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As someone with a strategically ambiguous relationship to Anglo-Catholicism,
He’s scowling but this is his favorite box
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
He’s scowling but this is his favorite box
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NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
‘George Santos With a Gun’: The Untold Story of Cory Mills, A Mercenary In Congress
The Florida Republican has tried to leverage his legislative role to the benefit of his arms business. With that business now in foreclosure proceedings, Mills has little to show for it.
sollenbergerrc.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
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“Everything is gender” theory finds more confirmation
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Everything is gender” theory finds more confirmation
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
Wasn’t there supposed to be, people were saying this during the shutdown, lots of drama in early December about healthcare premiums skyrocketing? It may still be happening but it’s not breaking through the media space at all
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wasn’t there supposed to be, people were saying this during the shutdown, lots of drama in early December about healthcare premiums skyrocketing? It may still be happening but it’s not breaking through the media space at all
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Autumn in Cagnes, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16294
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16294
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Autumn in Cagnes, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16294
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16294
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'Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple' from the series 'Eight Views of Omi' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.
#FullMoon #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#FullMoon #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
October 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
'Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple' from the series 'Eight Views of Omi' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857.
#FullMoon #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#FullMoon #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
Next Friday can’t come soon enough. It’s my postulancy day at the diocesan hq
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Next Friday can’t come soon enough. It’s my postulancy day at the diocesan hq
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If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Springtime at Giverny - 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10196
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10196
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Springtime at Giverny - 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10196
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10196
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Giannis and Luka on the Lakers together is maybe the only thing that can derail the coming OKC dynasty. For that reason alone, we should all be rooting for it
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Giannis and Luka on the Lakers together is maybe the only thing that can derail the coming OKC dynasty. For that reason alone, we should all be rooting for it
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The Firmament Above the Temple https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484861
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Firmament Above the Temple https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484861
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Trump: "I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump: "I think affordability is the greatest con job."
He’s up there watching over me
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
He’s up there watching over me
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Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
Ex-AI Capex, the US was in Recession in H1 2025
AI capex continues to wildly distort US economic data
paulkedrosky.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
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I woke up this morning with $5 in my bank account. If you can help me this #GivingTuesday, here is my GoFundMe. I would be truly grateful to receive your help.
Venmo / PayPal: @chutneyoverrice
CashApp: $chutneyoverrice
Every bit helps. Thank you very much indeed. ❤️
Venmo / PayPal: @chutneyoverrice
CashApp: $chutneyoverrice
Every bit helps. Thank you very much indeed. ❤️
Hi, Joshua here. I’m a full-time student and a diabetic struggling to cover my basic expenses. My grants don’t come close to meeting monthly costs, and things have become overwhelming. If you could donate or share my GoFundMe, it would truly help lighten this load. Thank you for your kindness.
Donate to Support Joshua: Help Cover Essential Expenses, organized by Joshua Ligan
Hello, my name is Joshua, and I'll be direct to the point: I'm pretty much … Joshua Ligan needs your support for Support Joshua: Help Cover Essential Expenses
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I woke up this morning with $5 in my bank account. If you can help me this #GivingTuesday, here is my GoFundMe. I would be truly grateful to receive your help.
Venmo / PayPal: @chutneyoverrice
CashApp: $chutneyoverrice
Every bit helps. Thank you very much indeed. ❤️
Venmo / PayPal: @chutneyoverrice
CashApp: $chutneyoverrice
Every bit helps. Thank you very much indeed. ❤️
Doing Laundry this morning
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Doing Laundry this morning
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“America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle”
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle”
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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The man with the nuclear codes
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The man with the nuclear codes
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If you want a deeper dive, this episode is excerpted from
@thislynne.bsky.social's podcast series "When We All Get To Heaven." It's based on 1,200 cassette tapes found under the floor of an @mccdenomination.bsky.social church in San Francisco. I've started listening; it's sound-rich and gorgeous.
@thislynne.bsky.social's podcast series "When We All Get To Heaven." It's based on 1,200 cassette tapes found under the floor of an @mccdenomination.bsky.social church in San Francisco. I've started listening; it's sound-rich and gorgeous.
When We All Get To Heaven
A queer church faces AIDS in 1980s and '90s San Francisco.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If you want a deeper dive, this episode is excerpted from
@thislynne.bsky.social's podcast series "When We All Get To Heaven." It's based on 1,200 cassette tapes found under the floor of an @mccdenomination.bsky.social church in San Francisco. I've started listening; it's sound-rich and gorgeous.
@thislynne.bsky.social's podcast series "When We All Get To Heaven." It's based on 1,200 cassette tapes found under the floor of an @mccdenomination.bsky.social church in San Francisco. I've started listening; it's sound-rich and gorgeous.
Just realized I misspelled "The Lord is nigh" as "The Lord is neigh" in the sequence hymn in next week's bulletin
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Just realized I misspelled "The Lord is nigh" as "The Lord is neigh" in the sequence hymn in next week's bulletin
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We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
Northwestern Agrees to a Deal With Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
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so there just isn't as much need for these paranoid excavations of "evil amongst us," the evil has just made itself highly obvious, they have flags and slogans and a political party in charge of a country. woke 2 is about power: how do we gain it back and what do we do with it after.
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
so there just isn't as much need for these paranoid excavations of "evil amongst us," the evil has just made itself highly obvious, they have flags and slogans and a political party in charge of a country. woke 2 is about power: how do we gain it back and what do we do with it after.
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There isn't much of 2025 left, but Susanna Elm's new book promises to be the book of the year!!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
There isn't much of 2025 left, but Susanna Elm's new book promises to be the book of the year!!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!