I am considering an entire tub of Blue Bell homemade vanilla.
02.03.2026 23:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am considering an entire tub of Blue Bell homemade vanilla.
02.03.2026 23:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.
Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you donβt want to purchase it).
01.03.2026 19:58 β π 3815 π 955 π¬ 137 π 88
Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song βLet Downβ without permission.
Full statement from the band:
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonβt
I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.
28.02.2026 15:50 β π 13766 π 3334 π¬ 111 π 70
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
#tdih 1943, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, & Christoph Probst -- members of the White Rose -- were executed π for their role in urging students to rise up & overthrow the Nazi government. #Resist
In face of evil, "why do you not rouse yourselves?" they implored. β¬οΈ
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wh...
So instead,
imagine winning. This is your sacred task.
This is your power.
Read some of our new book at @sojo.net why don't ya?
sojo.net/magazine/mar...
St Brigid of Kildare
Happy St Brigidβs Day! St Brigid helped spread Christianity in Ireland, becoming the abbess of a powerful convent. When a nun came to her, pregnant and scared, St Brigid laid hands on her belly, prayed, and induced a miraculous abortion.
01.02.2026 17:32 β π 440 π 90 π¬ 7 π 0rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
Three free (and very relevant) e-books available from @haymarketbooks.org right now
"Unbuild Walls" by @silkys13.bsky.social
"Border and Rule" by @harshawalia.bsky.social
and my "The Case for Open Borders"
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
READ READ READ
and then ask yourself how such an undisciplined and unfettered agency acquired a budget larger than that of every military exc those of China and of course the US
and for what purpose, cuz they're not done yet.
I hope the angel Gabriel tells me. Like the Annunciation but better.
21.01.2026 05:59 β π 94 π 11 π¬ 3 π 1
The digital editor of the National Catholic Reporter has written the most cogent and hard-hitting critique of JD Vance I've ever read, worth a thousand couch jokes
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
04.01.2026 19:01 β π 7804 π 2363 π¬ 71 π 23
An NBA player learns to paint
Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly has appreciated art since he was a child in Paris. Now heβs taking it on as a therapeutic hobby.
wapo.st/4b3GLRd
The innkeeper isn't the bad guy in the story, he's a *good guy* in the story. He *doesn't have room in his inn* and then *finds a spot for Mary anyway*. And this act of kindness is why Jesus is born in a manger -- warm, dry, safe, surrounded by people that love him -- instead of out in the desert
23.12.2025 16:33 β π 675 π 88 π¬ 7 π 10
The song of Mary is the oldest Advent hymnβ¦It is at once the most passionate, the wildest, one might even say the most revolutionary Advent hymn ever sung.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christmas Eve
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
On the longest night, we gather at the hearth. π₯
A #WinterSolstice grounding meditation for tending the communal fireβthe warmth we create together that carries us through the dark.
For your #solstice circles, personal practice, or quiet ritual tonight.
#PaganSpirituality #meditation #witchsky
An email starting with βfor your consideration: Nurembergβ
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way Iβm not sure they intended.
19.12.2025 23:36 β π 5390 π 1418 π¬ 22 π 30This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
19.12.2025 16:46 β π 173 π 81 π¬ 11 π 35Tinker Swift, Taylor Swift, Soldier Swift, Spy Swift
11.12.2025 21:25 β π 1613 π 291 π¬ 28 π 10Image of characters from the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries paired with fonts
Consider this a book publisher's very important contribution to the ongoing font discourse #FontDebate
10.12.2025 20:00 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0The technical answer is that anything βDEIβ is against TX ed policies and law. But that just means doing things near campuses instead of on them!
09.12.2025 00:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wonder who in Texas will use this very same mechanism to put Freedom Schools in high school and colleges across the state. Test their claims of *viewpoint* diversity and demand the same money that will be going to this effort to also support Freedom schools.
08.12.2025 23:22 β π 200 π 59 π¬ 6 π 1
Trump and Hegseth have been committing murder on the high seas. They must be held accountable. The Medina family and all others devastated by these lawless #boatkillings deserve justice.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
01.12.2025 20:54 β π 4877 π 1605 π¬ 15 π 12Wondering if my worship associate is up for a last minute switcheroo. (And if theyβre up for cussing in the pulpit.)
29.11.2025 19:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0