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Steve Johnson

@4astevej.bsky.social

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Recently retired theologian. Interested in science fiction and fantasy. Concerned about ecology and climate change. Supporter of National Parks and NASA. Worried about the welfare of the poor and other marginalized people. I take Jesus seriously.

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Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 5h

She was pretty clear. Her children face huge increases in health insurance premiums. It hit home at last because it affected her directly. I'm not holding my breath, but there may be hope for her after all. (Unlike Nancy Mace.)

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 6h

I am reading Katabasis by RF Kuang, a curious story of magic students in Hell. One of them reflected on the Ever Better Wine Paradox. The longer you wait, the better the wine. If you wait for perfection, you never drink the wine at all. Perfection becomes the enemy of the good, even the better.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 10h

The contrast of culture and policy is interesting. Certainly, that is how it appears. Republicans highlight culture with policy in service of cultural goals. Dems highlight policy, often with no clear cultural end. But it also about messaging. Reps are excellent at defining the issues.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 22h

On Bluesky there seems to be an assumption that there are "more of us." But when I hear about polls that continue to say people who voted in the last election still prefer Republicans to Democrats by a significant margin, I have to wonder. Are we deceiving ourselves?

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 22h

I see no downside to killing the AI industry. It is simply meant to consolidate power and wealth in the hands of ever fewer people.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 1d

There is a danger in summarizing, thus the book. But here goes: racism is a mind-set of a group in power who identify and marginalize others based on superficial characteristics, usually skin color. They use that power to put limits on these others for the benefit of their own group

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Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 1d

I suggest everyone read A New American Justice by Daniel Maguire. Yes, it is an old book, but so am I, but it has the best definition of racism I have encountered and a thorough explanation of the reasons for that definition

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if AI will be the great enemy of humanity it is pictured in SciFi, but I do know it is going to concentrate even more wealth in the hands of a very few individuals while driving up costs for the rest of us.

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United Church of Christ @unitedchurch.bsky.social · 1d

🙌🏾 In a moment where history related to slavery in the United States has been targeted for removal from national parks, national websites, and Smithsonian museums, a United Church of Christ congregation located in the heart of Washington, D.C., is determined to remember.

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‘We must tell the story’: D.C. church art installation honors people enslaved on their land - United Church of Christ

In a moment where history related to slavery in the United States has been targeted for removal from national parks, national websites, and Smithsonian

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Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 1d

I often confuse the bowling league with gang members myself.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 2d

What possible difference could his ability as an athlete have with a sentence for rape?

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Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, looks just like Gaza.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 2d

When you initiate the combat, of course you can find it every night. If ICE would keep their hands to themselves ( I know, it sounds like kindergarten, but that's how they behave) there wouldn't be hand to hand combat.

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Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 2d

Wish he'd never leave the golf course.

Steve Johnson @4astevej.bsky.social · 3d

Have to disagree with many posts. Trump is looking for every civil rights violation against white people he can possibly find so that he can sell all the reverse discrimination lies. That means there have to be at least a handful in the office.