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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 28m

a pair I really like

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 6h

Those poor dodos! (I took the same class lol)

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 7h

Made an orange chiffon cake!

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 16h

I'm rolling the dice on my dahlias and leaving them uncovered! But we're only getting to 36...

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 16h

I have been singing "snake people eating steaks at the steeple"🎶🐍 for like three hours

John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 16h

follow it up with this actual version made by a music producer

www.tiktok.com/@realbrettdo...

@chloe.longname 💰🐍 #snakepeople

TikTok video by Brett Domino

www.tiktok.com

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 16h

ok, I am an old person and out of touch. This video is now several months old, but I had not yet experienced the absurdist joy that is the TikTok "snake people" song. And if you haven't, you should watch it

www.tiktok.com/@chloe.longn...

Lmk if you want the slow and reverbed version

TikTok video by chloe.longname

www.tiktok.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 19h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 23h

also....surely Tylenol has a giant, tempting, ripe lawsuit here?

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 23h

looking forward to "I did my own research" conspiracists landing on "circumcision causes autism"

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

He also said there are “two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it’s highly likely it’s because they’re given Tylenol,” to which Trump replied “there’s a tremendous amount of proof or evidence,” without giving examples.

Trump Doubles Down On Dubious Claims Tylenol Causes Autism: ‘There’s Something Going On'

Trump also made the dubious claim there is “no autism” among Amish people.

www.forbes.com

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 1d

Why is it legitimate for the President to post official policy on social media? (I have the same question about government departments using Twitter as the sole communications medium.) We fail to understand how far this is a change from using official gvt websites.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1d

Any Truth Social post that concludes with "Thank you for your attention to this matter," is the highest of laws, as the framers intended.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

Right from the start Judge Graber says she has questions for both counsels:

(1) What document authorizes the action? Is it the President's memo?

McArthur: cites the June memo, Trump's Truth Social post (!!), and a DHS memo, and "further posts on social media" in October.

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 1d

nothing like watching a presentation about ed tech tools to radicalize you against them

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

hahaha this fact always enrages me

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

"Eve is at a breaking point. Alone with her two children in Massachusetts while her husband pursues his music career in New York City," is this a thinly veiled fictional version of you, Adam Zucker, pursuing your music career in New York City?!?!

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

Also, church leaders have been REALLY unified in their interpretation of Catholic social teaching. The basic gist: the US has a right to secure its borders and it's ok to deport criminals. BUT it's not ok to deport people whose only crime was coming to the US illegally looking for a better life.

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

What do I want the church to do? If it comes to it, they need to start excommunicating the architects of this policy, starting w/ Vance. I also would like a little more direct action (as would Dorothy Day), tho I doubt we are going to see priests on the front lines of protests. But I can hope...

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

and you can tell that a ton of bishops/parish priests are subsequently feeling emboldened to speak out, it's not just upper-level church leaders. The church is PISSED (as it should be), not least because these raids are overwhelming targeted specifically at Catholics.

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

this has been....Archbishop Watch! Since late summer the American archbishops have gotten more directly critical and less conciliatory (and I want to single out Wenski, Archbishop of Miami, who is EXTREMELY conservative and has been relentlessly critical about 'Alligator Alcatraz') +

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

🚨ARCHBISHOP WATCH: Archbishop of Milwaukee Jeffrey Grob gives interview & says he's "considered" granting dispensations to not attend Mass to undocumented immigrants who are afraid to go. This is annoyingly weak tea and I award Archbishop of Milwaukee Jeffrey Grob only 1/10 Dorothy Day Points (TM)

Milwaukee archbishop open to granting Mass dispensation for migrants

Milwaukee could become the third U.S. diocese to lift Mass obligations for immigrants fearing deportation.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

Also this image of a stack of letters (many by children) sent from El Paso to the Pope (about how they are afraid of being deported) fills my heart with fury and sorrow. And Leo met with this immigration org / bishop and publicly said he wants the American church hierarchy to get even more vocal!

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BISHOP WATCH. El Paso bishop Mark Seitz brings tranche of letters and short videos from terrified undocumented immigrants to Pope Leo. I award El Paso bishop Mark Seitz 5/10 Dorothy Day Points (TM) for this action. This has been REGULAR BISHOP WATCH

El Paso bishop delivers desperate letters to Pope Leo from immigrant families in Trump's crosshairs

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz also showed Leo a video detailing the plight of migrants, and told the Associated Press afterward that Leo vowed to 'stand with' them and the Catholic leaders who are trying ...

www.latimes.com

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

🚨ARCHBISHOP WATCH. A scorcher of a sermon(by archbishop standards) from Robert McElroy, Archbishop of DC, directly condemning the Trump admin's targeting of non-criminal undocumented immigrants. I award Robert McElroy 5/10 Dorothy Day Points(TM) for this action. This has been ARCHBISHOP WATCH

Strong words from Washington’s archbishop about immigration crackdowns

YouTube video by WTOP News

www.youtube.com

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

my oldest sister's neighborhood high school in Chicago has been asking community members to come surround the students every day at dismissal in case they are targeted for deportation. No words.

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

Pigs on the porch just made things hotter!!!

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

I know other people who swear by this! Kind of like the pomodoro method....I'm so bad at short-burst writing and should practice this

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