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The fun thing about clinical anxiety and depression is that when you get a day what you just feel *normal human baseline* it’s like you’re riding an ecstatic high. What a rush

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

I just need to state how much I still crack up every time I think of the line “I’m not a witch, I’m a Lutheran. But basically the same thing.”

Bring tired of romances where no one has done anything wrong ever! It’s so true! I can’t take another book where everyone talks in perfectly crafted therapy speech.

People 👏🏻 Are 👏🏻 Messy👏🏻

As a progressive Christian pastor who grew up in and escaped from the death cult that is modern American evangelicalism: this is the perfect post. 10/10, no notes

Trump could start a ground war - and institute the draft - and Congress would do nothing.

Dems would continue to say "wait till the midterms".

I would accept that if one did not get the sense Bridgerton took itself way too seriously

I will never get over Bridgerton has ALL the money and looks so cheap.

Heated Rivalry was made with two loonies and some Canadian Tire cash and is a masterpiece.

That is all

Look what’s available on NetGalley! If you like a whimsical and random exploration of inclusive Christianity, check it out!

I’m So Used to Gay Tragedies That I Almost Missed Romance

wa ha ha ha everyone will be lured into the romance world, nobody can resist our charms

This is actually a thing I had happen with my mom. She was like "if there's irrefutable evidence of athletic advantage because of being born a certain phenotype, then yes I think athletics should disallow trans people to compete" and I was like "so actually you should look up the facts" and she did

I don’t know what to say about the suspension of trans people’s drivers licenses in Kansas other than to state the obvious that it is an outrage.

To the democrats who have been wringing hands about “pronouns: THIS IS WHY IT MATTERS!!

In the past 48 hours I have had two excessively polite calls from the passport Canada office regarding issues with my passport renewal that were quickly and easily resolved.

I miss socialism 😢🇨🇦🇨🇦

Hey! That’s me! (Thanks for sharing)

btw this is a great way to practice Lent! giving up a vice gets all the attention, but taking on a virtue is where it's at.

What if we see “The Cottage” as defiant hope, not escapism?

I am very grateful to Reactor and @leahschnelbach.bsky.social for providing an outlet for how much Heated Rivalry has taken over my life.

Also “Will you criticallyanalyzeHollanovthiswinter” is perfection. 10/10, no notes. I cackled

The struggle is real

“Sundays are included in the 40 day Lenten fast”

Me:

2) Lent is literally 46 days if you count Sundays.

Every Sunday a celebration of the resurrection, but I think we also need pauses in the Lenten fast specifically to remind us Lent is not a diet or endurance test. Is is a season of reorienting ourselves to Christ and anticipation of Easter

Nothing makes me want to pull my hair out more than people who say “Jesus didn’t take breaks during his fast in the wilderness so I don’t take breaks on Sunday in Lent.”

My Siblings in Christ. 1) You are not Jesus and giving up chocolate is hardly a fast in the desert

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

When ‘Trust and Obey’ Kids Grow Up, Can They Parent Better? Many Christians raised in authoritarian families are determined to raise their own kids differently. It’s not always so easy.

Now that many of the kids who grew up under those rules are parents themselves, they’re determined to raise their own kids differently — even while finding it hard to break inherited patterns.
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There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

Screen grab of Ilya saying “is lie, liar told you that” to the statement romance novels don’t need an HEA

Because for some reason we are relitigating the whole “happy endings in romance novels” discourse. Please allow Ilya Rozanov to answer the question

I would like to to wish Bill Pullman a Happy President's Day.

Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….

I keep shouting: if you best argument is that something doesn’t fit some specific definition of genocide or fascism it’s still NOT A GOOD LOOK!

If it’s close enough that we are having the conversation, it’s time to take a stand for the same of humanity

everyone’s saying “people are NIMBYs about concentration camps” and yeah, I don’t want a concentration camp in my neighborhood, or anywhere

you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?

free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise

THIS