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V good: 'My Socialism is a Christian Socialism, an actual redemption of a Christian Evangelicalism I have rejected, where I had read, 'Blessed are the poor', and immediately amended it with 'in spirit' to deflect it, to not have to deal with the open wound in our society that Socialism addresses.'

Child's brilliant

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Seems bad

Friends IS the goal

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize trans people has completely lost touch with the common humanity."

Vinny remains. undefeated.

the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

This will have to count as my Supreme Court term review.

I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.

My latest in @thenation.com

We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory The connection been Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

“Pedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”

Doing some work on 'what is a professor' for an article and found this fun quote...

"In The Uses of the University (2001), former University of California President Clark Kerr admits
that he often thinks of his faculty as “a series of entrepreneurs with a common grievance over
parking.”

from apnews.com/article/cali...

Fantastic read. This line...

"Consider the influence of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Once holding such a monopoly on a generation’s attention, it is now localized to the Shore Store, which exists with all the enthusiasm and obligation of a land acknowledgment at a City Council meeting."

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Come back the next day and say “how’s my little fish buddy doing? Where’s Gary?” And watch him panic

the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it

full stop

I dream of a future where history holds Skrmetti in the same dustbin as it holds Dred Scott

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

@beaupihlaja.bsky.social and @ekalodnermar.bsky.social are here at the Editors' Roundtable answering questions about TCSJ! If you're at #ATTW25 (in person or on Zoom), come on by.

GOD: time to decide which activities should burn calories

CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: well, I was thinking we should do kindness and sharing and teaching and reading, oh and saying thank you and...

GOD: running it is

CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: oh okay wow

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

Skittles? You're talking about Skittles, Ed? God, I hope you're talking about Skittles...

New research idea just dropped "RQ1: Why won't the b*stards just admit it?"

Wanna see something cool?

At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

Hardest I've laughed in response to a post on this site so far

Six men charged after forcibly removing woman from North Idaho town hall The Coeur d'Alene City Attorney's Office has filed charges against six men involved in the forced removal of a woman at a Kootenai County town hall in February.

oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts

I have never laughed so hard playing a video game as I did when–after picking my way meticulously into Anor Landor and in a fit of frustrated pique successfully sprinting past a bunch of enemies–I was completely laid out by an archer hidden around a corner. AAA+++. No notes.

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

The coalition emerges out of your recognition that it’s fucked up for you, in the same way that we’ve already recognized that it’s fucked up for us. I don’t need your help. I just need you to recognize that this shit is killing you, too, however much more softly, you stupid motherfucker, you know?

Also think so much of this Fred Moten quote. But also think of how totally culturally and spiritually bankrupt authoritarian and fascist cultures are. It damages and dehumanizes you to be like that