Bonjour

A meme from 500 Days of Summer. Tom says, “I love Solas.” Summer says, “Me, too.” Tom is talking about Solas, the character from the Dragon Age RPG series; Summer is talking about the 5 “solas” of the Reformation.

With regard to these terrible Court decisions:

It is *CRITICAL* to resist the urge to give in to doomerism and declare that things not directly accomplished by the decision - removal of books from classrooms, age verification expanding to medical websites, and so on - are now the law.

Solidarity with trans people today, and always.

FINAL BOSS MARINA · PRINCESS OF POWER · Song · 2025

I need a BG3 edit of the Raphael boss fight with MARINA's latest closer open.spotify.com/track/4u3Q32...

Hast thou even said, "Thank thee," once?

Absolute stunner of a film

if they could legally do any of this to the rest of us, they already would be. They will push and strain and test and twist the system until they can. And, if we let them, they will.

"nothing can stop this" is one way of letting them. So is "we're already there" and/or "RIP rule of law lol"

It’s always, “wyd?” and never, “I cannot make speeches…If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am.” 😔

April Ludgate from Parks and Rec saying “I didnt think March 31st existed”

TIRED: Commander in Chief

WIRED: Conductor in Chief

Lovely!

No notes #Oscars

Can't argue with custom Ralph Lauren #Oscars

I find myself returning once again to the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8 who annoys the unjust judge into granting her justice.

Oh, Bone Man, we’re really in it now…

Every time BG3 cast members reprise their roles for D&D, a deva gets its wings.

Matthew 5:43-47 (part of the sermon on the mount)

I just know that I'm doing the things I can, and making sure I'm ready to keep doing the things I can, because being almost helpless is a long damn way from being totally helpless. And filling that little gap can be damn powerful.

Especially if everyone's doing that.

Preemptive surrender masquerading as cynical weariness is absolutely virulent rn, and we could probably be doing a better job on the whole of calling it out.

If "the rule of law is dead" no resistance matters beyond performance art, and that's just not a thing we have the luxury of conceding.

There are far too many wonderful men in this world for us to accept a view of masculinity that embraces vice and mocks virtue.

Water Lilies

Water Lilies, 1914

a man in a purple shirt with the words happy gale noises on the bottom Alt: Gale Dekarios in his camp clothes with the caption, “Happy Gale noises”

@borislavslavov.bsky.social liking this post has made my entire week.

Spotify Wrapped for 2024. Top artists: Hozier, Borislav Slavov, Paramore, Chappell Roan, and Jembei. Top Songs: “Good Luck, Babe!”, “HOT TO GO!”, “Red Wine Supernova”, “Too Sweet”, and “You First (Re: Remi Wolf).

The only real surprise is that Remi Wolf didn’t overtake BG3 lo-fi.

Same! Imaginal Disk was a go-to for me this year. Perhaps I simply started listening to it too “late” into the year for the data to capture it—and the same with Big Ideas.

a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies Alt: Padmé Amidala in the Galactic Senate turns to Bail Organa and says, "So, this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause."

I've been thinking about this scene every single day for the past two weeks.

I remember about 6ish years ago when you shared your story on Good Christian Fun about how transitioning brought you closer to God, and it was so lovely and profound to me that I still think about it occasionally.

This was a great read, Ken. Thanks for sharing.

Co-sign. National ACLU does not need your money. Smaller orgs do.