Kara N. Slade
@karanslade.bsky.social
priest, theologian, teacher, police chaplain, monastic, dog person, New Jersey convert, ham radio operator KE2APB
not in the Epstein files
not in the Epstein files
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may have just scolded the lady next to me on this flight for leaving her trash in the seat right before we deplaned. “i don’t think you should leave your trash.” “who cares what you think” [observes she has a copy of the new york times in her hands]
February 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
may have just scolded the lady next to me on this flight for leaving her trash in the seat right before we deplaned. “i don’t think you should leave your trash.” “who cares what you think” [observes she has a copy of the new york times in her hands]
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Not now, eighteenth century cold virus!
World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman's lungs www.newscientist.com/article/2515...
World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman's lungs
Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us trace the evolution of human illness
www.newscientist.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Not now, eighteenth century cold virus!
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NIMBY, but make it antifascist
for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
NIMBY, but make it antifascist
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"i want to return to the period before the enlightement" no you don't, you want mississippi with medieval buildings
February 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"i want to return to the period before the enlightement" no you don't, you want mississippi with medieval buildings
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Annual reminder if God forbid you are thinking about it, giving up coffee for Lent is presuming to choose a penance for everyone around you.
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Annual reminder if God forbid you are thinking about it, giving up coffee for Lent is presuming to choose a penance for everyone around you.
From Meanwhile in Philly cc: @bridgetemob.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
From Meanwhile in Philly cc: @bridgetemob.bsky.social
Live your life in such a way that you don’t fear the people you’re paid to serve
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
February 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Live your life in such a way that you don’t fear the people you’re paid to serve
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I will publish a book arguing this is true. debate will rage in the lrb and paris review about what I mean ("he challenges us to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality", "redraws boundaries marking modernity"). I will write in to say it was like they were going to the shops
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I will publish a book arguing this is true. debate will rage in the lrb and paris review about what I mean ("he challenges us to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality", "redraws boundaries marking modernity"). I will write in to say it was like they were going to the shops
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
American healthcare is such a racket
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
American healthcare is such a racket
it‘s true, come hang out with me!
omg @karanslade.bsky.social is coming to Vancouver School of Theology!
PNW Clergy Bluesky Meetup?!? 👀
PNW Clergy Bluesky Meetup?!? 👀
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
it‘s true, come hang out with me!
When I was an undergrad, the bathrooms in the Physics building were labeled “Men” and “Maids.” Oh and there was a separate “Faculty” bathroom that was obviously also a men’s room.
This was in 1990 BTW
This was in 1990 BTW
Mom dropped her physics major for pure math in college b/c one prof told her that she would never get an A in his class ("how would that make the men feel?"). Also, there was no women's room in the PhysSci building. 4-hr labs & she was expected to go across the street to BioSci if she needed to pee.
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
When I was an undergrad, the bathrooms in the Physics building were labeled “Men” and “Maids.” Oh and there was a separate “Faculty” bathroom that was obviously also a men’s room.
This was in 1990 BTW
This was in 1990 BTW
it me
AI can’t make my job obsolete; only the currently-irreversible trend of religious disaffiliation in the US can make my job obsolete!
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
it me
99 Luftballoons... 🎵
“Military officials deployed [high energy laser] technology earlier this week against what they thought was a cartel drone, but which turned out to be a party balloon.” 🎈 🤡
Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
99 Luftballoons... 🎵
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cool that DoD and FAA are beefing by proxy through anonymous statements in news reports, I am sure that's great for aviation safety
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
cool that DoD and FAA are beefing by proxy through anonymous statements in news reports, I am sure that's great for aviation safety
From more than a decade of experience as a parish priest I can tell you that people act out in toxic ways precisely when they feel most powerless, and that is what’s happening on this website.
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 AM
From more than a decade of experience as a parish priest I can tell you that people act out in toxic ways precisely when they feel most powerless, and that is what’s happening on this website.
If it’s the real NRSV (not NRSVUE) don’t burn them send them to me.
Some dork evangelical online is telling people to burn NRSV bibles because theyre woke and like folks this is 2026 american evangelicalism. Burning bibles because you dont get that masc plural in greek & hebrew can mean a mixed gender group, and based on lies about the translation 😭 📕
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
If it’s the real NRSV (not NRSVUE) don’t burn them send them to me.
Nothing but love for this GenX king. At 54 he has massive courage and the kind of hip mobility I can only dream of.
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Nothing but love for this GenX king. At 54 he has massive courage and the kind of hip mobility I can only dream of.
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This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
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They didn’t have room to include Tip #5: be very beautiful, so no one wants to stop looking at you
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
They didn’t have room to include Tip #5: be very beautiful, so no one wants to stop looking at you
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we don’t have a Ring camera, we have a guy down the block named Frank who caught and threatened to stab our local package thief. get yourself a Frank
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
we don’t have a Ring camera, we have a guy down the block named Frank who caught and threatened to stab our local package thief. get yourself a Frank
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Trad Cath who’s equally mad about Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl in Spanish and mass not being in Latin after Vatican II
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Trad Cath who’s equally mad about Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl in Spanish and mass not being in Latin after Vatican II