Ivan Plis
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Not into “fun facts.” Human editor and church guy in DC. Pronounce me: https://ipa-reader.com/?text=i%CB%88v%C9%91%CB%90n%20pl%C9%AAs
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· Mar 14
I just gave ivanplis.com some much-needed spring cleaning — after all, the @acesediting.bsky.social conference is coming! Take a look:
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
Hey do any of you have elected representatives who want to hear from us disenfranchised residents of DC?
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Hey do any of you have elected representatives who want to hear from us disenfranchised residents of DC?
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Oh they got this all screwed up. It’s supposed to read “No! New wars!”
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Oh they got this all screwed up. It’s supposed to read “No! New wars!”
While we’re exacting vengeance, we used an online photo card printing & mailing service. Despite the digital proofs, the final print added a runt (typographic) to our copy.
Boo.
Boo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
While we’re exacting vengeance, we used an online photo card printing & mailing service. Despite the digital proofs, the final print added a runt (typographic) to our copy.
Boo.
Boo.
I’m old enough (one year-plus) to remember Schatz’s assurances that he would obstruct all votes to prevent the dismantling of USAID
two notable reactions from congress (before maduro capture)
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I’m old enough (one year-plus) to remember Schatz’s assurances that he would obstruct all votes to prevent the dismantling of USAID
AUMF, there it isn’t
AUMF, there it isn’t
AUMF, there it isn’t
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
AUMF, there it isn’t
AUMF, there it isn’t
AUMF, there it isn’t
Brighton Beach mentioned!!
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Brighton Beach mentioned!!
Project Cybersyn was a Chilean project from 1971 to 1973 during the presidency of Salvador Allende aimed at constructing a distributed decision support system.
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Project Cybersyn was a Chilean project from 1971 to 1973 during the presidency of Salvador Allende aimed at constructing a distributed decision support system.
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New Year’s Eve is the perfect day to talk about language ideology: Across the English-speaking world, we are about to sing a song that nobody understands, but that most people assume is in English.
December 31, 2024 at 2:56 PM
New Year’s Eve is the perfect day to talk about language ideology: Across the English-speaking world, we are about to sing a song that nobody understands, but that most people assume is in English.
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I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
Scientists Suggest Hunter Biden Laptop Linked to Gatherer Biden Fax Machine
December 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Scientists Suggest Hunter Biden Laptop Linked to Gatherer Biden Fax Machine
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Among the groups suspended: World Vision International (an evangelical Christian org), American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker org), Caritas Internationalis (Catholic, based at the Vatican) and the Near East Council of Churches.
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Among the groups suspended: World Vision International (an evangelical Christian org), American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker org), Caritas Internationalis (Catholic, based at the Vatican) and the Near East Council of Churches.
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147 - Communal Eating *
Without communal eating, no human group can hold together.
Without communal eating, no human group can hold together.
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
147 - Communal Eating *
Without communal eating, no human group can hold together.
Without communal eating, no human group can hold together.
Great question from the group chat: What gift do you give somebody to celebrate their taking a vow of poverty?
December 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Great question from the group chat: What gift do you give somebody to celebrate their taking a vow of poverty?
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Liturgy six winged Seraph https://www.wikiart.org/en/natalia-goncharova/liturgy-six-winged-seraph
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Liturgy six winged Seraph https://www.wikiart.org/en/natalia-goncharova/liturgy-six-winged-seraph
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Mykola Pymonenko, Carolers, 1880s
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mykola Pymonenko, Carolers, 1880s
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A kid I went to high school with got the nickname “Chops Bustable” cause someone thought it was really easy to bust his chops
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A kid I went to high school with got the nickname “Chops Bustable” cause someone thought it was really easy to bust his chops
Merry Christmas, everybody.
5 - Lace of Country Streets
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
December 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Merry Christmas, everybody.
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5 - Lace of Country Streets
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
5 - Lace of Country Streets
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement.
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A cool thing about being Orthodox is that we venerate St. Nicholas with great seriousness because of “his countless miracles on behalf of the poor, the abandoned, of those suffering injustice and of all who call upon his fatherly protection”
For example…
For example…
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A cool thing about being Orthodox is that we venerate St. Nicholas with great seriousness because of “his countless miracles on behalf of the poor, the abandoned, of those suffering injustice and of all who call upon his fatherly protection”
For example…
For example…
@sirskeltal.bsky.social as a person who picked up all his vocal mannerisms from radio announcers, I think your voice as heard on TAL is groovy
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@sirskeltal.bsky.social as a person who picked up all his vocal mannerisms from radio announcers, I think your voice as heard on TAL is groovy
Ezra Klein Episcopalian arc
KLEIN: “.. cruelty as the dominant culture repulses most people. .. Closed and cruel are on their way out. What comes next, I suspect, will present itself as open, friendly and assertively moral.”
@ezraklein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
@ezraklein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Ezra Klein Episcopalian arc
All the cool church people at coffee hour were jazzed to go watch the Amanda Seyfried Shakers musical today, and here’s one of them posting about it in a semiprofessional capacity!
I just saw the Testament of Ann Lee and it was in many ways a perfect film for me (including the surprise on screen singing of a dear friend). The audience response at parts was completely heartbreakin, though, because of the lack of historical empathy
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
All the cool church people at coffee hour were jazzed to go watch the Amanda Seyfried Shakers musical today, and here’s one of them posting about it in a semiprofessional capacity!
🤔
Consider the subtleness of the sea
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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