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Had a dream where Leo Tolstoy had gynecomastia. It wasn’t even the focus of the dream, he was just really nonchalant about having nice tits

Finally finished Church Dogmatics IV/1. Less likely that I will wrap up the entire CD by the end of the year but the end is still in sight

Great piece by @oriion.bsky.social and a great representation of what research suggests is more the norm than the exception. Detransitioners generally do not identify as cisgender even after detransition and often do not regret their transition.

2025 has been a world-historically bad year for humanity but I’ve noticed that I’m in a much better place mentally/spiritually than I was at this time last year, which is nice

For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent,

actually the emphasis on embodiment in general in Catholic devotion and worship; Protestantism can get a little too 'Platonic' at times

Tradition as a living, vital thing - continuity across time and space in the church isn't just an abstraction but concretely embodied by the life of the church

I’m on a bit of a James Cameron kick lately and somehow it took me until now to realize that Titanic is basically just a remake of The Terminator’s emotional arc (woman whose life sucks is guided through a traumatic experience by a sacrificial love interest dude and becomes cooler as a result)

The thing to understand about Homeric heroes is that they’re all like insane war criminal dudes

I will say that I think people have really overhyped this story. It's definitely unique among 90s JRPGs but 50% of the dialogue is just "from my point of view the Jedi are evil!" stuff

I'm quite deep into the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster. FFT feels like the most baseball FF. Or, alternatively, baseball is the most FFT sport.

I seem to be feeling better now?? Very confusing signals my body has been sending me lately

“All Spice” sounds like a poorly translated blue magic spell in a Final Fantasy game

hmm I seem to maybe be getting sick right at the beginning of a particularly busy few weeks for me. Not liking this development

YouTube video by Elektrik Hob Picnic at Hanging Rock - Ascent Theme Music with Whoosh!

This music also feels like it belongs in a 90s jrpg? Multifaceted vibes

Rewatched. Probably one of my favourite movies ever? Real gay Calvinism here

Diane Ladd in Wild at Heart, incredible performance

RIP, Queen

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

The Exorcist 3 was pretty cool. A Cantankerous Old Guy movie in the best possible sense. Lots of interesting choices and a surprising sense of humour. Ending kinda sucks tho

Progressive Misato Katsuragi can still happen if people want it bad enough

Results of an online quiz about what sort of Anglican I am Catholic : 18 Liberal: 12 Protestant: 17 Your title is: A Sola-Fide Enjoying Laudian You might relate to…..Richard Hooker

Anglican quiz thing

Or "what if only one person is elect, but it's Jesus Christ (whispers) *so really it's everybody*" [Karl Barth, and also me]

2025 is the year that I became convinced that Baseball is Real

This was a pretty wild game to watch while experiencing the effects of this

Ash from Pokémon having just lost the league

Fellow torontonians

crazy how they fit the entire rogers centre in the gom jabbar

This has been a fantastic time to get into baseball

WE ARE IN

THE BASEBALL DIMENSION