Revd. Jonathan McCarty

Saying goodbye to my daddy wasn’t the easiest thing to do. Seeing him for the last time today is going to be even harder.

Imagine seeing news travel in a flash w/the telegraph

Imagine seeing electricity for the 1st time

Imagine seeing the internet for the 1st time

Imagine seeing US democracy failing wholesale

MASSIVE changes
Some seen w/in our lifetimes.

If you're reading this, you're seeing the last one
#RESIST

Trump solving a problem that Trump created in three pictures.

Agreed. 💀

Maori lawmakers suspended over protest haka performed in New Zealand Parliament The three lawmakers, whose record suspensions last up to three weeks, drew global attention last year when they performed the ceremonial dance to protest a contentious bill.

Three Māori lawmakers in New Zealand received record suspensions of up to three weeks on Thursday over a protest haka they performed in Parliament last year against a contentious bill.

There a hole in my heart where John Redcorn should go.

King of the Hill is going to be a lot sadder now.

The election of the first American pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV.

Andor needs to stop fucking with my feelings.

The galaxy is watching! We are the Ghorm!

Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth on this day in 1865.

The first three episodes of Andor with no context, but absolutely with a spoiler.

Note: When you realize what the spoiler is, you can blame me.

Historians agree.

They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance

They are destroying democracy

“You made this decision long ago. The Empire can not win. You will never feel right unless you are doing what you can to stop them. You’re coming home to yourself. You’ve become more than you fear. Let that protect you.”

Six minutes in and Andor is 🔥. Damn I love this series.

"In the midst of life we are in death, of whom may we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Holy God, mighty and merciful Savior, deliver us not unto bitter death."

May the Lord bless and keep His Holiness, Pope Francis. May he be gracious to him, and ever may he lift him up and shed his countenance upon him, and bring him only to peace.

To my Catholic friends: You have my sincerest condolences in your time of mourning. Please know my heart is with you.

Well.

The Last of Us.

Happy Easter.

Easter good news:

• God's got a big ol' but
• Peter isn't defined by his worst moment, & neither are you
• Jesus isn't defined by the hate spewed at him, & neither are you
• Violence, vengeance, death, and dehumanizing hate don't get the last word
• Life, grace, redemption, and hope do
• Love wins

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I’ve had to repeatedly explain that to people because being demisexual isn’t “in the LGBTQIA+ community.” Yeah… it is. It’s under the A.

Advancing the knowledge of manki… who am I kidding. Just to show that they have enough money to solve problems but don’t actually give a damn to do it. Must be nice.

I’m watching the documentary “The Dark Side of the Power Rangers” and it’s reminding me juat how much tragedy was involved with the show that I didn’t know was going on as a kid.

And it makes me miss my favorite Ranger, Thuy Trang.

💛

I had to wear loose clothing for a while, but it’s unsettling to watch the show and think of just how readily your body will turn against you. Luckily there was a medical treatment for this. But there are others which can become resistant.

I’m rewatching The Last of Us before season 2 premieres, and the first episode with the experts discussing how fungi could evolve to consume us. It made me think about a fungal infection years ago. It was one of the naturally occurring ones on the human body. It spread easily because of body heat.

The Birth of the Lost Cause At 4:30 in the morning of April 12, 1861, artillery emplacements around Charleston Harbor in South Carolina opened fire on Fort Sumter in the harbor. Four years later to the day, the formal surrend…

160 years ago today the formal surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia took place.

Does the Lost Cause predate the Civil War itself, or did it come about post-war? Truthfully, it is rooted in decades of events before the rebellion, nurtured by the bloodshed, and tended to fruition after it.

Happy Appomattox 160!

Just finished Daredevil. It needs to be next week NOW.

😳

“The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle…”

#Appomattox160

Sen. Cory Booker breaks Senate record for longest floor speech set by Strom Thurmond in 1957 | CNN Politics Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18-minute speech in 1957.

INCREDIBLE TO WATCH!

This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History Donald Trump has chosen to issue another Executive Order, this one titled RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY. While I have it hyperlinked, I wanted to go through the text of it and see …

Donald Trump is against DEI initiatives and now wants to “correct” national history. I wonder if there is a reason that could influence his views?

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Two more episodes of Daredevil Born Again and the first season is over. I’m not sure my heart can take this. Tonight’s bottle episode was AMAZING though. It’s attached to the show as a whole, but still fairly standalone. Love it.