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STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET. MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.

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Been trying this thing where if I can't tell a headline is real or satire, I take a quick walk, and if I still can't tell, I go take a nap, so I'm still confused about everything everywhere but at least I'm rested and have gotten some light exercise.

Yes. Particularly the second part. Can't count how many times a reversible ratchet has saved me when I got my wrench stuck.

If you are doing this around midnight I for once can be glad to be across the pond from you! I vote Twitch but will try to catch you on whatever platform you use!

Definitely impressed that you still use a rotary phone.

I don't actually remember if I had an AIM account, but I didn't use AOL.

What I want to know is, which six are you still using?

Lotta talk at the moment about AI voice theft chatbots atm. Not linking to sites because fuck that. Those familiar with my opinion on AI can probably guess my response, but to be clear: I consider the users of such chatbots to be hollow wastes of breath who are actively murdering their own souls.

🧵 If any of you are responsible for this, here's some advice:

This isn't how you honour creators. This is theft. And this isn't how you hone your creativity. This is theft.

Learn how to impersonate people and do your roleplaying that way. Because this? IS THEFT. caibotlist.com?search=daisy... 1/4

A grey and white cat in a loaf side eyes the camera.

A close up of a grey and white cat's face. He looks semi asleep and maybe a little disgruntled about the camera in his face

Look at this cat. Just look at him! That is all.

Ok, this physically hurt me. Thanks for that... 🥴😂

I lol'ed

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.

I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.

We can only hope the people who were laid off come together to create a new outlet. Of course, they were all journalists, not business people, so who knows.

[In completely flat tone] Oh no, not Cheney.

He had a heart?

I'm always ok with my tax dollars going to feed people. All people. No matter what food they eat.

Right? Midnight standard time or daylight saving time?

"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.

Don't say the second when you mean the first.

Always wear your seatbelt

OMG I need the novelization please. Also I love your goblins.

I only need 2: "intermittent electrical"

Liking bleu cheese does not make you a pervert. That stuff is delicious!

Cartoon crow looking sad is flying in a wobbly pattern.

As he flies, a strange arch is seen below.

The arch leads is a lighted room, despite it not being attached to a building. The crow is curious about it.

The crow looks into the arch thru its broken window.

Bed [1/4]

She was the best and I will miss her too. Those furry little beasts sure do claw their way into our hearts.

Aw dang, you stole my answer!

I finally sorted through my cans and took out some of the things I am looking for the most, put those in a drawer organizer. Usually what I need is still in the can somehow though.

Not only did he block you, but he had to write a skeet about it. Super weird, I mean, it's not like you're wrong. Although it does suck to admit it.

What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.

I really want to bury my face in that cat belly.