Burke Gerstenschlager

We, the American Satan.

King Cyrus, everybody.

My high school self would be so aghast that so many things I thought we had learned our lessons from and worked to become a better society are the shit pile we are living in now.

yeah no shit, we have essentially validated the iranian government’s whole worldview for the past 40 years in 3 days

NYC is going to get attacked again because of this fool and his followers. And this time I am living here with the millions others to suffer it.

Read this thread ⤵️

Wasn’t this a justification for killing Native Americans, to “save” them from “heathenism”?

Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)

Does she wonder if the plastic surgery and selling of her soul was worth it?

Naaaaaaah.

ending her career lying about an orwell quote while the entire room is getting news notifications about how she’s been fired and clearly doesn’t know it, perfect

I’m sad I didn’t have “sacred ritual of eating” on my bingo card, but I will drink a shot each for “spiritual warfare” and “malevolent forces”.

Seriously, @rns.org, has RFK Jr been talking to the NAR/7 Mountains/dominionist crowd?

Longstanding ethical and theological debates over war, the appropriate use of violence, and various approaches to justice notwithstanding:

That's not how human rights work.

Thank you, @thejohnrylands.bsky.social!

Update: No marginalia in anything, but I did learn that he was given a KJV as a Christmas present in 1967, when he was 11. The cover is worn and the stitching broken, which I interpret as that it got some use.

😡😡😡😡

Today, for my book I am having a teleconference with an archivist at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social to see Ian Curtis’s Bible and his copies of Nietzsche’s The Anti-Christ and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I don’t know if there is any marginalia, but I’m very excited, nonetheless.

#JoyDivision

The Museum of Scotland uses people (especially small children) for size comparisons and it DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.

🧵👇

Me, still not awake yet and knowing nothing about wrestling: But where’s Paul?

I honestly didn’t pay enough attention to Gamergate

When I first learned that evangelicals were supporting Trump, I was going to write a thing about reconsidering the Donatist Controversy.

Same here. I’m pretty sure the last time I watched cable news was on January 6th.

Grammarly's presentation of something they call Expert Review, including my name (plus Stephen King's, plus Mary Norris's), though to be sure I've never been contacted by Grammarly, much less compensated.

What in the absolute fuck is this.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE.

Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009.

A quick thread:

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

MRFF is not a credible critic of Christian nationalism in the U.S. armed services when it refuses to share its evidence or witnesses with anyone else.

The Devil is in the Details, Specifically, Titivillus, the "Medieval Demon of Typos" - The Scholarly Kitchen Have you been visited by Titivillus, the demon of typographical errors?

DAIMONIZOMAI!

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Vibes Foreign Policy

My local. Support Black-owned bookstores!

www.lizsbookbar.com

When Joy Division Opened for The Cure — Post-Punk.com On March 4th, 1979, The Cure selected Joy Division to open for them during a series of Sunday gigs at The Marquee Club in London. Another band selected by Robert…

Happy high holy day to all who celebrate!

@anniezaleski.bsky.social, I know you do!

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Texas Lt. Gov.: Grandparents aren't afraid to die for economy “Those of us who are 70 plus, we’ll take care of ourselves. But don’t sacrifice the country,” Patrick told Tucker Carlson.

Dateline March 24, 2020.

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Important caveat, because I jumped on this bandwagon immediately, too.