddy Conroy

It’s impossible to have any sensible discussion about tariffs when the president clearly has no idea how they work.

“I’m very good at reading language”

He’s not got the sauce anymore

Applicable to basically every DOJ attorney defending insane administration behaviour over the past year.

This is how we get Venom

This should be fun

The whole structure makes adherents susceptible to the idea that success and failure are down to the individual, and that there’s no obligation to help those you don’t like.

That’s part of why evangelicals are so easily co-opted into right wing nationalism and hatred of the other, contrary to any sane biblical interpretation.

If faith is purely individual, and salvation is about faith alone, with no emphasis on being a good person, then you don’t need to help others.

Evangelical faith structures are only
Community based when it comes to cult elements of rejection of outside influences, and unquestioned adherence to the group.

The experience of faith and worship in evangelical systems is fundamentally individualistic rather than corporate.

I could never attend mass again, and being Irish Catholic would still inform who I am and what I believe.

Catholicism is fundementally a community, rather than individualistic approach to faith. That’s why it feels weird when you slam it together with evangelical approaches.

This is a fascinating thread.

Ive had a very convoluted faith journey. One that means I’m unlikely to darken the door of any church any time soon.

But, very right wing Catholic converts always puzzled me, and this is why. They don’t have any cultural or community context for their beliefs.

Well, six of the nine.

When you really want to be a proper dictator, but one or two democratic norms are holding on by a fingertip.

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It’s impossible to overstate how big a deal it is for a royal to be arrested over Epstein. Unfathomable.

Meanwhile in America, nothing.

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The ethics and travel rules that regular feds have to abide by are often unhelpfully strict. But luxury jets are apparently fine.

For comparison, folks I know who worked at the Department of Ed, used their own money pay into a water club, to have 5-gallon water dispensers, because the water in the building is undrinkable.

The lack of reflective paint on some American roads continues to puzzle me

The correct answer

The best version

Worth it.

Our house will be sparkling.

But also, do you want to catch up while you are in town?

Having driven several hours to hear you and Tressie talk, I am very excited for being able to hear the good shit without leaving my house.

Thank you to the old man who went to Princeton in the 1800s and donated the money that allowed this talk to happen! It was livestreamed so you can check out a recording later I assume.

I just assumed they were jeggings

Just in case anyone is wondering. You don’t have to engage with things I post, no one is forcing my feed on you.

I really wish this was AI slop

Are we sure they’re not the same person?

I believe I have to shampoo the couch covers…all next week

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