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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself

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Like if Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer were your camp counselor. he/it. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✝️🕉️ 🔥 Coal of Fire 🔥 comes out 11/1 from Past-Itch Press: lulu.com/spotlight/pastitch

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 22d

Some ~personal news:~

My first chapbook with Pastitch Press is coming in November! “Coal of Fire” includes translations from the Hebrew Bible, as well as poems and two essays exploring translation, identity, and the sacred.

I’m so excited and proud of this little book.

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🏳️‍⚧️ valissa @valisdheart.bsky.social · 6d

i have my book with @josie.zone about philip k dick and a brand new book with two horror stories by @merrittk.com and @shaydh.bsky.social out now!! and more on the way…!!

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Past-Itch Publishing Presents... For the first time in print, these two tales in one volume, written by merritt k and drawn by shaydh , explore horror in personal, intimate terms. The War Follows...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Your brand is strong

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

They’re basically dogs

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

I’m grateful for you guys.

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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.bsky.social · 2d

The most relatable content to ever relate.

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Marking World Mental Health Day in the usual way (breakdown) 🫠

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Marking World Mental Health Day in the usual way (breakdown) 🫠

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

FYI this is entirely correct

Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · May 28

Pet Rats vs Pet Mice

A dumbo rat with big sad eyes, captioned, "RATS." Text: Dude, if I don't see my bros in like 2 hours I'm gonna be cowabummed out...

An illustration of a fancy mouse with white patches, captioned "MICE." Text: If I see another man in my house I will slit him open from mouth to anus and wear him like a jacket.

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Bridget 🧟‍♀️ Oooo Brains @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 2d

im addicted to this catholicism game. ive acquired a bunch of loot (medals and icons are my favorite, but low-level bosses mostly just drop prayer cards) & the levels are pretty repetitive, but at least there’s wine.

some people arent into the new leo dlc but theyve been unhappy for like 10 years.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

if they admit to the fact that there is a fascist takeover of the united states government taking place right now, somebody might expect them to do something about it

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burnunit @burnunit.mom · 2d

top 3 customer service reps when you tell them you want to use a different name from the deadname:
1. trans women who are in the same position
2. Gay cis ladies with trans partners
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3. cis people who apologize that their system won’t let them add a preferred name but have a trans nephew

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahahahahahaaaaaaa

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Gotcha!

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

No one understands how the diaconate works, it’s part of the charism

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that’s fair.

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Historically, it tends to come down to questions of how god acts in the world and how human authority should be structured. In other words: is the Mass magic, and do we fuck around with bishops

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Truly I’m just being a pedant to distract myself from The Horrors

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Clergy titles are a lot! Anglicans, like Catholics, use “priest” to denote a leadership role in liturgical life. “Pastor,” meaning “shepherd,” denotes a leadership role in community care. Presbyterian clergy are often called “Elder” (which is what “Presbyter” means).

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Anglican clergy are priests.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 2d

gonna go out on a public scholarship limb here and say the catholic church will survive a liberal pope.

it’s survived a lot worse, i promise.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Double breasted is the way to go

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2d

Yessss

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 3d

although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth

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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 3d

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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june 🧛‍♀️ @juneever.green · 3d

hey so Wilson is a cult leader and his church in Moscow, Idaho has worked really hard to bury rampant sexual abuse

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 3d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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