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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 2h

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

"And when I sat at Elijah’s table and watched the baby, the women, and the men, and we talked about God’s—or Allah’s—vengeance, I wondered, when that vengeance was achieved, What will happen to all that beauty then?"
(James Baldwin)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h

now we just need the sackcloth

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Simultaneously praying for deliverance from wicked men and the wrath of God and Mother Nature.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Bawling on the couch praying that my home and my friends won't be destroyed.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Tsar Bomba but liquid ass

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think I understood Jonah 3:6-9 on a visceral level until this morning.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Fuckin' tell 'em, Ashley.

“I think it’s tacky; it’s weird to have something like this in Anaheim,” said Ashley, an Orange County native. “It’s giving big-brother vibes.”

“That’s so fucking lame,” said Xavier, an LA resident, looking at the Border Patrol-branded bullfighter on my phone. “Every person in that arena knows someone affected by the raids.”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h

New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn either does kidnap and molest preschoolers or he doesn’t. Does he or does he not? Is there troubling evidence or isn’t there? Have preschoolers shrieked in pain and terror in his office or haven’t they? All of this plus the Brooklyn Book Festival!ghv

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Gen Z folks flying the One Piece Jolly Roger: nah

Photos of people in Nepal (I believe) flying the One Piece flag in front of burning buildings.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

📖 "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." 🙏

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 3h

In 2019, voters empowered the Civilian Complaint Review Board to bring misconduct charges against cops who lied to the agency's investigators. But the board is tossing those cases out at a surprising rate, and public data conceals that fact. What gives?

The NYPD's Watchdog Is Tossing Out Lying Cop Cases—Then 'Hiding' the Data from the Public

The agency tasked with holding the NYPD accountable is letting cops accused of lying to its own investigators off the hook.

hellgatenyc.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21h

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 21h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Same vibes as the Ben-Gurion Canal, IMO

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Not just in the sense of "I have a piece of paper with a judge's signature", but also "the court agrees that what I did could reasonably fall within its scope"

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3h

Saying "unless acting within the scope of a judicial warrant, federal law enforcement agents will have no more right than private citizens to enter premises or question, coerce, detain, arrest, or shoot people" would be good.

Also, no judicial warrant = no qualified immunity.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

In the back of my head, maybe we can push all the way back from the unitary executive to the point where the President has profoundly limited ability to execute the law.

They can still federalize the Guard, but they have to sue the state and win in order to do so.

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farqfox.bsky.social @farqfox.bsky.social · 1d

Comic dog saying:

Pls rewards of being loved??
NO mortifying ordeal of being known
ONLY rewards of being loved

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 18h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h

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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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 17h

8 out of 10 bots agree.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 17h

The McGill Assoc. of Univ. Teachers (MAUT) yesterday *overwhelmingly* endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, & calls upon McGill to end its partnerships with Israeli universities & other institutions.

("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 18h

Eh, bit of column A, bit of column B.

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 18h

Gonna be marking your territory before the plane's in the air.

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 18h

Really seems like they're just doing shit blindly and rolling it back if they get enough backlash.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 18h

Fuck every part of this. If you're in Illinois, please phone @govpritzker.illinois.gov 's office and tell him to stop this right fucking now.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 22h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 22h

Exodus 8:4.

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 22h

John 18:38.

Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator.

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