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Kathleen Kern

@kathleenkern.bsky.social

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NO DMs. Rochester, New York. Mennonite. Trying to make compassion cool again. She/her.

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · Jun 1

I had dozens of follows overnight. I’ve followed about a third of you back, and will keep at it until I get everyone.

I notice that a lot of you are veterans and ardent Democrats.
I want you to know some things about me before you commit:

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, even Republicans have disabled children. I used to work with developmentally disabled adults, and their parents were definitely in favor of the government taking care of them.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 4h

These same people say Sarah Kendzior doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 4h

Spoutible is a more affirming Twitter substitute, although I’ve gotten in trouble for saying Biden aided and abetted genocide.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 4h

One interesting thing I learned from the book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, was that we learn about Columbus‘s crew mutinying on the way to the New World, and there are no historical documents that mention this. Loewen, the author of the book, speculates it was added to denigrate the working class.

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professorlamb.bsky.social @professorlamb.bsky.social · 18h

Don't you wish there was a website with 100s of criminals, sycophants, bigots, pedophiles, misogynists, traitors, and sexual deviants who contributed to Trump's 1st administration?

What if website included 1000s of sources?

Here it is.
drchrislamb.com/only-the-wor...

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 5h

Hi friend! Just remember that what you say now will be conventional wisdom in a few decades.

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 5h

They are in Anabaptist group. Anabaptists are neither Catholic nor Protestant.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, but everything in the Bible is literally true according to them, but when you get to what Jesus clearly asks his followers to do in the gospels they get very, very defensive.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 5h

Because Mennonites have done relief work in Central America alongside Catholic institutions, liberation theology often made sense because of its basis in the gospels, and especially because of the egregious oppression they witnessed.

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Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social · 7h

Protest sign seen in Germany this weekend.
Europe says OXI
Via Europe says OXI

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 8h

Shame on you @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social. You have the blood of children on your hands.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/google-you...

Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda

Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 10h

Should I mention you may have to choose between knitting and keyboard because of carpal tunnel syndrome?

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 20h

We've become myopic with our news because our media doesn't report opposition - global OR national.

We are not alone.

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 23h

Churchill had fascist tendencies himself:

www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career - BBC News

The UK is marking the 50th anniversary of of Winston Churchill's death. Many regard him as the greatest Briton, but for some he remains intensely controversial.

www.bbc.com

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d

Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog
Every voter should be a taxpayer who can pass an 8th grade civics exam.

John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang
I'd settle for every president being a taxpayer who can pass an 8th grade civics exam.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

thank you for your service

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 1d

I wish there was a true synonym for forgiveness. It’s an important word, but like a lot of -ness words, it sounds clunky.

#wordsmithing

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The Unger Review @ungerreview.bsky.social · 1d

Mennonite Man Wins Noble Peas Prize www.ungerreview.com/mennonite-ma...

Mennonite Man Wins Noble Peas Prize

OSLO, NORWAY Mr. Abe Klassen of Rosthern has just been awarded the top prize for the most delicious, most noble peas in the world. “Just look at those green plump peas, slathered in butter,” said [......

www.ungerreview.com

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 1d

I've been teaching a 500 years of Anabaptism series at my church. I'm up to Harold Bender's Anabaptist Vision. Any Mennonites on here who were personally impacted by reading it or know people who were?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 1d

and perfectly fine with the US bombing Venezuelan boats whether or not they are civilian boats. Her selection is probably not as egregiously awful as giving the Nobel to Henry Kissinger, but still…. I can only think that they gave it to a Trump supporter to appease him for not winning it himself.

Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 1d

People reading the Nobel Committee's account of María Corina Machado, might be thinking of Fannie Lou Hamer or Aung San Suu Kyi. But Machado is very right-wing, aligned with almost all of the Trump and GOP agenda, 1/2

#Nobel
#Venezuela

www.codepink.org/gazaprize?ut...

Tell the Nobel Committee: The Peace Prize belongs to Gaza’s journalists, not María Corina Machado!

📣 True peacemakers do not call for bombs and blockades. Tell the Nobel Committee: The Peace Prize belongs to Gaza’s journalists, not María Corina Machado! Sign the petition NOW!

www.codepink.org

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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 1d

www.codepink.org/gazaprize?ut...

Tell the Nobel Committee: The Peace Prize belongs to Gaza’s journalists, not María Corina Machado!

📣 True peacemakers do not call for bombs and blockades. Tell the Nobel Committee: The Peace Prize belongs to Gaza’s journalists, not María Corina Machado! Sign the petition NOW!

www.codepink.org

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 1d

#authorsky #writingtips #aspiringauthor #writings #authors

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the man tapped to be the Czech Republic's next Foreign Minister, Filip Turek. He has repeatedly endorsed Hitler and belittled the Holocaust. His string of racist vulgarities includes calling Obama the n-word. His sexist ugliness includes rejecting women's suffrage.
denikn.cz/1864721/popa...

„Popálit cikáně je polehčující okolnost, Obama je negr.“ Odhalujeme smazaný svět Filipa Turka

Možný budoucí ministr zahraničí Filip Turek na Facebooku opakovaně zveřejňoval otevřeně rasistické, sexistické či homofobní výroky a také četné narážky na Hitlera a Mussoliniho. Deník N má k dispozici...

denikn.cz

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