KB

"If you believe in freedom of speech, you must believe in it for speech you find
reprehensible. Otherwise you have no freedom at all."

SBC Statement on Charlie Kirk Exposes Racial Divide in Denomination After an SBC statement lamented Charlie Kirk's death & praised him. Rev. Dwight McKissic says it fails to grapple with his rhetoric on race.

After the SBC's statement lamented Charlie Kirk's death and praised him. Rev. Dwight McKissic says it fails to grapple with Kirk's rhetoric on race.

"Lament his death, praise his Gospel views and point out his anti-biblical racial views." 1/2
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"what has grieved me the most since charlie kirk's passing is seeing that many christians who appreciated his work seem to be unable to hear those who voice concern over his rhetoric--without either equating that concern to 'celebrating his death' or dismissing their experience altogether."

because i know someone out there is going to need it:

emotional intelligence (noun): the ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.

"hard and uncomfortable conversations will only be successful with emotionally intelligent people."

Protect Habeas Corpus.

(A wild thing to have to advocate for in 2025)

The Trump Gaza video is already offensive and disgusting on so many levels, but to make the cover photo on Instagram the giant, golden statue of himself is an entirely unironic form of poetry.

I am BEGGING white evangelicals to stand up.

Fantasy readers who support Trump, are we reading the same books?

As if we all weren't horrified enough.

"So, this is how liberty dies."

If there's one thing I long for the people of my rural hometown to know it's this: the world is so much bigger.

Call your representatives!

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

If you aren't concerned, you aren't paying attention.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Bluesky is getting a video-first app called Flashes. Users will be able to post up-to-four-image photo posts and 1-minute-long videos, according to TechCrunch. Comments will be supported, as will DMs. Developer Sebastian Vogelsang plans to launch Flashe...

Exciting!

www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24...

Currently buying up all the banned books I can IN PRINT.

Shoutout to RaeShanda for this.

Dystopian times

Wish I could yap with all my TT friends about this.

Well, there you have it folks. 🫡

#tiktokban #tiktok

I have never ONCE downloaded a vpn for security purposes, but you best believe I just downloaded one in hopes it'll save #TikTok for me.

BAD IDEA

They handed me Fahrenheit 451 as required reading in school and didn't expect me to grow up radicalized???

Trump skips FBI background checks for controversial cabinet picks – report Bypassing the standard procedure comes as president-elect’s choices of RFK Jr and Matt Gaetz send shock waves

Why aren't our checks and balances checking and balancing????

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...