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theme park theologian. movie philosophizer. writer of warm and fuzzy takes, and overly pretentious bios.

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they are literally prosecuting thought crimes. this is fascism

27.03.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 5140 πŸ” 844 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 5

under current political pressures, Dem politicians are increasingly revealing who they really are: has a spine vs spineless. willing to stand up for LGBTQ+ ppl vs merely saying pro-gay-ish-sounding platitudes so long as it's politically convenient

25.03.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Our guy walks into a totally unfamiliar environment with the craziest possible shit happening all around him and still somehow manages to make the correct moral choice like 85 times in a row.

19.02.2025 04:07 πŸ‘ 2968 πŸ” 483 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 20

What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?

08.02.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 31430 πŸ” 2886 πŸ’¬ 1021 πŸ“Œ 159

If only they were some kind of obvious and direct analogy to an event in history committed by an authoritarian regime that later committed atrocities on a mass scale.

05.02.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 589 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Is This the End of USAID? - Christianity Today Christian partners around the worldβ€”suddenly fired, defunded, and without answersβ€”worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.

This Christianity Today article about Musk's illegal decimation of USAID, and its catastrophic impacts, is very, very good. Republicans need to hear from evangelicals and Catholics who aren't NAR or theobros

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

05.02.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 628 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 15

"When politicians start talking theology, Christians should be on high alert for distortions of their faith that serve the interests of the powerful."

05.02.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it feels like such a sick joke to watch the richest man in the world run a "Department of Government Efficiency" and brag about cutting federal spending when literally any amount he cutsβ€”no matter how largeβ€”could easily be paid *by him* for literal pennies of his net worth

05.02.2025 04:57 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a hell of a crowd size for a protest at the Treasury Department.

People do not like Elon.

04.02.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 8659 πŸ” 1739 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 76

it's soooo funny that the price of eggs was one of the primary examples of "economy is doing bad" during the election and as soon as Trump took office we got hit with the highest egg prices ever. like I don't even know if he can be blamed for the avian flu thing but dawg that's just poetic

04.02.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm shocked to say it, but I think this trailer actually excited me even more than the Superman one

04.02.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know you’re going to tell me that I’m an idiot but I really am surprised that my former friends who became Musk fans aren’t waking up to reality right now.

04.02.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 16171 πŸ” 517 πŸ’¬ 740 πŸ“Œ 44
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Can Elon Musk Fit Through the Eye of a Needle? It’s clear that Jesus’ relationship with wealth was adversarial; we ignore his exhortations against wealth at our own peril.

"In the United States, 'love of money' is the gas in the engine, the beating heart of the whole shebang."

04.02.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œI wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"Dude, this is actually a very minor conflict," said Gandalf, "Sauron isn't even the main bad guy, that's Morgoth. All of this is a minor skirmish compared to what was happening before. Read the Silmarillion, damn."

03.02.2025 06:10 πŸ‘ 494 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

Listening to the audiobook of THE HOBBIT read by Andy Serkis and when he finally gets to the point where he can whip out the Gollum voice it's like when the drums hit in 'In The Air Tonight.'

01.02.2025 06:54 πŸ‘ 4315 πŸ” 533 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 22

Hey, where is this list from?

01.02.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the one thing giving me hope amid all this anti-trans legislation is that the community will finally have a powerful ally, JK Rowling, on their side. ya know, because she famously said she’d march with them if they were ever discriminated against. let’s get this march started!

31.01.2025 04:46 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

30.01.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 9347 πŸ” 3042 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 81

has anyone else found it hard to be creatively productive this month hahahahahaha no i know i know

29.01.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 7313 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 34
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kind of the defining image of our current era for me. a character betrayed, grieving, and angry, watching helplessly as fundamentalism consumes her people and they zealously rally to destroy the world

29.01.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it

28.01.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 8429 πŸ” 948 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 31

We need italics in micro blogging apps. This statement is meaningless until we know which word is being stressed.

29.01.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

this is the correct advice for the moment. be a loud, material supporter of the trans people in your life.

29.01.2025 02:12 πŸ‘ 634 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

hope everyone is done Just Asking Questions now

28.01.2025 23:05 πŸ‘ 5389 πŸ” 638 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 3
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We All Lose in Trump’s War Against Trans Americans His cynical executive orders targeting trans people will harm important American institutions by taking away talent, energy, and the plain competence our country needs.

I appreciate this piece in The Bulwark greatly. It makes the serious, moderate, cis-friendly case that trans rights are not a distraction or a trifle to be easily dispensed with.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-all-los...

27.01.2025 11:37 πŸ‘ 1430 πŸ” 435 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11

so many people warned about exactly this for years and major papers preferred to publish scare pieces about trans girls playing sports

27.01.2025 02:41 πŸ‘ 4949 πŸ” 1187 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 10

Exactly this. The Oscars aren’t all that matter, but I do want to live in a world where art is rewarded with public displays of attention and honor!

26.01.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a screenshot from the other site that shows an image of Bishop Budde. The text, from an account named Ben Garrett, reads:

Do not commit the sin of empathy. This snake is God's enemy and your too. She hates God and His people. You need to properly hate in response.

This is a screenshot from the other site that shows an image of Bishop Budde. The text, from an account named Ben Garrett, reads: Do not commit the sin of empathy. This snake is God's enemy and your too. She hates God and His people. You need to properly hate in response.

Probably time to talk about fascism and moral inversion huh

24.01.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 5681 πŸ” 1082 πŸ’¬ 289 πŸ“Œ 183

The full quote is unhinged. He says β€œyou can argue the Trail of Tears was wrong, but you can’t argue it was un-American. And in a sense, doesn’t that mean…it was actually right?”

25.01.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ladies and gentlemen: we did it

24.01.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 24360 πŸ” 2680 πŸ’¬ 1004 πŸ“Œ 209