B.J. Hutto
@bjhutto.bsky.social
Baptist pastor in Jacksonville, FL
Wofford | Duke Div | Aberdeen (PhD, Ethics)
Descendant of a pirate but not a very good one.
Wofford | Duke Div | Aberdeen (PhD, Ethics)
Descendant of a pirate but not a very good one.
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Handschuhschneeballwerfer [HAND-shoo-SHNAY-bahl-VER-fer]
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Handschuhschneeballwerfer [HAND-shoo-SHNAY-bahl-VER-fer]
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
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Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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Watching “Wake Up Dead Man” the new Knives Out movie.
It’s a fascinating juxtaposition of two versions of Christianity on display in the US right now.
It’s a fascinating juxtaposition of two versions of Christianity on display in the US right now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Watching “Wake Up Dead Man” the new Knives Out movie.
It’s a fascinating juxtaposition of two versions of Christianity on display in the US right now.
It’s a fascinating juxtaposition of two versions of Christianity on display in the US right now.
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Christmas songs have some of the best lines in all hymnody.
• A weary world rejoices
• Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother
• The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight
• God is not dead, nor does he sleep
What’re your favorites?
• A weary world rejoices
• Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother
• The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight
• God is not dead, nor does he sleep
What’re your favorites?
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Christmas songs have some of the best lines in all hymnody.
• A weary world rejoices
• Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother
• The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight
• God is not dead, nor does he sleep
What’re your favorites?
• A weary world rejoices
• Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother
• The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight
• God is not dead, nor does he sleep
What’re your favorites?
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A thrill of hope
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A thrill of hope
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This is funny and also a great, light, and fun way to show that AI chatbots are just agreement machines interested in keeping the vibes good (and will talk you into psychosis.)
December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is funny and also a great, light, and fun way to show that AI chatbots are just agreement machines interested in keeping the vibes good (and will talk you into psychosis.)
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Modern social science finds that Saint Thomas Aquinas’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect. Arthur C. Brooks on the theologian's blueprint for living:
How to Be Happy Like Thomas Aquinas
Modern social science finds that the 13th-century theologian’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Modern social science finds that Saint Thomas Aquinas’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect. Arthur C. Brooks on the theologian's blueprint for living:
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TIL Cher used to regularly call into CSPAN and holy shit she is a legend
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
TIL Cher used to regularly call into CSPAN and holy shit she is a legend
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NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
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Fantastic photo.
Colin Farrell doing some time travelling.
Photo made during the filming of 'Alexander' (2004).
The film was not as cool as this photo.
Colin Farrell doing some time travelling.
Photo made during the filming of 'Alexander' (2004).
The film was not as cool as this photo.
September 23, 2023 at 12:21 AM
Fantastic photo.
Colin Farrell doing some time travelling.
Photo made during the filming of 'Alexander' (2004).
The film was not as cool as this photo.
Colin Farrell doing some time travelling.
Photo made during the filming of 'Alexander' (2004).
The film was not as cool as this photo.
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Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/s...
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means | CNN
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/s...
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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“I have a very specialised set of skills. Epidemiology is not amongst them.”
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“I have a very specialised set of skills. Epidemiology is not amongst them.”
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This is a terrific article by Tim, with fascinating implications for people interested in manuscripts, magic and beekeeping 🐝 #medievalsky
In the tenth century a charm to control a bee swarm was added, upside down, in the margin of an earlier mss. It's one of the earliest Old High German texts. Tim Hertogh argues in recent article it was intended as an amulet to cut out & place in a hive - explaining the margins excised elsewhere.👇
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This is a terrific article by Tim, with fascinating implications for people interested in manuscripts, magic and beekeeping 🐝 #medievalsky
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About to solve every disagreement in my household with Goldeneye
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
About to solve every disagreement in my household with Goldeneye
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my mother — who i loved pretty dearly — died prematurely in a freak car wreck when she was not much older than i am now, and while i would love to hear her advice and talk to her again, that window is closed, that’s what death means, and accepting that is a really important part of being an adult
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
my mother — who i loved pretty dearly — died prematurely in a freak car wreck when she was not much older than i am now, and while i would love to hear her advice and talk to her again, that window is closed, that’s what death means, and accepting that is a really important part of being an adult
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i think he has the same issue as "Born in the USA." Both musicians tend to be mystified that......people listen to the melody and texture rather than the lyrics. Which is.....how music works?
There’s an interview with Sting where he talks about couples who tell him their wedding song was EBYT and he’s always like, “Oh... Good luck?”
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
i think he has the same issue as "Born in the USA." Both musicians tend to be mystified that......people listen to the melody and texture rather than the lyrics. Which is.....how music works?
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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A new study reveals four key turning points in human brain development, challenging the notion of linear growth. Researchers identified distinct phases at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83. https://wapo.st/48HPdmr
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A new study reveals four key turning points in human brain development, challenging the notion of linear growth. Researchers identified distinct phases at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83. https://wapo.st/48HPdmr
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"I am in open rebellion."
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"I am in open rebellion."
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“Get in the car! No time to explain”
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Get in the car! No time to explain”
Somebody, please, help her quack this case
Ok who wants a bizarre no stakes mystery to solve?
I had to go to the hospital by ambulance this morning (heart stuff, am ok now.)
A bunch of ambulance guys came into our living room to get me.
And now we
keep
finding
tiny
glass
ducks
On the floor.
I had to go to the hospital by ambulance this morning (heart stuff, am ok now.)
A bunch of ambulance guys came into our living room to get me.
And now we
keep
finding
tiny
glass
ducks
On the floor.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Somebody, please, help her quack this case
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This is from a satirical magazine written by Anthony Kenny and Julius Kovesi in Oxford, 1958-59. I have reviewed so many papers in the last 5 years that are basically just this.
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is from a satirical magazine written by Anthony Kenny and Julius Kovesi in Oxford, 1958-59. I have reviewed so many papers in the last 5 years that are basically just this.