Joe Dunman

The latest NY Times gimmick (a poll that shows majorities "prefer" AI writing) is yet another perfectly crafted specimen of ragebait, expertly calculated to drive angry traffic and engagement. They have mastered the art.

The president has been manipulating the stock market at will throughout his second term. It instantly and credulously responds to whatever nonsense he says, from tariffs to AI to war. Easier to predict than the tides.

Palestinian Christians denounce US evangelical support for war on Iran | ICN Pastor Munther Isaac, from Bethlehem said that every human life is precious and urged peace and an end to suffering in an on-line briefing about the US-Israeli war with Iran and across the Middle East...

Palestinian Christians denounce US evangelical support for war on Iran

I underestimated the ease of his manipulation. To be fair, the markets are dumb as hell and will fall for anything. bsky.app/profile/cant...

I use it but not really in the same way. I don’t use it in the place of “convert.” By reversion I mean I once stopped believing but now I have resumed my belief.

On Friday, Brian Steensland, a sociologist at Indiana University in Indianapolis, shared results of a study looking at the role Episcopal parents play in passing the faith from one generation to the next. While parents have a crucial influence over their children's spiritual development, he said, many outsource it to the church, taking what he calls an "exposure for choice" approach — teaching their kids about religion without making a case for any particular faith. He suggested that parents try an "equipping for commitment" mindset. Commitment can feel like a constraint, he said, but also opens the doorto community and belonging. As for church leaders, he recommended they help parents grow in their faith so that they can better pass that faith on.

Personally, this is a tough one for me. As a very recent revert, my own spiritual doubt and general aversion to constraint makes me cautious, but I don’t want to be a morally vapid parent who offers no clear religious example.

'A lie from the pit of hell': Episcopal leaders push back on rumors of fatal decline CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — More than 850 Episcopal Church leaders gathered in Charlotte to talk about the future of the church and what the denomination still has to offer.

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The most blasé admission so far.

Weijia Jiang @weijia NEW-In a phone interview, President Trump told me the war could be over soon: "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force." He added that the U.S. is "very far" ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame. 3:16 PM • Mar 9, 2026 • 1,371 Views

Very complete, pretty much

Tell him to stop then send him an invoice for the advice. He needs it!

Gonna offset my stock market losses with polymarket bets on how low the stock market will go today.

They must know some people. 🤡

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I’m starting to suspect that we won’t be able to rely on service members refusing unlawful orders.

International Women’s Day: Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on her experience in C of E BEING nominated to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury was a “golden moment” of affirmation for her calling, Archbishop Mullally said in an interview to celebrate International Women’s Day, on Sunday. Speaking to the Revd Kate Bottley in a specia...

Being nominated to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury was a “golden moment” of affirmation for her calling, Archbishop Mullally said in an interview to celebrate International Women’s Day, on Sunday ✝️

#InternationalWomensDay #ArchbishopofCanterbury #SarahMullally

The "good" news maybe is that Trump loves market manipulation more than anything so after the markets drop 10% tomorrow he'll announce the end of the war and they'll magically shoot back up in a couple of days.

Will never get how all these fools in Congress can watch this all happening and do nothing to stop it.

Building collapses at Glasgow Central Station as fire causes major disruption Dozens of services have since been cancelled and the station will be closed until further notice.

Coverage on BBC.

Fire confirmed to have started in a vape shop this afternoon. The whole row is gutted and collapsing. It looks as though the fire brigade are struggling just to contain the fire.

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It is so, so easy to focus on this as a problem unique to our current murderous regime, but murdering rescuers with strikes like this has been a fully bipartisan effort for almost 20 years. Our entire "national security" apparatus is morally indefensible and has been forever.

"Double-tap" strikes are...problematic, from the perspective of both international law and basic morality. Samuel Alexander's 2017 student note explores the legal issues: scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol69/is...

Initially, people suspected this was a mistake caused by chatbot-driven targeting, but it appears to have been deliberate, similar to the murderous "double-tap" drone strikes the U.S. has been doing since at least 2009.

Though it is day, the sun cannot be seen in Tehran today because of all the smoke following the US and Israel bombing Tehran's oil refineries. People on the ground describe it as armageddon. History will not forgive Reza Pahlavi, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, and all other "leaders" who tricked Iranians into thinking this war would set them free.

Oh my god: this is *daytime* in Tehran.

An ADSBx map showing C104 flying from Florida to Watertown SD late last night.

Ugh. The brand-new Coast Guard jet Kristi Noem was using before she got fired flew down to Florida late Friday -- presumably for the "Shield of the Americas" announcement -- and then returned to Watertown, SD, late Saturday. So she's still using it!!

Graham is an unhinged threat to humanity.

I would download a pdf of this

And almost certainly will, if our lives are long.

"'The court finds that there is significant public interest in ensuring the religious freedom of all citizens and the state’s position that religious freedom is somehow less important than other exceptions in the abortion law puts the court in an untenable position...'."

Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts An unholy alliance between the Roberts majority and the Trump administration is demolishing the separation of church and state.

With @rachellaser.bsky.social of Americans United on all the many many ways church is crowding out state, and why it all started at SCOTUS

Indiana court blocks abortion ban on religious grounds In 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld the state’s near-total abortion ban, with limited exceptions only in cases of lethal fetal anomalies, the mother's health, rape and incest.

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Never swore an oath!

I really like the claim for unlicensed practice of law.