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Gillian.Barr @gillianbarr.bsky.social · 20h

⚓️ I took the Anglican Spectrum Test and I'm a "A Biblically Literate Laudian"! Find out your theological alignment: anglican-quiz.vercel.app

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.

Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson bemoans able-bodied men collecting healthcare benefits from the government while not working--exactly what Mike Johnson is currently doing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "With Medicaid, we eliminated the fraud, waste, and abuse. We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program. They were never intended to be there. They're sitting around on their couches playing video games. Yes, that's an actual study."

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Michael @scottgoblue314.bsky.social · 1d

I think the funniest possible thing that can happen to this regime is not It, but Chicago Pope excommunicating JD Vance

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Gillian.Barr @gillianbarr.bsky.social · 4d

2/2 And, “Nuclear weapons should not be entrusted to anyone pleased by Trump’s Gilded Age Brothel school of interior design.”

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Gillian.Barr @gillianbarr.bsky.social · 4d

1/2 I do not generally tend to agree with George Will. But the man write From today’s column about the East Wing: “An engineer told Harry Truman the State Dining Room’s ceiling stayed in place largely “from force of habit.”” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The choreographed fakery of American politics: East Wing edition

Trump’s residential immodesty is nothing compared with his anti-constitutional immodesty.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sara @sportsandsuffering.bsky.social · 4d

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

a graphic showing the pantone numbers for the two core colors of the toronto blue jays. they are skydome blue (pantone 293) and Stieb Navy (pantone 282)

a hat and canvas tote with the pantone number for Dodger Blue (294 C)

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.

Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Two months ago. God

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Aug 26

Anyway, an important reminder

Nearly 2 out of 3 people live within the 100-mile border zone (Chicago is included on U.S. map of border cities)

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 7d

Here is a link to the print: www.emilyk.art/product/tzef...

Tzefarde'a Tzedek - Frog of Righteousness - Emily K • Cartoonist & Illustrator

A calligraphic representation of the Rabbinical commentary on the Plague of Frogs, with Hebrew and English in the shape of the Portland Frog.

www.emilyk.art

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 7d

Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!

A spelling-corrected version of my previous illustration: Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 8d

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 6d

My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”

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Predictive Stupidity @onemoney.bsky.social · 7d

Trump to America: If poverty stricken people don't force their representatives to skyrocket the cost of their health care, then we will starve them until they do.

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Kathryn Ruud @kathrynruud.bsky.social · 6d

"About 37 percent of SNAP participants identify as White. Nearly 26 percent of SNAP participants identify as Black/African American. Nearly 16 percent of SNAP participants identify as Hispanic. Around 4 percent of SNAP participants identify as Asian." (Food Research & Action Center)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 9d

Here is the info on removing Bishop Whipple's name from the Federal Building episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/09/13/m...

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 9d

Mad Magazine, over 50 years ago

leeeeenda3.bsky.social @leeeeenda3.bsky.social · 9d

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Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 8d

The irony of a professed Christian who deadnames trans people but insists on calling Saul of Tarsus "Paul"

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Gillian.Barr @gillianbarr.bsky.social · 8d

Waterman doesn’t have tons of colors but they are safe and affordable and classic.

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Conrad 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸✝️📿 @conradelliot.bsky.social · 8d

God bless our wonderful bishop of Minnesota, the Rt Rev'd Craig Loya!

Henry Whipple pray for us to honor your legacy and loudly use our voices to proclaim to the christofascists heading ICE that their false gospel is nothing compared to the true Christ who liberates the oppressed! 🕯

Cody⁺ @cebm.bsky.social · 9d

The Rt Rev’d Craig Loya, 10th Bishop of Minnesota, speaking outside the federal building—named for his first predecessor—where the Secretary for Homeland Security was making an announcement about increased immigration enforcement in Minnesota. This is what moral clarity looks like!

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Gillian.Barr @gillianbarr.bsky.social · 9d

Second in a series in the WaPo
“One of our growing pains has been the realization that we don’t have a good way to resolve questions and concerns related to a bishop’s leadership,” Woodley told congregants at the church, which is known as Rez.”

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

A bishop’s secret church trial and the U.S. Anglican Church in turmoil

A child sex offender, a man accused of attempted second-degree murder, a man who solicited a prostitute — all were allowed to lead or worship in Stewart Ruch’s diocese.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · Sep 29

Somehow, the pawspect of feline interference never occurred to me with pool. A friend’s parents had a table when I was growing up, but no pets in the house.

Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · Sep 26

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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Nashville Resist 🗳️ Against Authoritarianism @nashvilleresist.bsky.social · 10d

We can get mad, or we can get even. Join your local @indivisible.org chapter or find another worthy local activism group (of which there are thousands) today.

Seriously - do it TODAY.

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Jordan Haynie Ware @godwelcomesall.bsky.social · 10d

“Nobody gets into heaven without letters of reference from the poor” - James Forbes ⚓️

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