Matt Hanson

I figured. I wasted a lot of time trying to puzzle out the "Jesus was either a liar or a lunatic or the messiah" statement

and iirc in Screwtape when the demon advises to get the Christians when they're thinking, which is when you can infiltrate, which really turned me off tbh even as a kid

agreed...speaking as someone who was literally phone banking for him during those years and is to the left of him...

he won by being all things to all people, everyone read into him what they wanted, which is a great way to get elected and terrible for governing

50 years of her comedy is not enough 💔

interesting!

Lewis was quoted all the time, as basically an authority on what it means to be a Christian, in my house

I swear, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe would have been banned had CS Lewis been a hippie

no actually I feel...refreshed about how long ago and far away those days are now.

Man, did we ever gnash our teeth over having to defend, like, Pearl Jam to our parents.

I remember one article worrying the parents about the implications of POTTERMANIA (in all caps)

Had to go find the 1999 "review" that Plugged In (Focus on the Family's pop culture magazine, which all evangelical kids will remember well) published for "Devil Without a Cause," the album that "Bawitdaba," his hit song he performed tonight, is on ... www.pluggedin.com/album-review...

oh my god I remember that!

One Month Later, There’s Still No Plan for Venezuela The Trump administration is the dog that caught the Caracas.

Tactical success and military power, without strategy or a plan. Familiar, and not in a good way.

The idea that an 5-year-old citizen is somehow harmed by a 5-year-old non-citizen being present within our borders makes my blood boil

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

glad you posted this. An all-timer.

Like, if you wanna feel sad, pick your favorite artist or writer from 100 years ago and imagine them having to work it in the online algorithm universe. Imagine Faulkner having to do fake candid bedhead shots or Agatha Christie having to post fun facts to drum up engagement.

exactly

add in the years of establishing an image of power success, stir in authentic (if vulgar and stupid) ways of talking, and very simple and easy to understand premises and that's hard to beat

compared to actually having to do real politics, with nuance and negotiation and compromise

I think you're really hitting on something here

maybe bc people don't want to have to defend their actually voting for these people in public, around the water cooler, whatever

it's easier to accept the caricature of MAGA than the one for the left

macho vs. whiny, decisive v. dithering etc.

love how he rolled into New Orleans to film it and next thing anybody knew he was the head of the St Patrick's Parade

A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

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It's working!! Slowly, but it's working. Just by sharing the subscription money, publishing good work, and attracting enough subscribers, eventually it will add up to a whole salary for each member.

Besides the splendid @roncharles.bsky.social and @johnwilliams.bsky.social and Becca Rothfeld, I'm thinking about former editors Nina King and Marie Arana and Jabari Asim and Michael Dirda. Book World has long had a unique and often surprising voice. What a terrible loss.

Venezuela on the other hand...MUY CALIENTE!

Trump says Kennedy Center will close in July for two-year renovation | CNN Politics The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President Donald Trump said Sunday, a move that comes as the nation’s preeminent arts in...

...they said I don't got any class, I'll show em, I got class, I got so much class, more class than anybody ever...I'm gonna shut down their stupid center and see how they like it...tell me I got no taste...I'll show em....

www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/p...

pointing out the all staggering hypocrisy is a good start

and the careless disregard for anyone other than them

and the hoarding of all the money and cutting jobs to make even more of it

I'd tell any candidate to have fun with it, make fun, roast em, put the GOP on the defensive and don't stop

exactly

so much harder to convince people to work together and build something better

than to scream everything sucks tear it all down

because the right wing ideology is traditional, simple, consistent, and sounds good if you don't think about it too much

left ideology is complex, nuanced, and constantly changing. it makes more sense the more you think about it

Self-portrait

Self-portrait,
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4085

this could be a winnable issue if Democrats took it up

good reference point to rebut the whole "but the billionaires create jobs" line

I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder

Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26 Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26 - 42 items

Tonight's #playlist was all #80'sMusic

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Nice theory, I suspect it would have happened.

I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country