Bill Eldridge

None of the Pierean roses for *them.* The great Nine do not reward treachery or theft.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

get in kids, we're making folk heroes

Bitch, do you really want people 3D printing vuvuzelas instead?

I post this link merely as a cultural curiosity and not so that anyone could print one if, say, whistles were banned. Obviously that would be wrong.

First post: For everyone who guessed this of how things are going down in MN, it's actually true. From a Lutheran pastors' FB post: "Armies of Lutheran grandmothers are coordinating complex systems of financial support, clothing drives, and meal preparation." Response: Hot dish will bring down the regime

"Hotdishes against fascism" is the new official motto of the Midwest.

None of the good negates the bad! You may note that I’m not rushing out to get my rosary on!

But at this point, if you are posting that Christians aren’t doing anything re: ICE, then hon, you’re just not paying attention.

And that’s all just clergy. There are a lot of people on the ground who might identify as Christians but would rather use their breath blowing whistles.

And look, I get it. Lots of us are pretty bitter about stuff the church did, either to us or other people. Believe me, I know!

Minneapolis Pastor Says He Was Detained by ICE After Joining Protest, Told 'You're White' and 'Wouldn’t Be Any Fun Anyway' on Release A Minneapolis pastor said he was detained by ICE after responding to nearby activity and joining a protest in the wake of an agent-involved shooting. He told Fox 9 Minneapolis that agents repeatedly q...

Most of us have probably seen the footage of the Minneapolis pastor shaming the chief of police by now, and there’s this pastor: people.com/minneapolis-...

Catholic bishops push U.S. to end 'dehumanizing' immigration enforcement Catholic bishops are speaking out against the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort and its treatment of immigrants in detention. In a special pastoral message, the U.S. Conference of Catholi...

Catholic bishops have been calling for it for months: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Two Episcopal bishops say clergy may have to put 'bodies on the line' to resist ICE (RNS) — ‘I’ve asked (clergy) to get their affairs in order, to make sure they have their wills written,’ said the Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire.

They are telling their people to get their affairs in order because it’s time to put their bodies on the line: religionnews.com/2026/01/15/t...

They showed up in West Virginia: bsky.app/profile/laur...

Chicago pastor says ICE officer grabbed his throat during peaceful protest | Broadview Magazine Rev. Michael Woolf regularly participates in demonstrations outside a Chicago-area migrant detention centre

They showed up in Chicago: broadview.org/chicago-past...

UCC pastor shot by federal agents with pepper round speaks about ‘standing on the side of love’ - United Church of Christ The Rev. Jorge Bautista has been in national news recently after photos captured the moment when a U.S. immigration officer struck him in the face with a

This guy is amazing all by himself: www.ucc.org/ucc-pastor-s...

This Minneapolis church is feeding thousands of families fearing ICE "I just think they're reading their Bible backwards."

They’re feeding thousands of families who are justly terrified of leaving their homes:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.

My Catholicism is so lapsed that the Vatican has a photo of me behind the counter saying “Do not accept prayers from this woman.”

Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things!

apnews.com/article/minn...

Okay, since I’m in a mood, do you know what is annoying mild *annoyance* about all this, rather than a gut-wrenching crisis?

I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”

Well, if I *could* think, and discovered that I’d been created by thieves merely to enrich them by the exploitation of others’ stolen work, I might not feel all that loved either.

Jewish American lawyer Samuel Leibowitz, who represented the Scottsboro Boys, in 1933 said, "I am going down there to fight the battle of 14 million colored Americans, and I am going down there to fight for my people because Hitlerism in Germany is Hitlerism in the South only by a different name."

#WolffBites: When past empires suffered economic decline (as all eventually did) and they lost political power, they often desperately tried military power to reverse the empire's decline. It never worked.

if the oil industry doesn't even want to invade south american countries anymore i am more convinced than ever we're approaching total solar victory

Let them ponder that number, and consider all the other ways the time and resources expended on this unwanted, useless, anti-feature could have been used.

Let it haunt their days, and infest their dreams.

Let them carry the knowledge of their failure for the remainder of their lives.

"I’m sure it’ll ship with a less murderous name..."

No, no, leave it named that.

Have it play a .wav file of HAL singing "Daisy" when you click it.

Optionally, have it send an anonymized message to Mozilla HQ that the button has been pressed. Let their metrics show how many people don't want it.

Firefox is adding an AI kill switch Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Enzor-DeMeo, and then Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users th...

BTW, for those who may have heard about this issue and were (correctly!) concerned (or, like me, *actively* pissed off): https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/

You know, any time my notifications tell me you posted something, and I expand the notification and read something like this, I immediately want to start doing the Heavy Duty Praying. "Oh Laaaaawd, Diane's pissed, it must be gawdawul...yes, I was right, 'tis. Mara-fucking-natha."

The old political Machines did not run on mutual aid. They did not serve as a third place for likeminded people and idealogues. They primarily delivered forms of patronage and graft, and when we made that illegal they fell apart. I swear to god some of you people need to read a book or two

…Or, you know, just bleed out. Your call. …You could always have gone to the pound and rescued some pup that would have loved you like a god forever, you know? But you were hotter for your own testosterone. Whatever. (2/2)

On a snowy moonless night, hike deep into the mountain woods and lay your bait—a sirloin steak bound against your bare leg. Sit under the tree where the raven croaks. Await the beast that stalks out of the cold night to fasten its teeth into your leg, worrying at the flesh. THAT IS YOUR DOG. (1/2)

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