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@emdem29.bsky.social

Gamer. Reader. ELCA Lutheran Deacon. Extremist for love. she/her/hers

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Yes! And, please donate money - not goods. The food banks know what items are needed and often get special discounts from food merchants.

26.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This.

22.10.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1654    πŸ” 480    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

19.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10444    πŸ” 3080    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 325

We regret to inform you that the Nobel Peace Prize is antifa.

10.10.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Any suggestions for where/how I can get those news updates each day?

03.10.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

02.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.

25.09.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2012    πŸ” 857    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 27
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

β€’ Joy Reid
β€’ Don Lemon
β€’ Melissa Harris-Perry
β€’ Tiffany Cross
β€’ Jemele Hill
β€’ Marc Lamont Hill
β€’ Karen Attiah
β€’ Amber Ruffin

25.09.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18303    πŸ” 7583    πŸ’¬ 579    πŸ“Œ 359

Yeaahhhh I decided* it was a good decision to change meds during the first month of my internship

(*my doctor strongly recommended, and she was correct, but boy did it suck for two weeks)

23.09.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chronically ill life is trying to work through medication changes but struggle bussing.

23.09.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Charlie Kirk called me a β€˜lunatic’ and a β€˜prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

10.09.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 39215    πŸ” 6118    πŸ’¬ 2449    πŸ“Œ 467

universes beyond my budget

29.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Justification isn’t only about individual forgiveness but about God reclaiming the whole cosmos. The disciple participates in that cosmic project, living in such a way that others taste freedom"

28.08.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Corrupting economic statistics will change our economic reality. Here's how:

Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up.

Rigged stats = stolen benefits.

21.08.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 786    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 28

I hate it when weak-minded media such as the Washington Post say that DC crime is dramatically down but "many residents still do not feel safe." They're talking about an *information problem* more than a crime problem. Right-wing propagandists don't want anyone to feel safe.

13.08.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 31

Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

11.08.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2089    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 40

This is heartbreaking, both as a someone who directly benefited from NIH research and as someone who served at the Clinical Center as a chaplain during 2023.

07.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The God I serve is ENTIRELY unconcerned about what we do or do not "deserve" (and less about what we think we/others deserve). God is concerned with abundance for ALL, with justice and mercy *in spite of* what we deserve. Some Christians would do well to remember this most basic tenet of the faith.

06.08.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They don't need Medicaid. But their kids do. "If we get to a place where we're no longer eligible, I can start a timer on how much longer Emma will be alive," Stacy Staggs said.

When Medicaid gets cut, families pay the price.

This story from @usatoday.com shows what’s at stake for parents caring for children with disabilitiesβ€”loss of therapy, home-based care, and the ability to keep their kids at home.

06.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm prepping for my sermon Sunday and one of the commentaries noted (paraphrased) that PEOPLE seem super concerned with fairness but in this Luke 12 text, Jesus doesn't. That just hit me anew reading this headline. What is "fair," really? Are we making "fairness" an idol?

29.07.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

because he tried to cover it up, it's sexual, and so the political media is capable of recognizing it as a story in a way that it can't acts of open cruelty and evil against the poor or vulnerable

23.07.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 970    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 11

πŸ—£οΈ "In the ongoing privatization of education... The arts are often first on the chopping block. Their supports primarily occupy a defensive position, justifying art in its utility to the economy... They double down & reinforce the same processes that defund art in the first place." πŸ”₯

19.07.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

β€œJohns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework β€” it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

18.07.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 76

A reminder that the Fox News Cinematic Universe only focuses on black officials when they can tear them down.

They used to mock Baltimore's Brandon Scott as a "DEI mayor" but now that homicide rates have plummeted they're just pretending he doesn't exist.

16.07.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4415    πŸ” 1167    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 22

Happy Shark Awareness Day!

I want people to be aware of 5 things:

1 Sharks are awesome

2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety

3 Sharks are ecologically important

4 Sharks are highly threatened

5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, don’t reinvent the wheel, follow experts!

14.07.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 554    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

I wasn't aware this was a *new* political style... I've noticed it for years.

10.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@austinjohnplays.bsky.social if you're looking for something new with ACNH vibes, this is fun!

07.07.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is SUCH a cute game @docsaico.bsky.social I love it sooo much.

Also shouting out @peachyaenne.bsky.social and @stumpt.tv - y'all played this in beta and I think you would ADORE all the new colors and updates added since

07.07.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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07.07.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

The fact people care about a "client list" from Jeffrey Epstein rather than restitution for his victims shows conspiracy theorists never about justice for these girls. They cared about weaponizing his horrific actions to "expose" their enemies.

07.07.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 909    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 9

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