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Rohan Salmond

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I’ll wait here for my Cherry Coke Zero. 🎙️ Religion specialist and producer on Soul Search on Radio National. 🏳️‍🌈 he/him My newsletter is called Modern Relics! 🖥️💀🙏 modernrelics.email

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 9h

How good is not working lol

Me, a man wearing a button up shirt that’s unbuttoned as if for heart surgery, with necklace and hairy chest visible, smirking(?) while I hold a big beer.

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 9h

Hell yeah brother

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 13h

lmaooo

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 13h

When my old Uniting Church memes end up on the unitingchurchmemes Instagram page it’s honestly so validating

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

If I wasn’t so close to long service leave I stg

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

When you see a job advertised that has a similar level of responsibility but the salary band is $40,000 higher than what you currently earn…….

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

I really want to do a podcast where I sit down with a theologian and unpack each part of these silly questions but with the utmost seriousness

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

Others include “Would you baptise Baby Yoda” and “Would you convert for a skydiving Christian baby”

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

Adding “Would you take the yeti blood oath” to my list of the internet’s thorny theological questions

St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · Jul 20

Ah finally here’s someone who knows how to tell it with prose that’s less self-serious than Pillar

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The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With "Yeti Cult" Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver

A yeti cult that prompted the involvement of an exorcist is raising questions for the Catholic church in Denver.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

many of you would have choked here

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 1d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 3d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

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...

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 2d

I also wore a hat and I got a few saying “…nice hat?!”

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 2d

I mean yeah but also I ALSO got a haircut. The secret to changing your look is to do it all at once and it bamboozles them

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 2d

I shaved my moustache off and everyone at work today looked at me for a long time and said “…did you get a haircut?”

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 6d

Taking the case off my phone. Gonna rawdog my phone game. Check back in with me in two weeks when I break my phone

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Sarah Mullally has been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman chosen to lead the world's 85 million Anglicans.

Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 9d

There is a rumour that the woman this musical was inspired by lives in my neighbourhood and I’ve always got an eagle eye out but honestly I don’t actually know what she looks like

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 9d

Breaking: The Musical

A sign depicting a kangaroo dressed as a barrister with glasses, a lawyer’s wig and coat. Text reads “ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS SHOW ARE FICTIONAL.
EVEN THE ONES THAT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE NOT.
THE ONES THAT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE SOMEONE REALLY SPECIFIC AND YOU ARE PRETTY SURE THEY ARE BASED ON SOMEONE REAL. ALSO THEIR NAME SOUNDS HEAPS LIKE THAT PERSONS NAME THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS. NO!
THEY ARE MADE UP TOO.
EVERYTHING IS PRETEND.
THIS ISN'T EVEN A REAL LAWYER.
IT'S A KANGAROO.”

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 10d

Telling my kids this is Drag Race Down Under

Ryan @hansscholl.bsky.social · 10d

At this point, this would be my preferred source of news

Lilly Moscovitz on her talk show Shut Up and Listen from the Princess Diaries

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 10d

What’s the deal with Hevy. Is it good

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 11d

I’m the guest on this week’s ep of Quick Smart, talking about what else but St Carlo Acutis

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How a Pokémon-loving teen became the first millennial saint - ABC listen

When you think of a saint, who do you picture? Chances are it’s not a tracksuit-wearing, video game playing teen, but that's exactly who the Catholic Church canonised recently. So, why was Carlo Acuti...

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Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 11d

No this is my emotional support pigeon-infested KFC

Rohan Salmond @rjsalmond.bsky.social · 11d

Chatting to someone and hearing the Moore College ‘accent’ before later learning they spent several years as an evangelical pastor feels like reading the Matrix