WBro Mark LGR PZ

Off to another initiation at my London Lodge. Weather is lovely. Of all the days to be wandering around in a polyester suit.

Just a spectator today.

Good.

Spot the guy who was bullied the most at school.

///We're.Fucked.Lads

Mike Johnson Just Tried To Blame Medicaid Cuts On Video Games—And It Didn't Go Over Well He said what now?

I'm sorry, what now?!

Let me be clear: this is not normal.

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.

If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.

Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

Back to the Big House for April meeting of my Mother Chapter and a double exaltation, including my own candidate.

There would have been another but there wasn't the slot available.

All my units seem to be getting more popular.

How times change.

On my way to RAM & Mark, in the City of London. Mark is one of my favourite orders. Lots of plain fun.

Thankfully just a spectator today. With a guest.

I think we're OK with these guys. They seem to be definitely the right stuff.

So in the end we only got to initiate one candidate since the other was out of the country on business.

However news of two more in the pipeline.

Grand Lodge is asking lodges to get one initiate a year so we're ahead of the curve.

Anyway, a good time was had by all.

Workplace raids have begun—none of these people were rapists or criminals.

Even if you’re not a US citizen, you still have due process in this country. 3 workers in Newark were taken into custody by ICE w/out a warrant. One, a veteran, endured the humiliation of having his military docs questioned.

If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy.

Or in prison.

Not the Secretary of Defense.

Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.

I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.

Off to FMH for my London Lodge's January meeting: a double initiation.

Sure I'll enjoy it when I get there. It's the journey in that I don't enjoy.

Getting old, I spose.

Updated my starter pack to include all the Bros that have followed since the last update.

Tying up loose masonic ends.

New badge to add to London Lodge summons - LAA Appeal Bronze Award.

And have to prepare the accounts for regional unit. Such fun.

You don't like to probe, eh?

He'd been a member of the Lodge for many years and had attended meetings regularly and paid his dues.

He was a member of two lodges. No way he didn't get this message.

Just heard about a Bro. who was shocked to learn he was going to be excluded for non-payment of dues. He thought that as he hadn't attended a single meeting all year, he didn't owe anything.

It was explained that UGLE still wanted paying for every name on the Lodge's books, there or not.

Busy week in masonry: visit to the London Royal Arch Reps chapter - Macaulay 5050 - on Monday and Onslow RAM and Mark on Thursday.

My masonic duties are officially ended for 2024.

November is my busiest month.

Nice to have somewhere where politics talk is strictly off the agenda.

Taylor Swift fans having a coherent orderly exit from Twitter based on their values and interests not being respected is exhibiting more personal dignity and organizing power than any actual group of elected officials right now lol

On my way home from a visit to another London Lodge.

They're also seeing an increase in people wanting to join.

Not sure why the sentiment has changed. Perhaps people are realising we're not some weird cult. Tho some of us are weird.

Belfast Masonic Lodge with enormous (inflatable?) purple tentacles coiling out of the windows into the air.

This is the *masonic lodge* in the centre of Belfast - I have absolutely no idea what is going on here - I can only assume they’ve finally managed to summon Cthulu

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Just been asked to do the MM Tools at our next Mark meeting. Had to decline because my ritual skills are now next to nothing.

I am a bad mason.