Shouting Thomas

"Death is the mother of spiritual life." — Erasmus Catholic Theologian, (1466 - 1536)

Die while alive, and be completely dead, Then do whatever you will, all is good - Rinzai Zen master Shidö Bunan (1603-1676)

Therefore I say: [You should ask yourself ] “How about birth? How about death? How about liberation?” - Hongzhi Zhengjue, Chan Buddhist master (1091–1157)

Small (?) thread of various extremely metal religious texts I'm reading while writing a paper for my Dying and Grieving course:

Paragraphs – The Writing Center What this handout is about This handout will help you understand how paragraphs are formed, how to develop stronger paragraphs, and how to completely and clearly express your ideas. What is a paragrap...

periodic reminder that paragraph-building is a reader's love language, and that the UNC writing center has a marvelous handout on paragraph-building.

black and white print of Minneapolis in an imagined art deco industrial cityscape, multiple shapes of mills and railroads intersecting

"Minneapolis", 1925 lithograph by Ukrainian-American Louis Lozowick, Smithsonian American Art Museum

BIKE OTTAWA Bike racks: Do they meet standards? Meets standards Does not meet standards Staple U-shaped Ф ost and ring Arches Wheel well Coat hanger Schoolyard Wave What makes a good bike rack? Keeps bike standing upright without stress on wheels Makes contact at two points, one being the frame Accommodates non-typical bicycles and attachments like baskets or child seats Allows frame to be easily locked with U-lock

@bikeottawa.bsky.social has this great graphic on bike racks that manufacturers should take to heart bikeottawa.ca/wp-content/u...

Mortality Salience would be a good hardcore or metal band name.

[guy who sang baby beluga] the festering belly is splitting, each half digested soul fumbling for a knife

I'm reading The Undercommons by Moten and Harney and I'm barely understanding it but loving what I am understanding.

Reminds me of an old TS Elliot line my mentor used to quote, "The meaning of the poem is the steak the robber throws to the dog so he can get on ransacking the house"

Not only is my schedule wack for the next six weeks but my focus in the next 2 week is my paper on end of life care so a quarter of the blocks in my visual schedule are labeled "death and dying" which feels... loud

There Will Be Blood is a beautiful picture but I will perpetually have feelings about how they skipped the second half of Oil! where the kid uses all his dad's money to try and build socialism

Arby's beef and cheddar:
An attack on gastronomic and ethical norms
Deeply beloved by me

"Not all Christians" is interpersonally insensitive-to-violent and so theologically prideful in a way I'd call a sin.

Re: last repost
When we come to the table at communion we are coming to the table with everyone else who is coming to the table: past, present, and future. Every one is our sibling. We don't get to disown the wayward and claim the just. We are all sinners and saints both.

it requires not performing genocide denialism by handwaving away residential schools, magdalene laundries, ongoing global CSA coverups, non-USian christian reactionary politics all over the world etc., while simultaneously wanting to claim personal credit for a handful of bishops in MN doing good

A comic panel, close up on Betty (of Archie comics fame), she’s looking back, blushing, and saying “That’s a sin?”

Prometheus says “hot take” and Greek gods respond “no give that back.”

Back from break which was not so break like
The schedule is packed tight like Incan stone work
Therapeutic breathing and therapeutic:

Lotta dudes

5 authors I've read at least five books by:
Leo Tolstoy
Octavia Butler
Albert Camus
Haruki Murakami
James Baldwin

5 plays is easier but
Carol Churchill
Bertolt Brecht
Tom Stoppard
William Shakespeare
Others probably

Hiiiiiii I don't have much money but if someone wants to help me move from Substack to Ghost I can pay a little bit!

YouTube video by KEXP Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

This is 27 mind long but you'll know in about one minute if its for you.

It's extremely for me

youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

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Of the streets lately

**lots of experiences that get called care are violent, dehumanizing and exploitative

These questions are loving and sincere

Moving toward the most affected is necessary to preserve life but once again we're stabilizing empire by picking up slack since all slack is sacred human life

Go on the offensive with aggressive, high profile attacks on property of austerity's engineers? Sleuthing and doxxing them? Birddogging?

We could start with care** seekers, especially disabled people, especially low-income disabled people

That probably converges and diverges from the path with workers in a way thats worth exploring

We could start w workers. We could start with unions which is similar to starting with workers, the more similar it is the better

Ruthie Wilson Gilmore talks about the anti-state state. The state which is depriving itself of it's own capacity. With the workers against the anti-state state? towards?